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[ad_1] Afriend and I got into it recently. He’s smart, freedom-minded, and totally gets the danger of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). Expiring money, programmable control, carbon budgets – he sees most of the expanding tyranny clearly. And yet he dismisses Digital ID as a distraction. When I try to make the case that digital ID is the gateway to the gulag in the metaverse, he demands I name ONE thing Digital ID gives the government that they can’t already do. My answer: it enables CBDC. Of course, governments have already encroached on our privacy and freedoms in ways our forefathers…

[ad_1] The United Kingdom has yet another prime minister after Andy Burnham was appointed to the position by King Charles on Monday morning. He is the seventh prime minister in the last decade. Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, whose nickname is the “King of the North,” was elected as the leader of the Labour Party on Friday, just four weeks after being parachuted back into Parliament at the Makerfield special election. Burnham has long wanted to be the Labour leader, having put himself forward twice before for the job. However, he was only able to challenge Keir Starmer…

[ad_1] Roger Hallam of Extinction Rebellion discusses his new book and the tools for effective resistance to climate collapse under repressive systems. By Chris HedgesScheerPost  We are living in an age of climate collapse, which will most likely result in mass displacement and death, warns Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion in the United Kingdom on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report. And while that reality is hard to accept, it is an honest assessment of what lies ahead that must be addressed as we decide how to navigate what Hallam calls humanity’s “darkest hour.” In his new book,…

[ad_1] On July 10, President Donald Trump announced something that should have stopped Washington in its tracks: The United States would continue negotiations with Iran, but the ceasefire was over. That announcement does not describe a temporary contradiction. It describes an emerging doctrine. For generations, Americans were told that diplomacy and war were different roads. Diplomacy was supposed to keep armies from moving, create room for compromise and end violence already underway. Military force, by contrast, was the failure of that process — or at least its last resort. The Trump administration is erasing that distinction. It is treating talks…

[ad_1] Dems Damn Themselves With No-Shows at Fraud Hearing [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The World Isn't Chinamaxxing, It's America-Avoidant [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] United National Antiwar Coalition, Popular Resistance. Emergency response!Stop All U.S. / Israeli Attacks!Defend Iran’s Sovereignty!RESIST Endless War on Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Venezuela and Cuba! CALL TO ACTION!Tuesday, July 28 – 150 days! On February 28, 2026, the US & Israel launched an unprovoked surprise attack on Iran. This attack killed the world respected leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and 50 leading members of the Iranian government. It targeted a children’s school in Minab, Iran 3 times, killing 168.  Numerous other civilian targets were hit, including other schools, hospitals, food and water processing plants. A month ago, on June 17, the…

[ad_1] Competition is the essence of sports, competition fostered by a level playing field where athletes of similar abilities strive for success. Leagues, conferences and divisions for all competitive sports are divided according to many criteria — again, all designed to congregate athletes and groups of athletes to cultivate competition. Criteria used to ensure level playing fields include age, …Read Full Article ⟶ [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] In June, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Hemani that the government can’t strip your right to possess a firearm just because you smoke marijuana. Yet an old drug conviction could still stop you from waxing eyebrows, cutting hair, or giving massages. Hemani highlights a double standard in constitutional law: Courts roll out the red carpet for some rights while relegating others—like the right to earn a living—to the service entrance. In Hemani, the Supreme Court held that Ali Hemani could not be prosecuted for possessing a handgun while being an unlawful user of marijuana. Under…

[ad_1] H. Patricia Hynes Informed Comment The methodical destruction of Gaza and its people – in little over 1000 days – has taken the crime of genocide to an extreme unprecedented in history.  This was preventable if the will to prevent were there.  That is, if the genocide enraged the world enough to stop it, principally, the UN; the sister countries of the Middle East; and the western countries, chief among them the U.S., selling their weapons and souls to Israel.  Since 1948, the United States has given more than $300 billion in military aid to Israel, and Israel relies on US-made weapons…