Archives for نوفمبر 2016

Tyranny At Standing Rock: The Government’s Divide-And-Conquer Strategy Is Working

“We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”— Benjamin Franklin, as quoted in The Works of Benjamin Franklin.

بواسطة John Whitehead
Protesters gather at an encampment on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, a day after tribal leaders received a letter from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that told them the federal land would be closed to the public on Dec. 5, near Cannon Ball, N.D. The protesters said Saturday that they do not plan to leave and will continue to oppose construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. (AP photo/James MacPherson)

Divide and conquer. It’s one of the oldest military strategies in the books, and it’s proven to be the police state’s most effective weapon for maintaining the status quo. How do you conquer a nation? Distract them with football games, political circuses and Black Friday sales. Keep them focused on their differences—economic, religious,

North Dakota Governor Orders Immediate Evacuation Of Dakota Access Protesters

“This is a clear stretch of state emergency management authority and a further attempt to abuse and humiliate the water protectors,” the tribal leader said.

بواسطة teleSUR
North Dakota Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple adjusts his tie during a meeting in Washington. Feb. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple ordered an emergency evacuation Monday of protesters at a camp near an oil pipeline due to "harsh winter conditions," according to a statement from his office. Demonstrators at a camp who oppose the US$3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, were ordered to leave the camp immediately and not return, according to

Trump Proposes Jail Or Loss Of Citizenship For Burning American Flag

US President-elect Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday to punish US citizens for burning the US flag by revoking their citizenship or by imprisonment.

بواسطة Sputnik News
Ferguson Nationwide Protests

US President-elect Donald Trump proposed on Tuesday to punish US citizens for burning the US flag by revoking their citizenship or by imprisonment. The statement followed the series of flag burning incidents in the United States as an expression of protest by the US citizens who oppose Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election. In Los

Stein’s Recount Battle Continues, Here’s The Latest

The recount is set to take place in Wisconsin, and potentially in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

بواسطة Nadia Prupis
An Arizona elections official at the Maricopa inserts ballots into a machine to recount the votes in the 5th Congressional District race Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein on Monday told the Wisconsin Elections Commission that she would sue unless the state conducted its recount by hand. Unless she wins the case in Dane County Circuit Court, officials in all of Wisconsin's 72 counties could decide whether they want to count election ballots manually or by machine, the

FBI Sued Over Mass Gathering Of Biometric Data

The FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system is made up of fingerprints, iris scans, faceprints, and other facial recognition data.

بواسطة Derrick Broze
A pedestrian crossing from Mexico into the United States has his facial features and eyes scanned at a biometric kiosk Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

The Federal Bureau of Investigations is facing a new lawsuit from EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) regarding the agency’s latest biometric identification system. The FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system is made up of fingerprints, iris scans, faceprints, and other facial recognition data. EPIC is suing regarding the FBI’s

Meet The Man Behind Trump’s Unsupported Claim Of Voter Fraud

Gregg Phillips, a former Texas official with the Health and Human Services Commission, appears to be the source of Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that “millions” of people voted illegally in the race for the White House.

بواسطة Patrick Svitek
Gregg Phillips, a former Texas official

When President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Sunday — without evidence — that "millions" of people voted illegally in the race for the White House, he invited a wrath of condemnation for again stoking doubts about the U.S. election system. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/802972944532209664 But in Texas, he found at least one fan: