True Activist – by Brianna Acuesta

General Electric, in conjunction with AT&T and Intel Corp, is set to install cameras, microphones, and sensors on 3,200 streetlights in San Diego this year, beginning in July. The installations are part of a new “smart city” scheme that aims to monitor traffic and crime.

With this news has also come many questioning whether this is an overreach into personal privacy, which is something that wasn’t properly investigated prior to approving this plan. Jen Lebron of the mayor’s office said, “it’s anonymous data with no personal identifiers,” since apparently the video quality will be low enough to individual identification.   Continue reading “Thousands Of Mics And Cameras To Be Installed In San Diego For ‘Data Harvesting’”

Reuters

A coalition of 53 companies on Thursday backed transgender rights at the U.S. Supreme Court, signing on to a brief supporting a Virginia student who is fighting to use the school bathroom that corresponds with his gender identity.

Among the companies participating are Apple Inc(AAPL.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and IBM Corp (IBM.N).   Continue reading “Companies back transgender rights in Supreme Court fight”

The News Tribune – by Melissa Santos

A Tacoma lawmaker wants to know why the Washington State Patrol is reviewing the actions of a trooper who called federal immigration authorities about a man living in the country illegally.

State Sen. Steve O’Ban, R-Tacoma, sent a letter to Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday “to express serious concerns” that an administrative review is underway after a trooper contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about a man involved a Feb. 9 traffic accident on Interstate 5 in Tacoma.   Continue reading “Lawmaker wants to know why state trooper is under review for calling immigration authorities”

Yahoo News

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says that he is willing to recuse himself “whenever it’s appropriate” amid growing bipartisan calls for him to do so.

“I have said whenever it’s appropriate, I will recuse myself,” Sessions told an NBC News reporter early Thursday morning. “There’s no doubt about that.”   Continue reading “Under fire, Sessions says he’s willing to recuse himself from Russia probe if ‘appropriate’”

Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

Propaganda might tell you attackers lie in wait to pick off police at every opportunity, but the fact remains there simply is no war on cops — and while special protections and charges await anyone using violence against authorities, that hasn’t stopped 32 separate so-called Blue Lives Matter bills from being introduced in 14 different states. In just the first two months of the year.   Continue reading “Rise of Police Privilege — 32 Blue Lives Matter Bills in 14 States Introduced in 2017”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

Malheur Wildlife Reserve occupier Blaine Cooper has become the first witness for the government against four men who are facing multiple charges in the occupation of the reserve in 2016. However, at least one eyewitness of event claims that Cooper’s testimony is false based on the fact that she saw him.

First, Oregon Live reports on what Cooper testified:   Continue reading “Eyewitness Claims Oregon Occupier Blaine Cooper’s Testimony for Government is False”

Reuters

Seven Baltimore police officers were arrested on Wednesday on federal racketeering charges for robbing and extorting up to $200,000 from victims, along with stealing guns and drugs, prosecutors said.

Many of the alleged shakedowns took place while the Baltimore Police Department was under intense media scrutiny and facing a U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation for the 2015 police-involved death of a black man that plunged the largely African-American city into turmoil.   Continue reading “Seven Baltimore police officers arrested on racketeering charges”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

An internal White House strategy review on North Korean options includes the possibility of both military force and regime change to counter the country’s nuclear-weapons threat, the WSJ reports, a prospect that has some U.S. allies in the region on edge. The review comes amid recent events have strained regional stability including last month’s launch by North Korea of a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan, and the assassination of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia.   Continue reading “White House Is Exploring Use Of Military Force Against North Korea”

Truth Dig – by Emma Niles

Just a day before President Trump spoke to Congress and stated that his administration has “begun to drain the swamp of government corruption,” the White House announced new additions to the National Economic Council, which is packed with former corporate lobbyists and with allies of the Koch brothers. The council advises the president on foreign and domestic economic policy.

Council Chairman Gary Cohn said the new appointees would be part of a “best-in-class team,” but many observers were quick to point out conflicts of interest.   Continue reading “Ex-Lobbyists and Koch Brothers Allies Will Run Trump’s Economic Team”

Jon Rappoport

For six days, Google shut down all listings for Natural News.

Google gave no rational explanation. Then, again with no comprehensible reason, Google restored Natural News.

To say this behavior was deranged would be a vast understatement.   Continue reading “Mike Adams’ Natural News restored by Goggle after massive takedown”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Colerain Township, OH — A video uploaded to social media this week is causing quite the controversy after showing a violent interaction between two deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and a 12-year-old girl — at a skating rink. At the center of the controversy is the deputies’ decision to taser the girl for compliance.   Continue reading “Cops Taser 12-Year-Old Girl at Skating Rink After She Refused to Wear Skates”

Reuters

The Trump administration supports renewing without reforms a key surveillance law governing how the U.S. government collects electronic communications that is due to expire at the end of the year, a White House official said on Wednesday.

“We support the clean reauthorization and the administration believes it’s necessary to protect the security of the nation,” the official said on customary condition of anonymity.  Continue reading “White House supports renewal of spy law without reforms: official”

i24 News

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US State for International Organization Affairs Erin Barclay condoned the UN’s “obsession with Israel” during an address she delivered to the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday.

Barclay asserted that the council’s “obsession with Israel” comprised the “largest threat” to the “council’s credibility.”   Continue reading “US envoy slams UN Human Rights Council for having ‘obsession with Israel’”

RT

The Justice Department should allocate more money to help police fight crime rather than spend scarce resources on lawsuits against police departments, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. The DOJ has found much abuse within US policing in recent years.

Speaking before the National Association of Attorneys General winter meeting in Washington, DC, Sessions said his Department of Justice (DOJ) will include a task force that will analyze policing practices in the US in order to fight crime.   Continue reading “DOJ to stop going after ‘unfairly maligned’ police – AG Sessions”

Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

Because police “cannot cope” with the “huge” influx of reports on child abuse, they now say pedophiles whose ‘only’ crime is viewing child pornography should undergo rehabilitation — instead of going to prison.

In a mere three years, child abuse reports have skyrocketed in volume by 80 percent; and, as Chief Constable Simon Bailey of the National Police Chiefs’ Council and head of Operation Hydrant, “which is investigating multiple allegations of historic sexual abuse across the UK,” the BBC reports, “knew his view would cause nervousness and draw headlines.   Continue reading “UK Police Announce There Are So Many Pedophiles, They Will Stop Arresting Them”

The Daily Sheeple – by Daniel Lang

Last week, Republican state senator Sonny Borrelli offered a rather disturbing solution to the many recent protests that had turned violent since the election. He proposed SB1142, a bill that would give the police unprecedented powers to quell protests. It would allow cops to arrest anyone at a protest that had turned violent, regardless of their involvement in the violence.   Continue reading “Arizona Bill That Would Allow Gov to Seize Assets From Protesters Has Been Shot Down”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

And people continue to think Pizzagate is far fetched, conspiracy theory, tin foil hat nonsense.  Twelve people were arrested mid-February in North Florida in a child sex sting.  Among those arrested were state employees, the page and messenger manager for the Florida House of Representatives and a Florida State University attorney.

News 4 Jax reports:   Continue reading “FSU Attorney, State Employees & Politicians Arrested in High-Profile Child Sex Sting”

Reuters

U.S. stock futures were ahead late on Tuesday, indicating a higher open on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress, which gave few specifics but confirmed his commitment to lowering tax and boosting infrastructure.

S&P 500 e-mini futures rose 0.3 percent ahead of the speech and held most of those gains, last up 0.26 percent.   Continue reading “S&P 500 futures ahead; Trump promises tax relief, infrastructure boost”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Illegal aliens who have overstayed their visas are “not necessarily” committing a crime just by remaining in the country illegally, according to CNN.

The cable network explained in a piece titled “Are undocumented immigrants committing a crime? Not necessarily”, noting that they are not technically committing a crime by refusing to leave the U.S.:   Continue reading “CNN: Being an Illegal Alien ‘Not Necessarily’ a Crime”