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Blue Lives Matter, a group advocating for greater protections for police in the US, has claimed that Facebook’s new rules to combat fake news has almost halved the number of people it can reach on the platform.

The group said that the introduction of Facebook’s quality surveys, in which the platform asks users to rate a news source in terms of its trustworthiness, has already seen the audience for its content fall by 40 percent in the last week. Blue Lives Matter believes the drop is down to partisan social media users voting down pages run by opposition groups.  Continue reading “Blue Lives Matter claims Facebook’s ‘fake news’ rules have halved its audience”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Finally, a journalist for a mainstream UK media outlet is methodically tracking weapons shipment serial numbers and English-language paperwork recovered from al-Qaeda groups in Syria, and he’s literally showing up at arms factories and questioning arms dealers, including officials at the Saudi Embassy in London, asking: why are your weapons in the hands of terrorists?    Continue reading “Robert Fisk: “I Traced Al-Qaeda Missile Casings In Syria Back To Their Original Sellers””

Mint Press News – by Whitney Webb

NEW YORK — The Group of 77, a bloc of developing nations at the UN, has chosen Palestine’s delegation as its chair for 2019, a move that will likely be seen as a diplomatic win for Palestine and a loss for Israel and the U.S. The latter two countries have been arguing against increasing Palestine’s political power in the international body until a peace agreement, such as the “peace” plan soon to be released by the Trump administration, has been accepted by the Israeli and Palestinian governments.  Continue reading “UN Bloc of Developing Nations Elects Palestine as Leader in Snub to Israel, US”

Forbes

In the latest salvo against civil forfeiture, 21 Republican Members of Congress sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday that demanded the Justice Department “immediately return” up to $22 million that was “seized unfairly by the government.” Using civil forfeiture, the Internal Revenue Service raided bank accounts from hundreds of owners for alleged “structuring” offenses, which involves making a series of cash transactions under $10,000 to skirt federal reporting requirements.

“What was done was not fair, just or right in most cases,” the letter declared, which was co-signed by House Ways and Means Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX), Oversight Subcommittee Chair Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), and former Oversight Subcommittee Chair Peter Roskam (R-IL). “The IRS’s actions led to the destruction of many lives and small businesses, some of which will never fully recover.”   Continue reading “Congress Demands Justice Department Return Millions ‘Seized Unfairly’ From Taxpayers”

Steemit – by Carey Wedler

Laurens County, South Carolina, passed a resolution this week urging the state to reject the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)’s indefinite detention provisions, making the county the eight local government in the country to resist the language, which was initially passed in the 2012 version of the military funding bill.

According to a press release from People Against the NDAA (PANDA), which has long campaigned against indefinite detention, “Resolution 2018-31 provides inhabitants of Laurens County their first legal defense against indefinite detentions since passage of the 2012 NDAA.”   Continue reading “SC County Passes Resolution to Nullify NDAA’s Infamous Indefinite Detention Provisions”

CBC News – by Reid Southwick

He wanted a brand new car — a Chevrolet Cruze with all the trimmings.

As a man in his early 20s, he knew his insurance costs would be high.

So he became a woman, though only on paper.   Continue reading “Alberta man changes gender on government IDs for cheaper car insurance”

News & Observer – by Will Doran

RALEIGH  The police chief in a small Eastern North Carolina town was arrested Thursday, along with one of his lieutenants, and charged with corruption and other crimes, according to multiple news reports.

Southport Police Chief Gary Lee Smith and Lt. Michael Simmons were both charged with obtaining property by false pretense, according to Wilmington television station WWAY. Smith was also charged with obstruction of justice and willful failure to discharge the duties of his office, WWAY reported. Continue reading “NC police chief arrested on corruption charges; police department shut down”

Reason – by Eugene Volokh

A few weeks ago, Patrick Kabat (Chandra Law), Carolyn Allen, and I filed an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court, asking it to agree to review a very interesting — and, in my view, troubling — Ohio Court of Appeals decision. (Thanks to our local counsel Donald Screen, also at Chandra Law, and law students Jack Maib, Malek Khawam, and Brian Asquith, who worked on the memorandum. Brian and Malek are members of the First Amendment, Media & Entertainment Law Practicum at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and Jack is a summer law clerk at the Chandra Law Firm.)   Continue reading “Cleveland City Councilman Got Order Requiring Two Citizen Critics to Stay 500 Feet Away from Him”

CBS Sacramento

YUBA CITY (CBS13) – A Yuba City man says law enforcement confiscated his money but he didn’t commit a crime. Now he’s fighting to get back tens of thousands of dollars.

Yuba City resident Josh Gingerich buys and flips trucks.  A recent buying trip to do that cost him a bag of cash which was seized by a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) drug interdiction task force at O’Hare Airport.   Continue reading “The Government Seized $29K Of Mine When I Did Nothing Wrong”

Natural News – by Ethan Huff

An expert in smart meter microwave transmission power has published new research showing that, contrary to the official government narrative, the radiation emitted from smart meters directly interferes with normal heart function.

To come to this conclusion, Warren Woodward connected himself to an EKG monitor while lying near an Elster smart meter, which was connected to a high-frequency analyzer that measures microwave frequencies.   Continue reading “Evidence is UNDENIABLE: Smart meters cause massive changes to the heart”

Fayette Advocate – by Derick Meyers

The New Holland Police Department has fired a police sergeant just mere seconds after he served charges on the mayor and police chief.  Sergeant Brad Mick was handed a termination letter — without a cited cause — and his last paycheck shortly before 6:30 p.m.

Before that happened, however, Mick walked into town hall where a meeting was about to get underway and handed a felony summons to Mayor Clair “Butch” Betzko and Police Chief David Conrad.    Continue reading “Sergeant Who Charged Mayor, Police Chief, and Former Chief Fired”

Miami New Times – by Tim Elfrink

Just after 8:30 last night, Miami Beach Police rushed to Española Way to find a woman who was eight months pregnant in distress. The woman told police she was having severe abdominal pain and contractions after another woman had beaten her in the stomach.

Police quickly found her attacker: 26-year-old Ambar Pacheco, who works as a police officer in North Miami Beach. Pacheco didn’t deny the brutal attack on a “visibly pregnant” woman, MBPD officers say in an arrest report.   Continue reading “North Miami Beach Cop Arrested for Beating Eight-Month Pregnant Woman”

MassPrivateI

Police across the country are quitting their jobs because they don’t like being criticized.

Last month Seattle officers complained about being criticized by City Council members.

“Officers are growing tired of the constant barrage of negativity from council members like Kshama Sawant, Mike O’Brien, and Lorena Gonzalez. In exit interviews with the SPD.”
Continue reading “Police sue colleges claiming public criticism ruins their careers”

WBRC 6 News

SOUTHAVEN, MS (WMC) – The grand jury declined to indict the officers who shot and killed a man when they served a warrant at the wrong house.

Ismael Lopez was shot and killed by police while he stood inside the front door of his Southaven home in July 2017.   Continue reading “No indictment for officers who killed man while serving warrant at wrong house”

Activist Post – by BN Frank

Three law firms will represent 5000 people in their complaints of overbilling by Central Maine Power Co.

CMP is one of many utility companies across North America that has installed “Smart” Meters.  There have been complaints about inflated billing and more everywhere these types of meters have been installed.  2017 Dutch research confirmed that these meters can cause measurement errors from 30% to 582%. Continue reading “5000 Utility Customers in Maine Join Class Action Lawsuit Claiming They Were Overbilled. 2017 Dutch Research Determined “Smart” Meters Inflate Bills 30% to 582%.”

MassPrivateI

The state of New York is using facial recognition cameras to identify drivers and passengers at toll booths.

A recent article in the New York Post revealed that toll booths use facial recognition to identify everyone.

“We are now moving to facial-recognition technology, which takes it to a whole new level, where it can see the face of the person in the car and run that technology against databases,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.  (Click here & here to learn more.)  Continue reading “Facial recognition toll booths identify drivers and passengers, notify police within seconds”

Campus Reform – by Toni Airaksinen

A University of Texas-Austin student was forced to reflect on a film about toxic masculinity after a Title IX investigation found him guilty of harassment based on a non-criminal standard of evidence.

According to an internal letter obtained by Campus Reform, following an appeal of his sanctions, the student received a note from UT president Gregory Fenves stating that “nothing you allege, even if true, would change the ultimate outcome of this matter.”  Continue reading “UT makes student reflect on ‘masculinity’ as punishment”

MassPrivateI

An article in WUFT.org revealed that Florida police are forcing motorists out of their vehicles at gunpoint for minor traffic violations.

“When Keyon Young was asked during a traffic stop one morning last month to step back to a deputy’s vehicle, he remained in his car out of confusion.”

“Young, 18, called his mother when Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy Thomas Thueson pulled him over, telling her he had no idea why Thueson was asking him to get out of his car. His mother, Chanae Jackson-Baker, advised him to remain in his car with his hands on the steering wheel until she could find out what was going on from dispatch.”  Continue reading “Florida police force motorists out of their vehicles at gunpoint for minor traffic violations”

MassPrivateI

Golf fans will be happy to know that the LPGA considers every fan a potential terrorist.

Last week an article in Sport Techie revealed that the LPGA is using NEC’s biometric NeoFace facial recognition technology to identify every fan.

Why would the LGPA use facial recognition to spy on fans?   Continue reading “LGPA’s facial recognition “hospitality program” to be used to convince fans that everyone is a potential terrorist”