Sudan is bleeding—12 million displaced, the largest humanitarian crisis on Earth. Cholera has infected over 100,000. Famine grips the land: 4,000 children under five are starving. Humanitarian aid is blocked. And yet, the world barely flinches. Why?
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Iranian and Qatari-backed media bombard our feeds with AI images performative outrage and TikTok bot armies masquerading as grassroots activism. The suffering in Sudan is algorithmically invisible drowned out by a curated obsession with Palestine that leaves no room for parallel tragedies.
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The “Woke Right” mirrors the “Woke Left,” adopting its worldview, tactics, and power focus, but aiming for opposite goals—much like Fascism’s reaction to Communism—seeing the Left’s success as proof some methods and ideas must be effective.
🌐 James Lindsay explores the similarities and differences between Woke Right and Woke Left in his latest New Discourses article. Check it out!
Woke Right: Same Energy, Opposite Direction
One of the best ways to think of “Woke Right” without getting into the philosophical and technical weeds is “same energy, opposite direction.”
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Of course, thieves deserve what they steal—because fighting for it is so heroic.
Thanks, US government, for giving every thug a free pass to loot malls and mansions with zero fallout.
Honoring thieves? Welcome to Trump’s glorious golden era of lawlessness and chaos!
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NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker on Ukraine's territorial concessions: "No big chunks or sections are going to be just given that haven't been fought for or earned on the battlefield."
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NEW ANTISEMITIC ASSAULT IN FRANCE 🇫🇷
Yesterday, during Shabbat, a Jewish man was attacked in the suburbs of Paris.
Targeted for wearing a kippa, he was repeatedly insulted before being beaten in the street.
How many more Jews must be hit in France before Macron takes action?
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Inflammatory language (“lies and bulls***”) and lack of precise sourcing (e.g., where Netanyahu “unwittingly” admitted the 75% cut) suggest it may stem from social media or advocacy narratives, like those on X.
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Also here on Bluesky: @honestreporting.com
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Civilisation fails the test, again
Ignoring the massacre of Syria’s Druze and Christians, the West demonises Israel instead
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Imagine inviting Hitler to the U.S. during WWII to negotiate giving parts of Europe to Nazi Germany.
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It looks like some Substack blogs show up on here like the one of Melanie Phillips. @melaniephillips.substack.com.web.brid.gy
