“Before the surprise visit, Schwab told Yuccas that both the Obama and Trump White Houses asked him to ‘spin’ information. But he said he felt compelled to resign after the current administration told him to lie about an incident that pitted the government against Oakland’s mayor.”
Tag Archives: Big Lie
Do Immigrants Have the Right to Pursue Happiness?
“Nations don’t have rights. Only people have rights. That’s what the Declaration of Independence says.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/06/27/do-immigrants-have-the-right-to-pursue-happiness/
Border Patrol ramps up New England checkpoints in ‘Constitution-free zone’
“Two-thirds of the US lives inside this so-called 100-mile border zone, which includes many major cities and several entire states, including Florida, Michigan, Maine and Hawaii, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.”
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/23/us/maine-new-hampshire-border-patrol-checkpoints/index.html
How, Exactly, Does A Travel Ban Keep Us Safe?
“The policy offers, at most, the illusion of security, purchased at an exorbitant cost to America’s moral reputation.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/opinion/trump-travel-ban-terrorism.html
Obama Nat’l Security Adviser Admits U.S. Armed Jihadists In Syria
“Rhodes has been described as being so trusted and close to Obama that he was ‘in the room’ for almost every foreign policy decision of significance that Obama made during his eight years in office.”
Bill Bonner: Do You Live Next to One of These Spy Hubs?
“Republicans are back on their feet, cheering the very Big Government they despised a generation ago.”
Read more: https://bonnerandpartners.com/do-you-live-next-to-one-of-these-spy-hubs/
Psychedelic Drugs May Help the Brain Repair Itself, Study Finds
“Most of the psychedelics tested, the researchers found, promoted the growth of new dendrites from a neuron cell, which help transmit information from other neurons to the cell, as well as increased the density of small protrusions on these dendrites, known as dendritic spines. They also jumpstarted the growth of new connections, or synapses, between individual neurons.”
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/psychedelic-drugs-may-help-the-brain-repair-itself-stu-1826765205
Marijuana drug wins FDA approval, humiliating DEA as a side effect
“In April, an expert advisory panel for the FDA voted unanimously to recommend Epidiolex’s approval and determined that ‘CBD has a negligible abuse potential.’ The DEA did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment. But GW said it expects that the DEA will reschedule CBD within 90 days.”
American Totalitarianism and the Culture of Fake News
“The Pew study indicates that there is a significant cognitive problem among US people in being able to assess facts from opinions.”
Why Doesn’t Outrage At U.S. Imprisoning Children Extend To U.S. Killing Children?
“While there has been mass outrage over Trump’s separation policy, there is virtually no outrage over the U.S. government’s policy of killing children as a way to achieve the political goal of regime change in foreign countries.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/06/26/why-no-outrage-over-u-s-killing-of-children/