
The US was quick to proclaim the balloon was a Chinese surveillance balloon. China countered saying it was nothing more than a weather balloon. Who was lying and who was telling the truth?
A researcher from The Pennsylvania State University published a commentary in the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing that examines four key contemporary “drivers” of political violence in the United States: “toxic” political polarization; “toxic” identity-based ideologies; assaults on democratic norms; and disinformation and conspiracy theories.
Paramount+ will exclusively premiere Indivisible – Healing Hate, a gripping six-part documentary narrated by Mandy Patinkin that traces the origins of anti-government extremism and how it built on a deadly series of historical events over decades to culminate in the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Most Americans are not aware that the British restrictions on firearms did not happen overnight. Their restrictive gun controls were implemented over the course of several decades and for various reasons. Even odder, almost unanimously, the right to own firearms was freely relinquished by the British citizens with very little resistance. The same could happen…
Naturally, when a mass shooting occurs and the media bombards the public with anti-gun rhetoric, we become concerned and inherently wonder, “Would the country be safer if gun ownership was restricted – or more tightly controlled?” Contrary to what we are often told, guns have no bearing on the level of violence in a society.
The following appeared on the Wall Street Bets board on Reddit about the time the GME stock began tumbling after big investment powerhouses began shutting down small investors’ ability to buy GME, AMC, and other stocks that had been run up by Wall Street Bets users. The open letter was posted by Reddit user ssauronn…