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Homeland Security wants to track journalists & analyze media “sentiment”
Homeland Security wants to track journalists & analyze media “sentiment”
The US Department of Homeland Security is looking to build a media monitoring database. When some reporters objected, a DHS spokesman dismissed their concerns as fodder for “black helicopter conspiracy theorists.” Service providers who want to bid for ...[Read more]
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DHS may have found unauthorized Mass Phone Listening Devices in Washington DC
DHS may have found unauthorized Mass Phone Listening Devices in Washington DC
The Associated Press reports today that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that it found what appear to be unauthorized cell-site simulators, also known as Stingrays, in Washington DC last year. The agency told Senator Ron Wyden in a ...[Read more]
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US visa applications may soon require five years of social media info
US visa applications may soon require five years of social media info
The State Department wants to require all US visa applicants, both immigrant and non, disclose their social media handles to the US government, CNN reports. In documents that the department will file to the Federal Register tomorrow, it proposes that near ...[Read more]
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‘He was a quiet and normal kid’: The infantilization of young, white, male domestic terrorists
‘He was a quiet and normal kid’: The infantilization of young, white, male domestic terrorists
Over the past three weeks, Austin, Texas, has been rocked by a series of mysterious package bombs that killed two people and injured five more. We know now that the police suspect that the bomber was Mark Anthony Conditt, a 23-year-old Austin Community Co ...[Read more]
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US-Made Missile Defenses Spectacularly Failed in Saudi Arabia
US-Made Missile Defenses Spectacularly Failed in Saudi Arabia
At least five American-made Patriot missiles apparently missed, malfunctioned, or otherwise failed when Saudi forces tried to intercept a barrage of rockets targeting Riyadh on March 25. That's bad news for the US military and its closest allies, who a ...[Read more]
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‘Affluenza’ teen, who blamed four killings on his wealth, to be freed
‘Affluenza’ teen, who blamed four killings on his wealth, to be freed
Ethan Couch, the rich teen who killed four people when he drunkenly ploughed into them, only it to be blamed on “affluenza” - a imaginary illness that makes wealthy people unable to tell right from wrong - is to be released.... ...[Read more]
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20,000 Republicans just voted for an actual Nazi
20,000 Republicans just voted for an actual Nazi
The former head of the American Nazi Party ran for the Republican nomination of Congress in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District. No Republican stepped up to oppose him. On Tuesday, despite his vocal Holocaust denial, his anti-Semitic rhetoric, and his ...[Read more]
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How The New York Times Is Making War With Iran More Likely
How The New York Times Is Making War With Iran More Likely
Which country America will fight in its next ill-advised war. Iran? Or, assuming President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un don’t hit it off at their summit, North Korea? Maybe even Venezuela or Russia? It’s easier to say what one of the major causes of t ...[Read more]
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US Senate Warns Russia of Sanctions if S-400 Sold to Any Foreign Nations
US Senate Warns Russia of Sanctions if S-400 Sold to Any Foreign Nations
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A group of US lawmakers led by Senator Bob Menendez told the State Department in a letter that any sale of Russian S-400 air defense system should lead to new punitive measures as stipulated in the Countering America’s Adversaries ...[Read more]
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Russia Claims US Deploys Warships For Imminent Attack On Syria, Trains Militants For False Flag Attack
Russia Claims US Deploys Warships For Imminent Attack On Syria, Trains Militants For False Flag Attack
And so we now wait for that flashing, red headline saying that US ships in the Mediterranean have launched a missile attack on Syria, just like a year ago. Only this time Russia - which is allied with the Assad regime - is not planning to be on the defens ...[Read more]
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CDC Employee Who Once Researched Ebola and Zika Falls Off Radar
CDC Employee Who Once Researched Ebola and Zika Falls Off Radar
His wallet was found in his house. His mobile phone was also there, with calls coming in but not going out. Even his pooch was home waiting for him to turn up. But he never did. ...[Read more]
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