OPM Hack Costing Taxpayers $350 Million
Chinese state-sponsored hackers are believed to be behind the hack, which was the largest in U.S. history.
EU Extends Sanctions On Russia As Moscow Warns Of ‘Negative Consequences’
The sanctions target key Russian officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and senior Kremlin official Vladislav Surkov.
Bloomberg Announces Major Reorganization – Is it Trying to Become More Clownish Like CNBC?
Bloomberg News puts out a lot of good stuff. I link to Bloomberg articles often when it comes to finance and market stories, and I’m grateful for them. As such, when a news source this huge fires 90 journalists, and its recently hired editor…
Planned Parenthood Urged Clinton to Speak Against ‘Life Begins at Conception’ Language in Kenya
“If there is any way that you could draw attention to this issue when you are in Kenya, you would be even more of my personal hero than you already are.”
Guatemalan Sisters–Ages 4 and 7–Call 911 When Abandoned at Border
Smugglers left the children on the Tohono O’odham Indian reservation.
Denver’s Unconstitutional Harassment of Jury Nullification Activists
The city treats handing out pamphlets near a courthouse as a crime.
Amendments to CISA “Cybersecurity” Bill Fail in All Regards
Although grassroots activism has dealt it a blow, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) keeps shambling along like the zombie it is. In July, Senator McConnell vowed to hold a final vote on the bill before Congress left for its six-week long summer vacation. In response, EFF and over 20 other privacy […]
Vice News Employees Charged With Terrorism In Turkey… Because They Used Encryption
Authoritarian government targets journalist for protecting data.
The Surging Ranks of America’s Ultrapoor
Shocking given that the U.S. is considered one of the most developed capitalist countries in the world.
USDA Gives 2nd Generation GM ‘Innate’ Potato Green Light
Would you eat this unlabeled GMO creation?
Update: 5 Scientific Experts Join Lawsuit to Bring Down Monsanto
A case against health-destructive chemicals.
US Army Sinks $2.2Mln in Half-Finished Afghan Command Center
Group that planned to occupy the building terminated the project due to quality and safety issues
Undercover FBI Agents Spy on Burning Man Festival to Prevent ‘terrorism,’ Test Out New ‘intelligence collection’
FBI agents have been ‘intelligence gathering’ at the alternative festival since 2010, they admitted.
Undercover FBI Agents Spy on Burning Man Festival to Prevent ‘terrorism,’ Test Out New ‘intelligence collection’
FBI agents have been ‘intelligence gathering’ at the alternative festival since 2010, they admitted.
Number of US Babies Being Named After Guns on the Increase
Pistol, Browning, Wesson, Kimber, Beretta – they’re all there.