Just saw An Inconvenient Sequel (2017) expecting the latest data on climate change, but just got more of Al Gore making this all about him, going on and on about himself, how people around the world recognize him in the streets and mistakenly think he’s the current...
Terrorism
6/10/19 Patrick Eddington on the US Spying Apparatus
Scott interviews Patrick Eddington about the surveillance of U.S. citizens and the legislation that allows it. Although the USA Freedom Act ostensibly rolls back the NSA's metadata program, it really only tweaks a technicality of whom the organization allowed to spy...
6/7/19 William Astore on the Ten Tenets of Air Power
Scott interviews William Astore about his recent TomDispatch piece on American air power. Astore, a retired Air Force officer, explains what he was and was not taught about bombing as a strategy in war, most notably the fact that the perception of the U.S. military by...
Chicago Cops Use Explosives to Raid Innocent Family’s Home, Hold Kids at Gunpoint, Cuff 8yo Boy
Chicago, IL — In only a matter of months, the city of Chicago is now facing its fifth lawsuit for raiding the homes of innocent people — allegedly by mistake. TFTP has reported on several of these lawsuits in which cops raided a four-year-old’s birthday party and held...
Michigan Bill Would Place Total Ban on Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology
LANSING, Mich. (May 28, 2019) – A bill introduced in the Michigan Senate would ban the law enforcement use of facial recognition technology in the state. The proposed law would not only help protect privacy in Michigan, but it would also hinder one aspect of the...
Saudi Arabia plans to execute three Sunni scholars
According to an article at Middle East Eye by David Hearst, Saudi Arabia will execute three popular Sunni scholars on terrorism charges after Ramadan. The Saudi arms purchases have paid for the silence of corrupt international governments, including the USA. One...
News Roundup 5/13/19
US News Trump nominates Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to take over the position permanently. [Link] Body cam footage shows an Oklahoma police officer shot a 14-year-old boy without giving him time to comply with orders. The boy possibly had a toy gun....
French activists stop Saudi arms shipment bound for Yemen
The Bahri-Yanbu, a Saudi Arabian cargo ship was scheduled to pick up a load of weapons bound for Yemen at a northern French port. The ship departed France without the weapons a day after a rights group tried to block the cargo on humanitarian grounds. French rights...
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