James Holbrooks

Cops Serve Warrant at Wrong House, Kill Innocent Man and Shoot His Dog

by James Holbrooks | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Southaven, Mississippi — In a case that has witness accounts contradicting those of the authorities, a Mississippi man with no warrants out for his arrest was shot and killed over the weekend after officers went to the wrong address. Forty-one-year-old Ismael Lopez, who was asleep in bed with his wife when cops arrived at his door to serve a warrant, was a former mechanic who had lived in his Southaven home for 13 years. That home is across the street from the address police were supposed to visit that night. Attorney Murray Wells, who...

CIA threatens regime change in North Korea, North Korea threatens nuclear retaliation

by James Holbrooks | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog

North Korea — Less than a week after C.I.A. chief Mike Pompeo suggested that regime change in North Korea would be a good thing for the Trump administration, the East Asian country said Tuesday it was ready and willing to strike the U.S. with a “nuclear hammer” if that proves to be the Trump team’s agenda. “Should the U.S. dare to show even the slightest sign of attempt to remove our supreme leadership, we will strike a merciless blow at the heart of the U.S. with our powerful nuclear hammer, honed and hardened over time,” writes state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), quoting a...

Pentagon gives fake police agency $1.2 million in military equipment for free

by James Holbrooks | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog

Those who take issue with the Pentagon’s 1033 program — the avenue through which excess military hardware is distributed to police forces all across the United States — now have another reason to object. A recent sting operation conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that just about anybody can apply for and receive the equipment, and they can do so without even speaking to a person from the Department of Defense. After creating a fake law enforcement agency and website to accompany it, GAO investigators were able to get their hands on over $1.2 million in...

Trump wants to install military-industrial complex lobbyist as Army chief at the Pentagon

by James Holbrooks | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Last Wednesday, it was reported that Donald Trump was moving to nominate Raytheon lobbyist Mark Esper for secretary of the Army. Raytheon is one of the “big five” defense contractors, and the president’s decision comes at a time when concerns are being raised over the idea of defense industry executives being placed in senior positions at the Pentagon. Esper, who holds a master’s degree from Harvard and a doctorate from George Washington University, has been Raytheon’s vice president of government relations since 2010. Before that, he...

Senior Military Official: North Korean Missiles Aren't a Threat to U.S. Cities

by James Holbrooks | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Geopolitical moves are being made on the issue of North Korea. A day after South Korea’s new government offered to hold military talks with its neighbor to the North, the United States’ second-highest ranking military official admitted Tuesday that North Korean missiles lack the accuracy to effectively target U.S. cities. On Monday, South Korea’s defense ministry proposed that representatives from both the South and North Korean militaries meet at the border village of Panmunjom in North Korea for talks. “We make the proposal for a...

Senior Military Official: North Korean Missiles Aren’t a Threat to U.S. Cities

by James Holbrooks | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Geopolitical moves are being made on the issue of North Korea. A day after South Korea’s new government offered to hold military talks with its neighbor to the North, the United States’ second-highest ranking military official admitted Tuesday that North Korean missiles lack the accuracy to effectively target U.S. cities. On Monday, South Korea’s defense ministry proposed that representatives from both the South and North Korean militaries meet at the border village of Panmunjom in North Korea for talks. “We make the proposal for a...

Watch: Cop Accidentally Films Himself Planting Drugs to Frame Someone

by James Holbrooks | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog

Baltimore — Charges against a Maryland man who has been sitting in jail since January have been dropped, it was reported Wednesday, after video surfaced of a cop falsifying evidence in the case. From the Baltimore Sun: “Baltimore police and prosecutors have launched investigations after being alerted to body camera footage that the public defender's office says shows an officer planting drugs. “The footage is from a January drug arrest. It shows an officer placing a soup can, which holds a plastic bag, into a trash-strewn lot. The officer can then be seen walking to the street, where...

Russia is Trolling the Sh*t out of Hillary Clinton and the Mainstream Media

by James Holbrooks | Jul 19, 2017 | Blog

Moscow — Russia’s state-funded news network, RT, is apparently now sponsoring ads in a Moscow airport targeting Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party. Images of the signs, posted on Reddit over the weekend, come as the mainstream media continues to push the notion that Russia intervened in the 2016 election on behalf of Donald Trump. “Missed a plane? Lost an election? Blame it on us!” says one of the ads, alluding to the fact that in terms of seats in Washington, D.C., the Democrat Party was decimated in 2016. “The longer you watch, the more upset Hillary Clinton becomes,” says...