Shadow Banning On X is Getting OUT OF CONTROL in 2026

 

Many users including myself have discovered that not only is X shadow banning users for mentioning Israel, Epstein, or engaging in anti-imperialist rhetoric, but they're also allowing other accounts to lie and post false information without penalty according to a comprehensive analysis by Grok. With the censorship on X and the new Zionist crackdown on tiktok, many users are leaving both platforms in droves and moving to Upscrolled.

UpScrolled is live. The Instagram alternative that’s actually on your side.

ICE nodding to far-right extremists in recruitment posts, experts say

 

U.S. immigration enforcement agency memes look familiar to far-right groups

At first glance, there may not appear to be anything unusual about the social media posts that are part of the ongoing recruitment drive by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The posts, which encourage Americans to join ICE, use the same aggressively patriotic imagery that’s become a hallmark of the Trump administration’s online communications. 

But to observers of the far-right, and to members of the far-right themselves, there is something else that is recognizable in the language of the posts. 

"I would describe it as oddly very familiar as someone who has been looking at the white nationalist and neo-Nazi movement for nearly a decade now," said Hannah Gais, a senior research analyst with the Southern Poverty Law Centre, a non-profit that monitors right-wing extremism. 

"It's disturbing to see that coming from a government agency."

Gais is among several U.S. experts tracking a series of references in the ICE recruitment posts that, while obscure to most, seem to be winking to extremists. 

That’s raised the question: Who, exactly, is ICE trying to recruit?  (more...)

ICE nodding to far-right extremists in recruitment posts, experts say

A List Of Journalists Who’ve Taken Sponsored Israel Trips

 

These Canadian media figures went on trips sponsored by the Exigent Foundation, a pro-Israel organization

The Exigent Foundation (EF) is a pro-Israel organization that has taken dozens of Canadian journalists and others on sponsored trips since 2024.

EF was co-founded in March 2024 by Larry Maher, Georganne Burke and Vivian Bercovici.

Maher describes himself as “an entrepreneur in the construction and real estate industries.” He is listed as the president of Maher Construction.

Burke is a senior vice-president at the Pathway Group consulting firm, where she is described as “a seasoned veteran of political activities in the United States and Canada” who “spent the past ten years in a variety of roles with the Conservative Party of Canada, and in the offices of ministers and MPs” and is “the Chapter Lead for Republicans Overseas in Canada.”

Bercovici is a former Canadian ambassador to Israel who went on to work for Black Cube, a private Israeli intelligence firm described by the CBC as “a controversial private sector company composed of ex-members of the Mossad and other Israeli intelligence agencies.” Bercovici stepped down as an EF director in November 2024.

The purpose of EF, according to its incorporation document as a non-profit, is, “To promote good race relations in Canada by public education campaigns fighting racial discrimination.”

EF has taken at least eight delegations of Canadians to Israel. These trips have also included time in the West Bank, referred to by Maher as “Judea and Sameria,” the “borders of Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan” and the illegally occupied Golan Heights. Participants have also met with Israeli government officials, including the deputy minister of foreign affairs. 

The majority of the media figures who attended these trips have published content on their experience, including articles, videos and podcasts. Examples include articles titled, “Israel must get on with it and finish the job by flattening Gaza,” “What I, a Muslim, did not know about Israel,” and, “My fellow progressives — you’ve been lied to about Israel.”

The Maple reached out to EF through the contact form on their website to ask how many people they’ve taken on these trips, if they cover the costs of the trips in their entirety, how much they’ve spent on them and where they get their money from. We did not receive a response.

Here’s a list of 27 media figures who have gone on the trip, with details about who they are, where they work and what they published about the trip. This list should not be considered comprehensive. It will be updated going forward.  (more...)

A List Of Journalists Who’ve Taken Sponsored Israel Trips

US bishops urge ‘respect for life’ as anger swells over ICE killings in Minneapolis

 

US Catholic bishops have urged restraint, peace, and respect for human life after federal immigration agents shot and killed two American citizens in Minneapolis this month.

The latest killing occurred on Saturday, when US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers fatally shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti during an encounter on a Minneapolis street.

ICE later alleged Pretti was armed and intervened as agents approached a woman. But footage captured at the scene tells a sharply different story: Pretti is seen holding a phone, not a gun, as he appears to assist other demonstrators moments before being shot.

Local authorities also confirmed that Pretti, who was a nurse, held a valid permit to carry a handgun in public and that his firearm was legally registered.

Pretti’s death heightened tensions in the US  city, where fear and anger were already running high following the killing of 37‑year‑old mother Renee Good by a federal immigration agent just weeks earlier.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Minneapolis on Sunday, and several vigils were held for Pretti over the weekend.  (more...)

US bishops urge ‘respect for life’ as anger swells over ICE killings in Minneapolis

Davos Establishment Can't Face the Truth, Live in a World of Fractured Fairy Tales

 

Words, words, words -- some truthful, but most not.  It is not a sign of genius to recognize that the globalized economy has "ruptured", at least for the so-called advanced countries.  But who will tell them that they have no viable alternative despite the "academic credentials" of western leaders?  They have failed, decisively, and none of them stepped forward with an alternative.  There is an alternative development architecture emerging, around the BRICS, China's Belt-and-Road Initiative, based on LaRouche's advances on the American System -- which the City of London-directed forces wish to crush.  Implement a new Glass Steagall bill to take power away from the speculative swindlers of Davos and their system of financialization!

MINNESOTA’S CIVIL WAR: It’s NOT about Immigration Anymore

 

In this week's Underground, Michael explains why so many conservative influencers agree that the ICE tactics are the problem. Joe Rogan compared the tactics to those of the Gestapo, and Bill O'Reilly said that if Trump doesn't find a way to lower the temperature he's going to "lose the country." 

This is not a Republican vs Democrat issue, Michael argues. There is a whole lot more going on here than mere immigration enforcement. What is happening in Minnesota right now could negatively impact the entire world.

Why so much outrage, where’s the Catholic Church, and what’s the connection between Minneapolis, Gaza, Greenland and Davos?

Review of First Survivor by Lisa Banfield

 

This week we go beyond the excerpts and dig into the full book, The First Survivor: Life With Canada's Deadliest Mass Shooter, with citizen investigator Chad Jones, and Frank Magazine's Andrew Douglas. We discuss remaining unanswered questions, how the book is structured, reaction from  family members of the victims and their lawyers, and how the mainstream media has been covering its release.