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Japan prepares for threats – defense budget rises to historic high #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/japan-prepares-for-threats-defense.html

An interview with Citizen Lab founder Ronald Deibert about the US adopting authoritarian digital practices, the research group's accomplishments, and more (Finian Hazen/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/2

Meet the man hunting the spies in your smartphone
Ronald Deibert and his research group, the Citizen Lab, have rigorously worked to unveil alarming digital threats for the past two decades. Now, he warns, this kind of work is under threat.

Bacon on Hegseth threatening Kelly: 'Amateur hour once again' (Ashleigh Fields/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5621596-don-bacon-pete-hegseth-mark-kelly-threats/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p62#a251125p62

US wine sales are way down, I have seen analyses saying it is people turning from alcohol,
but also Canadians dropped US wine almost completely (see graph). Pissing off your neighbors has consequences.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/a

BBC confirms it edited out historian's criticism of president: 'Trump’s threats worked' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-bbc/

Big Sky Country
Meet experts in conservation and Country who are on the ground working to address some of our most pressing environmental threats...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/big-sky-country/

Donald Trump followed through on his threats to sue the BBC over its editing of his remarks on Jan. 6, 2021, for a documentary.
The following can be attributed to Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF):
“If any ordinary person filed as many frivolous multibillion-dollar lawsuits as Donald Trump, they’d be sanctioned and placed on a restricted filers list.
By my count, Trump has demanded at least $65 billion in damages from media outlets i…

Trump’s BBC lawsuit is nonsense, like his others
His frivolous damages theory concedes that Trump views the presidency as a for-profit venture

As judges face more threats, only the Supreme Court gets new security funds (Derek Hawkins/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/25/judges-security-funding-congress-supreme-court/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p31#a251125p31

Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/judges-ruled-trump-say-harassment-threats-changed-lives-rcna248445

"Prosecutors said Christopher Moynihan was among the first rioters to enter the Capitol grounds and watched rioters fight with police at the rotunda door."
Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump charged with making death threat against Hakeem Jeffries
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-rioter-pardoned-trump-charged-threats-hakeem-jeffries-rcna238854