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Interview with "Stay Free" With Russell Brand: On the UK Files and CTI League
Thanks to Rusty Rockets for a great talk, published Friday. Excerpt, with links, here:
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Not a Nothingburger: My Statement to Congress on Censorship
The key question in censorship is always the same. Who's doing it?
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Lol: Before and After, in House Testimony
For former Mike Pence official Olivia Troye, what a difference one hour made
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America This Week, December 1st, 2023 “Before the Congress”
Watch now (96 mins) | On the House hearing, giving up on Democrats, and “Before the Law” by Kafka
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Dan Goldman, Democrats, Make a Clown Show of Censorship Hearing
In bizarre House hearing on censorship, Democrats not only show they don't care, they announce themselves as the chief advocates of new speech-control…
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"Anti-Disinformation" Is a Partisan Con
"Anti-disinformation" always seemed like a thinly-veiled excuse to tilt the media landscape in partisan directions. Thanks to new #CTILeague…
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LOL: Link to Tonight's Livestream at 5:00 PM ET
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Livestream, Tuesday, 5:00 PM EST: Review of Appalling "CTI Files" Documents
In a joint exposé with Public, Michael Shellenberger, Alexandra Gutentag and I report on a damning new cache of whistleblower documents. Join a…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Brief announcements and best wishes before the eating begins
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Media Matters and the Fake News Era Go to Court
The X/Twitter lawsuit against David Brock's media arm could become a referendum on the fake news era
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