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Elon Musk, the Anti-Defamation League and the right: what’s behind the latest blow-up?

The Jewish advocacy and anti-hate group is at the center of a rightwing backlash campaign led by Musk over the ADL’s online database on extremism

The Guardian - US

FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League after conservative complaints

FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is cutting ties with two organizations that for decades have tracked domestic extremism and racial and religious bias, a move that follows complaints about the groups from some conservatives and prominent allies of President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Apple Removed ICEBlock From App Store Under DOJ Pressure

“This is protected speech,” said the app’s creator. “We are determined to fight this with everything we have."

Reason

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Is Kash Patel Anti-LGBTQ? FBI Director Fires Trainee Over Gay Pride Flag, Citing 'Poor Judgement'

FBI Director Kash Patel decided to fire a trainee after the agent displayed a gay Pride flag on his desk. His decision followed a series of high-profile terminations in September.

International Business Times UK

A woman ordered coffee and paper plates on Amazon. She got a box full of 250 blank ballots

Maine officials launch investigation into mystery delivery, which arrived days before mail-in voting opens in state referendum on election reform

The Independent UK

History is repeating itself at the FBI as agents resist a director’s political agenda

Three converging events in the 1970s – the Watergate scandal, the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War and revelations that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had abused his power to persecute people and organizations he viewed as political enemies – destroyed what formerly had been near-automatic trust in the…

The Conversation

FBI Director Kash Patel Dismisses Agent Trainee Over Gay Pride Flag Display

The dismissal is part of a broader pattern of firings under Patel's leadership. In September, over a dozen FBI agents were dismissed for taking a knee during racial justice protests in Washington, D.C., in 2020.

International Business Times

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FBI Director Kash Patel fires trainee agent who displayed gay pride flag: reports

Patel allegedly referred to the flag as an ‘inappropriate display of political signage’

The Independent UK

Kash Patel terminates FBI’s relationship with the ADL after group listed Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point as ‘extremist’

The FBI had an intelligence-sharing and training partnership with the group, which campaigns to fight antisemitism, but now Patel has pulled the plug on the arrangement

The Independent UK

Where does Trump’s peace plan leave the Palestinians?

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The Conversation

‘See you in Valhalla’: how the FBI director waded into the far-right’s obsession with the Vikings

At a press conference announcing that the suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk had been detained, FBI director Kash Patel ended his speech with a personal message to his “brother”, saying: “We have the watch, and I’ll see you in Valhalla.”

The Conversation

Kash Patel Gifted Illegal Guns to New Zealand Officials That Police Later Destroyed

FBI Director Kash Patel gifted New Zealand officials illegal firearms during his visit to the country earlier this year, authorities said Wednesday.

International Business Times

Experts offer stark warning on Trump’s covert war on drug boats after Kash Patel promised to treat cartels like al-Qaeda

FBI Director Kash Patel called on the U.S. to ‘treat the drug cartels like the al-Qaeda of the world’

The Independent UK

Demanding Charges Against His Enemies, Trump Conflates Justice With Revenge

The legal rationales for prosecuting James Comey, Adam Schiff, and Letitia James suggest the president is determined to punish them one way or another.

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America is now fighting ‘narco-terrorists’ with F-35s in the Caribbean to justify Trump’s need to bomb civilian boats in the ocean

Trump will do anything to justify murder.

The Independent UK

The Latest: Hegseth declares an end to ‘politically correct’ leadership in the US military

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting to announce directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or “male-level” standards for physical fitness as well as an end to “woke” culture in the military

The Independent UK

FBI director gifts illegal replica pistols to New Zealand spy chiefs

The pistols were illegal to possess under local gun laws

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Donald Trump’s war on the FBI continues as he claims another ex-director ‘got caught’ about Jan 6

Anyone who didn't swear loyalty to him is a target.

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‘Goes against FBI’: Kash Patel awkwardly steps off Trump’s conspiracy train, forgets to read the memo

After Adam Kinzinger thrashed Trump’s claims about the FBI’s involvement in the Jan. 6 riots, the Trump-appointed FBI Director Kash Patel has tripped over the same line. Looks like someone forgot to open the MAGA group chats.

The Independent UK

Kash Patel slams Assata Shakur’s mourners: ‘spitting on the badge’ of cops everywhere

Assata Shakur, godmother of slain rapper Tupac Shakur, died in Cuba last week

Reason

In Trump's Tussle With James Comey, You Should Hope Everybody Loses

The administration is pursuing a vendetta, but Comey and the FBI deserve scrutiny and reduced stature.

Benzinga

Trump Calls Michigan Church Shooting, Blaze 'Horrendous' As Four Dead, Eight Injured, Vance Says It Is An 'Awful Situation'

A gunman drove his truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during Sunday services, opening fire on worshippers before setting the building on fire, leaving four dead and eight others injured, officials said.

Reason

Trump's Public Comments Could Further Complicate the Shaky Case Against James Comey

By demanding that the Justice Department punish the former FBI director for wronging him, the president provided evidence to support a claim of selective or vindictive prosecution.

The Independent UK

Trump shares strange AI video promoting imaginary ‘Medbeds’ believers hope will cure all diseases

Trump deleted the fake AI video of himself endorsing make-believe miracle technology

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Fury as Kash Patel purges FBI, fires 20 veteran FBI agents for taking the knee in 2020

Tens of thousands of hours of experience, gone in a stroke.

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