The Real Baltimore – Police Accountability in the Age of Trump
How should Baltimore address police reform if Jeff Sessions is confirmed as AG and if the DoJ tacks toward open hostility on this issue?
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Developer of B.S. Detector Apologizes for Including Naked Capitalism in “Fake News” Tool, Yet Fails to Take Responsibility for Non-Transparent Process and McCarthyite Nature of Project
The developer of B.S. Detector apologized for including Naked Capitalism. Unfortunately, his note is revealing, and not in a good way.
Read more...Site Behind Washington Post’s McCarthyite Blacklist Appears To Be Linked to Ukrainian Fascists and CIA Spies
Anonymous McCarthyite online blacklist of hundreds of American websites appears to be linked to Ukrainian fascists and CIA spies.
Read more...The Obamamometer’s Toxic Legacy: National Security
Obama’s national security legacy: Guantanamo’s still open and this former con law prof asserts– wrongly– that he can’t pardon Snowden now.
Read more...France Plans to Implement Universal Biometric IDs
France seeks to implement a variant of a biometric ID database that was nixed by its courts. Will this succeed and set a dangerous precedent?
Read more...Will Trump Be Rolled by the Republican Establishment?
If Trump is serious about policies like rebuilding infrastructure and reducing foreign conflicts, can he prevail over his party’s establishment?
Read more...Creating a National Security State ‘Democracy,’ Or How the American Political System Changed and No One Noticed
The stealthy rise of America’s new fourth estate.
Read more...Louis Proyect: Snowden
A review of Oliver Stone’s movie on Edward Snowden.
Read more...A Hard Look at the War Criminals, Um, Hawks Who Say “Never Trump”
The hawks who are throwing bricks at Trump forgot that they are living in glass houses.
Read more...NSA Whistleblower: Not So Fast On Claims Russia Behind DNC Email Hack
Why you should be skeptical of the party line that the DNC was victimized by Russians.
Read more...Pentagon Allowed to Supply Military Gear Directly to Homeland Security Dept. for ‘War on Immigrants’
Military-style policing gets another boost, this with targeting immigrants as the pretext.
Read more...American Police State: Secret Service Controlling Journalist Access to Conventions by Arbitrary, Secretive, No Appeal Screening Process
Welcome to a press gag Secret Service style.
Read more...In America’s Drone Wars, Collateral Damage Comes Home
Why you should care about America’s drone wars: among other things, they radicalize populations against us and traumatize the operators.
Read more...“This is Just Evil”: Massive Private License Plate Database Tracks Car Locations Over Years
Large-scale logging of time and location stamped license plate data, retained over years, means Big Brother knows where you have been.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: Six National Security Questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, etc., Don’t Want to Answer and Won’t Even Be Asked
In the realm of national security, election 2016 promises to be not just a missed opportunity but a complete bust.
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