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Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. We’re going to be brief this week…because two would-be sections evolved into full articles in their own right. 1. Bullsh*t question of the week US …

Geoff Olson Canadian journalist Naomi Klein’s latest work, Doppelgangers: A Trip Into the Mirror World, is a peculiar mix of personal memoir, postmodern philosophy and historical survey. But it’s largely a brief against the American writer and activist Naomi Wolf and her fellow travelers in the “mirror world” of conspiracy-mongering. “In my defence, it was never my …

Newsom faced criticism over the strict lockdowns and mask mandates he implemented in California that prompted a recall effort. While Newsom did say, "We would have done everything differently," he failed to take responsibility for the COVID policies he implemented.

The BBC’s Marianna Spring specializes in branding average citizens as conspiracy theorists and potential terrorists for questioning official claims. When caught lying about her own professional record to advance her ambitions, she says she thought her deceit “wouldn’t be a big deal.” On September 6th, The New European reported that BBC’s “specialist disinformation correspondent” Marianna Spring lied on her résumé in a failed attempt to bag work with Coda Story back in 2018. While posing as an independent outlet, Coda Story […]

The Lee County School District in Kentucky and Magoffin County Schools in Texas have shut down schools in response to a so-called “surge” in COVID-19 cases in the area. The said they cancelled classes due to “widespread illness” consistent with COVID and influenza.

Unearthed government contracts from entities that include the Department of Defense (DOD) show millions in taxpayer funds being used to purchase testing services and equipment. On August 14th, the VA also began a $3.3 million contract with Oddball Inc for advisory on "adequate COVID/19 safety protocols”.

Whistleblowers from the TSA and US Border Patrol disclosed that the Biden administration is prepping for enforcement for new lockdowns and COVID restrictions in the Fall ahead of the 2024 presidential election to reinstitute universal mail-in ballots that can be corrupted.

Christians in Moscow, Idaho recently reached a $300,000 settlement with a local city after they were arrested for attending outdoor church services in September 2020. Christ Church Pastor Ben Zornes organized the worship. “We were just singing songs,” he explained at the time.

New York Post, June 5, 2023 Biden’s pick for new CDC czar Mandy Cohen embodies the worst of pandemic policy By James Bovard President Joe Biden’s choice for new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief is a telegenic authoritarian straight from liberal central casting. He’s selecting Mandy Cohen thanks in large part to her […]

Little is known about the history of Marianna Spring, the BBC’s first “disinformation correspondent.” But her record of churning out disinfo of her own in the service of British government objectives sends a bright red flag up over the new Verify project.  The launch of BBC Verify, “a new brand to address the growing threat of disinformation and build trust with audiences by transparently showing how BBC journalists know the information they are reporting,” has raised questions about whether the […]