Something deeply unsettling unfolded outside a Manhattan courthouse this week. As Luigi Mangione walked away with two of his most serious charges dismissed, the crowd that had gathered to support him broke into smiles, cheers, and even tears of joy. Think about that: people celebrating a man accused of cold-blooded murder.
The Israel Defense Forces launched the main phase of its ground operation into Gaza City in recent hours, a military official stated on Tuesday, initiating the final series of battles of the war to dismantle Hamas's last remaining military and governing stronghold.
It's called Chat Control 2.0, and if it passes, it won't just target criminals-it will target everyone. Every message, every photo, every email you send could be scanned by government mandate, even when you've done absolutely nothing wrong.
How does one man leave such a profound mark on millions of lives? How does a single voice-once just another young face in a crowd-rise to become a figure whose influence spans not only America but reaches across the world?
If China were to attack Taiwan, it may well also bring the fight directly to the U.S., with a long roster of potentially catastrophic actions it could inflict against Americans in their homeland including the release of deadly pathogens, igniting wildfires, taking down power grids, and disrupting or poisoning the food supply.
Over the past decade, Australia has changed in ways that few could have predicted. Once seen as one of the most relaxed, easygoing democracies in the West, the country is now grappling with a growing culture clash brought on by mass immigration, the rise of Islam as a visible force in public life, and the explosive importation of Middle Eastern conflicts onto Australian soil.