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U.S. Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run a Fog Machine of War + Supporting Front Orgs

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U.S. Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run a Fog Machine of War

As Congress debates major new funding to support the Ukrainian war effort, U.S. taxpayer dollars are already flowing to outlets such as the New Voice of Ukraine, VoxUkraine, Detector Media, the Institute of Mass Information, the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine and many others. Some of this money has come from the $44.1 billion in civilian-needs foreign aid committed to Ukraine. While the funding is officially billed as an ambitious program to develop high-quality independent news programs; counter malign Russian influence; and modernize Ukraine’s archaic media laws, the new sites in many cases have promoted aggressive messages that stray from traditional journalistic practices to promote the Ukrainian government’s official positions and delegitimize its critics.

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House Votes To Extend Warrantless Spying Powers

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House Votes To Extend Warrantless Spying Powers

H/T: The Most Revolutionary Act

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FBI: Warrant Requirement for FBI’s Section 702 Queries Would Impede Investigations, Endanger National Security, Director Says

House Republican Introduces Resolution to Place Bust of Zelensky in the Capitol

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Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduced a bill this week that would place a bust of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the House wing of the US Capitol building, an idea that was strongly criticized by more conservative GOP members.

House Republican Introduces Resolution to Place Bust of Zelensky in the Capitol

Chief postal inspector tells lawmakers that social media monitoring began after George Floyd protests

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Chief postal inspector tells lawmakers that social media monitoring began after George Floyd protests

Yet now it’s Republicans leading the charge against the USPS, after it emerged that iCOP was monitoring right-wing social media accounts following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. It’s unclear if news that the program was also tracking protests related to Black Lives Matter will prompt Democratic lawmakers, who have so far been silent about the program, to join their GOP colleagues in asking for more answers.

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The Postal Service is running a ‘covert operations program’ that monitors Americans’ social media posts

Trump talked out of pardoning his kids and Republican lawmakers

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Trump talked out of pardoning his kids and Republican lawmakers

While he was considering preemptive pardons for his children and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, a source close to the process said those are no longer expected. Bannon, who has been indicted on fraud charges, is also not expected to receive a pardon on Tuesday, the source said.

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How Trump allies stoked the flames ahead of Capitol riot

Trump expected to pardon former adviser Bannon