AZ Central

The following is the text of Sen. Jeff Flake’s remarks from the floor of the U.S. Senate on Oct. 24, 2017, as prepared for delivery. Ronald J. Hansen, political reporter for The Republic and azcentral, annotates the speech here. Click on yellow highlighted text to learn more.   

Mr. President, I rise today to address a matter that has been much on my mind, at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than it is by our values and our principles. Let me begin by noting a somewhat obvious point that these offices that we hold are not ours to hold indefinitely.  We are not here simply to mark time. Sustained incumbency is certainly not the point of seeking office. And there are times when we must risk our careers in favor of our principles.   Continue reading “Read Flake’s bombshell Senate speech: ‘Mr. President, I rise today to say: Enough’”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

In the federal government’s relentless and futile pursuit to control what Americans can and cannot put into their own bodies, all too often, innocent people become the victims of state-sponsored violence. Since its inception during the Nixon years, the drug war has not only failed at its task but it’s served to create a massive opioid epidemic and eviscerated rights—all while fostering corruption and violence within the government. At the head of this violent and corrupt beast is the government office known as the Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA.   Continue reading “Video Released Showing DEA Agents Execute 2 Women, a Child, and a Man”

RT

US intelligence officials are fighting to renew the controversial spying program which allows agencies to conduct bulk surveillance on internet users.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act gives US intelligence permission to spy on and store internet data and communications of foreign people living outside the US.    Continue reading “US spy chiefs implore Congress to ‘reauthorize’ mass surveillance of internet users”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

A medical study conducted at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that women who received flu vaccines had a weakened immune system response in subsequent years.

Lisa Christian, PhD, the lead researcher on the study, concluded, “Growing evidence shows that those who received a flu shot in the prior year have lower antibody responses in the current year.”   Continue reading “Flu shots scientifically proven to weaken immune response in subsequent years”

Fox News

An informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is under a gag order that prevents him from testifying before the United States Congress that Russian nuclear officials were involved in fraudulent dealings in 2009 before the Uranium One deal was approved.

Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch blocked the informant from testifying last year and threatened criminal action against him if he were to do so.   Continue reading “Clinton Uranium One deal: FBI informant blocked by Obama-era AG can unlock key info, attorney says”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In an delightfully ironic lesson why border protection is important for the US, an MSNBC crew was reporting on the prototypes of Trump’s proposed border wall near San Diego, when the interview was interrupted by a group of “migrants not from Mexico” hopping over the existing fence.   Continue reading “MSNBC Catches Illegals Jumping Border Fence With Mexico As It Reports On Trump’s Wall”

RT

Eleven people have been arrested as hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets of Jerusalem to decry the detention of their young co-religionists who didn’t show for enlistment to the Israeli armed forces.

Around 1,500 members of the so-called “Jerusalem faction” of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox community protested in several locations across the city on Monday, according to Haaretz. They blocked light rail and vehicular traffic for several hours, affecting the area around the Israeli parliament, Knesset, among others.   Continue reading “11 arrested, water cannon deployed as Orthodox Jews protest military draft in Jerusalem”

MassPrivateI

It’s official, big brother has invaded sports arenas, stadiums and parks.

According to an article in TSN, The National Hockey League (NHL) plans to install facial recognition cameras in their arenas.

The above video, is a perfect example of how law enforcement uses our fears of terror to justify losing our privacy.   Continue reading “NHL to install facial recognition cameras to limit their liability”

American Mirror – by Kyle Olson

Nancy Pelosi’s trouble with the English language seems to be growing by the day.

During a Sunday morning appearance on MSNBC, the House Minority Leader stumbled over words, struggled to form sentences, and called special counsel Robert Mueller “mother.”   Continue reading “Pelosi struggles to form sentences during TV interview, calls Robert Mueller ‘mother’”