I understand the need to protect national security, but safeguarding it must never become an excuse to silence legitimate scrutiny — or intimidate journalists whose role is to hold the powerful to account — or to punish whistleblowers exposing real wrongdoing.
Trump’s War on Leaks: Is Journalism the Next Casualty? Read Journal Article
I hope the research and analysis presented will wake more people up to the crucial understanding that Covid was not a public health event. Rather, it was a demonstration of the crushing power exerted by an ever-expanding global deep state.
The Deep State Goes Viral: Introduction Read Journal Article
We still don’t know who colluded with China. But we can be confident that House of Commons staffers aren’t wanted for murder. Controlling the people and shielding the powerful are mandates of the modern managerial state.
The lengthy report was littered with bureaucratese and praised many of the government’s actions during the pandemic. The panel applauded the “agility” of the government to act early and lockdown to “buy time” before the vaccines were rolled out.
Experts Shred Australia’s Covid-19 Inquiry Read Journal Article
After three years of negotiation, the delegates of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) agreed on the text of the Pandemic Agreement, which now goes for vote at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) at the end of May 2025.
The Pandemic Agreement: Symbolic Consolidation of a New Pandemic Industry Read Journal Article
Do we even need a Surgeon General? That answer is clear. With dozens of health agencies already flooding our federal government, I say we leave the Surgeon General’s seat vacant. We have enough “parenting” going on as it is.
Dr. Robert Redfield, who headed the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) during the first year of Covid, said in an interview that vaccine mandates were a bad idea and that lockdowns and school closures were government overreach.
Who Was in Charge of Covid Communications? Read Journal Article
In a rare confluence, Canada, Britain, and Australia held elections within a week of one another, although in Britain’s case, these were local elections in England. Yet England’s local elections may turn out to be the most consequential.
Elections in Canada, England, and Australia Read Journal Article
Last week, my non-profit liber-net unveiled a new database of U.S. government awards to mis-dis-and-malinformation (MDM) and other content control initiatives. A previous Network Affects post broke down where that money came from. This one details where the money went.
Where the Money Went: USG Funding to Counter-Mis/Disinformation Initiatives Read Journal Article
The language continues to contradict previous WHO understanding and public health norms, promoting whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches rather than proportionate measures that minimize long-term harm, and ignores the basic policy requirement of considering any resource allocations against other competing priorities.
Commentary on the WHO’s Draft Pandemic Agreement: Pointless Verbiage Read Journal Article
It’s never as easy as “blame” or “fault” or stringing up the bad guy, and then we can all go home. This is a policy and system problem, which is way bigger than any one individual in that system.
Trump’s instinct may well be right that globalisation had shifted the trading balance to America’s net disadvantage, and the new equilibrium that settles after his rupture of the existing world trading order will reposition the US to recover lost ground.
