How Apple News And Other Tech Giants Change
The Narrative For Democrats
Posted By: J. Arthur Brown, 2/20/2026 1:37:52 PM
Remember the time before the 2020 election when everyone was focused on social media election interference? (snip) But there is just as much election interference going on now. And it is time the Republican Party got on top of it. (snip) Where there was once flagrant distortion of the news, a number of Big Tech companies are now doing things in a far more subtle and insidious way. Take Apple. (snip) Why does it keep offering me stories from the Guardian, BBC and other left-wing news sites? (snip) I don't mind reading a variety of news. (snip) But why is the pushing all in one direction?
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The U.S. State Department confirmed to the Daily Caller that the deceased suspect in a mass stabbing outside Washington, D.C., on Sunday was employed by the Department. A State Department spokesperson told the Daily Caller that the 32-year old suspect, Jared Llamado of McLean, Virginia was working for the Department at the time of the alleged stabbing and his death. A Virginia State Police trooper responded Sunday afternoon to reports of road rage on Interstate 495 in Fairfax County, where he was allegedly confronted by Llamado, who was wielding a knife after having stabbed four victims. (snip) The trooper shot Llamado "in self-defense" (snip)
Chinese State-Run Media Promotes Anti-Iran
War Protests Organized By CCP-Linked Singham Network 4 replies
War Protests Organized By CCP-Linked Singham Network 4 replies
Chinese state-run propaganda outlets are promoting U.S. protests against the Trump Administration's strikes against the Iranian regime, with protests being organized by a Chinese Communist Party-linked financial network in the United States. (snip) Just the News also previously reported in January about a similar phenomenon, where Chinese state-run propaganda outlets promoted U.S. protests against the Trump Administration's arrest of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro -- with the protests appearing to be organized by the Singham network.
A truckdriver holding a Minnesota commercial driver's license drove the wrong way for miles on a Missouri highway, unable to read basic road signs and nearly causing a head-on collision, according to federal officials who have launched an investigation into the incident and the driver's employer. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy highlighted the case Wednesday on X, sharing a video that shows a white semi-truck speeding southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 61 near Troy, MO. The footage (snip) depicts oncoming vehicles switching lanes to avoid the 80-ton rig before law enforcement intervened.
A portrait of embattled former U.S. Senate Leader George Mitchell has been stripped from the Maine State House, a move that the state's top investigative journalist calls possibly Mitchell's ultimate indignity. Maine legislative officials have been under pressure to take the Democrat ex-leader's portrait down from the wall where it has hung for 14 years. (snip) The portrait's removal comes just three weeks after Mitchell resigned as chairman of the Mitchell Institute following the recent unsealing of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse case.
Delivery giant FedEX said it will return to customers any refunds it gets from President Trump's tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled them unlawful last week. (snip) "If refunds are issued to FedEx, we will issue refunds to the shippers and consumers who originally bore these charges," FedEx said in a statement on Thursday. (snip) In its ruling, the Supreme Court did not specify a means nor a timetable for when the Trump administration must distribute refunds to companies that incurred the costs of the tariffs.
A total of 39 people now face charges in the anti-ICE invasion of Cities Church in St. Paul last month, according to a superseding indictment that the federal district court unsealed Friday. (snip) The new indictment includes the original charges, but brings them against 30 more defendants. (snip) According to the indictment, (snip) two defendants noted "the location of parking areas, where they could 'pull up,' and that 'my thoughts are to be able to clog up this whole alleyway right here.'" Obstructing access is a key aspect of a FACE Act violation.
The death penalty is officially off the table for accused healthcare CIO killer Luigi Mangione. (snip) Mangione won't technically be charged with murder in the federal case, and will instead face a charge of "stalking" Thompson, leading to the father-of-two's death. (snip) In order to seek the death penalty, Garnett wrote, prosecutors needed to show that Mangione had killed Thompson while committing another "crime of violence." (snip) The judge acknowledged that her ruling might seem "tortured and strange" to the average person, but she stressed its the legally correct move, writing that "the law must be the court's only concern."
Some immigrants who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and were arrested by Border Patrol have been released into the United States by the Department of Homeland Security despite the Trump administration's claim that "zero" releases have occurred over the past nine months, according to four sources aware of the releases. (snip) that some illegal immigrants have been released into the U.S. at all appears to contradict President Donald Trump's claim during the State of the Union address, as well as numerous statements by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (snip)
LA Democrats Advance Charter Reform To
Abolish City Controller's Office Amid
Massive Fraud Scandals 5 replies
Abolish City Controller's Office Amid
Massive Fraud Scandals 5 replies
In a move that has ignited fierce backlash, the Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission voted 9-2 on Thursday to advance a proposal that would effectively eliminate the independent City Controller's office, shifting its core functions -- including audits, accounting, payments, revenue forecasting, and fraud investigations to a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) appointed by Karen Bass and accountable to the City Council. This reform, framed by supporters as a consolidation of financial operations to address the city's budget crisis, comes just weeks after Controller Kenneth Meija's office played a significant role in exposing a $23 million homeless fraud scheme (snip)
The Iranian regime tried to undermine President Donald Trump's reelection bid in 2020, then doubled down in 2024 through a host of election-meddling efforts and even assassination attempts in 2024. (snip) the Biden ODNI's report in March 2021 concluded: "We assess with high confidence that Iran carried out an influence campaign during the 2020 election season intended to undercut the election prospects of former President Trump."(snip) The Iranian regime stepped up its election influence efforts in 2024 (snip) "specifically influence operations targeting the American public and cyber operations targeting presidential campaigns."
Iran Waged Decades-Long Revolutionary
Terror War Against U.S. In Middle East
And Here At Home 3 replies
Terror War Against U.S. In Middle East
And Here At Home 3 replies
The revolutionary Iranian regime -- which may possibly find itself in a war with the United States in coming days -- has positioned itself as an adversary of the United States since it came into power decades ago in 1979. Much of the discussion (snip) has focused on the Iranian regime's nuclear program (snip) but not as much attention has been placed on a host of Iranian-directed terrorist attacks against U.S. troops, diplomats, and citizens which have killed hundreds of Americans. Iran has also sought to carry out a number of attempted plots on U.S. soil (snip)
As War Looms, Indicted Al-Qaeda Chief
Has Been Under Iranian Regime's Protection
For Years 3 replies
Has Been Under Iranian Regime's Protection
For Years 3 replies
As a war between the United States and Iran seems possible, the Shiite theocratic Iranian regime continues to shield one of the leaders of the Sunni jihadist terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks, with the FBI's most wanted" Saif al-Abdel running the global terror network under Tehran's protection. Saif (snip) took over Al-Qaeda in the 2022 timeframe (snip) Saif, (snip) was indicted (snip) in 1998 for his role in al-Qaeda's deadly bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa, and (snip) fled to Iran after 9/11 (snip) the Iranian regime has a long history -- both before and after 9/11 -- of collaborating with al-Qaeda (snip)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, socialist of Vermont, and Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California best known for trafficking in Epstein-related conspiracy theories, are pushing legislation that would impose a new 5 percent annual wealth tax on billionaires and use the revenue to give money to everyone earning less than $150,000 a year.
The bill, which the politicians are calling the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, would raise $4.4 trillion over a decade, according to a letter from Emanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, economists at the University of California, Berkeley, that was released by the leftist politicians. The March 2, 2026, letter from the two economists,
Spain has denied the US permission to use their shared bases to launch attacks against Iran. The country's socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned Israel and the US for striking Iran and killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said Spain wanted 'democracy, freedom and fundamental rights for the Iranian people', but it would not allow its bases to be used in the ongoing military action. The decision puts Spain at odds with its European partners including the UK, France and Germany, who on Sunday said they would defend their interests in the region through defensive action to destroy Iran's capability to fire missiles and drones.
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US airstrike has brought new urgency to the question of who will become Iran’s new Supreme Leader.
Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is a prominent figure in these deliberations and is seen as a relative moderate within the establishment.
Mr Khomeini, 53, holds a symbolically important role as custodian of his grandfather's mausoleum and has close ties to reformist politicians.
Some politicians inside Iran have seen him as a rival to hardliners who gained sway under Ayatollah Khamenei, notably his son, Mojtaba.
An Iranian-linked mosque in Manassas, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., held a memorial service Sunday evening honoring Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling him "our leader" and sending "glad tidings on the martyrdom of His Eminence." A now-deleted post on Manassas Mosque's Instagram page detailed the Sunday evening service to honor the now-obliterated strongman they saw as their leader, noting a "potluck" meal would be take place before the commemoration. (X) Although the mosque has nuked that post after receiving some blowback in conservative media, their Telegram channel is still showing the above image, along with this message:
News Outlets Rushed to Claim That U.S.-Israel
Strikes Hit a School in Iran; Confirmation
Is Fleeting 18 replies
Strikes Hit a School in Iran; Confirmation
Is Fleeting 18 replies
Most of us are familiar with the term “the fog of war” to describe the gauzy details that emerge in the breaking news environment of an outbreak of hostilities. Originally, it had been a description applied to military matters, but in the past generation or so, it has expanded to include the information pathways that emerge when conflicts erupt. What we have sadly come to expect is that news outlets are often the ones operating a fog machine as news breaks.This being a common occurrence, and also due to the sensitivities attached to the activity,
The UK has agreed to a US request to use British military bases for "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
But the prime minister said the UK had learned lessons from the "mistakes of Iraq", and was not involved in the initial strikes on Iran and "will not join offensive action now".
Sir Keir said the basis of the decision to accept the US request was the "collective self-defence" of allies and protecting British lives, accusing Iran of pursuing a "scorched-earth strategy".
The BBC understands the US is likely to use RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for strikes on Iranian missile sites.
Mamdani Promotes Islam
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Last Sunday, as a massive blizzard hit New York City, Comrade Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani posted praise of municipal workers on X: “Grateful for the public workers who keep NYC running — especially in a blizzard. From 5am suhoor with @NYCSanitation to visits to @nycparks’ Randall’s Island garage, DSNY’s Flushing plow shed & @nycdot’s salting operation … it’s working people who show up for NYC.”
Mamdani included four photos, including one of him praying with four Muslim workers from the Department of Sanitation; suhoor is the meal that Muslims eat before dawn during Ramadan, as the fasting period begins with the rising of the sun.
Did You Read The Washington Post's Obituary
of Ali Khamenei? You're Not Going to Believe It 16 replies
of Ali Khamenei? You're Not Going to Believe It 16 replies
What is fresh hell is this?
The media's coverage was terrible when Trump once turned Qasem Soleimani into ash, so it’s no surprise they react similarly to the death of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was killed in the first wave of airstrikes Saturday morning, which effectively weakened the Iranian regime.
So, of course, the major publications are posting obituaries about this clown, which is a waste of ink and space, but whatever. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think you were reading the Babylon Bee, an elite satire site, but no—this is the real deal from The Washington Post.
Top Hezbollah political leader Muhammad Ra’ad, head of the group’s parliamentary faction and one of Iran’s most prominent proxies in Lebanese politics, has reportedly been assassinated in Beirut.
According to the Israeli war room, Ra’ad, who led the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc in Lebanon’s Parliament since 2000 and was a key figure rejecting disarmament and advocating for Hezbollah’s armed domination, was killed in precision strikes early Monday.According to MTV Lebanon (Murr Television), a leading independent Lebanese television station:
The federal income tax is abusive. It is inconsistent with liberty. It has, as Chief Justice John Marshall noted, the power to destroy. There is nothing positive to be said about it. It cannot even raise government revenues efficiently. As we said a year ago, of all the good Donald Trump could do in his second term, eliminating the federal income tax would be one of his greatest achievements.
It’s clearly one of his goals.
“As time goes by, I believe the tariffs paid for by foreign countries will, like in the past, substantially replace the modern-day system of income tax,” Trump said during his State of the Union address.
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's horrifying assassination on Sept. 10, I hoped that at least something good might come from it. I did see a renewed energy among conservatives, revival among young people and a message of forgiveness, the heart of Christianity, on the national stage for all to see. But in the months since he died, something else has risen up, too: Candace Owens, a former colleague of Charlie Kirk, and her ever-spiraling grift. At first, I was saddened by the grip she seemed to have on everyday conservatives, caught up in her bombastic storytelling and bizarre tendency toward conspiracy theories.
Report: California Democrat Whose Husband
Works for Weapons Builder Wants to ‘Defund
the Pentagon’ 14 replies
Works for Weapons Builder Wants to ‘Defund
the Pentagon’ 14 replies
A Democrat running for office in California has reportedly called to defund the Pentagon, but her husband works for a company that built missiles the United States is believed to have used during the recent strikes on the Islamic regime in Iran.
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair is a candidate for the state’s 65th Assembly District and her husband, Fazlul Zubair, is an engineer manager for Raytheon, the New York Post reported Monday.
The United States and Israel launched a joint military operation targeting Iran on Saturday in part to ensure the regime will never have the capability to threaten the world with nuclear weapons, according to Breitbart News.
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Microsoft does the same thing.