Jacob Hornberger: The Biggest Threat to Our Country

“Why does the Bill of Rights protect us from the federal government rather than, say,  from ISIS, terrorists, illegal immigrants, drug dealers, communists, Muslims, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Vietnam, Russia, or China?  The answer is simple: Because the federal government, not those foreign entities, is the biggest threat to our country. That’s why the Bill of Rights focuses on it rather than on foreign entities.  But here’s the kicker, the one no one (except libertarians) likes to think about: The threat that the federal government poses to the country comes primarily in the form of the troops — yes, the same troops that most everyone profusely thank for their ‘service.'”

Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/02/01/biggest-threat-country/

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Blowback: How ISIS Was Created by the U.S. Invasion of Iraq

“In Iraq, the U.S. morphed from heroic liberators into brutal occupiers within a matter of weeks. In Fallujah, which would later become an ISIS stronghold, U.S. troops opened fire on a crowd of peaceful protesters in April 2003, killing and wounding dozens of Iraqis.  The shootings, the torture, the general chaos, all helped drive thousands of Iraqis from the minority Sunni community into the arms of radical groups led by brutal gangsters, such as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Zarqawi’s Al Qaeda in Iraq, formed in 2004 to fight U.S. troops and their local allies, was a precursor organization to … ISIS.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/01/29/isis-iraq-war-islamic-state-blowback/

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ICE formalizes plans for courthouse abductions of foreigners

“Federal immigration authorities formalized a policy Wednesday to send deportation agents to federal, state and local courthouses to make arrests, dismissing complaints from judges and advocacy that it instills fear among crime victims, witnesses and family members. Family, friends and witnesses won’t be picked up for deportation but ICE leaves a caveat for ‘special circumstances.'”

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/ICE-formalizes-plans-for-courthouse-arrests-12541326.php

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Trump executive order keeps Guantanamo Bay military prison open

“J. Wells Dixon, a lawyer at the Center for Constitutional Rights, said that formally making it U.S. policy ‘to detain Muslims forever without charge in an offshore prison’ is ‘politically expedient but exceedingly stupid no matter how you look at it,’ except as a terrorist recruitment bonanza.”

Read more: http://theweek.com/speedreads/752126/trump-signs-executive-order-keep-guantanamo-bay-military-prison-open-business

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ICE and Border Patrol May Be Trump’s Worst Legacy

“It’s a felony to leave water for thirsty people?  Meanwhile, ICE has run wild. They are busting parents while their kids are at school. They’re publicizing ‘sweeps’ in cities like they’re chasing down Capone or someone. And there’s a very good possibility that, in the so-called ‘sanctuary cities,’ we will see confrontations between ICE agents and local law enforcement. And now we have this latest insanity, whereby technology will be handed to an agency sliding swiftly toward a very dangerous point.”

Read more: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a15898207/ice-border-patrol-trump/

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Libya after US ‘liberation’: Where lives are auctioned for $400

“A recent clampdown by the Libyan coastguard means fewer boats are making it out to sea, leaving the smugglers with a backlog of would-be passengers on their hands.  So the smugglers become masters, the migrants and refugees become slaves.”

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/libya-migrant-auctions/index.html

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Republicans want ‘dreamers’ to live under permanent suspicion

“Instant criminalization of millions of people. That’s a lot of new customers for those privatized immigration detention centers.  The private prison industry, incidentally, donated handsomely to Trump’s campaign and inauguration.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2018/01/25/republicans-praise-dreamers-publicly-but-want-them-to-live-under-permanent-suspicion/

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Why going to 7-Eleven has become a political act

“On Jan. 10, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents descended on 98 7-Elevens in 17 states, including California. It was a show of force that must have played well with the president’s anti-immigrant base.  21 workers suspected of being in the country illegally were arrested nationwide.  The raids were nothing but political theater, intended to terrify the most vulnerable.”

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-ulin-7-eleven-ice-raids-20180123-story.html

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Undocumented and disillusioned, I left America. This loss is mutual.

“I left behind great friends. I left behind most of my belongings. I left behind my illusions of ever becoming a U.S. citizen. I take with me the fond memories of the college that gave me my education. I carry no grudges. The way I see it, this loss is mutual: I lost the chance to have a life in America. America lost the chance to have me.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/undocumented-and-disillusioned-i-decided-to-leave-america-this-loss-is-mutual/2018/01/25/a41fec10-f655-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html

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Army veteran ran Filipino child abduction and pornography ring

“Authorities say Clemans sent Lyan Tandeg, one of his co-conspirators, $6,000 to buy film equipment and instructed her to photograph a selection of naked children. Clemans allegedly used the images to decide which child he would rape when he next traveled to the Philippines.  Clemans also paid Tandeg to seek out young, vulnerable victims from orphanages and paid Shellina Atad, another co-conspirator, to legally obtain custody of the children in order to make pornography, ABC News reported.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/army-veteran-bought-children-sex-pornography/

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