{"id":314658,"date":"2025-09-02T06:15:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=314658"},"modified":"2025-09-04T06:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:09:50","slug":"the-week-in-the-new-normal-104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=314658","title":{"rendered":"The Week in the New Normal # 104"},"content":{"rendered":"

Off-Guardian \u2013 Aug 31, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian<\/em>, This Week in the New Normal<\/a><\/em> is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.<\/p>\n

1. Reason to hate the media no. 5691<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On Friday CNN reported that Donald Trump had \u201crevoked\u201d Kamala Harris\u2019 secret service protection under the simple headline<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Trump revokes Kamala Harris\u2019 Secret Service protection<\/p>\n

But the body of the article explains that former Vice-Presidents only get 6 months of SS protection by law and that Biden had extended Harris\u2019 protection for 18 months via Executive Order. Further, it reports that the SS had conducted a threat assessment concluding Harris was in no danger prior to the revocation of her special status.<\/p>\n

None of this matters. Nobody is going to assassinate Harris and if they were, the SS would be in on it anyway, they always are.<\/p>\n

Rather, this is just an object lesson in how the media sucks. The headline is designed to outrage the 90% of people who will only read the headline. It\u2019s purpose-built to make liberals cry and scream about Trump putting a black woman in danger and how he would never revoke her protection if she were white, and yadda yadda yadda.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a boring non-story turned into manipulative ragebait.<\/p>\n

2. \u201cOi mate, you got a license for that 3D printer?\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The always entertainingly hysterical Centre for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) is concerned about 3D printed guns, writing in their new report<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A growing number of far-right extremists are turning to 3D printers to build untraceable firearms, posing a new challenge for governments struggling to keep pace with digital-age weaponry. These advancements are reshaping the development of weapons and altering the nature of conflict and terrorism.<\/p>\n

But what do about this new threat?<\/p>\n

Well, regulation of course. To quote this report<\/a> from last month:<\/p>\n

\u2026lawmakers should take steps to regulate 3D-printing technology in a manner that makes it impossible to use a 3D printer to print a gun.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegulate 3D-printing technology\u201d is the key here. Guns are just an excuse.<\/p>\n

3. Spot the hidden message!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Are you ready for the most Deep State-y TV show of the year?<\/p>\n

I present The Savant<\/a><\/em>, starring Jessica Chastain, which \u201cfollows an undercover investigator and mother who infiltrates hate groups online to detect and prevent domestic extremists before they act.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The official trailer for \u2018THE SAVANT\u2019 starring Jessica Chastain.<\/p>\n

The series follows an undercover investigator and mother who infiltrates hate groups online to detect and prevent domestic extremists before they act.<\/p>\n

Premieres September 26 on Apple TV+
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\u2014 Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) August 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n