Category: censorship

Comer Launches Probe into State Department’s Alleged Funding of Group Blacklisting Conservative Media ‘Under the Guise of Combatting Disinformation’

House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter on Thursday to the U.S. State Department demanding records and a briefing by the agency regarding its alleged funding of a “disinformation tracking group” that is blacklisting conservative-leaning news outlets. The letter (pdf) cites as evidence the Washington Examiner’s series of investigative reports uncovering the State Department’s…


Amazon Censors Criticism of China

Commentary Amazon is concerning a group of authors and publishers highly critical of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The company, headquartered in Seattle and Arlington, does extensive business with China, from which it sells vast quantities of imported products in its core markets of the United States, Europe, and Japan. According to EcomCrew, over 63 percent…


US Judge Blocks New York’s Social Media Law Targeting Hate Speech, Cites First Amendment Concerns

A federal judge recently issued a preliminary injunction against a New York state law that implicates hate speech, saying it violates Americans’ constitutionally-protected First Amendment rights. New York General Business Law Section 394-ccc, also referred to as the Hateful Conduct Law, came into effect on Dec. 3, 2022. It compels platforms to “provide and maintain mechanisms for…


My Book Is Being Burned

Commentary On Jan. 25, 2023, Ghent University banned the use of my book “The Psychology of Totalitarianism” in the course “Critique of Society and Culture.” That happened in the aftermath of a media storm that erupted in September 2022 following my interviews with Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones. I already wrote about that in a previous essay. Following these media appearances, Ghent…


When the Ruling Class Makes War on the Middle Class

This is what it looks like when U.S. elites set fire to their own country: First, violence in the streets, opens borders exposing families to terror, crime, and drugs. Then they target the younger generation and destroy their ingenuity, ambition, and success. And if you speak out to defend your family, community, and country, you’re…


LIVE at 11AM ET: When the Ruling Class Makes War on the Middle Class

This is what it looks like when U.S. elites set fire to their own country: First, violence in the streets, opens borders exposing families to terror, crime, and drugs. Then they target the younger generation and destroy their ingenuity, ambition, and success. And if you speak out to defend your family, community, and country, you’re…


LIVE NOW: When the Ruling Class Makes War on the Middle Class

This is what it looks like when U.S. elites set fire to their own country: First, violence in the streets, opens borders exposing families to terror, crime, and drugs. Then they target the younger generation and destroy their ingenuity, ambition, and success. And if you speak out to defend your family, community, and country, you’re…


[Premiering 10:30 AM ET] Newsmax Is Being Censored in Push Against Conservative Media: Christopher Ruddy

DirecTV and its parent company AT&T are being accused of political censorship after they dropped conservative TV station Newsmax from the platform. This comes after the network similarly dropped OAN, another conservative outlet. According to Christopher Ruddy, president and CEO of Newsmax, this is both an act of censorship and of political discrimination. We speak…


Newsmax Is Being Censored in Push Against Conservative Media: Christopher Ruddy

DirecTV and its parent company AT&T are being accused of political censorship after they dropped conservative TV station Newsmax from the platform. This comes after the network similarly dropped OAN, another conservative outlet. According to Christopher Ruddy, president and CEO of Newsmax, this is both an act of censorship and of political discrimination. We speak…


[Premiering 2/16, 10:30 AM ET] Newsmax Is Being Censored in Push Against Conservative Media: Christopher Ruddy

DirecTV and its parent company AT&T are being accused of political censorship after they dropped conservative TV station Newsmax from the platform. This comes after the network similarly dropped OAN, another conservative outlet. According to Christopher Ruddy, president and CEO of Newsmax, this is both an act of censorship and of political discrimination. We speak…