“A large number of government agencies, marketing firms, healthcare organizations and IT support companies are publishing credentials via public Trello boards.”
Read more: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/06/further-down-the-trello-rabbit-hole/
“The U.S. military invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 to help the Afghanis to establish a democratic government, which they now have, with a president/executive branch and a Parliament. However, after nearly 17 years of fighting, U.S. troops are still in Afghanistan. The Afghanistan war is the longest in U.S. history. To date, 2,411 American soldiers have died in Afghanistan.”
“The list includes whisky, cheese, steel, bourbon, and pork. Analysts say the tariffs are designed to hit US Republican strongholds ahead of mid-term elections in November. Mr Trump last week levied tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Mexico, Canada and the European Union, riling key US allies.”
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44378660
“It’s a jump of nearly 150% from the last days of George W. Bush’s White House.”
“Emergencies are when people are most likely to lose their freedom at the hands of their own government.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/06/04/the-emergency-destruction-of-american-liberty/
“The Department of Homeland Security intends to list and trackhundreds of thousands of news outlets, journalists, bloggers, and ‘influencers’ in traditional and new media alike. If you find yourself skeptical of this proposal of mass state monitoring of the press, consider yourself a bonafide member of the ‘tinfoil hat wearing, black helicopter conspiracy theorists,’ DHS representative Tyler Houlton said Friday.”
Read more: http://theweek.com/articles/766230/homeland-security-wants-monitor-journalists-time-sound-alarm
“Mass knife attacks have become so common over the years that a Chinese police department recently released a video to teach citizens how to defend themselves.”
Read more: https://www.theorganicprepper.com/mass-knife-attacks-guns/
“In addition to flouting the rules-based trading system the United States itself established, the Trump administration makes no distinction between foes and allies.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/the-us-starts-a-trade-war-with-its-allies/
“Even if Trump gets his wish, an import ban is highly unlikely to have the effect he’s looking for. Both BMW and Mercedes-Benz maintain large US manufacturing presences.”
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/05/trump-wants-a-total-ban-on-german-luxury-car-imports/
“When you can throw your weight around with nothing to stop you, why not? Crime, but no punishment. Up, but no down.”
Read more: https://bonnerandpartners.com/who-sanctions-america/