Category: Aggregated

Namibian tribes lodge complaint against Germany for colonial-era genocide

Armed men kill two aid workers in South Sudan

EU seeks UN probe into crimes by Myanmar military against Rohingya Muslims

Saudi airstrike leaves seven Yemeni fishermen dead

Trump picks Boeing executive for Mattis deputy as Pentagon gets budget boost

Mosul shelled indiscriminately, refugees forced through ‘horrendous’ filtration – Human Rights Watch

US airstrike on Aleppo mosque kills many worshippers

Anti-aircraft missiles fired at Israeli jets conducting strikes in Syria

Donald Trump will appeal ‘flawed’ court block on his ‘Muslim ban’, White House says

Trump’s One Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Boondoggle. Handing Over Public Assets to Private Corporations

‘Arming Saudi Arabia & Bahrain risks complicity with war crimes’ – Amnesty to Trump

Dutch elections: Turkish minister claims ‘holy wars will soon begin in Europe’ after Geert Wilders beaten

The Trump administration has released its proposed 2018 budget, and within it are some things worth cheering. Trump’s “America First budget” includes needed cuts to the regulatory state, defunds efforts to purchase more Federal land, eliminates funding for 19 minor government agencies, and makes significant cuts to a number of more significant ones — including the State Department, HUD, and Commerce. Unfortunately, the proposal also reflects the myth that America’s military is underfunded, calling for a $52 billion increase for the Pentagon and another $2.8 billion increase for Homeland Security. The budget also ignores America’s web of entitlement programs, the … Continue reading →

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There’s a lot of talks these days about the “Deep State,” especially among supporters of President Trump, some of whom believe that this Deep State is working hard to destroy anyone loyal to Trump, both inside and outside of the government, and ultimately, Trump himself. General Flynn was forced to resign after a media scandal surrounding his contacts with Russian ambassadors – a scandal which, by most accounts, was highly exaggerated. After Flynn’s resignation, a prominent neoconservative and NeverTrumper Bill Kristol tweeted: Obviously strongly prefer normal democratic and constitutional politics. But if it comes to it, prefer the deep state … Continue reading →

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The government is already spying on us through spying on us through our computers, phones, cars, buses, street lights, at airports and on the street, via mobile scanners and drones, through our credit cards and smart meters (see this), television, doll, and in many other ways. The CIA wants to spy on you through your dishwasher and other “smart” appliances. Slate reported in 2012: Watch out: the CIA may soon be spying on you—through your beloved, intelligent household appliances, according to Wired. In early March, at a meeting for the CIA’s venture capital firm In-Q-Tel, CIA Director David Petraeus reportedly … Continue reading →

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