If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A federal judge in California has halted the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R-FIMI) Hub, formerly known as the Global Engagement Center (GEC). In a June 13 order, US District Judge Susan Illston declared that the planned elimination of the unit, part of a broader push by the administration to downsize the federal government, violates an earlier injunction. We obtained a copy of the order for you here. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have prematurely celebrated the end of R-FIMI back in April when he said the censorship unit was “dead.” Despite his announcement, legal barriers remain in place, preserving the agency’s existence. For now. Through the intervention of the federal judiciary, R-FIMI, a program with a $50 million annual budget that has drawn fire for suppressing online speech under the pretense of combating “foreign disinformation,” has been granted an unexpected lifeline. The agency, a legacy of the Obama administration, was launched in 2016 to monitor and counter alleged foreign propaganda, particularly from Russia. But over time, its activities expanded into domestic spheres, drawing allegations that it pressured social media platforms to silence certain political voices ahead of the 2020 election. More: Inside the $1.5 Billion US Censorship-Industrial Complex: How MDM Grants Built a Domestic and Global Narrative Control Network Judge Illston’s ruling came in response to growing concerns from federal employee unions over sweeping executive actions they argue circumvent congressional oversight. The case, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, challenges President Trump’s February Executive Order 14210, which called for widespread agency reorganizations and staff reductions across multiple departments, including State. Illston previously issued a preliminary injunction on May 9 barring these cuts. In Friday’s order, she directly addressed the State Department’s attempt to move forward with plans to shutter R-FIMI, stating, “actions to be taken pursuant to the State Department’s reorganization plans…are prohibited by the Court’s injunctive relief, as are all final separations scheduled in the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference program.” She added a pointed directive: “If the State Department has any question about whether planned actions fall within the scope of the Court’s injunction, the Court ORDERS the Department to first raise those questions with the Court before taking action.” Rubio’s attempt to sidestep the court’s prior ruling and sunset the R-FIMI unit has now been frozen, part of the ongoing legal tug-of-war over executive authority and the role of the judiciary in restraining or enabling bureaucratic overhaul. For now, R-FIMI’s future remains entangled in litigation, and its controversial role in shaping public discourse continues unabated. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post California Judge Blocks Trump Admin from Dismantling State Dept’s Censorship Agencies appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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What is it worth to CNN to keep its Beijing bureau? How about losing its credibility on stories relating to China? In the latest iteration of CNN covering for China is the revelation that the Washington Post has been hacked as covered (sort of) Sean by Lyngaas of CNN on Sunday in "Hackers take aim at Washington Post journalists in an apparent ‘targeted’ cyberattack." Hackers have tried to break into the email accounts of a select number of Washington Post journalists, according to an internal Washington Post memo obtained by CNN. The Post discovered the “possible targeted” hack of its email system last Thursday, prompting the newspaper to reset login credentials for all its employees on Friday, Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray said in a memo Sunday to employees. “Although our investigation is ongoing, we believe the incident affected a limited number of Post journalists accounts, and we have contacted those whose accounts have been impacted,” Murray said. “We do not believe this unauthorized intrusion impacted any additional Post systems or has had any impact for our customers,” he added. Who, oh WHO, could the culprits possibly be? You won't find out from CNN although they do leave the barest of hints at the conclusion of the story: The Wall Street Journal first reported on the hack. The Journal itself was the subject of a multi-year hacking campaign by suspected Chinese hackers, which the paper discovered in 2022. That espionage effort targeted journalists reporting on China-related issues. Hmmm... So the Wall Street Journal was hacked by the Chinese, yet CNN can't draw any conclusions about the culprits in the case of the   That's what fear of losing the Beijing Bureau can do. One news outlet that does not have a Beijing bureau, the New York Post, was more forthright in their Sunday story by Ariel Zilber on this same topic starting with the headline, "Washington Post journalists who cover China had their email accounts hacked: report." The story itself left little doubt as to the probable source of the hacking: Several journalists at The Washington Post who cover China had their email accounts compromised in a suspected cyberattack that may have been carried out by a foreign government, according to the Wall Street Journal. The breach, which affected Microsoft email accounts, potentially gave the intruders access to the contents of reporters’ work emails, including messages sent and received, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Those targeted include members of the Post’s national security and economic policy teams who cover China. So it appears that maintenance of Beijing bureau means a news organization must remain very circumspect when treading into areas that could be critical of China and the CCP that controls that nation... as well as indirectly controlling foreign news coverage of that regime. Nice Beijing bureau you have there. It would be a shame if you lost it.

In a significant victory for the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, food giant Kraft Heinz vowed that it would remove all artificial colors from its products in the coming years. On Tuesday, Kraft Heinz announced in a statement that it will remove artificial food, drug, and cosmetic colors from products in the United States before the end of 2027. Kraft Heinz also declared that 'it will not launch any new products in the US with Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) colors, effective immediately.'The U.S. Food and Drug Administration notes that there are seven certified synthetically produced color additives approved for use in foods, drugs, and cosmetics. "The FDA’s regulations require evidence that a color additive is safe at its intended level of use before it may be added to foods," according to the FDA. In order to be an approved additive in foods, the artificial coloring can be added only to certain types of foods and in limited quantities. Companies that use it must also adhere to FDA regulations on how the color additive is presented on the product's packaging. As Blaze News reported in January, the FDA announced a ban on the use of Red No. 3 dye because of evidence that laboratory rats exposed to high levels of Red No. 3 developed cancer. RELATED: Red dye 40 and hidden toxins are fueling the ADD epidemic Kraft Heinz announced a three-pronged strategy for removing artificial colors from its existing products, including "removing colors where it is not critical to the consumer experience," "replacing FD&C colors with natural colors," or "reinventing new colors and shades where matching natural replacements are not available."Kraft Heinz pointed out that nearly 90% of its U.S. products are free of FD&C colors.In addition to removing artificial dyes from its existing products, Kraft Heinz also declared that "it will not launch any new products in the U.S. with Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) colors, effective immediately."Pedro Navio — the North America president of Kraft Heinz — stated, "As a food company with a 150+ year heritage, we are continuously evolving our recipes, products, and portfolio to deliver superiority to consumers and customers. The vast majority of our products use natural or no colors, and we’ve been on a journey to reduce our use of FD&C colors across the remainder of our portfolio."Navio stressed that the company eliminated artificial colors, preservatives, and flavors from its extremely popular mac and cheese in 2016. The Kraft Heinz Company has several notable brands under its umbrella, including Oscar Mayer, Ore-Ida, Capri Sun, Lunchables, Jell-O, and Kool-Aid.Kraft Heinz is the "third-largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands," according to the food behemoth. RELATED: Grass-fed steaks, unprocessed salt, and more chemical-free picks from the Solarium Kraft Heinz is removing all artificial colors from its brands after the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. placed pressure on food manufacturers to eliminate synthetic additives from their food products by the end of President Donald Trump's term. In March, Kennedy urged the removal of artificial dyes from food products in a meeting with top food executives from massive companies such as Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo, General Mills, Tyson Foods, and W.K. Kellogg. As part of his MAHA agenda, Kennedy is pushing food manufacturers to remove potentially dangerous petroleum-based synthetic dyes from food. “For too long, some food producers have been feeding Americans petroleum-based chemicals without their knowledge or consent," Kennedy proclaimed in April. "These poisonous compounds offer no nutritional benefit and pose real, measurable dangers to our children’s health and development. That era is coming to an end.""We’re restoring gold-standard science, applying common sense, and beginning to earn back the public’s trust," President Trump's HHS secretary declared. "And we’re doing it by working with industry to get these toxic dyes out of the foods our families eat every day."In addition to removing artificial dyes from the nation’s food supply, the FDA is partnering with the National Institutes of Health to "conduct comprehensive research on how food additives impact children’s health and development."Blaze News reached out to the HHS and FDA for a comment on Kraft Heinz eliminating artificial food coloring but did not receive an immediate response.RELATED: RFK's highly anticipated MAHA report paints dark picture of America's health crisis Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesLike Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Jake Tapper's new book, “Original Sin,” and the ongoing investigations into the Biden autopen scandal continue to fuel the growing conviction that President Biden was just the puppet behind a cabal of operatives who ran the country. At this point, even the legacy media, which was complicit in the cover-up of Biden’s cognitive decline, is admitting it.So who then was in charge of the nation?Glenn Beck did a little experiment and asked artificial intelligence to “analyze every single claim, speculation, insider report, congressional hearing” related to who was making the decisions in the Biden White House. He also asked it to “speculate on how a deep state president would be set as a cutout”: “What would it take to run the country, and how would you keep it from the American public?”Its answer was shocking. The AI platform “said there were two groups of people within the White House that would be needed” to pull off such a scandal — the decision-makers and the cover-up artists.For the former group, it named Jeff Zients and Ron Klain — both Biden’s White House chief of staff at one point — as likely culprits. It also listed Annie Tomasini, former White House deputy chief of staff and director of Oval Office operations; Neera Tanden, White House domestic policy adviser; and Jake Sullivan, Biden’s U.S. national security adviser, as probable players.For the suppression squad, AI pinpointed Mike Donilon, a senior Biden adviser, Anthony Bernal, a senior adviser to Jill Biden, Ashley Williams, special assistant to the president and deputy director of Oval Office operations, and Steve Ricchetti, counselor to the president.Interestingly, when Glenn Beck recently had Congressman James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, on the show to discuss his intentions to expose the corruption that took place, he named Neera Tanden, Annie Tomasini, Anthony Bernal, and Ashley Williams as the top people he wanted to talk to.When Glenn spoke with Lindy Li, a former DNC finance member and Harris campaign surrogate, she expressed anger at the cover-up, naming Jeff Zients and Annie Tomasini as the two people she was most suspicious of.In December 2024, the Wall Street journal released a damning piece suggesting that President Biden was so mentally compromised, he wasn’t even communicating with major Cabinet members. The piece named Mike Donalin, Steve Ricchetti, Ron Klain, Annie Tomasini, and Jake Sullivan as likely culprits in the cover-up. Then in January 2025, the New York Times published an article arguing that Biden’s inner circle hid his cognitive decline, highlighting Mike Donalin, Steve Ricchetti, Annie Tomasini, and Anthony Bernal.And finally, just last month, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s book, “Original Sin,” debuted. In the 200+ interviews the duo conducted, the names Mike Donalin, Steve Ricchetti, and Ron Klain came up the most often.“Sometimes AI is a little bit spooky,” says Glenn, reacting to how the platform aligned perfectly with other reports. However, “We can't go off of AI; we can't go off of hearsay; we can't go off of anything. We need the DOJ, after the Congress has investigated, to then pick it up and investigate themselves with the FBI and then prosecute if there were crimes committed."To hear more, watch the video above.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.

Dynasty Warriors Origins is currently on sale as part of a dedicated Koei Tecmo sale over at Humble Bundle. These over-the-top 1 vs 1000 combat style games not only deliver addictive action-packed gameplay, but are based on ancient Chinese history and legend, giving them a delightful educational angle too. January’s Dynasty Warriors Origins is in the mix, with a juicy 23% discount, and lots of the other games in the series are up to 66% off too. Continue reading Dynasty Warriors Origins and other Koei Tecmo classics are now up to 66% off MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Check out the latest Humble Bundles, Browse the latest Humble sales, Get Humble Choice

The far reaches of space are a strong setting for strategy games. From Stellaris and Homeworld 3 through to Endless Legend 2 and Sins of a Solar Empire 2, there are plenty of genre entries that look to either realistic or fantastical versions of space as the framework for their design. This remains the case with Stellar Reach, a recently announced space strategy game in the vein of Civilization 7 that's long been in development at a new studio formed by Creative Assembly and Ubisoft veteran, James Miller. Continue reading Stellaris has a fresh rival in new space strategy game with a real-scale map

Their denial about the reality of Iran’s nuclear program has opened a rift with Trump.