Reuters

BOSTON (Reuters) – The founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc on Thursday became the highest-ranking pharmaceutical executive to be convicted in a case tied to the U.S. opioid crisis, when he and four colleagues were found guilty of participating in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive painkiller.

A federal jury in Boston found John Kapoor, the drugmaker’s former chairman, and his co-defendants guilty of racketeering conspiracy for engaging in a scheme that also misled insurers into paying for the drug.  Continue reading “Founder, execs of drug company guilty in conspiracy that fed opioid crisis”

The Sun Sentinel

A bill prohibiting anti-Semitism in Florida’s public schools and universities is going to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Senate unanimously passed the bill Monday, two days after a gunman opened fire in a California synagogue, killing one and injuring three others.  Continue reading “Florida Legislature passes anti-Semitism bill for public schools”

The Intercept – by Robert Mackey

NEW LEGISLATION PROPOSED by Rep. Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, would ban Israel from using any of the billions of dollars in military assistance it receives from the United States every year to pay for the detention, interrogation, or torture of Palestinian children living under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank.

Israel’s military typically arrests and prosecutes 500 to 700 Palestinian children between the ages of 12 and 17 each year, subjecting them to coercive interrogation, physical violence, and trials in military courts that lack basic guarantees of due process. Continue reading “New House Bill Would Bar Israel From Using U.S. Military Aid to Detain Palestinian Children”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Arlington, TX — O’Shae Terry and his friend were stopped last September by Arlington police officer Julie Herlihy because the temporary tag on Terry’s vehicle had expired. Officer Bau Tran would also respond to the stop, and ten minutes later, he would shoot and kill Terry. For killing Terry, Tran was indicted this week on a charge of criminally negligent homicide.  Continue reading “Cop Indicted After Video Shows Him Kill Unarmed Man Over Stop for Expired Vehicle Sticker”

Reuters

Maine could soon prohibit parents from citing religious or personal beliefs to avoid vaccinating their children, making the U.S. state one of a half dozen cracking down during the nations’ largest measles outbreak in 25 years.

State legislatures in New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Minnesota and Iowa, are looking at similar bills, that would only allow exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons as determined by the child’s doctor.  Continue reading “As measles returns, U.S. states look to cut vaccine exemptions”

Boing Boing

Over the weekend, someone set fire to two dozen bee colonies in Alvin, Texas belonging to the Brazoria County Beekeepers Association. The perpetrator also dumped some of the bee boxes into a nearby pond. The Beekepers Association and the police are offering rewards for information leading to the conviction of the idiot who did it. From KTRK-TV:  Continue reading “Some idiot torched hives with half a million bees in Texas”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A report indicates the April 27, 2019, San Diego synagogue attacker acquired his firearm “legally.”

According to the Associated Press, “Prosecutors say the 19-year-old charged with opening fire in a Southern California synagogue legally bought the semiautomatic rifle he used.” Continue reading “Report: San Diego Synagogue Shooter Acquired Firearm ‘Legally’”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A leaked FBI document reveals that members of Antifa were plotting to purchase guns from a “Mexico-based cartel associate known as Cobra Commander,” and “stage an armed rebellion at the border,” according to the San Diego Union Tribune, which received a copy of the unclassified report.  Continue reading “FBI Investigating Antifa Plot To Buy Guns From “Mexican Rambo” For “Armed Rebellion At Border””

Press TV

The United States and Israel are reportedly set to supply anti-aircraft missiles to Kurdish militants in northern Syria amid tensions between Ankara and Washington over the latter’s support for the militants, which the Turkish government views as terrorists.

Citing local sources, Turkey’s Yeni Safak daily reported that the US is set to deliver shipments of Stinger Man Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) to militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).  Continue reading “US, Israel to supply anti-aircraft missiles to Kurdish militants in Syria: Report”

Common Dreams – by Jake Johnson

As the Trump administration enthusiastically endorsed the so-called “military uprising” led by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido but refused to call it a coup attempt, progressive critics and anti-war voices made clear that is precisely what took place Tuesday as violent clashes erupted throughout the Latin American nation.  Continue reading ““If This Isn’t an ‘Armed Coup,’ Then What the Hell Is?” US Denounced for Backing Attempted Overthrow in Venezuela”

RT

Five of New Zealand’s biggest news organizations say they’ll limit their reporting on the trial of the Christchurch mosque shooting suspect in an unprecedented step to curb the spread of white supremacy ideology.

Australian Brenton Tarrant is charged with the murder of 50, and attempted murder of 39, Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15.  Continue reading “New Zealand media ban reporting of Christchurch shooter’s white supremacist statements at trial”

Common Dreams – by Eoin Higgins

A new report provides information on which corporations are profiting from the private prison industry.

The report (pdf), which was released by criminal justice advocacy group Worth Rises, is based on a database run by the organization that lists a total 3,900 companies in 12 sectors that make money off of the prison industrial complex.  Continue reading “New Report Names Nearly 4,000 Companies Profiting Off of Private Prison Industry”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Not long after Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told Maria Bartiromo that he believed USMCA (the Nafta 2.0 trade deal that the Dems have promised to obstruct) had a better chance of passing than a long-hoped for bipartisan infrastructure plan, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer emerged from a lengthy meeting with President Trump with some interesting news.  Continue reading “Democrats, Trump Agree On $2 Trillion ‘Bipartisan’ Infrastructure Plan”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

If ever we needed proof of the expression that “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” look no further than Britain, where families may have to start practicing cutting their steak and bread at dinner with a spoon. This is, of course, because Britain’s politicians have now made the absurdly ridiculous move to call for the banning of what Reason magazine called “the most useful tool ever invented” – the knife.  Continue reading “With Gun Ban Not Working, Politicians In Britain Now Want To Ban Knives Nationwide”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Caldwell County, TX — The Free Thought Project has reported on multiple instances in which police officers invade a home and are shot in the process. Thousands of these no-knock raids take place across the country every single year, most of which are over alleged possession of substances deemed illegal by the state. But what happens when people defend their homes against these home invasions? Well, as the following case illustrates, sometimes justice can be served.  Continue reading “Charges Dropped Against Couple Who Shot Deputy After DA Rules It Was Self-Defense”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

As if the past months of US push for regime change in Venezuela with officials like Elliott Abrams of Iran-Contra conviction infamy at the helm wasn’t bizarre enough, things just got weirder, as Erik Prince has apparently been pitching a plan around Washington to privatize US coup efforts using his latest Blackwater inspired mercenary empire.

According to Reuters, Prince — the brother of billionaire Education Secretary Betsy DeVos who has over the past years since selling his mired-in-controversy Blackwater group (now Academi) revived his mercenary empire in China in the form of Frontier Services Group (FSG) — intends to “deploy a private army to help topple Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicholas Maduro”.  Continue reading “Blackwater Founder Calling For 5,000 Mercenaries To Topple Maduro”

Reuters

A 19-year-old man accused of murdering one woman and wounding three other people at a California synagogue was due in a San Diego court on Tuesday to face hate crime charges.

John Earnest faces one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder, all of them with hate crime added as a special circumstance, the San Diego District Attorney’s Office said on Monday. He also faces one count of arson.  Continue reading “Accused California synagogue shooter due in court to face hate crime charges”

The Mind Unleashed – by Derrick Broze

Even if you disable GPS, deactivate phone location tracking, and turn off your phone, it’s still possible for Google and the NSA to monitor your every move.

Over the last two decades, cell phone use has become an everyday part of life for the vast majority of people around the planet. Nearly without question, consumers have chosen to carry these increasingly smart devices with them everywhere they go. Despite surveillance revelations from whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, the average smart phone user continues to carry the devices with little to no security or protection from privacy invasions.  Continue reading “Google Tracks Your Location and Shares It With Police, Even When Your Phone is Off”

RT

In its crusade against ‘fake news’, Facebook has vowed to fight for impartiality. However, when it comes to fact-checking, it seems to rely on sources, which have links to the US government, and renowned political meddlers.

For more than two years, the social media giant has been seeking to convince the public that it does its best to take a stand against malicious disinformation spread through its network and presented a whole bunch of instruments aimed at revealing and countering false narratives.  Continue reading “Who checks the fact-checkers? Facebook leaves verification to groups funded by Soros, US Congress”