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COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS MEDIA WATCH
The 2026 U.S. midterm elections will take place next week amid a constant drumbeat of press freedom violations, ceaseless vitriol against journalists from the Trump administration, and direct threats to the press across the United States…
Establishment corporate media have to have the courage to say that the Earth is round, the sky is blue and the Earth rotates around the Sun.
The friction between Graham’s stated politics and her husband’s career, it turns out, goes significantly further than his company’s reliance on Chinese manufacturing.
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION CIVIL LIBERTIES
A federal appeals court should curb the government’s abuse of grand jury subpoenas to unmask social media users who criticize lawless immigration enforcement. That is the message from the ACLU, EFF, and other civil liberties and trade…
THE INTERCEPT NATIONAL SECURITY
As right-wing Trump allies fearmongered about Somali American voter fraud, Maine trained local law enforcement officers on keeping armed federal agents out. The post Trump Vows to Send Election “Monitors” to Maine After Far-Right…
“We fear that if we do not get this government out of power, we will lose everything,” one Palestinian voter said.
Pediatricians expect more cutbacks in the wake of federal Medicaid cuts.
THE LEVER CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
Corporate interests are throwing a Hail Mary to keep tax reform off the ballot.
CONSORTIUM NEWS INVESTIGATIONS
Instead of remaining in Brazil to face a criminal inquiry, the younger Bolsonaro followed in his father’s footsteps by fleeing to the U.S. after losing a presidential election, Brett Wilkins reports. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams Just one…
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION CIVIL LIBERTIES
When we give our private information to the government to pay taxes, apply for a job, or vote, we should be able to trust that our data won't later be used against us. But in a betrayal of that trust, the federal government has been…
Drop Site Daily: October 28, 2026
THE REAL NEWS NETWORK POLITICS
After lying to the press that he wasn’t a flight risk, Bolsonaro snuck out of the country in the dead of night, with alleged support from the Trump Administration and is now in the US
The investigation’s main focus is on dealings involving an organization founded with the involvement of JD Vance.
COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS MEDIA WATCH
New York, October 28, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the breakaway republic of Somaliland to release journalist Abdirahman Mohamed Ege, who has been held without charge since October 22 in the city of…
At talks in Yerevan, the EU has proposed expanding the list of nature donors so that large emerging economies like China can help fund biodiversity protection The post Stalemate on finance at COP17 nature talks exposes need for new sources…
Political Gridlock in Israel After No Clear Winner Emerges from Tuesday’s National Election, Israeli Troops Violently Disperse Protest in Occupied West Bank, Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Sentenced to Five Years and One Month in Prison…
The post How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement appeared first on ProPublica.
Rumors and conspiracies are spreading too fast for emergency managers to keep up. This information chaos is slowing disaster relief and putting lives at risk.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
Responding to the European Commission’s proposed reform of the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation (the Frontex Regulation) that vastly expands the agency’s budget, powers, staff and mandate, without commensurately expanding its…
Your guide to finding trusted sources, debunking common extreme weather myths, and having conversations with loved ones about misinformation.
Two years after the deadly storm, voters are frustrated with a slow recovery — and that could carry a political price.
Lula’s reelection kept an ally in the presidency, but a rightward shift in Congress leaves Indigenous leaders facing more battles.
After difficult talks in Belém last year, trade is likely to remain a sticking point at COP31 despite Brazil's efforts to contain the issue to a series of dialogues The post Tensions set to flare over trade at COP31 as China makes it a…
THE INTERCEPT NATIONAL SECURITY
Brazil’s Supreme Court tried to strip Flávio Bolsonaro’s passport, but the Trump administration granted him a visa, according to reports. The post The Bolsonaro Family Playbook: Lose, Cry Fraud, and Run to Trump’s America appeared first on…
