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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agency will vote on proposals to remove fraud from the Lifeline program, which provided taxpayer dollars to pay for phone and internet service for more than 116,000 dead people.

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President Donald Trump has taken his economic message on the road in recent months as midterm elections loom this November.

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National Association for Gun Rights President Dudley Brown criticized the Trump administration’s framing of the gun rights debate following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis this past weekend, an incident that has intensified divisions among conservatives.

Italian government leaders objected this week after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would join the American security contingent supporting U.S. Olympic athletes in Italy.

A new report alleges that the streaming giant Netflix has worked closely with federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies in ways that amount to government-assisted propaganda.

The report released Tuesday by the Oversight Project, a government watchdog group, contends that the FBI, CIA, and the Defense Department (now the War Department) exercised influence over film and television productions — particularly those distributed by Netflix. 

“Based on all publicly available evidence and analysis, Netflix appears to have an outsized role in socially engineering millions of Americans into a predisposition to accept preferred left-wing ideological dogma,” the Oversight Project report states.

“Netflix did so with the help of the federal government, especially the FBI, and intelligence community. In fact, the FBI plays an outsized active role in content moderation for projects it is involved in.”

The report frames modern entertainment as similar to Cold War-era propaganda programs. The difference, according to the report, is that current propaganda aims to advance a domestic left-leaning political agenda.

“The intended purpose is no longer to combat a foreign enemy or communist ideology,” the report contends. “To the contrary, the purpose is social engineering to advance extremist ideology and the preferred narratives of the FBI and intelligence community.” 

The watchdog group says documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show “concrete evidence of the FBI’s systematic involvement in entertainment production, including Netflix content.” It adds, “These documents reveal formalized, contractual arrangements granting FBI editorial control.”

“Far left ideologues and partisans are on the cusp of expanding and cementing control of the biggest political messaging tool in history: Fedflix,” Oversight Project President Mike Howell told The Daily Signal. “More Americans should know the consequences of this, which is why we are excited to release this report.”

Both the FBI and Netflix acknowledged email inquiries from The Daily Signal to comment on the story, but neither immediately replied for comment.

The report compares what is currently happening to a domestic version of Operation Mockingbird, a covert CIA effort to influence domestic media. The Church Committee, a Senate select committee that investigated covert federal actions, exposed aspects of that program in the 1970s.

The Oversight Project argues that the underlying infrastructure of the operation never disappeared.

“Congress never fully exposed Operation Mockingbird in its entirety,” the report says. “The infrastructure and relationships between the government and the entertainment industry that were established during this era never truly disappeared. Instead, analysis of all available evidence indicates they evolved to operate out of the public’s view and adapted to new media landscapes like we see today.”

The report also notes, “Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard publicly confirmed in July 2025 that Operation Mockingbird-type activities never ended.”

The Oversight Project report focuses heavily on the FBI’s Office of Public Affairs, particularly a unit known as the “Long Form Team,” which it describes as the bureau’s “propaganda office.” 

“Within the FBI’s Office of Public Affairs, the Long Form Team reviews scripts, suggesting and even requiring changes at times, and maintains ongoing relationships with writers, producers, studios and streaming platforms,” the report says. 

The report asserts the FBI, “Maintains ongoing relationships with Netflix and other studios and production houses,” and “Uses American taxpayer dollars to fund their programs.”

In some cases, the report says, the FBI required advanced approval of interview clips and script elements. One agreement for an “Untitled 9/11 Project” airing on Netflix required FBI approval of certain aspects of the production, according to the report.

Beyond government collaboration, the report argues that Netflix’s content library reflects a bias against President Donald Trump, and a “left-wing ideological orientation,” based on an artificial intelligence-powered survey of Netflix’s catalogue.

“While not comprehensive, the survey results make clear that the volume of content favoring left-wing and progressive trends dominates content that is conservative or critical of progressive trends,” the report says. “Content that discusses Trump-era politics skews 11:1 against President Trump.”

Listing personnel, the report described co-CEO Ted Sarandos and co-founder Reid Hastings as each being a “major Democratic donor.” Also, President Barack Obama’s former national security adviser Susan Rice is on the Netflix board.

As remedies, the Oversight Project calls for congressional investigations, new legislation restricting government-media collaboration, and an antitrust review of Netflix. It also urges lawmakers to defund public affairs offices at federal agencies that work with Hollywood.

“Formally end funding for Office of Public Affairs coordination with Hollywood at FBI, CIA, and DOD,” the report recommends.

“Government is unaccountable when it has the ability to stream propaganda at the public on whose legitimacy representative government is based,” the report says. “When government and media merge to shape narratives, manipulate public opinion, and engineer social change, the foundations of free society crumble.”

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The administration of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Monday announced a 900 percent increase in tariffs on Colombian oil transiting through its pipeline system, the latest move in an escalating trade dispute.

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We live at a time when the pace of change is so rapid that it can be overwhelming at times.  More change occurs in a single month than happened during most entire years when I was growing up.  When I pull up the news each day, there is always a fresh serving of chaos awaiting me.  Unfortunately, chaos is not good for the economy.  The U.S. dollar is in the process of dying, debt levels are exploding all around us, more mass layoffs have been announced within the past 24 hours, and the cost of living crisis is absolutely crushing most Americans.  Those that can look at the information that I am about to share with you and say “everything is fine” are simply not being rational.  The following are 12 signposts that indicate that a monumental economic meltdown is now upon us…

#1 Consumer confidence just fell to the lowest level that we have seen in 12 years…

America’s economic mood deteriorated in January to its lowest level in more than a decade as consumers fretted about geopolitical tensions, affordability and President Donald Trump’s unrelenting trade war.

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index for January, released Tuesday, declined 9.7 points to a reading of 84.5, the lowest since 2014, surpassing the lows of last year when Trump unveiled stiff tariffs and the depths of the pandemic recession in 2020.

January’s reading came in much lower than the 91.1 reading economists projected in a poll by data firm FactSet.

#2 One recent survey discovered that 56 percent of U.S. workers are experiencing serious financial strain…

Social media is rife with tearful videos of how hard it has become to make ends meet. Some 14% of workers can’t or struggle to pay their bills each month, PwC found. Another 42% pay their bills with little or nothing left over for savings. PwC says that’s more than half of the workforce experiencing financial strain in 2025.

“I have to work 40 hours a week just so I can have a place to live,” one woman said in one Instagram post. “Forty hours a week makes me $2000 a month and my rent is $1,660. So I work 40 hours a week so I can have a two-bedroom apartment and an extra $300 a month. Like, that doesn’t even cover my phone, internet, food.”

#3 According to the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity, the percentage of the U.S. workforce that is “functionally unemployed” has risen to a whopping 25.2 percent…

Employment researchers are warning that the share of Americans who are only loosely attached to the labor force is on the rise, and that the true rate of unemployment may be far higher than official figures suggest.

According to a new report from the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP), 25.2 percent of the U.S. workforce could now be classified as “functionally unemployed”—meaning jobless, seeking but unable to secure full-time employment or earning “poverty-level wages.”

#4 It is being reported that 1,500 HR employees that work for Amazon are facing the axe…

Amazon is expected to cut more jobs within its human resources team by a significant margin.

According to Fortune, the e-commerce giant is preparing to lay off approximately 15% of its HR department — equivalent to around 1,500 of the 10,000 HR employees. It is currently unknown when the layoffs will take place, and how many jobs in the Puget Sound region are at risk.

#5 At one time, Pinterest was flying high.  But now harder times are here and it intends to fire close to 15 percent of its entire workforce…

Pinterest said Tuesday it plans to lay off less than 15% of its workforce and cut back on office space as the company embraces artificial intelligence.

In a securities filing, Pinterest said it expects the cuts will be complete by the end of its third quarter in late September. Shares of Pinterest slid more than 9%.

#6 Nike just announced that it will be eliminating 775 jobs…

Nike is planning to cut nearly 800 jobs amid an automation push at the footwear and apparel giant’s distribution centers.

The company is cutting 775 jobs that will primarily impact jobs at the retailer’s distribution centers in Tennessee and Mississippi as the company looks to automate more of its supply chain. The news was first reported by CNBC, citing people familiar with the matter.

#7 Not to be outdone by any of the companies mentioned above, UPS plans to throw up to 30,000 employees into the streets this year…

United Parcel Service plans to cut up to 30,000 workers this year as it moves to cut costs, the delivery giant’s chief financial officer said Tuesday.

“In terms of semi-variable costs, we expect to reduce operational positions by up to 30,000,” UPS CFO Brian Dykes said during a company earnings call. “This will be accomplished through attrition, and we expect to offer a second voluntary separation program for full-time drivers.”

#8 The Washington Post is preparing for “big layoffs”, and that could include the entire sports department…

The Washington Post has been around for nearly 150 years and had a sports section for almost as long. But after years and years of declining revenue, it appears that big layoffs are coming – and the sports section could be gutted hardest of all.

According to Dylan Byers of Puck, “massive layoffs” are set to hit The Washington Post in the days to come with the foreign desk being hit hard. However, Byers noted that the sports desk is rumored to be getting “shuttered entirely.”

#9 The largest mall in San Francisco has been permanently closed even sooner than expected…

San Francisco’s beleaguered Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping mall closed its doors earlier than expected.

The city’s largest mall, which saw a string of retailers leave in recent months, closed on Saturday, two days ahead of schedule, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

A sign reading “closed until further notice” was posted at the front entrance of the once-bustling shopping center, the outlet reported.

#10 Pending home sales in the United States just fell “to the lowest level for any December on record”…

Pending home sales, which track the number of contracts signed in December, plunged by 9.3% seasonally adjusted from November, to the lowest level for any December on record in the data by the National Association of Realtors, which goes back to 2010. Compared to December 2010, during the Housing Bust, pending sales were down by 21.5%.

The market is now well into its fourth year of the collapse in transactions, and there has simply been no improvement.

#11 The U.S. dollar just declined for a fourth consecutive day, and it is now at the lowest level that we have seen in four months…

The U.S. ⁠dollar fell for a fourth straight day on Tuesday, slipping to a four-month low, as traders kept watch for possible coordinated currency intervention by U.S. and Japanese authorities and a ‍Federal Reserve interest rate decision.

#12 If someone tries to convince you that the U.S. dollar is not dying, just show them this chart…

When the value of the U.S. dollar declines, the purchasing power of our money goes down.

Meanwhile, the price of silver is currently sitting at 110 dollars an ounce.

Many of us have been warning that all of this was coming, and now it is happening right in front of our eyes.

Our leaders have been making very bad decisions for decades, and now we are paying the price.

But if you think that things are bad now, just hold on tight, because things are going to get even more chaotic in the months ahead.

Michael’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  He has also written nine other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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Alex Pretti, the man shot and killed by Border Patrol agents over the weekend, reportedly had a previous violent confrontation with federal officers that left him injured. “It is unclear […]

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Republicans could see a major shift in congressional seats to Texas and Florida, while Democrats could be facing painful losses in California and New York if redistricting projections based on the 2030 Census hold true.

The Constitution is more than just parchment; it sets clear guidelines to limit the power of government so that citizens will be treated equally under law, regardless of their political or religious beliefs. 

When the government violates the Constitution, every citizen who values life and liberty should be very alarmed, not just conservatives.

That is why Jack Smith and his special counsel investigations deserve sober, rigorous scrutiny.

According to publicly reported court filings, House and Senate documents and hearings, and media accounts, Smith and his prosecutors sought sweeping access to private communications and financial records of Americans who did not commit and were never charged with crimes, including Republican elected officials. Smith may try to defend his actions as legal, but even if they were, legality alone does not confer legitimacy.

For example, Smith issued subpoenas to telecommunications providers (e.g., AT&T and Verizon) for phone and toll records of Republican senators and congressmen and, to prevent anyone from finding out, falsely asserted to the court that they were flight risks in order to gag the providers.

Smith did the same to many other innocent Americans and even sought their communications with media companies and senior White House advisers in the first administration of President Donald Trump. Smith also sought fundraising and financial data for hundreds of conservatives and conservative groups simply because of their political leanings; they had done nothing wrong.

Smith massively overreached and at minimum deserves a full public airing. Americans must never silently accept that government prosecutors can secretly collect, without notice or opportunity to challenge, their metadata, call logs, communications, financial data, and other private information. When government secretly amasses information and power, liberty and accountability retreat.

Smith’s actions happened under the U.S. Department of Justice’s authority during the President Joe Biden’s administration, which already had undermined public trust in government and institutional neutrality, thus undermining the rule of law. Moreover, Smith’s actions give at least the appearance that Biden’s DOJ exercised prosecutorial discretion against its political opponents in a biased manner.

The same dynamic is evident in another troubling Biden administration trend: political debanking. That is, lawful organizations and individuals reported losing access to basic financial services not because of fraud or misconduct, but because of their political identity.

For example, on May 30, 2024 the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the National Rifle Association, stating that the New York State Department of Financial Services unconstitutionally advised and even pressured banks and insurance companies to deny services to them.

Others have echoed these concerns.

For example, Trump and his family members have spoken about suddenly losing long-time banking and financial relationships.

Financial institutions named in public reporting and congressional inquiries include, among others, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, and platforms such as PayPal.

In December 2025 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a report that found from 2020 to 2023, several major banks debanked individuals and entire industries, such as oil, gas, coal, firearms, and tobacco, with no explanation or transparency, based on their political disfavor with the Biden administration and its allied state regulators.

Taken together, these developments suggest a dangerous pattern: surveillance without notice and predicated on lies, punishment without due process, and selective rather than fair and evenhanded enforcement.

Accountability matters because the Constitution forbids punishing persons based on their political or religious beliefs. The DOJ must conduct a thorough, principled review of how Jack Smith (mis)used his government powers. If he or other officials exceeded their authority and/or allowed politics to guide them, they must be held accountable—not to satisfy partisanship, but to restore constitutional balance and public trust in the rule of law.

Accountability is not payback. It is fidelity—to the law, to equal justice, to the enduring promise of American liberty, and to the Constitution. Without it, the rule of law becomes a slogan rather than a safeguard.

We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal.  

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Tomorrow, the New Mexico Senate Health & Public Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on an omnibus gun control package that would severely undermine the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding New Mexicans and threaten the viability of local firearm retailers. Use the Take Action link below to contact your elected officials and express your strong opposition to SB 176.    

Tuesday on Donald Trump Jr’s podcast "Triggered," Breitbart News senior contributor and author of The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon Peter Schweizer discussed the current unrest in Minneapolis.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday blasted President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at speeding rebuilding efforts in Los Angeles neighborhoods devastated by last year's wildfires, arguing that the bigger obstacle is money, not permitting.