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Story #1: Millions Of Children, Teens Lose Access To Digital Woobie 😭
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/09/australia-under-16-social-media-ban-begins-apps-listed

Ireland Plants Flag For Child Online Safety As It Prepares to Assume EU Presidency; Age Assurance For Porn, Social Media On the Table But Big Tech Ties Factor In
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202512/ireland-plants-flag-for-child-online-safety-as-it-prepares-to-assume-eu-presidency

Ofcom Wants To Double Down On File Monitoring In 2026
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/ofcom-wants-to-double-down-on-file-monitoring-in-2026

Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/social-media-children-adhd

Researchers Concerned to Find That Five-Year-Olds Are Already Deeply Hooked on Brain Rot Content; “This research is deeply alarming.”
https://futurism.com/future-society/social-media-children-brain-rot

The first full year that Florida’s in-school cellphone ban was in effect, student test scores went up by as much as 10% of a standard deviation.
https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1996611624820437309

Story #2: Cinemas On Edge – Netflix’s Warner Bros. Deal Sparks Concern For Theatrical Industry
https://screenrealm.com/netflix-warner-bros-deal-theatrical-future-cinemas-news/

The Directors Guild of America, led by president Christopher Nolan, plans to meet with Netflix to address major concerns regarding the streamer’s acquisition of Warner Bros.
https://x.com/ashotmagazine/status/1996978975311364261

Netflix, Paramount Lock Horns In Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition Saga
https://www.outlookindia.com/international/netflix-and-paramount-lock-horns-in-warner-bros-discovery-acquisition-saga

Press Release: Netflix To Acquire Warner Bros. Following The Separation Of Discovery Global For A Total Enterprise Value Of $82.7 Billion
https://shorturl.at/3lDn4

Netflix Faces Consumer Class-Action Lawsuit Over $72B Warner Bros Deal; Lawsuit Argues That Proposed Deal Threatens To Reduce Competition In US Subscription Video-On-Demand Market
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/09/netflix-consumer-lawsuit-warner-bros-deal

Teachable Moment: Will The Digital Control Grid Inevitably Fail, Or Is It Already Here?
https://libresolutionsnetwork.substack.com/p/teachable-digital-prison

Story #3: New National Security Strategy – A Stunning Departure, Yet Full Of Contradictions
https://ronpaulinstitute.org/new-national-security-strategy-a-stunning-departure-yet-full-of-contradictions/

PDF: National Security Strategy of the United States of America November 2025
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf

Monroe Doctrine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine

World Risks “Disintegration Of The International Order” As Macron Fails To Woo Xi Into Pressuring Putin
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/world-risks-disintegration-international-order-macron-fails-woo-xi-pressuring-putin

Trump Says US Forces Seized Oil Tanker Off Coast Of Venezuela In Latest Escalation
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/12/10/trump-says-us-forces-seized-an-oil-tanker-off-the-coast-of-venezuela-in-latest-escalation/

Trump Ally Japan Erupts Against New US Military Base | ‘Won’t Let Okinawa Turn Into Battlefield’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/us-military-triggers-war-fears-in-trump-ally-nation-okinawa-protesters-fear-another-battlefield/videoshow/125815402.cms

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