In a recent opinion piece for the New York Times, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders chastised the Federal Reserve for allowing the CEOs of Wall Street banking corporations to sit on its board. Sanders stated the Fed has been, “hijacked by the very bankers it regulates,” and called for […]
Protesters are demanding that U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch intervene after a Texas grand jury refused to indict anyone in connection to the death of Sandra Bland. Ms. Bland was pulled over and arrested after a routine traffic stop for failing to signal a lane change and was found dead […]
Daesh released a new video on Monday claiming the Taliban leadership has deviated from the righteous path. The video is highly produced and distributed by Daesh’s official Telegram channel. The video comes five days after reports emerged that the Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was badly wounded in […]
A new media watchdog report states global media outlets are slanting their coverage of the refugee crisis toward a right-wing populist perspective. The Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) states that media behavior is allowing conservative politicians to exploit fear to acquire political gain. Media outlets in the 14 country study […]
In Baltimore, the judge presiding over the trial of William Porter, the first police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, declared a mistrial on Wednesday. Gray died while in police custody in April. The jury twice decided it couldn’t come to a unanimous verdict. Porter was indicted for […]
Privacy and civil liberty advocates are organizing to block a dubious piece of cybersecurity legislation that was slipped into a massive, “must-pass” federal spending bill in Congress. The tactic is a way to make the additions virtually unstoppable. Speaker Paul Ryan announced the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill on […]
In a protest marking the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting, gun control activists called for expanded background checks for firearms buyers and for banning sales to people on federal watch lists. U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly and survivors of recent mass shootings stood outside of the Fairfax, VA […]
Some esteemed boner over at CNN is declaring an, “…end to fossil fuels.” CNN Digital columnist John Sutter exclaims, “It’s a truly remarkable moment.” I really do read this guy’s articles sometimes. He seems to me like the guy that thinks it’s perfectly acceptable to tuck a golf shirt into […]
American chemical giants DuPont Co. and Dow Chemical announced on Friday they would merge as part of a $130 billion deal. The corporation will be re-branded as DowDuPont and will eventually split up into three different, publicly-traded companies. The focus of the new ventures will be on plastics and materials, […]
by Joe Coleman There’s a top official at the FBI’s Operational Technology Division that recently let it slip they’re hacking software and utilizing Stingrays as tools to catch suspects. The Stingray is a piece of tech that mimics cell phone towers to trick user’s cell phones into connecting to them. […]
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