Sacramento Bee – by Sophia Bollag

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Exposing a person to HIV is treated more seriously under California law than infecting someone with any other communicable disease, a policy some lawmakers say is a relic of the decades-old AIDS scare that unfairly punishes HIV-positive people based on outdated science.

Several lawmakers are promoting a bill by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, that would make it a misdemeanor instead of a felony to intentionally expose someone to HIV, the virus that causes the immune system-weakening disease AIDS. The change would treat HIV like other communicable diseases under California law.
Continue reading “California lawmakers want to repeal HIV criminalization laws”

Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson

During an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos proclaimed that whites will become a minority within 30 years and that “this is our country”.   Continue reading “Jorge Ramos: “Whites Will Become a Minority…This is Our Country””

Liberty Fight – by Martin Hill

[Note: Mr. Hoffman contributed to our article last year debunking some of Alex Jones’ absurd claims about Germany: Fabricated ‘History:’ Alex Jones Claims Nazis Were Months Away From Starting Nuclear War.]

Michael Hoffman of RevisionistHistory.org writes in his latest newsletter:   Continue reading “Amazon Bans “Holocaust Denial” Books”

RT

WikiLeaks revelations about the CIA and its scope of activity show that this is not only a security issue – it impacts businesses while the privacy we take for granted is at risk. It is a very dangerous path for democracy to go down, experts told RT.

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks released on Tuesday a part of confidential documents on America’s Central Intelligence Agency. WikiLeaks said that this collection of leaked CIA documents which revealed the extent of its hacking capabilities was “less than one percent of its Vault 7 series”.   Continue reading “WikiLeaks CIA Vault 7: ‘We are looking at George Orwell’s 1984’”

Mail.com

A district attorney has asked the state to investigate two assistant prosecutors after an Associated Press story that quoted former congregants of a North Carolina church as saying the men derailed criminal probes into allegations of abuse by sect leaders.

David Learner said Wednesday that he wants the State Bureau of Investigation to look into the accusations against his employees, who are members of the evangelical Word of Faith Fellowship church. The AP story, released Monday, cited nine former Word of Faith members who said Frank Webster and Chris Back provided legal advice, helped at strategy sessions and participated in a mock trial for four congregants charged with harassing a former member.   Continue reading “Ex-church members say probe welcome after abuse allegations”

Mail.com

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii has become the first state to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, saying the order will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students.

Attorneys for the state filed the lawsuit against the U.S. government Wednesday in federal court in Honolulu. The state had previously sued over Trump’s initial travel ban, but that lawsuit was put on hold while other cases played out across the country.   Continue reading “Hawaii becomes 1st state to sue over Trump’s new travel ban”

Mail.com

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — About 1,200 people were summoned to appear for jury selection Thursday in the capital murder trial of an anti-government sharpshooter charged with killing a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and critically wounding another in a 2014 ambush at their barracks.

Eric Frein, 33, could face the death penalty if he’s convicted in the attack in northeastern Pennsylvania that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and injured Trooper Alex Douglass. An initial batch of more than 100 potential jurors was due at the courthouse for jury selection Thursday in Chester County, outside Philadelphia. After the jury pool is whittled down, potential jurors will be questioned individually.   Continue reading “Trial set to begin for alleged gunman in barracks ambush”

Vermont Watchdog – by Emma Lamberton

RUTLAND, Vt. — Rutland has spoken.

Voters on Tuesday unseated 10-year incumbent Mayor Christopher Louras, replacing him with David Allaire after a year of turmoil stemming from the mayor’s secret plan to make the city a permanent refugee resettlement community.

Unofficial results show Allaire won 51 percent of the vote. Louras placed second with 34 percent, and Mike Coppinger came in third, with 13 percent.   Continue reading “Rutland voters unseat secretive mayor after year-long refugee fight”

The Federalist Papers

As a reminder of why government-run healthcare is a terrible idea, V. Saxena gives us an example of how Obamacare is failing:

Whoops, it happened again — another small business has had to stop providing its employees with any healthcare benefits due to Obamacare.

Speaking with The Daily Wire, Maryland small business owner Thomas Kunkel explained how he used to offer his 31 employees monthly checks via a Health Reimbursement Agreement:   Continue reading “Why The Founders Didn’t Put ‘Right To Health Care’ In The Constitution…”

LA Times – by Melissa Healy

Yellow fever has broken out in the jungles outside Brazil’s most densely-populated cities, raising a frightening but still remote possibility: an epidemic that could decimate that country’s population and spread throughout the Americas, including the United States.

In an essay rushed into print by the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, two doctors from the National Institutes of Health warn that cases of yellow fever, which can kill as many as 10% of those infected, have seen an unusual spike in the last few weeks in several rural areas of Brazil.   Continue reading “An outbreak in Brazil has U.S. health experts wondering if yellow fever could be the next Zika”

Reuters

Contractors likely breached security and handed over documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency’s use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials told Reuters on Wednesday.

Two officials speaking on condition of anonymity said intelligence agencies have been aware since the end of last year of the breach, which led to WikiLeaks releasing thousands of pages of information on its website on Tuesday.   Continue reading “CIA contractors likely source of latest WikiLeaks release: U.S. officials”

“Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion. Respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and of service to your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.   Continue reading “Tecumseh”

Disobedient Media – by William Craddick

Questions about John McCain’s foundation have arisen amid revelations that, for the last several years the foundation has not been using its donations, instead depositing small amounts of their large endowment into the Arizona State University Foundation. This issue has added importance when considered in the context of John McCain’s controversial sources of funding and the arrest of a number of past campaign workers on charges such as child abuse and drug trafficking.   Continue reading “McCain Institute’s Failure To Use Donations For Anti-Trafficking Purposes Raises Questions”

Clash Daily – by Doug Giles

Life was simpler when only the tinfoil hat crowd needed to wonder about such things.

The GOOD news is that some of the fixes are pretty simple.

Should EVERYONE be worried about their TV, phone, or car spying on them? No.

As powerful as the software is, it doesn’t target everyone.   Continue reading “PATRIOTS: Here’s HOW To Keep Your TV & CAR From Spying On You”