“The Founding Fathers never intended a secret police force to be an independent fourth branch of the federal government.”
“America is now one of the world’s chief, unrepentant, unapologetic, still-polling-positive-on…torturers. How did we get here?”
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/confronting-america-the-torturer/
“The trials of the Catonsville Nine, the Chicago Seven and Daniel Ellsberg for leaking the Pentagon Papers — all of those events came after the Spock trial, each an escalation of the government’s response to dissent.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/opinion/when-the-government-went-after-dr-spock.html
“The German company Adidas may provide shoes for players forced to switch last minute as recent EU law has sought to shield EU companies from American sanctions on Iran.”
“How interesting that when it comes time for the government to pay out for the value of a human life they took, its valuation of a human life suddenly drops like a rock.”
“Desperate oil workers and criminals are stripping the oil company of vital equipment, vehicles, pumps and copper wiring, carrying off whatever they can to make money.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/world/americas/venezuela-oil-economy.html
“Jobs at PDVSA were once coveted for their generous salaries and benefits, including cheap credit for housing. Now, many PDVSA workers can’t feed their families on wages that amount to a handful of U.S. dollars a month.”
“In addition to the minimum 30 percent black ownership requirement, mining company boards must be 50% black people with 20% black women.”
“It’s truly astonishing that someone so dangerous and out of touch has been able to rise to power. And even more astonishing how quickly it’s happened.”
“With its intention to destroy the black community and anti-war peace activists, which has certainly been ‘successfully’ achieved for the black community, the shamefulness of the War on Drugs is elevated to a much higher level of despicably, evil immorality.”