DNC Defends Diverse Group Of Corporate Democrats Appointed To Convention Committees
Faced with a backlash, the Democratic National Committee defended the secretive manner in which dozens of lobbyists, corporate consultants, party insiders, think tank board members, and pro-Israel Democrats were nominated by DNC Chair Tom Perez to committees for the 2020 national convention.
Trump’s fake ‘peace plan’ is permanent apartheid for Palestine
President Trump was joined by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to unveil the so-called “deal of the century” at the White House. Attorney and author Noura Erakat says Trump’s so-called “peace plan” is a con that seeks to cement Israeli apartheid for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.
Santa Cruz Decriminalizes Psychedelic Mushrooms
A new resolution has been passed in Central California to decriminalize the use of psychedelic mushrooms.
Secret Service Agents And U.S. Marshals Are Patrolling Our Schools
The U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Marshals Service has been expanding into America's school system at an alarming rate. The Secret Service is training school administrators and teachers to identify violent students in numerous states like Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Louisiana and Kansas.
Trump’s lawyers make final arguments in Senate impeachment trial
President Trump’s lawyers are poised to wrap up their defense in the Senate impeachment trial Tuesday as pressure increased on Republicans to allow witnesses to testify after the revelations about Ukraine leaked from former national security adviser John Bolton’s book.
NewsGuard Is the Latest ‘Truth Arbiter’ to Deceive You
The media is using a variety of tactics to restrict your access to the truth from websites like mine, including NewsGuard, a self-appointed internet watchdog that sells a browser plugin to rate websites on nine criteria of credibility and transparency. Before I delve further into NewsGuard and its underlying agenda, it's important to look at who funds it.
Iranian News Agency Targeted By US Sanction Resorts To Hacking To Get Domain Back
The .com domain of Iran's Fars News Agency affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard was blocked due to U.S. Treasury Department sanctions on January 25.
University of Missouri Students Will Now Be Required to Install Location Tracking App
According to a new report from the Kansas City Star, the University of Missouri (MU) has started using an app called SpotterEdu to track students to determine attendance in classes.
Antivirus Software Harvests “Every Search, Every Click, Every Buy, On Every Site”
An antivirus program used by hundreds of millions of people around the world is selling highly sensitive web browsing data to many of the world's biggest companies, a joint investigation by Motherboard and PCMag has found.
Virginia Congress Continues Gun Control Frenzy with 9 More Bills
Despite a massive and peaceful turnout on the Lobby Day rally on January 20th, the Virginia State Congress remained totally unfazed by what the people wanted and proceeded to advance numerous unconstitutional gun laws over the following week.
Harvard Chemistry Chair & Two Chinese Nationals Arrested For Lying About China Ties, Smuggling "Biological Material"
In a shocking revelation made Tuesday afternoon - a revelation that will almost certainly rattle the US-China relationship at an already fragile time - a federal court unsealed indictments against Harvard professor and Chemistry Department Head Charles Lieber, along with two Chinese nationals. One is a Boston University researcher who was once a lieutenant in the People’s Liberation Army, according to prosecutors, and the second was a cancer researcher who tried to smuggle 21 vials of biological materials in his sock - allegedly. Lieber has been arrested, though it's not clear if he's still in custody.
Neighbors Horrified After Cop Caught on Video Repeatedly Stabbing Family's Elderly Dog
As our readers know, police officers killing dogs in the Land of the Free is such a common occurrence that it has its own name: puppycide. Despite postal workers, delivery drivers and pizza personnel coming into contact with dogs on a much more regular basis, it’s the police who are in the news because they can kill them with impunity. As the following story illustrates, an off duty police officer in Tennessee felt it necessary to try to kill a neighbor’s dog—by stabbing it six times.
Police Allowed To Conduct Illegal Searches Of Vehicles At Concerts And Music Festivals
A recent Appeals Court ruling in Tennessee reveals a disturbing window into how police use concerts, music festivals and sporting events to trample our Fourth Amendment rights. When Brian Wiley purchased tickets to the Bonnaaroo Music Festival in 2016 he never thought that police would be allowed to search his car without probable cause.
The Air War In Afghanistan Expands On Both Sides
Under the Trump administration U.S. air attacks in Afghanistan have sharply increased. But it now seems that the Taliban have acquired some means to counter them.
Illinois ex-lawmaker charged with bribery in red-light camera program
A former Illinois state senator was charged Monday with accepting payments in exchange for supporting costly red-light camera programs across the state, according to reports.
Congress Now Funding ‘Controversial’ Geoengineering ‘Plan B’ to Spray Particles in the Sky to Cool Earth
The top climate change scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said he has received $4 million from Congress and permission from his agency to study two emergency—and controversial—methods to cool the Earth if the U.S. and other nations fail to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite Austin Voting to Stop Arresting People for Weed, Police Chief Vows to Continue Arrests
Just one day after Austin City Council approved a resolution to stop kidnapping, caging, and extorting people over marijuana, the chief of police fired back, proudly exclaiming that he would refuse to uphold the new law and will still conduct arrests and tickets of those dangerous marijuana smokers.
San Francisco Activates Emergency Operations Center To Prepare For Coronavirus
Increasing fears of coronavirus spreading across the U.S. have resulted in San Francisco Mayor London Breed to activate the city’s emergency operations center, reported the San Francisco Chronicle. “It’s, so we have a centralized location and process to prepare for what we need to do, to share public information, and to take any action if necessary,” said Jeff Cretan, a spokesman for Breed.
"You're Too Low" - Audio Offers Glimpse Into Final Moments Before Deadly Crash That Killed Kobe
Is the whole world (minus a few embittered journalists and feminists who couldn’t resist trashing Bryant’s legacy in the hours after his death) mourns the death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, more information about the circumstances of the crash has begun to leak out via the press.
North Korea: Kim Jong-un’s Aunt Appears Alive After Six Years of Media Saying He Killed Her
It’s well past Halloween, but people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are rising from the dead (again). That is according to our media, who have for six years been claiming Kim Kyong-hui, the aunt of current ruler Kim Jong-un and daughter of the father of the nation Kim Il-sung, was dead, only for her to be spotted beside her nephew enjoying the Lunar New Year festivities in Pyongyang at the weekend.