If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that Australia’s top censor, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant enjoys “the support, I believe, overwhelmingly, of the Australian people,” as he reaffirmed his government’s backing for her and promised to “further strengthen hate laws” across the country. Speaking on the New South Wales Central Coast on January 1, Albanese linked the government’s online safety agenda with its broader push to combat “harmful” content. The Prime Minister praised Inman Grant’s leadership amid growing international scrutiny, saying his government stood firmly behind her authority as the nation’s top online safety regulator. “We support the work that the eSafety Commissioner has done,” he said, noting that she had been appointed under the previous Coalition government and continues to have bipartisan backing. Albanese also highlighted the early impact of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, which effectively bans under-16s from using social media without verified parental consent, bringing in a form of digital ID to access online platforms. “The numbers of accounts that have been closed as a direct result show that it is working,” he said, arguing the measure demonstrates Australia’s “world-leading” stance on online protections for children. The Prime Minister pointed out that other nations were taking notice, noting that “there is now an announcement about the French Government looking at a social media ban as well.” He described this as a sign that “Australia has proudly led the world” in addressing the risks social media poses to young people, adding that his administration was “doing the right thing” despite resistance from technology companies. “We expected and are receiving some pushback from the tech companies as a result of that, but we are proud,” he said. When asked about criticism of Inman Grant from members of the US Congress, Albanese dismissed the idea of engaging publicly, saying his government preferred to handle such diplomatic exchanges privately. “We back the eSafety Commissioner, and we engage with governments in the usual diplomatic way, rather than at press conferences,” he told reporters. Grant has come under growing criticism from lawmakers in the US over her agency’s global censorship authority and online safety enforcement. US House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan has accused Grant of pressuring American tech companies to comply with Australia’s content removal and age verification laws, arguing that her actions could infringe on US free speech standards. Jordan has demanded that Grant testify before Congress to explain her office’s role in directing platforms to remove material worldwide under Australian law. He warned that if she refuses to appear, the committee may consider stronger measures to compel her participation. Grant has rejected claims that her work undermines free expression, insisting her focus is on protecting children and tackling online harm rather than restricting legitimate speech. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Albanese Backs Top Censor, Vows Stronger “Hate” Laws appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

Axios: Dems Wonder Whether Championing A Narco-Trafficking Dictator Is a Winning Message

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Legacy media have echoed Democrats’ dour talking points in an effort to cast a pall on President Donald Trump’s first year back in office, but a look back at the year 2025 reveals there was significant good news to be had for those willing to see it. Here are 10 items of good news from 2025. The Stock Market Was Up The value of U.S. stocks increased 17% in 2025. All major indexes hit record highs during the year, with the S&P 500 flirting with the 7,000 mark and the Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassing 48,000. For the year, the S&P 500 rose 16%, Nasdaq climbed 19% and the Dow was up 13%. Crime Was Down Crime plunged in several major categories in 2025 and final numbers are expected to show the largest one-year drop in murders in the nation’s history. Through the first 10 months of the year, murder was down 19.8% from the same period in 2024. Motor vehicle theft (-23.2%), robbery (-18.3%), burglary (-14.8%), property crime (-12.3%), and violent crime (-10.2%) all recorded double-digit percent drops. In the Nation’s Capital, crime declined 17% in 2025, aided by President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to quell D.C.’s crime emergency. Illegal Immigration Was Stopped U.S. Border Patrol released zero illegal aliens into the United States for the seventh straight month, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) noted in last month’s border status report for November. What’s more, monthly encounters of illegal aliens at U.S. borders hit a record low and have declined steadily during 2025 since Trump entered the White House in January. Inflation Was Stabilized Compared to a year earlier, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all items increased 2.7% in November of 2025, less than the 2.9% rise recorded in 2024. Inflation, as measured by the “core” CPI index, which excludes the volatile gasoline and food categories, was also cooler than expected, rising 2.6% from a year ago – the smallest 12-month increase since March of 2021. From February 2021 through January 2025, monthly inflation averaged 5.0%. Taxes Were Cut In 2025, Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” instituting new tax cuts and extending others that were set to expire at year’s end. As the IRS explains, it: Lowered individual income tax rates. Increased the standard deduction. Extended tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year. Eliminated tax on tips and overtime pay. Made interest on car loans deductible. Increased the deduction for seniors. Iran’s Nuclear Threat Was Eradicated In June, a U.S. military strike obliterated Iran’s nuclear facilities, which were on the verge of creating nuclear weapons that the hostile regime could have used to threaten the world. Mortgage Rates Were Down When 2025 came to a close on December 31, the average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage was at its lowest level in more than a year. At 6.18%, the average rate was the lowest since the 6.12% average for October 3, 2024. A year earlier, on December 31, 2024, the rate averaged 6.91%. Gas Prices Fell to 4-Year Low The national average price for a gallon of regular gas ended 2025 at the lowest level since March of 2021, 23 cents less than a year earlier. What’s more, December’s price was the lowest average for December in five years. “The national average has fallen 3 cents this week to $2.82, the cheapest December since 2020,” AAA reported. COVID Deaths Hit New Lows - CDC Deaths “with confirmed or presumed COVID-19” fell to a record-low in 2025, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After hitting a high of 463,267 in 2021, the COVID death toll fell to 19,333 last year. In September, CDC announced that COVID had officially fallen out of the top 10 causes of death in the country. The 2025 count is down 58% from 2024’s 57,539 mark and the lowest total since the epidemic hit in 2020. The U.S. closed out 2025 by recording only 118 COVID-related deaths for the week ending December 27, posting the lowest weekly total since the week ending March 21, 2020, when it skyrocketed to 588 from just 60 during the previous seven-day period. The U.S. mortality rate from all causes of death also declined, falling 3.8%, the CDC noted in its September 2025 report. Virtually all race, ethnic and age groups enjoyed declines in their respective death rate. No Hurricanes Hit U.S. Not a single hurricane made landfall in the U.S. during this year’s North Atlantic hurricane season, sparing American lives and property damage. From June 1 through November 30, there were 13 named (severe) storms, of which five became hurricanes. None made landfall. 2025 was the first landfall-free hurricane season in ten years (since 2015). "For the first time in a decade, not a single hurricane struck the U.S. this season, and that was a much needed break,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports.

The Department of War is ramping up its efforts to punish Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over his involvement in what President Donald Trump and his administration have described as a "seditious" video. At Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's direction, the department is set to cut Kelly's military retirement pay for an alleged "pattern of reckless misconduct," namely the video of Democrat lawmakers calling for servicemen to disobey "illegal orders" from the president. The DOW also issued a letter of censure to Kelly, which "outlines the totality of Captain (for now) Kelly’s reckless misconduct." 'Kelly’s status as a sitting United States Senator does not exempt him from accountability.'"Six weeks ago, Senator Mark Kelly — and five other members of Congress — released a reckless and seditious video that was clearly intended to undermine good order and military discipline," Hegseth said in a post on X. "As a retired Navy Captain who is still receiving a military pension, Captain Kelly knows he is still accountable to military justice.""And the Department of War — and the American people — expect justice."RELATED: 'Ridiculous charade': Bill O'Reilly torches Democrat senator over 'seditious' political stunt Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesHegseth justified the response by arguing that Kelly's prominence as a senator does not give him special privileges, citing specific articles Kelly may have violated. "Captain Kelly’s status as a sitting United States Senator does not exempt him from accountability, and further violations could result in further action," Hegseth said. "These actions are based on Captain Kelly's public statements from June through December 2025 in which he characterized lawful military operations as illegal and counseled members of the Armed Forces to refuse lawful orders.""This conduct was seditious in nature and violated Articles 133 and 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, to which Captain Kelly remains subject as a retired officer receiving pay."RELATED: Pentagon says court-martial possible for Sen. Mark Kelly after Trump calls him a 'traitor' for 'seditious' video Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesKelly fired back at Hegseth, calling him unqualified and accusing him of targeting lawmakers for simply opposing the administration. "Over twenty-five years in the U.S. Navy, thirty-nine combat missions, and four missions to space, I risked my life for this country and to defend our Constitution – including the First Amendment rights of every American to speak out," Kelly said in a post on X. "I never expected that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense would attack me for doing exactly that.""Pete Hegseth wants to send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn’t like, they will come after them the same way," Kelly added. "It’s outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

If it seems like the Democratic Party is divided — that’s because it is. Specifically Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck believes that “there are at least two different kinds of Democrats.”“Democrats that, you know, might vote for Schumer and ... don’t believe that there’s, you know, this great change coming, and they want the same kind of America that we want. There’s that Democrat, and then there’s the socialist, the revolutionary Democrat,” Glenn explains.“Democrats became progressive in the early 20th century. And when they became progressives, they did it because the Democrats did not want a revolution. They believed in socialism, they believed in communism. Remember, this is before communism had been tried and failed over and over and over again,” he says.The progressives had been making the case that “science was going to be able to control society,” and thus, “it would have all the answers.”“Socialists were like, ‘Yeah, it is the right way, so let’s do it now.’ Progressives said, ‘No, we’ll get to your socialist utopia, but we’ll do it one step at a time.’ You can relate to this because how many times do we have to be Charlie Brown and our own side is Lucy with the football,” Glenn says.“That’s exactly what I was thinking about as you were laying that out,” BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere chimes in.“And what was the response from our side?” Glenn asks.“Our side always said, ‘Look, we just need to win that next election. If we win that next election, we’ll move the ball down. Don’t worry, I’ll hold the ball right here so you can kick it. We just have to win that next election first,’” Burguiere answers.“And when that was over, what did we do? We hired the world’s largest wrecking ball, Donald Trump. We’re like, ‘We’re done with that. We don’t believe you anymore,’” Glenn says.After Trump’s first term, the Democrats then ran Joe Biden, who Glenn explains “allows all the chaos to happen.”“The socialists want all of this chaos. They want all of this control. But so do the Democrats, the new kind of Democrat. They want control. They just want global control. They’re much more fascistic,” he says.“What do socialists want? They want to control schools. Socialist communists. They want to control schools but so do the authoritarians. They want to control schools. They want a communist system where all the means of production are owned by the people through the state,” he continues.While these two separate factions begin to look more and more alike, the Democrats still “need the illusion of America.”“They want the Fed. Do you think the socialists want the Fed? No. The socialists don’t want the WEF. They don’t want just a restructured social order. They want a completely restructured social order. The Democrats, the authoritarian, they want friends in the media. They want friends in tech. Do you think the socialists want friends in the media?” Glenn asks.“They’ll drag those people out in the streets and beat them to death so fast. And they’ll do the same with the people in tech,” he continues. “OK, that’s what will happen. That’s the difference. You have revolutionaries and then you have politicians.”Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

As a matter of American law, the ex-dictator hasn’t a leg to stand on.

Tim Walz exits stage far left, undone not by extremism but by scandal.

Democrat Voter TROUNCES TDS-Crazed Champagne Socialists and FAKE Revolutionaries for RUINING Her Party