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On CNN This Morning, Dispatch co-founder Jonah Goldberg says Trump has a "goldfish's memory" of history, but that he subscribes to a 19th-century notion of spheres of influence. He thus sees the US's sphere of influence as the Americas and Europe, while Putin and Xi have their spheres of influence, in which Putin gets Ukraine, Xi gets Taiwan, and the US gets Panama. Per Goldberg, Trump…

It was a deeply weird Sunday at CBS. Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan argued that free speech led to the Holocaust, as if the Nazis allowed free speech. Then 60 Minutes promoted German prosecutors fining and jailing people for "hate speech" on social media. CBS likes a little "German order" on the internet. Jorge Bonilla joins the show to ponder the CBS mysteries.

Vice President JD Vance denounced German censorship after a major legacy media player acted as an apologist for the authoritarian practices in the European country. 

Vice President J.D. Vance’s speech at a security conference in Munich touched on the many ways Europe has become more authoritarian and elitist, from annulling elections in Romania, to throwing people in jail for online wrong-think, to outlawing silent prayer vigils in Scotland. Yet the New York Times treated the speech with utter contempt, ignoring Vance’s call for freedom while…

Vice President JD Vance tore into Europe’s abandonment of free speech and authoritarian approach to defending democracy. 

As Big Tech and the U.S. government take steps away from their past censorship abuses, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) issued a warning to the anti-free speech bureaucrats across the pond. 

While the European Union (EU) is infamous for its contempt for free speech, it may have sunk to a new low by reportedly going after a religious app.

A host of major social media platforms made a disturbing capitulation to European Union censors. 

President Donald Trump did not just defend free speech while addressing elites at Davos's World Economic Forum elites on Thursday. He also threw down the gauntlet.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg surprisingly opened up to podcast host Joe Rogan about the massive pressure the Biden administration and global governments put on Big Tech companies to censor speech. Zuckerberg is now calling for action.

X owner Elon Musk took a strong stand against censorship during an interview with a German political candidate. Here’s what she told him about the dystopian reality of free speech in the European Union (EU). 

Winning the 2024 election was only the beginning — the Trump effect is now sweeping the globe. From Canada to the U.K. and continental Europe, left-liberal governments are tottering while right-leaning voters, especially young men, gravitate toward populist politics and take inspiration from Donald Trump’s success in America. It’s almost as if Trump himself were on the ballot in other advanced…

The director of an organization funded by leftist billionaire George Soros joined a chorus of voices calling for censorship and more regulation of X after the platform’s owner Elon Musk weighed in on migrant violence in Germany. 

The Washington Post motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness," contrasts with Politico's seemingly indifferent stance towards the annulment of Romanian elections. Politico's report, which neglected to mention criticism from runner-up Elena Lasconi, raised concerns about Russian interference in far-right candidate Călin Georgescu's campaign. Lasconi denounced the annulment, seeing it…