Heroic whistleblower Edward Snowden was granted Russian citizenship on Monday. Snowden leaked a massive cache of documents from the National Security Agency proving mass surveillance of American citizens existed.
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The NSA Is Spying on Tucker Carlson (and Everyone Else)
by Jim Bovard | Jul 2, 2021 | Featured Articles
Fox News host Tucker Carlson was mocked on social media this week for stating that he had been told that the National Security Agency was reading his private emails and spying on him. The usual suspects called Carlson paranoid, because there are so many checks and...
Kevin Gosztola: No Pardons For Edward Snowden Or Julian Assange
by Steven Woskow | Jan 20, 2021 | Blog
"NSA whistleblower Reality Winner, who was the first to be prosecuted under the Espionage Act under Trump, and former CIA officer John Kiriakou pursued pardons. They were effectively denied as well. On January 17, the New York Times reported that an associate of Trump...
Axios Scoop: Trump Pardons Expected Today
by Steven Woskow | Dec 18, 2020 | Blog
From Axios President Trump plans to issue a wave of pardons today, moving to expedite acts of clemency before Christmas, according to a source with direct knowledge and advocates who have been briefed on the plans. What to watch: Trump has been considering pardons for...
Who Will Trump Pardon?
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 18, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #48, Kyle discusses what major pardons Trump could handout before leaving office. While it is unlikely, Julian Assange, Ross Ulbrich, and Edward Snowden have had their names floated as potential receivers of pardons. However, even if Trump decides to pardon any...
News Roundup 12/15/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 15, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Rep. Matt Gaetz says Trump is listening to people who are telling him to pardon Edward Snowden. [Link] The Senate passes the 2021 NDAA authorizing the Pentagon to spend $740 billion and limiting the president's ability to withdraw troops from Afghanistan....
Did the Attorney General Botch the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury?
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 5, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On Conflicts of Interest #16, Kyle and Will cover the recently released audio from the Breonna Taylor grand jury proceedings, which reveal new holes in the government’s story. A federal judge has ordered Edward Snowden to hand over $5.2 million in book royalties from...
Journalism on Trial: Liberal Warmonger Praised as Assange’s Plight Ignored
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 7, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
An unverified hit piece by Jeffery Goldberg in the Atlantic accused Donald Trump of trash talking US troops. Despite its flimsy sourcing, the Libertarian Party ran with the story to score political points against the president. Kyle and Will explain the problems with...
9/4/20 Trevor Timm on the Vindication of Edward Snowden
by Scott Horton | Sep 6, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Trevor Timm discusses an important new ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which says that the NSA's mass data-gathering program, famously exposed by Edward Snowden, was illegal all along. It also came out during the court proceedings that not a single act...
News Roundup 9/3/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 3, 2020 | News Roundup
US News California's legislature voted down a bill that would help hold police officers accountable. [Link] Trump signs an order that prevents landlords from evicting people who make less than $99,000 a year. [Link] A US court rules the spying program exposed by...
The NSA’s Encroaching Oversight
by Ken Silva | Feb 28, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
The NSA’s spy program failed miserably, but some spooks want to expand it The US National Security Agency spent $100 million over three years on illegally collecting millions of American phone records – all for two reports with unique counterterrorism intelligence,...
Newsflash! The Government is Run By Horrible People
by Scott Horton | Dec 17, 2019 | Blog
Judge grants government proceeds from Edward Snowden’s book Snowden, who leaked details of surveillance programs, is charged with espionage but has remained exiled in Russia since 2013. A federal judge ruled that the government is entitled to any money he makes from...
Edward Snowden Comedy Tribute
by HypocriteTwins | Nov 16, 2019 | Blog
Did you know the NSA keeps a permanent record of your movement through your cellphone’s location? Is the government’s mass surveillance program even legal? Edward Snowden is the NSA whistleblower who revealed the extent of the government’s bulk data collection. In...
Episode 330: Tearing Apart the Rogan/Snowden Interview w/ Monica Perez
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 28, 2019 | Free Man Beyond the Wall
66 Minutes PG-13 Pete invited Monica Perez, the host of the Monica Perez show on WSB Radio in Atlanta, to come back on the show to have a lively discussion about the recent "interview" of Edward Snowden on the Joe Rogan Experience. Monica is also the host of the...
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ESG in Canada
When I talk about ESG it isn’t out of concern for the corporations being regulated, it is out of concern as to how it affects the common man. While many dismiss my concern as a “conspiracy theory” cutting people off from their money and financial institutions is in...
ESG on The Courtenay Turner Podcast
My friend Courtenay Turner invited me on her podcast to get deep into ESG and why it matters.
Reminder: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Almost Started a World War Based on a Lie
On November 15th, the Associated Press reported that "A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people". Since Poland is a member of the North American Treaty Organization, that would mean that America along...
Christopher Hitchens Lied About the Cause of Terrorism
"The suicide murder community is almost perfectly faith based." - Christopher Hitchens On Real Time With Bill Maher, Hitchens claims that because an Islamist in the 1800's used the Koran to justify atrocities, it means that today the issue with Al-Qaeda is due to the...
War is a Euphemism for Mass Murder
To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten men is to increase the guilt tenfold, to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundredfold. This the rulers of the earth all recognize, and yet when it comes to the greatest crime — waging war on another...
Empower the Working Class: Abolish Occupational Licensing
It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express...
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