The Bizarre Story Behind the FBI’s Fake Documentary About the Bundy Family
"The FBI’s decision to create a fake media company raises critical questions about the federal government’s practice of impersonating the press." Continue reading →
Sessions’ ‘New’ Drug Policy: Even More Mandatory Minimums
"The directive instructs federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious, readily provable offense. It thus resurrects the emphasis on mandatory minimum sentencing requirements, which have required judges to impose draconian sentences for drug crimes, even when they don't believe these sentences are warranted. Sessions' memo rescinds and reverses the reforms implemented by former Attorney General Eric Holder, which urged prosecutors to charge people with low-level drug cases to avoid triggering mandatory minimum sentences. Nearly half (or 92,000) of the people in federal prison are serving sentences for drug convictions." Continue reading →
The Biggest Losers in Obamacare Repeal? It Won’t Be Federal Employees
"The bottom line is that people who receive comfortable government benefits don’t have as much skin in the game when it comes to the end-result of the newly proposed healthcare bill." Continue reading →
Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You Into Everything for Free
"There's just something about uniforms that garner an almost naïve trust. People trust uniforms. Most of us obey the word of those clad in uniforms to an almost Stanford Prison Experiment-esque degree." Continue reading →
The Silent Slaughter of the US Air War
"April 2017 was another month of mass slaughter and unimaginable terror for the people of Mosul in Iraq and the areas around Raqqa and Tabqa in Syria, as the heaviest, most sustained U.S.-led bombing campaign since the American War in Vietnam entered its 33rd month." Continue reading →
Smoking Pot Kicks You Off Transplant Lists — Even In States Where It’s Legal
"More than half the states in the country have legalized medical marijuana, but some hospitals still bar users from life-saving organ transplants. The policy delayed the late Riley Hancey's lung transplant for months." Continue reading →
Jacob Hornberger: Duterte’s Murder Model is the U.S. Government
"Duterte is doing nothing more than copying the processes and methods of the U.S. government in its war on drugs and its war on terrorism, both of which most members of the mainstream media have long supported." Continue reading →
Judge says his Facebook post about lynching black suspect was a joke
"The commission released its findings on Monday and noted that the judge's defense is that he was trying to be funny." Continue reading →
FBI’s Comey: Americans Should Not Expect ‘Absolute Privacy’
"FBI Director James Comey has put to rest any hope of achieving privacy in the United States. Speaking at a cybersecurity conference at Boston College on Wednesday, Comey said that 'there is no such thing as absolute privacy in America.' He added that everything Americans engage in, including conversations with members of the clergy and their attorneys, live within 'judicial reach.' 'In appropriate circumstances, a judge can compel any one of us to testify in court about those very private communications,' Comey said, according to CNN, which obtained a video of his remarks." Continue reading →
Doctor Bloodied, Dragged By Police Off Overbooked Plane So Employees Could Fly
"Video of police officers dragging a passenger from an overbooked United Airlines flight sparked an uproar Monday on social media, and a spokesman for the airline insisted that employees had no choice but to contact authorities to remove the man. As the flight waited to depart from Chicago's O'Hare Airport, officers could be seen grabbing the screaming man from a window seat, pulling him across the armrest and dragging him down the aisle by his arms. The airline was trying to make room for four of its employees on the Sunday evening flight to Louisville, Kentucky." Continue reading →
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