Rule by Fiat: When the Government Does Whatever It Wants
[Justice] [Politics] [Social] Rule by Fiat: When the Government Does Whatever It Wants By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Posted June 16, 2021 At 4:30 a.m. on March 12, 2020, in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic that had most of the country under a partial...The Medicare Advantage Racket
[Economic] [Justice] The Medicare Advantage Racket by Diane Archer Posted June 12, 2021 In September 2018, a government report was released and was largely ignored by the mainstream press. The report from the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human...Ten years on, Syria is almost destroyed. Who’s to blame?
[Politics] [Justice] Ten years on, Syria is almost destroyed. Who’s to blame? by M. K. Bhadrakumar Posted June 8, 2021 In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm, the ruling pigs led by Napoleon constantly rewrote history in order to justify and reinforce their own...The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s Origins
[Justice] [Political] The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s Origins By Katherine Eban Posted June 7, 2021 Throughout 2020, the notion that the novel coronavirus leaked from a lab was off-limits. Those who dared to push for transparency say toxic...Tenth Circuit Misses Opportunity to Affirm the First Amendment Right to Record the Police
[Justice] [Media] Tenth Circuit Misses Opportunity to Affirm the First Amendment Right to Record the Police By Sophia Cope and Adam Schwartz Posted June 5, 2021 We are disappointed that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit this week dodged a critical...Electronic Frontier Foundation
Quotable Sayings
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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You do not become a billionaire through labor. You become a billionaire through inheritance, corruption or economic rents – or, in most cases, some mixture of all three.
Grace Blakeley
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Mainstream American liberals think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by Fox and Donald Trump, and mainstream American conservatives think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by MSNBC and the Democrats, but the propaganda strings on both trace back to the same puppet master. And seeing that is just the beginning.
Caitlin Johnstone
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You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.
Deepak Chopra
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It is obvious that the US government is destroying Assange to signal to journalists the consequences of publishing information. It is therefore also obvious that any journalist who fails to use whatever platform they have to speak out against Assange’s persecution has no intention of ever publishing anything that the US government doesn’t want published. Their silence on or support for what is being done to this man can and should be taken as an admission that they are nothing other than state propagandists.
Caitlin Johnstone
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It’s quite fitting that the – imperially pre-determined – judicial fate of Julian Assange is being played out in Britain, the home of George Orwell.
Pepe Escobar
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