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Moscow has long tried to meddle in foreign elections. What's newer is Canada's neighbour overtly trying to influence and fan flames of referendum bid, warns a new report on foreign interference.
![A bill has been introduced in Congress that would allow Marco Rubio to revoke the passports of U.S. citizens based on their views and speech, such as support for Palestine.
Representative Brian Mast (R-FL), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and former IOF soldier, introduced a provision to the Department of State Reorganization Act of 2025 that would grant Secretary of State Marco Rubio the authority to revoke or refuse to issue passports to U.S. citizens if he deems that they have "knowingly aided, assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided material support to an organization [he] has designated as a foreign terrorist organization."
Notably, Rubio used this as the basis to revoke student visas and detain activists who spoke out against the genocide in Gaza and the Israeli government, as well as in support of Palestine. Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation, told The Intercept that the bill would open the door to "thought policing at the hands of one individual," saying "Marco Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters based solely on what they German Jews' Passports Declared Invalid
On October 5, 1938, the Reich Ministry of the Interior invalidates all German passports held by Jews. Jews must surrender their old passports, which will become valid only after the letter "J" has been stamped on them.
The government required Jews to identify themselves in ways that would permanently separate them from the rest of the German population. In an August 1938 law, authorities decreed that by January 1, 1939, Jewish men and women bearing first names of "non-Jewish" origin had to add "Israel" and "Sara," respectively, to their given names. All German Jews were obliged to carry identity cards that indicated their heritage, and, in the autumn of 1938, all Jewish passports were stamped with an identifying red letter "J"
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