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A Key Similarity Between Snowden Leak and Panama Papers: Scandal Is What’s Been Legalized
A Key Similarity Between Snowden Leak and Panama Papers: Scandal Is What’s Been Legalized FROM THE START of the reporting based on Edward Snowden’s leaked document archive, government defenders insisted that no illegal behavior was revealed. That was always false: Multiple courts have now found the domestic metadata spying program in violation of the Constitution and relevant statutes and have […]
One Nation Under Surveillance – U.S. Government Pushed Tech Companies to Hand Over Source Code
One Nation Under Surveillance – U.S. Government Pushed Tech Companies to Hand Over Source Code Our founding fathers studied power structures over the millennia and knew exactly what they were doing when solidifying the Bill of Rights into the U.S. Constitution. All it took was a couple hundred years, an extraordinarily ignorant and apathetic American […]
Wait a Minute–Who’s Fascist?
Wait a Minute–Who’s Fascist? The core belief of the Establishment is the central state should run everything. If you’re an Establishment insider, the mainstream media will give you plenty of column inches and airtime to label Donald Trump a “dangerous” fascist: for example, Democratic insider Robert Reich’s fear-mongering frenzy Donald Trump is a 21st century American fascist, […]
The US Government Cannot Stop Telling Lies
The US Government Cannot Stop Telling Lies The US Department of Justice (sic) is the worst threat to American Liberty. The DOJ will not be happy until the department has shredded every line of the US Constitution and burned the shredded pieces. The DOJ which falsely claims it is safeguarding our liberty has approved illegal and unconstitutional torture, […]
Is Congress Declaring War on ISIS…or on You?
Is Congress Declaring War on ISIS…or on You? Passage of Senator Mitch McConnell’s authorization for war against ISIS will not only lead to perpetual US wars across the globe, it will also endanger our civil and economic liberties. The measure allows the president to place troops anywhere he determines ISIS is operating. Therefore, it could […]
Legal Reform – Learning From the Mistakes of the Past
Legal Reform – Learning From the Mistakes of the Past Typically, the first thing society addresses which sparks a revolution is the abuse of justice. Shakespeare’s famous quote about the first thing we do is kill all the lawyers is not actually about lawyers. You have to understand the context. Private individuals were not allowed to have […]
Government Agencies are Stockpiling Body Armor, Tactical Gear, Ammo
Government Agencies are Stockpiling Body Armor, Tactical Gear, Ammo In recent years under President Obama, federal agencies have been stockpiling alarmingly huge amounts of military hardware, body armor, and riot gear. As concerns continue to mount over an increasingly bloated and powerful federal government, agencies whose primary function is administrative — such as the EPA, FDA, […]
How Technology Kills Democracy
How Technology Kills Democracy In shutting down whistleblowing and investigative journalism on national security issues, the U.S. government can use its technology to determine who is speaking to whom and then use that metadata as evidence of leaks, a chilling new reality is that endangers democracy, writes Norman Solomon. Of all the excuses ladled out for […]
Majority Of U.S. College Students Now Support “Regulating” Free Speech
Majority Of U.S. College Students Now Support “Regulating” Free Speech While the public’s attention has been largely focused on the Obama administration’s crusade against the Second Amendment, a more troubling development is taking place in the fight against free speech, and the First Amendment, a war waged far from D.C., on the campuses of America’s […]
Can Obama Lecture Xi on Human Rights?
Can Obama Lecture Xi on Human Rights? Exclusive: The Obama administration often scolds China over its human rights record – and President Obama is sure to hammer away at those themes in his summit with Chinese President Xi – but it’s hard for the United States not to look hypocritical given its own checkered history, writes Jonathan […]
The Dying Institutions Of Western Civilization
The Dying Institutions Of Western Civilization nothing is left Judiciary Branch Has Self-Abolished The US no longer has a judiciary. This former branch of government has transitioned into an enabler of executive branch fascism. Privacy is a civil liberty protected by the US Constitution. The Constitution relies on courts to enforce its prohibitions against intrusive […]
Reporter Wins Fifth Amendment Case
Reporter Wins Fifth Amendment Case The U.S. government’s recurring threats to prosecute journalists who receive classified documents may have created an avenue for some reporters to evade testimony at least in civil cases – by asserting a Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, says Marcy Wheeler. An appellate decision on the long-running dispute between a former prosecutor […]
