In the lead up to the Ukrainian military’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, even Western headlines were dominated by reports of Ukraine’s gradual demise. Ukraine is admittedly suffering arms and ammunition shortages, as well as facing an unsolvable manpower crisis. Russia has been destroying Ukrainian military power faster than Ukraine and its Western sponsors can reconstitute it.
Day: August 21, 2024
400,000+ Iranians Take US Government to Court Over 1953 Coup
On August 19, 1953, the government of democratically-elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a blood-soaked coup d’état organized by the CIA and MI6. The coup has been dubbed the ‘ground zero’ of US-led regime change operations around the world in the decades that followed.
400,000+ Iranians Take US Government to Court Over 1953 Coup (archived)
Republicans Pump Brakes on KOSA After Realizing It Could Censor Them Too 🤭
from the always-think-of-how-your-worst-enemy-will-use-this-law dept
For a while, we’ve been pointing out how terrible KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) is. Our main concern is that the bill would fundamentally lead to the suppression of all kinds of speech. That’s because the “duty of care” provision, while limited, would allow officials (mostly at the FTC, which can get partisan) to argue that certain types of results were due to a design failure, and companies would seek to suppress content, rather than face the potential liability.
Republicans Pump Brakes on KOSA After Realizing It Could Censor Them Too
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 