RT

Five high-profile activists have been arrested by the New York City police just this week, prompting speculation about a crackdown. RT caught up with a journalist who has followed the spike in arrests of prominent anti-police brutality demonstrators.

On Thursday, NYPD officers arrested Ramsey Orta once again after he filmed them. Orta is the citizen who filmed the killing of Eric Garner by police trying to arrest him for selling loose cigarettes.   Continue reading “Crackdown? NYPD arrests 5 anti-police brutality activists in 3 days”

Breitbart – by John Hayward

In an interview with National Public Radio, the deputy director of the National Security Agency Richard Ledgett claimed the NSA has lost track of about 1,000 intelligence targets since 2013 because of NSA leak Edward Snowden’s revelations, including a terrorist group that was planning attacks against the United States and Europe.

The good news, in the deputy director’s estimation, is that much of the information disclosed by Snowden is becoming obsolete. “The amount that matters from a technical capabilities sense has decreased over time,” he told NPR.   Continue reading “NSA: Snowden Leaks Caused Loss of 1,000 Targets, Including Terrorists”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Law enforcement officers in the United States are increasingly buying professional liability insurance policies amid worries they may be sued for their on-duty actions, the Fraternal Order of Police, the biggest U.S. police union, told Reuters.

Between July 2014 and July 2015, the number of members who bought the union’s liability insurance jumped 15 percent, according to data from the FOP released this week and shared exclusively with Reuters.   Continue reading “More U.S. police officers buying insurance in case of lawsuits, union says”

Fox 31 Denver – by Chris Halsne

DENVER — Denver police officers should stop punching suspects in the face when they believe the person might have put evidence such as drugs in their mouths, the Office of the Independent Monitor, the city’s top police watchdog, recommended.

It’s an issue the FOX31 Denver Problem Solvers brought to light 18 months ago, but after a long investigation, independent monitor Nicholas Mitchell is weighing in with the release of the 2015 annual report.   Continue reading “Watchdog group: Denver police should not punch suspects to retrieve drugs from mouths”

Reuters

Republican senators on Thursday raised the possibility they would confirm Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland before the U.S. president leaves office in January if Democrats retain the White House in the Nov. 8 election.

Garland began the customary meetings with senators that kick off the confirmation process. He visited the offices of Democrats Harry Reid and Patrick Leahy a day after Obama nominated the appeals court judge and former prosecutor to replace conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Feb. 13.   Continue reading “Senators say they might confirm Obama’s high court pick after election”

Reuters

Law enforcement officials in a small southern Indiana city were the target of two explosive devices that were detonated over the past nine days, police said on Thursday.

A homemade device exploded in the driveway of a judge on Wednesday in Madison, Indiana. Authorities in the town were already investigating a similar device that detonated in the police department’s parking lot on March 6, Madison Police Chief Dan Thurston told a news conference.   Continue reading “Law enforcement targeted in two blasts in Indiana city: police”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

You may remember that just two months ago the International Energy Agency warnedthe oil market could “drown in oversupply” in 2016. The outlook for oil, which had tumbled 75% since 2012 and hit a low of $28 per barrel by mid January, was looking bleak with some analysts suggesting that sub-$20 oil was a real possibility.

The official numbers were compelling – the world was awash in oil with scores of tankers brimming with black gold reportedly sitting in limbo with nowhere to go. Oil storage was at capacity. OPEC warned that oil wouldn’t return to triple digits for two decades.   Continue reading “Shock Report: Oil Oversupply Exaggerated: Millions of Barrels Go Missing: “Oil Market Could Tighten Substantially””

ABC News

A suspicious piece of mail containing white powder was sent to Eric Trump’s New York City apartment Thursday, a Trump Organization source tells ABC News.

The NYPD confirmed to ABC News it responded to a call at Trump Parc East, a high-end residential building on Central Park South — but it did not identify the recipient of the mail as Donald Trump’s 32-year-old son, who has an apartment in the building.   Continue reading “Suspicious Letter Containing White Powder Sent to Donald Trump’s Son”

The Daily Caller – by Robert Mihaly

Central Park School for Children in Durham, North Carolina has enrolled grade-school students in a “Black Lives March and Rally” scheduled for March 17, 2016. The teachers can opt-in or opt-out their classes, but parents have not been given a choice.

Stef Bernal-Martinez, a teacher of 6-year-old children, signed up all the children in her class for a “Black Lives March and Rally” to take place during the school day, at the city’s downtown Central Park and Farmer’s Market. Ms. Bernal-Martinez describes herself as a “Radical Queer Progressive Educator” and “white-passing Xicana.”   Continue reading “First-Grade Teachers In Durham Enroll Kids In Black Lives Matter March”

EWG – by Colin O’Nell

In a major win for consumers, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) yesterday failed to attract the votes he needed to end debate on a bill known to opponents as the Deny Americans the Right to Know Act, or DARK Act. It fell far short of the 60-vote threshold required to advance the bill.

The new version of the DARK Act drafted by Roberts would prohibit states from requiring GMO labeling and instead create a voluntary system allowing companies to rely on toll-free numbers and websites to inform consumers whether their food products contain genetically engineered ingredients. Thankfully, the Senate decisively rejected the DARK Act.   Continue reading “Senate Sends Strong Message In Defeat Of DARK Act”

CNN

Washington (CNN)Several groups of rabbis and Jewish religious leaders are planning to protest Donald Trump’s speech to a major pro-Israel conference in Washington on Monday, accusing the presidential candidate of encouraging hatred.

Trump is scheduled to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference Monday night, and several groups are organizing boycotts of the speech.   Continue reading “Rabbis, Jewish leaders plan boycott of Donald Trump at AIPAC”

Politico – by Lauren French

The House passed a resolution Thursday that sets the stage for the chamber to file a brief in a Supreme Court case where Republicans argue President Barack Obama overstepped his authority with an executive order on immigration.

The resolution passed along party lines, with 234 GOP lawmakers supporting the move over loud protests from House Democrats. On the Democratic side, 181 voted against the resolution.   Continue reading “House passes plan to file brief in Obama immigration action case”

Fox News

An ex-stripper who went on to law school and later was elected a judge was found dead inside her Nevada home Sunday, The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Her body was discovered during a welfare check, the report said, and authorities do not suspect foul play.   Continue reading “Ex-stripper judge found dead inside Nevada home”

Fars News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Chief Liaison of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force General Ali Arasteh said Tehran has documents that show the delivery of 75 vehicles loaded with weaponry to the ISIL terrorist group.

General Arasteh said on Wednesday some governments claim to be fighting ISIL, but at the same time supply the terrorist group with “37 vehicles and 38 trailers loaded with weapons and military equipment.”

Continue reading “Army General: Iran Has Evidence of Foreign Military Aid to ISIL”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Washington D.C. — As if autonomous drones launching Hellfire missiles at targets acquired through the collection of metadata weren’t horrifying enough, the US military now has its own death rays — no kidding.

Since the days of Nikola Tesla, and his plans of a death ray, the up and coming military industrial complex has salivated over the idea of direct energy weapons. For pennies, the US could lay waste to their enemies instead of using highly expensive missile systems. However, this technology and the resources to build it remained elusive — until now.   Continue reading “Modern Warfare Just Changed Forever — Laser Weapons are Ready for Use — TODAY”

Press TV

US military officials say more than a dozen US military personnel have been punished for bombing a hospital that killed 42 people in Afghanistan last year, but they face no criminal charges.

The military officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the punishments are largely administrative, such as letters of reprimand and ending chances for further promotion.   Continue reading “No criminal charges for bombing Afghan hospital: US defense officials”

Anti-Media – by Jake Anderson

A few years ago, the Center for Disease Control launched a zombie preparedness initiative that drew significant attention. The Department of Defense followed suit and developed an entire training course intended for the Joint Operational Planning and Execution System (JOPES). The complete response plan, called CONPLAN888, was recently declassified, and it’s just as weird and creepy as you might imagine.

The Black Vault posted two documents retrieved from the NSA using the Freedom of Information Act.   Continue reading “The Government Actually has a Zombie Apocalypse Plan — and It’s Just Been Declassified”