the thing that gets me is that they do this crap with a straight face as if they hadn't just instituted 'laws' that enable and pursue these sort of legal tactics;

No major western leader is ever again going to be able to speak about human rights or ethical values, without attracting howls of derision. They are turning on their own people in order to prevent protest at a genocide they actively support.

Keir Starmer stepped up the pressure on opponents of Zionist genocide on Thursday with the arrest of journalist Sarah Wilkinson and the charging of activist Richard Barnard, both under the draconian Section 12 of the Terrorism Act which carries a sentence of up to 14 years in prison.

The UK MSM has of course ignored these, but is universally carrying outrage at the conviction of two Hong Kong activists for sedition, which carries a maximum sentence of … 2 years.

But they tell us it is China and not the UK which is the authoritarian dictatorship.

(To be plain, I do view the Hong Kong convictions as also an unwarranted interference with free speech. I merely point out the incredible hypocrisy of the British Establishment and far worse laws here).

Richard Barnard has been charged and will face trial, apparently related to public speeches supporting the Palestinian right to armed resistance.

Sarah Wilkinson was released on bail after about 14 hours. Like the recent arrest and bailing of Richard Medhurst, the arrest and bailing is a device to chill her reporting and activism..........more...........

this will be in the near future as kamala will be installed as 'our next leader'; 

The global crackdown on free speech continues unabated and if you think it’s relegated to countries like China, Cuba and North Korea, think again.

A Brazilian Supreme Court panel on Monday upheld a decision to suspend Elon Musk’s social media platform X in the country.

Last Friday, Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the platform blocked.

Since the decision, Musk and his supporters have tried to paint de Moraes as a renegade and an authoritarian censor of political speech. But Brazil is no outlier. The European Union is also cracking down on free speech with its Online Service Act and we have our own free-speech haters here in the United States.

In fact, one of them is a candidate for president.

Kamala Harris came out over the weekend and admitted in the wide open that she wants to see the same type of state-sponsored censorship implemented in the United States as what we see taking shape in Brazil.

The government, Harris believes, should have ultimate control over what you and I are allowed to post on the internet, as well as more control over what we are allowed to see and hear. She doesn’t trust us to decide for ourselves as to the truth or accuracy of what we see or read online...........more........

 its a curious thing to watch self described 'democracies' write prescriptions for dictatorial remedies;

Controversy continues to surround billionaire electric vehicle (EV) guru and space enthusiast Elon Musk over how he is choosing to run the X (formerly Twitter) social media platform since taking it private.

The Guardian's Robert Reich is so upset about the direction Musk has taken X that he wants regulators around the world to "threaten" Musk "with arrest" unless he capitulates to certain demands.

Reich also believes that We the People hold the power to stop Musk as well. Here are six ways that Reich believes both the general public and the government can "rein in" Musk:

1) Boycott Tesla

Even if you disagree that Musk is a bad guy who needs punishment, Tesla cars are still unsafe, overpriced and an all-around bad investment. Musk's companies would not be the "success" they are without U.S. taxpayer subsidies.

Reich's reasons for boycotting Tesla are obviously different as he sees Musk as someone who is allowing too much online free speech. Apparently, there are others who feel the same as a recent poll found that one-third of all Britons say they are less likely to buy a Tesla because of Musk's recent behavior.

2) Boycott advertising on X

This one is all about stopping Musk from allowing conservative speech on X, which before he took over was strictly prohibited. A coalition of advertisers is teaming up to try to stop Musk, prompting him to declare war with an antitrust lawsuit.

"We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war," Musk wrote.

3) Urge regulators to stop Musk by threatening him with arrest

What just happened to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France is what Reich also wants to happen to Musk for "disseminating lies and hate on X."......more........

 this is one of those items that pulls the empire much closer to a third world organization and removes a lot of public respect;

Tyranny Is Closer Than You Realize

Paul Craig Roberts

It is strange that there is no discussion of it, but in two weeks and one day on September 18 Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president in the November election in two months, is scheduled by a corrupt Democrat “judge” to be sentenced for 34 felony counts pulled out of thin air by a corrupt Democrat prosecutor for how Trump’s accountants reported an expense.

Trump’s accountants reported the expense as a legal expense, which was a reasonable classification of the expense, but the corrupt Democrat prosecutor said it was a campaign contribution by Trump to his own campaign and that by reporting it as a legal expense he is guilty of interfering in the election.

It is this absurd personal opinion of the corrupt Democrat prosecutor–are there any Democrat prosecutors who are not corrupt?– that turned a non-issue of how an expense was reported into 34 felony charges. In fact, there is only one charge. But the corrupt Democrat prosecutor wrote it up 34 different times in order to create an appearance of large scale crime. Few jurors have the intelligence to see the wool being pulled over their eyes, especially when all they hear from the whore media is that Trump is a criminal and a threat to democracy, a traitor to America, a Russian agent, an insurrectionist, and so on. No one in the whore American media tells them any different.

What is the Democrat judge going to do on September 18? I can’t say that I know. If common sense were involved, the Democrat judge would have set the sentencing date after the election, or he would issue a suspended sentence. But common sense is not part of the script........more.........

 seems that alexa is partially conflicted about the candidates for president;

watch.........

 this installs reich on my permanent shit list;

Via: Jonathan Turley:

We have previously discussed the anti-free speech views of Clinton’s former Labor Secretary, Robert Reich, who has tried to sell citizens on the perfectly Orwellian view that more freedom means tyranny when it comes to the freedom of expression. He also demanded that former president Donald Trump be banned from ballots as a “traitor” — all in the name of protecting democracy from itself. Last week, Reich wrote a column declaring Elon Musk “out of control” in his refusal to censor citizens and appeared to call for his arrest..........https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=70805

 twelve minutes with paul joseph watson on the election war between right and left. or should that be extreme right and most moderate left, as we all know, eh;

watch........