The screenshot below is from today’s New York Times. It is clear as day that the people in charge of the United States government today do not believe in the free press, free speech, or the truth. At this point, calling them authoratarian would be understating it. Bullshit from FCC Chair Brendan Carr, together with the near total domination of American media by right leaning, pro-regime corporations (see Bernie Sanders tweet below and this list of local TV stations in America owned by conservative Sinclair Media), means I am making a concerted effort nowadays to read more news from outside the United States and from indepedent outlets.

A great place to find international newspapers is RefDesk.com . Some sources I plan on reading more often going forward include the BBC, The Sunday Times (London), The Guardian (Manchester, UK), The Christian Science Monitor, as well as Israeli papers.