The Roundup
More protests in Israel, a new Telegram channel exposes Russian propagandists, the plight of Ukrainian children deported to Russia, and more!
Protests in Israel
The anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel are getting to be a weekly thing now with each protest getting a huge turnout of people. Here's are some photos of Tel Aviv from last weekend's protest.
John Oliver Talks About Project 2025 on His Show
I wrote before about how Project 2025 is a direct threat to American democracy. Word is slowly going around about how bad this program really is and why it's imperative that Donald Trump should not be reelected. John Oliver has recently devoted his HBO show to Project 2025, which is probably the biggest mainstream attention that this document has been given so far. Here is John Oliver talking about Project 2025.
Exposing the Worst of the Pro-Russian Propagandists
Some anonymous person or people have recently started a new Telegram channel called The Owl. The purpose is to expose some of the worst of the pro-Russian propagandists on social media (especially Twitter/X). Each person listed gets a screenshot of that person's homepage along with a post listing the person's real name, social media accounts, a headshot of that person, and other personal details. I can't vouch for the complete accuracy of the information in this channel and I'll admit that some of the info posted definitely falls under doxxing (especially with the personal street addresses and telephone numbers). But given how active these people have been when it comes to spending huge amounts of time promoting the Kremlin viewpoint, it was only a matter of time before someone outed them. As the old saying goes, sunlight is the best disinfectant.
The Safety of Ukrainian and Jewish Students are Threatened
This article details how Russia, China, and Iran are behind many of the recent college campus protests in Western countries (especially regarding the Israeli-Palestinian war) and the Ukrainian and Jewish students are the ones who are paying the price.
The Plight of Ukrainian Children Deported to Russia
The most heartbreaking thing about the war in Ukraine has been the mass deportation of children from the Russian-occupied occupied areas into Russia. They are then adopted into Russian families, forced to adopt the Russian language and culture, and eventually become Russian citizens. The Dial has a long article about the plight of children in the Russian-occupied Donbass region of Ukraine, many of whom were living in orphanages, who were deported into Russia and what happened to them afterwards. Their difficult lives are simply gut-wrenching.
Another Expose About Sinclair
Last week I mentioned this expose where a far-right wing media outlet known as Sinclair has taken over so many local TV broadcast stations across the country that they have gotten their local on-air news anchors across the US to read from an identical script about the issue of Joe Biden's mental fitness.
This week there's another expose showing how Sinclair gets the websites of their local stations across the US to post identical stories online, which all dealt with–once again–the issue of Joe Biden's mental fitness. You can read this latest story here.
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