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Data leak reveals how China ‘brainwashes’ Uighurs in prison camps
By BBC Staff, BBC News, November 2019
The Chinese government has consistently claimed the camps in the far...
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Trump says in interview he is the sole arbiter of truth
by Jonathan Chait, Intelligencer - NY Magazine, November 2018
The conservative movement has long dismissed the value of neutral expertise — environmental scientists, arms control analysts,...
Mueller wants the FBI to look at a scheme to discredit him
Intimidating opponents is classic authoritarian behavior.
There’s a reason Trump keeps lying about voter fraud
Making up charges against those who disagree with the government is classic authoritarian behavior.
DNC Shuts Down Climate Debate Compromise
By Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch, August 2019
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will not let 2020 primary candidates share the stage in a debate devoted to...
Washington DC’s role behind the scenes in Hollywood goes deeper than you think
By Matthew Alford, The Independent, September 2017
The US government and Hollywood have always been close. Washington DC has long been a source of intriguing plots for filmmakers and...
Trump just blurted out that he installed new Attorney General over the Russia probe
by Jack Holmes, Esquire, November 2018
Trump passed over multiple Senate-confirmed officials in the actual line of succession to pick Whitaker, who'd become Sessions's chief of...
Secret court rules that the FBI’s “backdoor searches” of Americans violated the Fourth Amendment
By Aaron Mackey/Andrew Crocker, Electronic Frontier Foundation, October 2019
EFF has long maintained that it is impossible to conduct mass surveillance and still protect the...
California high school students sang Nazi song and gave Hitler salute
by Davis Richardson, The Daily Beast, August 2019
A group of high-school students in Southern California gave a Nazi salute and sang a Nazi song...
Intimidation
Brazilian president’s son suggests using dictatorship-era tactics on leftist foes
By Tom Phillips, The Guardian, November 2019
Voices from across Brazil’s political spectrum have condemned the son of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, after he suggested hardline dictatorship-era tactics might be needed to...
Trump campaign boasts president is ‘no Mr Nice Guy’ in new ad
By David Smith, The Guardian, November 2019
Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is well under way with a dark advert featuring dramatic music and a brutally simple message: “He’s No Mr Nice Guy.”
The commercial...
Students burn Latina author’s book after she discusses white privilege
By Lois Beckett, The Guardian, October 2019
When a Latina author discussed white privilege at a public university in Georgia, a group of white students burned copies of her book.
A video of the...
Fearmongering
Francophobia is donning new populist clothes in Canada
by Stephanie Chouinard/Serge MiVille, The Globe and Mail, November 2018
In the next few weeks in New Brunswick, Blaine Higgs’ Progressive Conservative Party will form the...