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    How to Identify the Signs of a Bad Credit Loans Scam

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    December 30, 2021
    Being a victim of a loan scam could be harmful to your financial wellbeing.Scammers can take cash from your bank account, trade-in your personal ...
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  • Free Speech

    Anti-abortion bill undermines freedom of expression

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 3, 2022
    After the June Supreme Court Dobbs The decision overturned nearly 50 years of precedent for abortion care, as several states moved quickly to pass ...
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  • Censorship

    Libraries are no place to practice censorship, even here in Victoria County | Opinion

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 3, 2022
    Censorship. It’s a very strong word that some might call chilling or scary. The word can conjure up images of Cold War Moscow and ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Indiana likely to continue funding real Pa-based alternatives despite spending questions

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 2, 2022
    By Whitney Downard The House’s proposal to fund a Pennsylvania anti-abortion group – Real Alternatives – came under scrutiny last week, which seems unlikely ...
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  • Free Speech

    Psychiatrist says Sandy Hook’s parents fear for their lives

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 1, 2022
    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim are living with a complex form of post-traumatic stress disorder and ...
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  • Censorship

    Net neutrality is back. It’s still a corporate welfare scam and internet censorship enabling law

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 1, 2022
    On July 28, U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with U.S. Representative Doris Matsui (D-HI), introduced a bill to reclassify ...
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  • Government Oppression

    It’s More Than Bob Marley’s Music – OpEd – Eurasia Review

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 1, 2022
    By Lipton Matthews* Despite its humble origins in 1930s Jamaica, Rastafarianism has blossomed into a global liberation movement. Rastafarianism’s impact on popular culture has ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Bill Russell, who transformed professional basketball, dies at 88

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 31, 2022
    Russell received a scholarship and became an All-American, teaming with guard KC Jones, a future Celtic teammate, to lead San Francisco to the NCAA ...
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  • Free Speech

    An unlikely defender of free speech in The People vs. Larry Flynt

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 31, 2022
    Larry Flynt has a compelling argument for almost everything. To his long-suffering attorney threatening to quit, Flynt gives three reasons why he shouldn’t: “I’m ...
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  • Censorship

    #SaveMinecraft trending on Twitter, community concerned about censorship after update

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 30, 2022
    The Minecraft community is angry after a controversial update and is taking to Twitter to #SaveMinecraft. Many Minecraft players are now getting very vocal ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Pro-ASUU Protest Songs Of Disappointment Against PMB By Oludayo Tade

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 29, 2022
    Public protests have become a common feature of contemporary societies where citizens communicate their dissatisfaction with government policies, actions and inactions. Public protest is ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    8 Republicans and 2 Democrats face off in tight race for lieutenant governor

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 29, 2022
    The office of lieutenant governor of Wisconsin has few official duties, but in this election cycle, it is among the most contested races. Eight ...
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  • Free Speech

    More lies from Trump and his administration

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 28, 2022
    On January 7, 2021, former President Trump spoke to the nation about how upset he was after the uprising that occurred the day before. ...
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  • Censorship

    Twitter ends censorship of Socialist Equality Party (Australia) after widespread opposition

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 28, 2022
    Late last night, Twitter lifted the lock on the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) account which had effectively deactivated it from July 21. The account ...
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  • Government Oppression

    A ‘false narrative of persecution’ woven around the Hindu minority in Bangladesh

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 28, 2022
    By Samina Akhter* In the wake of the recent eruption of communal violence in Bangladesh against Hindu minorities, countless arguments and criticisms have come ...
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  • Free Speech

    Twitter shareholders will vote in September on Musk Deal: what you need to know

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 26, 2022
    Twitter shareholders are expected to vote in September on the billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion proposal to buy the influential social network after trying ...
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  • Censorship

    Political ads on Hulu: Democrats slam Hulu’s refusal to run ads as ‘censorship’

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 26, 2022
    Streaming giant Hulu has come under fire from some Democratic leaders and organizations for refusing to air certain ads that address issues such as ...
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  • Government Oppression

    DeSantis says Biden can ‘barely read,’ but our governor is not a model of fluency

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 26, 2022
    “Because as bad as Biden is, even if he can barely read the teleprompter, and as much as people disapprove of him, no one ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Biden takes steps to restore health protections for LGBTQ Americans

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 26, 2022
    Comment this story Comment The Biden administration decided Monday afternoon to restore protections for LGBTQ Americans and other groups seeking health services that were ...
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  • Free Speech

    Alex Jones defamation lawsuit over Sandy Hook remarks set to begin

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 25, 2022
    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jury selection is set for Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host ...
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  • Censorship

    17 attorneys general warn Google of censorship of pregnancy crisis centers

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 25, 2022
    A coalition of 17 attorneys general is threatening Google with an anti-trust probe if it censors pregnancy crisis centers from abortion-related search results. Pregnancy ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Youth Congress workers demonstrate outside Goa restaurant believed to be owned by Smriti Irani’s daughter

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 24, 2022
    Will give proper response to false cases against me through legal battle, without fear of arrest: Zubair AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair interviews Vartha Bharati ...
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  • Free Speech

    Big Tech tries to cancel local news

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 23, 2022
    Facebook and Google have become the de facto regulators of news and speech, deciding what content people see and when. Their dominant control ...
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  • Censorship

    Growing opposition to Twitter censorship from the Socialist Equality Party (Australia)

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 23, 2022
    More than two days after it was first imposed, the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) Twitter account lock remains in place, effectively disabling it. The ...
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  • Government Oppression

    History Repeats Itself With Ukrainian Grain Theft – Indianapolis Business Journal

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 22, 2022
    The Wall Street Journal recently documented the Russian military’s confiscation of hundreds of thousands of tons of grain from newly occupied areas of Ukraine. ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Three Common Myths About the Abortion Debate: Gunshots

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 22, 2022
    Even though Democrats had larger majorities in Congress under Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, large numbers of anti-abortion Democrats in both houses ...
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  • Censorship

    Reviews | Thomas Friedman: I was wrong about Chinese censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 21, 2022
    One of the most important questions I have asked myself since becoming a columnist in 1995 is whether, when, and how quickly China will ...
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  • Government Oppression

    U.S. Embassy in the Philippines and Ayala Foundation Launch ‘Liberation: War and Hope’ Exhibit

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 21, 2022
    United States Embassy in the Philippines CDA Heater Variava (environment) joined Manila Bulletin Brand and Marketing Manager Marc Dy, Senior Director of the Ayala ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    How canine heart disease was linked to grain-free dog food

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 20, 2022
    Comment this story Comment In 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, acting on feedback from a group of veterinary researchers, began investigating whether ...
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  • Censorship

    Judge grants request for discovery phase in social media collusion lawsuit against Biden administrator

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 19, 2022
    A federal court has granted a request by Missouri and Louisiana officials to obtain information and documents from senior Biden administration officials about his ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Biden reinvigorates Captive Nations Week by listing Russia and other non-Communist nations as most oppressive states – OpEd – Eurasia Review

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 19, 2022
    When the U.S. Congress passed the resolution in 1959 requiring the President to issue a Captive Nations Week Proclamation each July, the move was ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    What can policy makers in countries hosting Ukrainian refugees learn from the experiences of other countries?

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 18, 2022
    With the number of Ukrainian refugees reaching over 5.6 million people as these lines are written, this is a crisis that merits intelligent long-term ...
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  • Free Speech

    Old view of social media, free speech and noise

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 18, 2022
    Antique dealers of all kinds often playfully speculate about how ancient luminaries would have used social media – long technical screeds from Pliny the ...
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  • Censorship

    Will Saints Row 2022 be censored? Here’s what we know

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 17, 2022
    Saints Row returns in 2022, but censorship could mean the disappearance of some of the franchise’s most famous features. When Grand Theft Auto reinvented ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Phoenix’s transgender community marches to protect their rights

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 16, 2022
    Members of the LGBTQ community and allies gathered to march through the Arizona Capitol on Saturday morning as part of a nationwide protest against ...
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  • Free Speech

    We are rabbis fighting for corporate free speech even if we disagree with the cause

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 15, 2022
    In an erosion of our constitutional rights, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on June 22 that economic boycotts are not protected from ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Anand Teltumbde’s thoughts strive to set us free even while he is in prison

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 15, 2022
    “Turn in the direction you want, the caste is the monster that crosses your path.” This powerful image of Dr Ambedkar caste annihilation, published ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Shaheen joins call for strong family planning funding as states criminalize abortion

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 14, 2022
    July 14, 2022 (Washington, DC) – US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined US Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), ...
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  • Free Speech

    School officials consider free speech clause following litigation

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 13, 2022
    The recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District– the widely followed case concerning the right ...
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  • Censorship

    EXCLUSIVE: ‘An alarming pattern’: GOP rep demands answers on big tech collusion with White House on censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 13, 2022
    A Republican congressman on Wednesday launched an investigation into possible collusion between the White House and tech companies, demanding that the Biden administration’s senior ...
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  • Government Oppression

    5 years later, would a Franco-Australian Muslim activist “go Yassminer? Abdel-Magied herself hopes for change to happen

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 13, 2022
    Has racism in Australia become more or less salient since Abdel-Magied left the country five years ago? In terms of diversity and representation, I’d ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Representative Lizzie Fletcher leads efforts to protect abortion travel

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 12, 2022
    The Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade earlier this month sparked uncertainty in states where ancient abortion laws, some dating back a century ...
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  • Free Speech

    Letter: Do not dishonor the right to free speech by stealing signs | Opinion

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 11, 2022
    This letter to the editor is intended to address those who, in the dark of night, remove campaign signs for Rep. Liz Cheney. Since ...
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  • Censorship

    Klobuchar and Warren urge Meta on ‘censorship’ of abortion publications

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 11, 2022
    The senses. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Meta management last week to pressure the company over reports that it “censors ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Time is up on abortion care in New Brunswick – NB Media Co-op

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 10, 2022
    New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is in Victoria, B.C., Monday and Tuesday for the annual meeting of Canadian premiers. There, Premiers should push Canada ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Many states have used surpluses to provide refunds to taxpayers. Not the Mississippi | Columns

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 10, 2022
    Several states, ranging from true blue California to dark red South Carolina, are using their massive revenue growth to return money directly to taxpayers ...
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  • Free Speech

    Gun advocacy groups file lawsuit to block new California law banning sale of guns to minors – Daily News

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 10, 2022
    LOS ANGELES — Gun rights groups filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Friday to block further implementation of a new law banning the ...
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  • Censorship

    Abortion debate in tech raises new censorship concerns on social media platforms

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 9, 2022
    Following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, which returned the power to legislate abortion rights to states, several tech companies have been ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Black money has flowed into Oklahoma to support school choice candidates | New

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 9, 2022
    Most state legislative candidates opposed to school vouchers have survived primary campaigns fueled by black money. The groups, which have spent more than $1.5 ...
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  • Free Speech

    Michigan Tech Earns Top Freedom of Speech Score in New FIRE Report – Michigan Capitol Confidential

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 8, 2022
    New stories Free-Speech Group Report Examines Free Speech on Michigan’s College Campus Detailed speech state codes: Michigan; Foundation for Individual Rights ...
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  • Censorship

    FrontFanz announces IEO on ExMarkets

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 7, 2022
    FrontFanz, a censorship-resistant Web3 content sharing platform that connects content creators to fans and monetization opportunities, has partnered with ExMarkets, the market-leading crypto crowdfunding ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Ireland urged to find out Israel is committing apartheid against Palestinians – The Irish Times

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 7, 2022
    Ireland is the most “historically appropriate” country in Europe to formally recognize that Israel commits the crime of apartheid against the Palestinians, an Israeli ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    California and Oregon certify four metrics for this year’s statewide ballot – Ballotpedia News

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 7, 2022
    Welcome to Thursday, July 7, Brew. From: David Luchs Here is what awaits you to start your day: California and Oregon certify four measures ...
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  • Free Speech

    Twitter launches legal challenge in India over content blocking orders

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 6, 2022
    Twitter has launched its first legal challenge against the Indian government over official content removal orders. The social media company has been going through ...
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  • Censorship

    Dave Rubin suspended from Twitter for tweeting about Jordan Peterson’s Twitter suspension, asks Musk for help

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 5, 2022
    Dave Rubin has been suspended by Twitter for tweeting about Jordan Peterson’s suspension. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) NEWYou can now listen to Fox ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Protests held in parts of Bangladesh on 13th anniversary of Urumqi massacre

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 5, 2022
    Demonstrations were held in several parts of Bangladesh to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the Urumqi massacre, which occurred on July 5, 2009 in ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    How did the Supreme Court rule in religion cases in 2022?

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 5, 2022
    Earlier this year, as Republicans and Democrats clashed over Christian nationalism, religious exemption claims and access to communion, the Supreme Court showed there was ...
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  • Free Speech

    Is freedom of expression under threat in India? | Asia | An in-depth look at news from across the continent | DW

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 4, 2022
    The arrest of Muhammed Zubair, co-founder of fact-checking site Alt News, has been described as a new low for press freedom in India. The ...
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  • Censorship

    Russian Media Censor Roskomnadzor Blocks Leading Crypto News Website BlockBlog

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 3, 2022
    Bits.media, one of the leading news outlets in the Russian crypto space, has been blocked by Russian telecommunications and mass media watchdog Roskomnadzor. The ...
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  • Government Oppression

    New Bedford Light’s Jack Spillane Talks Abortion Rights and More

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 3, 2022
    The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, triggering the ban on abortion in many parts of this country. Women are responding on both ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Wolf: The History of Freedom of Information Law | Columns

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 3, 2022
    Paul Wolf On July 4, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the federal Freedom of Information Act. According to Bill Moyers, Johnson’s publicist, ...
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  • Free Speech

    New York lawmakers revise handgun rules after Supreme Court ruling

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 2, 2022
    ALBANY, NY (AP) — New York lawmakers on Friday approved a sweeping overhaul of the state’s handgun licensing rules, seeking to preserve some limits ...
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  • Censorship

    Twitter suspends Jordan Peterson after commenting on Elliot’s page – internet reacts to free speech censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 2, 2022
    If you haven’t heard of Jordan Peterson until now, chances are you don’t have an internet connection. He is the most popular psychologist nowadays ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Will 2022 set America’s clock back before 1964?

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 1, 2022
    President Lyndon B. Johnson at a press conference in 1964. (Associated Press) “The United States is now at one of those historic bifurcations whose ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Religious Freedom: What is the Bellwether International Foundation?

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    July 1, 2022
    As Rachel Miner sat at the head table in a large Washington, DC conference room on Thursday, she grabbed a handheld microphone. Sitting next ...
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  • Free Speech

    Chinese leader Xi Jinping cautiously visits Hong Kong

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 30, 2022
    HONG KONG — Since the pandemic erupted in 2020, China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, has been locked in a virus-free bubble within his country’s ...
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  • Censorship

    Justin Trudeau’s government is seeking censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 29, 2022
    Sign first, then we’ll discuss the details. No one would trust a real estate agent or a used car dealership with this approach, but ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Lame Duck Duterte is still looking to stop Rappler

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 29, 2022
    Incumbent Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appears to have made one last swing on popular news portal Rappler with two days remaining in office as ...
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  • Free Speech

    Nobel laureate Maria Ressa says social media is corroding democracy in the US

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 28, 2022
    The United States is “much worse off than you think” when it comes to social media that undermines its democracy, Nobel Peace Prize laureate ...
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  • Censorship

    China’s zero-Covid policy: Censors clean up the internet after senior official’s speech on Beijing timetable

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 28, 2022
    Beijing Daily, the Communist Party’s official newspaper in the Chinese capital, reported earlier that the city’s party leader, Cai Qi, said on Monday that ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Is the BDS movement too alienating to bring about real change?

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 27, 2022
    Photo: Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Big Thief, a popular indie rock band, recently announced a pair of concerts in Tel Aviv, Israel, ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Indian government censors tweets criticizing Indian internet censorship

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 27, 2022
    In 2021, the Indian government ordered Twitter to remove tweets from the non-profit organization Freedom House that discussed the decline of internet freedom in ...
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  • Free Speech

    Colleges should do more to slow down ‘quick thinking’

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 26, 2022
    Last week, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll reported that a majority of Americans oppose transgender women and girls competing against other women and ...
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  • Censorship

    Why can’t I access my social media websites?

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 26, 2022
    Social media has quickly become one of the most popular platforms on the internet. Between Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even YouTube, people spend hours ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Descent into oppression | Dialogue

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 26, 2022
    It has been more than a week since a riot-like situation gripped many parts of the country, with young people on the streets protesting ...
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  • Free Speech

    Free speech events planned for tonight

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 25, 2022
    June 24, 2022 5:56 p.m. Follow @PortlandPolice Tonight, focused in downtown Portland, we anticipate First Amendment rallies taking place related to important issues. The ...
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  • Censorship

    Division Rap Battle talks about censorship and the media

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 23, 2022
    At this point, messages from Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle were analyzed to death. At least some aspects of the show have been. Many ...
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  • Government Oppression

    difficult peace

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 23, 2022
    The photograph taken on Wednesday shows damaged buildings following an earthquake in Gayan district, Paktika province. – France Media Agency To avert a humanitarian ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Trane Technologies Announces Sponsorship of KAYSC STEM Freedom School at Science Museum of Minnesota

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 23, 2022
    DAVIDSON, North Carolina–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global climate innovator Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT) has provided the Science Museum of Minnesota with more than $280,000 to support the Kitty ...
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  • Free Speech

    Latest from Boris Johnson: Brexit ‘will keep wages low’ as inflation soars

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 22, 2022
    Boris Johnson says train strikes are ‘wrong and unnecessary’ Brexit will hurt Britain’s competitiveness, hurt productivity and slash workers’ wages for the rest of ...
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  • Censorship

    Social Truth CENSOR Anti-Trump Jan 6 Posts

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 21, 2022
    Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, reportedly censored anti-Trump posts related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Users voiced their opinions on congressional ...
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  • Government Oppression

    The Green Veil’s John Leguizamo and Aram Rappaport talk about a new anthology series

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 21, 2022
    Quite simply, The green veil is a triumph for the producing partners John Leguizamo (the main actor of the series) and Aram Rappaport (writer, ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    State lawmakers pressure Wyoming senators to vote against gun legislation | 307 Politics

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 21, 2022
    A bloc of conservative state lawmakers are urging U.S. senators from Wyoming to vote against an impending gun control bill that would include funding ...
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  • Free Speech

    No freedom of expression on campus? No federal funding, Poilievre pledges

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 20, 2022
    Conservative Party leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre said as premier he would appoint a ‘free speech guardian’ to protect Charter rights on campuses and revoke ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Democracy and monetary policy – NEWS

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 19, 2022
    Professor Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha The initiators of democracy in 5e Greece never envisaged a situation in which only the rich ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Black Business Owners Under 20 on Early Success Lessons

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 19, 2022
    Hiraman | E+ | Getty Images According to certified financial planner and CNBC contributor Lazzeta Braxton, now is the time for African Americans to ...
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  • Free Speech

    When hate speech is not synonymous with freedom of expression – The Leaflet

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 18, 2022
    Hate speech vitiates the very purpose of freedom of expression, which is the free and fearless functioning of a human mind that constantly seeks ...
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  • Censorship

    How Woke Disney Bowed To Chinese Censors But Refused To Cut Lightyear’s Gay Kissing Scene

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 17, 2022
    Woke Disney recently refused to cut the gay kissing scene from their new animated film Lightyear despite bowing to Chinese censors several times in ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Anti-Semitism at CUNY School of Law – Queens Daily Eagle

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 17, 2022
    By Avi Posnick CUNY Law School has become increasingly hostile to Jewish students and professors who fail a litmus test on Israel, Zionism and ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Britain investigates Vietnamese billionaire’s funding of Oxford University — Radio Free Asia

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 17, 2022
    The British government is investigating a £155 million ($191 million) grant to Linacre College at Oxford University by a Vietnamese billionaire. Education Minister Michelle ...
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  • Free Speech

    Trump took the advice of drunk Rudy Giuliani

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 15, 2022
    One of the big headlines on the second day of the Jan. 6 committee was that Donald Trump was taking advice from an inebriated ...
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  • Censorship

    People and Planet: Journalism everywhere is under attack by Russia

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 15, 2022
    It seems that the iron curtain is falling around Russia. Since the beginning of Russia’s war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Britain’s attack on its own protocol is yet another exercise in Brexit gaslighting | Fintan O’Toole

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 15, 2022
    FForget, for now, the technical details of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill which aims to reverse Britain’s commitments under its Withdrawal Agreement with the ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Freedom (NASDAQ:FRHC) Hits New 52-Week Low at $39.00

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 14, 2022
    Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FRHC – Get a rating) hit a new 52-week low on Tuesday. The company traded as low as $39.00 and ...
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  • Free Speech

    County human relations commissioner’s biblical views on transgender under attack

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 14, 2022
    It’s no secret that biblical views on gender are under attack in California. The latest victim is Dennis Hodges, San Diego County Human Relations ...
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  • Censorship

    Drugs, violence, inflation and censorship: America is losing its mind

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 13, 2022
    00:30 Biden embraces Saudi despots (15 minutes)As the average American continues to be hit by record fuel prices, the Biden administration is still aiming ...
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  • Government Oppression

    European Parliament resolution on China’s Xinjiang is nothing but a huge disgrace in EU history: regional spokesperson

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 13, 2022
    A worker works at a packaging materials industrial park in Yopurga County in Kashgar, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Nov 8, 2021. The ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Beyond Juneteenth: Equal Access to Capital, a Path to True Freedom

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 13, 2022
    Being black and walking away from someone who legally owned you became a reality on June 17, 1865, when Texas became the last state ...
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  • Free Speech

    In our view: Protests against bullying in homes, not free speech

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 12, 2022
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  • Government Oppression

    Education will end the oppression of women: Activists | Goa News

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 11, 2022
    Panaji: Social activists and stakeholders have welcomed the decision of the panchayats to pass resolutions to outlaw social practices of isolation and discrimination against ...
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  • Censorship

    Horace Mann student Ryan Finlay denounces progressive faculty in op-ed

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 11, 2022
    A student of Horace Mann has denounced in the pages of the renowned private school’s New York newspaper what he says is a culture ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    If you bought 1,000 shares of this dividend-paying stock, your passive income will have increased almost sixfold.

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 11, 2022
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  • Free Speech

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    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 10, 2022
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  • Censorship

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    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 10, 2022
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  • Government Oppression

    The Forbidden Music That Gives Moon Knight Its Soundtrack

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 9, 2022
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  • Funding Freedom

    More jobs, money, freedom in S’pore’s talent war as 74% of PMETs plan to quit by the end of 2022

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 9, 2022
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  • Free Speech

    Reviews | When the Pronoun Police Come for Eighth Graders

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 8, 2022
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  • Censorship

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    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 8, 2022
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  • Government Oppression

    The long battle to restrict mail-order arms sales shows the difficult road we face

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 7, 2022
    We often hear that it is a bad idea to create laws in the feverish atmosphere surrounding a traumatic incident. There is some truth ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    The end of national sovereignty and freedom

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 7, 2022
    Comment Even as much of the world continues to outgrow the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is already looking ahead and preparing ...
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  • Free Speech

    Canadians concerned about hate speech amid Musk’s Twitter takeover

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 6, 2022
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  • Censorship

    Sheryl Sandberg goes from censoring non-leftists to promoting abortion

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 6, 2022
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  • Government Oppression

    Live Updates: China’s Services Sector Contracts in May, But at a Slower Pace

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 6, 2022
    Hong Kong police and officers from the Food and Environmental Sanitation Department raid a restaurant in Kowloon’s bustling Mong Kok district © Government of ...
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  • Funding Freedom

    Natchez Home Site Added to Mississippi Freedom Trail – Mississippi’s Best Community Newspaper

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 5, 2022
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  • Censorship

    Microsoft’s Bing Censors China Searches in North America, Report Says

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 4, 2022
    Microsoft apparently censors autofill suggestions for searches on certain Chinese politicians and political events in North America, according to a report by The Citizen ...
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  • Government Oppression

    Is the United States ready to intensify technological competition with China?

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 4, 2022
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  • Funding Freedom

    Buy them now to achieve financial freedom: Gnox Token (GNOX), Ethereum (ETH) and Cardano (ADA)

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 4, 2022
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  • Government Oppression

    Heinous Western Lies About Xinjiang

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 2, 2022
    A girl plays with birds at an amusement park in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, at 7:20 p.m. on Dec. ...
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  • Censorship

    The IAB condemns human rights and censorship in Nicaragua

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 2, 2022
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  • Free Speech

    Several Republicans change their minds to ban assault rifles

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    June 1, 2022
    For decades, after mass shootings, the right has been saying nothing needs to be done about gun control and most maintain that position even ...
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  • Government Oppression

    California to Unveil Groundbreaking Black Reparations Report

    By Kathy S. Mercado
    May 31, 2022
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