Trump urges Congress to restrict Chinese investment in U.S. tech companies
"New legislation 'will enhance our ability to protect the United States from new and evolving threats posed by foreign investment.'"
Liberty Dollar relaunches as silver-backed cryptocurrency
"The original Liberty Dollars were promoted by the issuer to be used in commercial transactions as an alternative to federal currency, including Federal Reserve notes. Liberty Dollars eventually drew the attention of federal authorities, who filed criminal counterfeiting charges against Bernard von NotHaus."
U.S. Secret Service Demands Congress Regulate Cryptocurrencies
"In a formal address to Congress, the U.S. Secret Service issued a stern warning regarding the illicit use of digital currencies that could have severe implications for possible future legislation."
Feds ran a money-laundering operation for over a year in $20M darknet sweep
"The core of the operation was an online money-laundering business seized by agents from Homeland Security Investigations and operated as a sting for over a year. By offering cash for bitcoin, HSI agents were able to identify specific drug dealers, ultimately tracing more than $20 million in drug-linked cryptocurrency transactions."
The Struggle for American Independence: The Tea Parties
While almost all histories of the timeframe concentrate on the Boston Tea Party, I felt it was important to cover how other colonies responded to the Tea Act as well.
Psychedelic Drugs May Help the Brain Repair Itself, Study Finds
"Most of the psychedelics tested, the researchers found, promoted the growth of new dendrites from a neuron cell, which help transmit information from other neurons to the cell, as well as increased the density of small protrusions on these dendrites, known as dendritic spines. They also jumpstarted the growth of new connections, or synapses, between individual neurons."
California Committee Passes Bill to Allow People to Expunge Some Marijuana Charges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 28, 2018) – On Tuesday, a California Senate committee passed a bill that would create a process to expunge or reduce the sentences of people charged under the state’s marijuana laws before recreational cannabis was legalized this year. Passage into law would take another step toward nullifying federal marijuana prohibition in effect in…
California To Create A ‘Ministry of Truth’ To Combat Fake News
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation opposes the bill, calling it 'flawed' and 'misguided.' The group argues the measure would make the government and advisory group responsible for deciding what is true or false. It also points out the First Amendment prevents content-based restrictions, even if the statements of 'admittedly false.'"
American Totalitarianism and the Culture of Fake News
"The Pew study indicates that there is a significant cognitive problem among US people in being able to assess facts from opinions."
Why Doesn’t Outrage At U.S. Imprisoning Children Extend To U.S. Killing Children?
While there has been mass outrage over Trump’s separation policy, there is virtually no outrage over the U.S. government’s policy of killing children as a way to achieve the political goal of regime change in foreign countries."