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aljazeera.com (2026-01-29). Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban Emmy-winning Owda points to changes in TikTok's US ownership, remarks from Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu to explain ban.

ibtimes.co.uk (2026-01-29). Palestinian Journalist Bisan Owda Says TikTok Permanently Banned Her Account In a video statement, she said the ban is not temporary, adding that she had anticipated it following recent interviews of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and TikTok's new US owner.

aljazeera.com (2026-01-28). Trump reiterates threat of military action with demand for Iran deal Trump has revived a threat that the United States is ready to launch a military attack against Iran as he demands Tehran make a deal over its nuclear programme.
"A massive Armada is heading to Iran. It is moving quickly, with great power, enthusiasm, and purpose," he said in a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday.

theintercept.com (2026-01-28). Ignoring Court Ruling, Trump Sends Troops to Portland to Break Imagined Antifa "Siege" Trump's Portland announcement appeared to surprise Pentagon officials, who offered no information even a day after Trump issued his order on Truth Social.

aljazeera.com (2026-01-28). As Western powers crack down on migrants, Spain embraces 500,000 Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said Spain needs migration to fill workforce gaps and counteract an ageing population that puts a strain on pensions and the welfare state.
Laetitia Van der Vennet, of the Platform for Undocumented Immigrants, an NGO, said the Spanish policy was a welcome contrast to the anti-migrant wave in Europe and the US. | "At a time when a hostile environment against migrants is spreading on both sides of the Atlantic, this move shows both humanity and common sense," she said.

newrepublic.com (2026-01-27). Trump Sends ICE to Winter Olympics in Italy for "Security" Milan's mayor is pushing back on the plan, calling ICE a "a militia that kills."

palestinechronicle.com (2026-01-27). Israel Faces Deepening Mental Health Crisis after Gaza Genocide – Report Thousands of Israelis are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following the Palestinian Resistance operation of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing two-year genocidal war on Gaza, constituting the country's "biggest-ever" mental health crisis, according to a Bloomberg report.

commoncause.org (2026-01-27). Trump Administration Demands Minnesotans' Private Voter Data To Call Off His Secret PoliceThe Trump Administration has sent masked, armed, secret police to terrorize Minnesotans - and Attorney General Pam Bondi is demanding access to private voter data before she'll call them off.
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2026-01-29: Epstein Files Roundup

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thecanary.co (2026-01-27). TikTok US censoring Epstein, Trump and ICE contentEllison is a piece of shit, and he's Trump's back pocket. And now, he controls TikTok. This allows Trump's allies to further hide, control and distort the reality of ICE murders, Israel's genocide, and the Epstein files.

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middleeasteye.net (2026-01-29). How western wars turned liberal democracies into police states From post-9/11 surveillance laws to the repression of Gaza solidarity, state powers once justified as tools of foreign war are now directed inward at citizens

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counterpunch.org (2026-01-27). Gaza's "Board of Peace": A Circus to Normalize a New Phase of Mass Dispossession and Genocide The so-called ceasefire in Gaza was a cynical ruse to secure Israeli captives while giving Israel free rein to starve, murder and assassinate at will. The world was duped into swallowing yet another Zionist deception, orchestrated by Israel-first Americans, financed with U.S. taxpayer dollars, and drenched in Palestinian blood.

WSWS (2026-01-27). Co-workers, veterans at Minneapolis VA center honor Alex Pretti, denounce murder by ICE thugs. wsws.org Minnesota veterans and students denounced the assassination of VA nurse Alex Pretti.

WSWS (2026-01-27). Crucial questions posed by Labor's censorship and destruction of Australian writers' festival. wsws.org The defence of artistic freedom is inseparably connected to the fight to mobilise the entire working class against social austerity, dictatorship, imperialist war and barbarism.

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