Six new member states will be added to BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) in January. The combined GDP of the expanded bloc will be about $65 trillion, or 37% of global GDP, compared to 30% for the G7, which includes the US and UK.

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The co-founder of Wikipedia said in an interview this week that CIA and FBI computers have been used to manipulate the online encyclopedia since at least 2008, making it “the most biased encyclopedia in history.”

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A ruling from a federal court unsealed Friday revealed that the FBI abused its surveillance powers while spying on January 6 and Black Lives Matter protesters more than 278,000 times. This is way beyond the point where Congress should stop it.

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Republicans on the House Oversight Committee released a “Second Records Memorandum” Wednesday outlining the more than $10 million received by Biden family members from foreign actors while President Biden was vice president.

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Silicon Valley Bank was seized by the federal government Friday in rather spectacular fashion, the second largest bank collapse in US history. What happens next?

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The Pentagon confirmed earlier this week that American troops are on the ground in Ukraine to inspect stockpiles of weapons sent by the US. The proxy war between the US and Russia threatens to get hot.Continue Reading

The Intercept reports that the Department of Homeland Security is broadening efforts to clamp down on speech it considers dangerous by partnering the big tech platforms. This isn’t news to anyone who’s been paying attention.Continue Reading