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PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has drafted a plan for the “Golden Dome” missile defense system, which includes space-based sensors, to counter advanced threats from nations like China and Russia.
👥 Who’s Involved: President Donald J. Trump, the DoD, Space Force General Michael Guetlein, General Chance Saltzman, and former Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair.
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📍 Where & When: The system is planned for development in the United States, with key manufacturers from Georgia, Alaska, Florida, and Indiana. Trump expects it to be operational before his administration ends.
💬 Key Quote: Trump described the Golden Dome as “capable even of intercepting missiles launched from space, or launched from the other side of the world.”
⚠️ Impact: The system aims to counter hypersonic weapons and space-based threats, with initial funding of $25 billion, though long-term costs could exceed $500 billion.
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The U.S. Department of Defense has unveiled plans for a large-scale missile defense system, dubbed the “Golden Dome,” which aims to counter advanced aerial and space-based threats from adversaries like China and Russia. President Donald Trump announced the initiative, stating he expects the system to be operational before the end of his administration.
The Golden Dome would incorporate space-based sensors and is designed to intercept missiles launched from space or across the globe. Trump noted that the system would be significantly larger and more advanced than Israel’s Iron Dome, which has been operational since 2011. The U.S. system would target a broad array of threats, including hypersonic weapons and fractional orbital bombardment systems (FOBS).
According to Trump, Canada has expressed interest in joining the project. Former Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair confirmed this during a visit to Washington earlier this year, describing participation as being in Canada’s “national interest.”
The project will be developed entirely in the United States, with manufacturers in Georgia, Alaska, Florida, and Indiana playing key roles. The system will be managed under a centralized command, with oversight from Space Force General Michael Guetlein. General Chance Saltzman, also of the U.S. Space Force, highlighted the unprecedented nature of the mission, citing “new and emerging requirements” for space-based military operations.
Initial funding of $25 billion has been allocated, but the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates long-term costs could exceed $500 billion over the next 20 years. Other government agencies project the total fiscal impact to range from $175 billion to $542 billion.
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❓What Happened: A report reveals the European Commission has spent nearly €649 million (~$736m) on projects aimed at regulating online speech under the guise of combating “hate speech” and “disinformation.”
👥 Who’s Involved: The European Commission, MCC Brussels think tank, and Dr. Norman Lewis, a digital communication and regulatory policy expert.
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📍 Where & When: European Union (EU); report released recently by MCC Brussels.
💬 Key Quote: “This is a top-down, authoritarian, curated consensus, where expression is free only when it speaks the language of compliance established by the Commission,” the report warns.
⚠️ Impact: The report alleges EU-funded programs erode free expression, prioritize censorship, and promote ideological conformity through taxpayer-funded initiatives.
IN FULL:
A newly released report alleges that the European Commission, the European Union’s unelected executive, has funneled the equivalent of around $736 million of taxpayer money into hundreds of projects designed to regulate online speech under the pretext of combating “hate speech” and “disinformation.”
The document, titled Manufacturing Misinformation: The EU-Funded Propaganda War Against Free Speech, was authored by Dr. Norman Lewis, a specialist in digital communication and regulatory policy, and published by the Hungarian think tank MCC Brussels. It accuses the Commission of promoting a “soft authoritarianism” by funding 349 projects through non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and universities.
According to the report, this spending exceeds the EU’s annual budget for transnational cancer research by over 30 percent, a discrepancy the authors describe as deliberate. “The EU Commission regards stemming the cancer of free speech as more of a priority than the estimated 4.5 million new cancer cases and almost two million cancer deaths in Europe in 2022,” the report warns.
“This is a top-down, authoritarian, curated consensus, where expression is free only when it speaks the language of compliance established by the Commission,” the report states.
The report criticizes the Commission’s use of vague, euphemistic language—dubbed “NEUspeak”—to obscure its intentions. Project names like FAST LISA and VIGILANT are described as deliberately misleading, with MCC Brussels stating that such initiatives aim to suppress politically undesirable speech in real time using artificial intelligence (AI).
“VIGILANT is an AI surveillance suite aimed at monitoring, classifying, and profiling speech, users, and networks,” the report states, contradicting claims from its designers that the system is ethical and user-focused.
The report further highlights programs targeting young people, which it describes as indoctrination disguised as civic education. These initiatives allegedly train youths to act as “speech police” in a system designed to enforce narrative compliance.
Dr. Lewis argues that taxpayer-funded research is being used to affirm political orthodoxy rather than encourage genuine inquiry. “Research that systematically ‘proves’ this assumption is not research; it is the manufacturing of propaganda,” he writes.
The alarming report comes as the EU routinely regulates speech on social media platforms. Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, previously stated that the EU had offered him an illegal secret deal to censor posts on the platform.
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