Source: Indian Express [India]
“Saudi Arabia has executed a journalist who spent seven years in prison on charges of terrorism and treason. Rights groups say the charges were linked to posts he made on social media, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Turki Al-Jasser, a journalist in his late 40s, was put to death on Saturday after the country’s top court upheld his death sentence, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Al-Jasser was arrested in 2018 after security forces raided his home and seized his computer and phones. It remains unclear where he was tried or how long the trial lasted. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York-based watchdog, said Al-Jasser was accused of operating a social media account on X, which had published allegations of corruption involving members of the Saudi royal family.” (06/15/25)
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/turki-al-jasser-saudi-arabia-executes-journalist-after-seven-years-in-prison-10068322/
Source: Agorist Nexus
“Escaping the system with John Bush.” (06/14/25)
https://www.agoristnexus.com/escaping-the-system-with-john-bush-170/
Source: EconLog
by Pierre Lemieux
“Weaponization is what governments do when they intervene in the affairs of others. Not only do they weaponize trade against foreign rulers, but tariffs and other trade barriers are a weapon for a government to favor some domestic producers against domestic consumers, as well as against other domestic producers. The conflict over exports marks a return to the 17th and 18th centuries. National governments frequently restricted not only foreign imports but also foreign exports. … As economists have quipped, protectionism is what we do to ourselves that is done by foreign enemies in time of war. Of course, the ‘what we do to ourselves’ must be read as ‘what some of us do to others among us.'” (06/15/25)
https://www.econlib.org/back-to-the-seventeenth-century/
Source: The Reframe
by AR Moxon
“The world’s biggest spoiled child threw himself a special-boy birthday party in the nation’s capital yesterday: A tank parade showing off all the toys of death he now controls, and a demonstration that he now controls them. So the tanks rolled down the streets, possibly damaging them on the way, past an assemblage so diminished you could hear the squeak of the wheels. Soldiers marched in what appeared to be rather desultory fashion down Constitution Avenue, lined by crowds that stood one (or in some places none) deep. … the people were elsewhere yesterday. They gathered, millions of them, in the nation’s many cities, to convey the very clear message ‘fuck the birthday boy, and fuck all his evil works.'” (06/15/25)
https://www.the-reframe.com/shows-of-weakness
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Iran and Israel are at war, with the US already intimately involved and likely to become more so. Which of course means we’ll be spending the foreseeable future getting bashed in the face with lies from the most powerful people in the world. The most immediately obvious of these is the Netanyahu-promoted narrative that Israel initiated this conflict because Iran was on the brink of developing a nuclear weapon. With absolutely no self-consciousness or sense of irony, the Israeli prime minister followed the attacks with a statement accusing Iran of ‘genocidal rhetoric’ which it has backed up with ‘a program to develop nuclear weapons.’ Israel, as we all know, has an unacknowledged nuclear arsenal, and its leaders are presently committing genocide in Gaza while spouting genocidal rhetoric.” (06/15/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/06/15/we-are-of-course-being-lied-to-about-iran/
Source: Fox News
“Three people were taken into custody Saturday night in connection with a shooting during a ‘No Kings’ protest in Salt Lake City, Utah, including a man believed to be the gunman, according to police. Salt Lake City Police said one victim was injured after officers heard gunshots near 151 South State Street just before 8 p.m. The victim was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The man believed to be the shooter also suffered a gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries under police watch, Police Chief Brian Redd said at a press conference. … Redd said it was too early to tell if the shooting was politically motivated and whether those involved knew each other. The shooter appeared to be walking alongside the group of marching protesters.” (06/14/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/person-interest-custody-after-shooting-no-kings-demonstration-utah
Source: The Anarchist Experience
“No other hosts want to play, and the troll was MIA, so Rich E Rich Reads the News.
HEADLINES: * Democratic Minnesota politician fatally shot, another injured in ‘politically motivated assassination’ * In Support of the Free State Project * Ron DeSantis Says Floridians Have Right to Hit Protesters With Cars * Massachusetts landlord took on a second job to pay his bills during 2-year battle with ‘professional tenants’ * No Joking Around: Brazilian Comedian Jailed for Offensive Humor
OUTRAGE: Cranbury, NJ Moves to Seize 175-Year-Old Family Farm to Make Way for ‘Affordable Housing’ Project.” (06/14/25)
https://theanarchistexperience.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/the-anarchist-experience-532/
Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“Occasionally I think one up. Sometimes I discover from commenters that it already exists. Nobody, so far as I know, has taken the idea and run with it, but I can always hope.” (06/14/25)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/inventions-i-would-like-to-see
Source: Fox News
by Andrew Mark Miller & Alex Miller
“Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse faced immediate blowback on Thursday in response to a social media post where he compared his Democratic colleague’s outburst at a press conference to the work of Civil Rights pioneer and late Congressman John Lewis. Shortly after Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA] was forcibly removed and handcuffed during a press conference held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles amid anti-ICE rioting, Sen. Whitehouse posted a photo of the incident alongside a historic photo of Lewis being confronted by police officers after being attacked by a mob at a South Carolina bus station. Lewis was arrested over 40 times during the Civil Rights Movement and was a major figure during many prominent moments of the era, including the Freedom Riders, speaking at the March on Washington and participating in the Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama.” (06/13/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/social-media-erupts-after-dem-senator-compares-political-stunt-civil-rights-leader-woke-insult
Source: US News & World Report
“China’s military held joint sea and air patrols in the South China Sea on Saturday, a spokesperson for the People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theater Command said. Spokesperson Tian Junli said in a statement on Sunday that the Philippines has courted countries outside the region to organise ‘joint patrols’ and ‘raised security risks’ in the region. ‘The theater command forces remain on high alert, resolutely safeguarding China’s national sovereignty and maritime rights,’ he said, adding that ‘all military activities that seek to stir up trouble in the South China Sea or create flashpoints are fully under control.’ The Philippine embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.” (06/15/25)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-15/chinas-military-conducts-patrols-in-south-china-sea-warns-philippines