Lawyers for the WikiLeaks publisher charge that while British courts looked the other way, the U. S. has been distorting and withholding evidence to engineer his extradition, Cathy Vogan reports…
Trump Vows to Cancel Biden’s Executive Order ‘Weaponizing Artificial Intelligence’…
Former President Donald Trump vowed to reverse President Biden’s recent executive order which regulates Artificial Intelligence…
Former Pennsylvania Democrat Congressman Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Election Fraud in Philadelphia…
Michael “Ozzie” Myers stuffed boxes for fellow Democrats in the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 state elections…
John Conyers, Longest-Serving Black Member of Congress in History, Dies…
John Conyers Jr., a Korean War veteran who was the longest serving African American member of Congress in U.S. history, died Sunday at age 90, Detroit police have confirmed. Arnold Reed, a lawyer for Mr. Conyers, was shaken by the news. “Well, the only thing I can do is confirm his passing,” Reed said Sunday. […]
The Troubling Legacy of Martin Luther King by David J. Garrow…
Newly-released documents reveal the full extent of the FBI’s surveillance of the civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King in the mid-1960s. They expose in graphic detail the FBI’s intense focus on King’s extensive extramarital sexual relationships with dozens of women, and also his presence in a Washington hotel room when a friend, a Baptist […]
SHOT: ‘Social Score’ Facebook Has ‘Trust’ Ratings for Users–But Refuses to Divulge Your Score…
FACEBOOK is rating users based on how “trustworthy” it thinks they are. Users receive a score on a scale from zero to one that determines if they have a good or bad reputation – but it’s completely hidden. The rating system was revealed in a report by the Washington Post – and later confirmed by […]
FLASHBACK: CHASER — China Assigns Every Citizen a ‘Social Credit Score’ to Identify Who Is and Isn’t Trustworthy…
Chinese Surveillance State Is Basically the U.S. Surveillance Apparatus Minus the Constitutional Rights…
Reuters has a long, detailed examination of the Chinese surveillance state. China’s intrusion into the lives of its citizens has never been minimal, but advances in technology have allowed the government to keep tabs on pretty much every aspect of citizens’ lives. Facial recognition has been deployed at scale and it’s not limited to finding […]
Army Chief Says Transgender Service Is ‘Not a civil rights issue’…
The legal fight over transgender troops and a proposed Pentagon policy barring many from service is not an issue of civil rights, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said on Thursday. Milley told a Senate committee that soldiers voluntarily give up some civil rights when they enlist and that instead the transgender debate should […]
Jeff Sessions Focused in 2017 on Restoring Rule of Law and Constitutional Rights…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has had a busy first year as one of President Donald Trump’s earliest and most committed supporters, one who now leads one of the most powerful departments in the federal government. “We inherited from our Founders—and have advanced—an unsurpassed legal heritage, which is the foundation of our freedom, safety, and prosperity,” […]