Author: Press Room

Americans should imagine the tyranny that would have reigned if Flock Safety surveillance cameras were widespread during the coronavirus lockdowns, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said this week, calling for legislation “that will protect Floridians from allowing the state to turn into some type of digital prison, digital surveillance state where somebody knows everything about what you’re doing every day of the week.” There has been growing national backlash against the use of AI-powered license plate reader cameras, particularly in the Sunshine State, leading Florida’s transportation department to revoke local police departments’ authority to install license plate reader cameras on…

Screencap of Twitter/X video. Gustavo Gordillo is the New York City co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). He has an interesting backstory but it is all falling apart as people have dug into his background. Gordillo was in the news recently when it was revealed that he lives in a Brooklyn home worth more than a million that his wealthy parents bought for him. Is anything about this guy real? The New York Post reports: NYC DSA boss Gustavo Gordillo’s humble immigrant backstory in question — after caught faking address, job NYC socialist honcho Gustavo Gordillo’s web of…

The artificial intelligence (AI) music generation platform Suno has reportedly killed a Mary J. Blige advertisement in which the singer appeared to endorse the company. “We entered into a business deal with someone who presented themselves as Ms. Blige’s official representative. As soon as we learned this was not the case, and that Ms. Blige was uncomfortable, we terminated the advertising campaign,” a Suno spokesperson told Variety. The legendary R&B singer received a barrage of online backlash last month, after an 85-second video ad was released by Suno that appeared to show her collaborating with and responding favorably to an AI-generated song…

A Philippine trial court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Sara Duterte, in connection with charges against her for threatening the life of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and others. Duterte faces three counts of issuing “grave threats” against the president, his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos, and his cousin Martin Romualdez, who was speaker of the Philippine House at the time she made the threats in November 2024. Vice-President Duterte, the daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte, came into office in June 2022 as the running mate of another political scion, the son of former president Ferdinand Marcos. They…

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) believes homeless people should have legal immunity and not be “forced to work in exchange for a bed.” Maxwell made his statement during a press conference Wednesday when he introduced the No Homeless Detention Centers Act. “Right now there’s a growing effort in this country to treat homelessness like a crime instead of what it is: a housing crisis. Homelessness is a housing issue. Since the Supreme Court’s disastrous grants passed decision, states and cities have been given even more room to criminalize people for sleeping outside, and we are seeing politicians and right-wing organizations push…

The US- and EU-backed organization has called on the EU to close tech loopholes allowing Europeans to access Russian media censored by the bloc The EU- and US-funded press watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has called for tighter controls on AI-based search technology, after discovering that chatbots bypass European censorship laws and present Russian media sources banned by in Western Europe to users.The Paris-based RSF, which lists EU and the US National Endowment for Democracy among its backers, found that popular AI services can provide RT articles, links, excerpts, and news summaries to web users. “Public chatbots can access these websites…

Award-winning journalist Catherine Herridge shared shocking details from an exclusive report on Thursday about an investigation into “energy attacks” that may have taken place on American soil. Herridge appeared on NewsNation to share what she’d learned, saying, “According to my national security contacts, I understand multiple incidents of suspected directed energy attacks were reported in 2021 involving U.S. government personnel who were investigating directed energy weapon technology and trying to reverse-engineer a device.” “These debilitating brain injuries affecting diplomats, spies, military operatives, and even civilians are known as Havana Syndrome, after a cluster of cases were identified in Cuba a…

President Donald Trump warned Friday that the United States may strike Iran’s heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site “very soon,” declaring that Washington is closely tracking activity at the underground complex and will prevent Tehran from using it to rebuild its nuclear program. “We may hit Pickaxe very soon,” Trump told reporters at the White House, warning that the United States is prepared to act if it detects renewed nuclear activity there. Trump said American surveillance extends not only over Pickaxe Mountain but across Iran, giving Washington the ability to detect movements around the site and respond rapidly. “We know…

A federal judge, appointed by former President Joe Biden, is blocking President Donald Trump from narrowing birthright citizenship to exclude the United States-born children of foreign enemies of the U.S., members of foreign terrorist organizations, and others who lobby on behalf of foreign governments. On Thursday, Judge Deborah Boardman, appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland by Biden in 2021, issued a preliminary injunction — stopping Trump’s executive order to limit birthright citizenship to exclude certain classes of foreign nationals. “The 2026 Executive Order is almost certainly unconstitutional as applied to the certified class for the simple reason that…

Andrew and Tristan, currently in US custody, are also fighting a separate British extradition request over dozens of similar charges Romanian authorities have indicted social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate in absentia on charges including human trafficking, sex offenses involving minors, money laundering and witness tampering. The brothers have been held in a US jail since mid-July while fighting a separate British extradition request.Both have strongly denied wrongdoing.Andrew Tate, a former professional kickboxer and dual British-US citizen, built a global following promoting wealth, hyper-masculinity and traditional gender roles. His online content has attracted millions of followers while drawing widespread…