EFF – by Parker Higgins

When EFF joined with a coalition of partners to fly an airship over the NSA’s Utah Data Center, the goal was to emphasize the need for accountability in the NSA spying debate. In particular, we wanted to point people to our new Stand Against Spying scorecard for lawmakers. But while we were up there, we got a remarkable and unusual view.

Today, continuing in the spirit of transparency and building on earlier efforts to shed some light on the physical spaces the US intelligence community has constructed, we’re releasing a photograph of the Utah Data Center into the public domain, completely free of copyright and other restrictions. That means it can be used for any purpose—copied, edited, or even sold—online or in print, with or without attribution to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We hope that making such an image available will help support conversations about the actions of the NSA.   Continue reading “Releasing a Public Domain Image of the NSA’s Utah Data Center”

Press TV

Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah has strongly censured the US for sponsoring the ISIL terrorist group across the Middle East region.

Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that the terrorist group’s first mission is to divide the region and drown it in a sectarian war and chaos.   Continue reading “Hezbollah slams US for sponsoring ISIL Takfiri terrorist group”

gaza-bombRINF

As the Israeli military continues to relentlessly bombs Gaza as part of ‘Operation Protective Edge’, at least 44 Palestinians civilians, including women, children and infants, have been killed with an additional 300 injured, according to medical statistics.

The Israeli military said it had attacked 550 sites over the past two days.   Continue reading “The Israel war crime machine kills at least 44, injures 300”

league1Patriot Rising

A Texas town south of Houston has launched a pre-emptive strike prohibiting the federal government from using facilities in their community as shelters to house the overflow of illegal immigrants flooding the southern U.S. border.

“The League City council voted 6-2 to adopt the resolution Tuesday night. It refuses any request from the federal government to set up detention or processing centers there, citing unspecified ‘health concerns,’” reports the Associated Press.   Continue reading “Texas Town: No Quarter for Illegals”

Redress Information and Analysis

Britain’s state broadcaster, the BBC, is once again telling the world, blatantly and shamelessly, that Israeli lives are worth more than Palestinian lives.

“Israel under renewed Hamas attack”: this was last night’s BBC headline on the escalating bloodshed in Gaza,” writes Owen Jones in the Guardian newspaper. “It is as perverse as Mike Tyson punching a toddler, followed by a headline claiming that the child spat at him,” he says, adding:   Continue reading “BBC in full pro-Israel propaganda gear”

Independent – by Mira Bar Hillel

What makes young people snatch a stranger their own age, beat him up, force petrol down his throat before setting him on fire?

And what makes officers of the law hide their faces, snatch a slight 15-year-old and beat him senseless? And then the police refuse him medical attention until they discover – to their horror – that he is actually an American? Continue reading “Even when it brutalises one of its own teenage citizens, America is helpless against Israel”

YNet

As the first day of Operation Protective Edge drew to a close, with more than 117 rockets hitting across Israel, international leaders have issued condemnations of the attacks against Israel and expressed support for Israel’s right to defend itself, but also urged restraints.

Washington backed Israel’s actions in Gaza while the European Union and United Nations urged restraint on both sides.   Continue reading “Worldwide leaders condemn rocket fire”

Allegations: Peter McKelvie said abusers could include senior politicians, military figures and even people linked to the Royal Family. 'At the most serious level, we're talking about the brutal rape of young boys', he saidDaily Mail – by John Hall

A ‘powerful elite’ of at least 20 prominent establishment figures formed a VIP paedophile ring that abused children for decades, a whistleblower claimed today.

Peter McKelvie – the former child protection officer who first raised the alarm about high profile individuals engaged in child sex abuse – said senior politicians, military figures and even people linked to the Royal Family are among the alleged abusers.   Continue reading “‘Powerful elite’ of at least 20 establishment figures may have been part of paedophile ring that abused children for decades”

Breitbart – by Christian Toto

President Barack Obama is refusing to visit the turbulent U.S.-Mexican border, where a flood of illegal immigrants continues to overwhelm the region.

Instead, Obama will visit the home of Austin-based filmmaker Robert Rodriguez this week as part of a trio of Texas fundraisers. The Austin visit features tickets ranging in price from $5,000 to $32,400. The July 9 fundraiser also will feature actors Rosario Dawson, Danny Trejo and Jessica Alba.   Continue reading “Obama Skips Border Chaos, Will Fundraise In Austin With Director Of Pro-Illegal Immigration Film”

raul-salinas-laredoPatriot Rising

The mayor of a Texas border town has announced his city will not be diverting public funds to further aid the illegal immigrant invasion, a problem which is straining the resources of other border towns.

Laredo, Texas, Mayor Raul Salinas says there is simply no feasible way for his town to cover the expenses associated with sheltering and providing for the immigrant influx passing right through his town.   Continue reading “Border Mayor: No Public Funds to Aid Illegals”

Common Dreams – by Mona El-Farra

In Gaza last night, while Israeli army forces launched military attacks against Gaza, by sea, air and via artillery shells, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children were unable to sleep inside their roof- tinned homes, clinging to their parents, crying, and terrified. The shelling last night was earth shattering, and went through the entirety of the Gaza strip- at least 100 attacks have already taken place .

In Gaza, we do not have bomb shelters to escape and hide.   Continue reading “A View from Gaza: This Is a Brutal Attack, Not a “Military Operation””

US State Department says Kiev has right to use airstrikes against civiliansVoice of Russia

US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said to reporters at a press briefing that the Ukrainian government has every right to conduct attacks on civilians, as this upholds the country’s unity.

According to US State Department spokesman Jen Psaki, the Ukrainian government defends the country, inflicting air strikes on civilians in the east of the country. She stated this today at a regular meeting with reporters. Psaki justified Kiev’s actions in relation to the militia.

Continue reading “US State Department says Kiev has right to use airstrikes against civilians”

Judge Clay Jenkins (center) is pictured announcing possible sites for housing unaccompanied children in Dallas County. He tweeted this photo with the caption "In Texas we take care of children." (@JudgeClayJ/Twitter)Here and Now

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins is facing criticism for a plan to house children crossing the border from Mexico illegally. He says they could be housed at a local middle school, an alternative education building and a warehouse at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.

Jenkins is a Democrat and Republicans are blasting him over the plan, saying the local school system and health care delivery system will be overtaxed by people who won’t be able to contribute to that cost.   Continue reading “Texas Judge Under Fire Over Immigrant Housing Plan”

A pro-Russian militant manning a checkpoint in Donetsk on 8 July 2014. BBC News

Ukraine will only negotiate with the rebels once they lay down their arms, Kiev’s defence minister has said.

“There will be no more unilateral ceasefires” by Ukrainian troops, Valeriy Heletey said in a statement posted on the ministry’s website.

He was speaking after separatists fled their eastern strongholds and regrouped in the regional centre of Donetsk.   Continue reading “Ukraine crisis: ‘No more unilateral ceasefires’”

NBC News

The Obama administration is formally asking for $3.7 billion in emergency funds from Congress to address the flood of unaccompanied minor children coming illegally into the United States — more than the White House previously signaled it would request.

The funds include $1.1 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $433 million to Customs and Border Protection, $64 million for the Department of Justice, $300 million to the State Department and $1.8 billion to the Department of Health and Human Services.   Continue reading “White House Asks Congress for $3.7 Billion for Border Crisis”