Morocco: Saudi Man at Risk of Forced Return (Beirut) – Moroccan authorities may extradite a Saudi citizen to Saudi Arabia, where he is at serious risk of arbitrary detention, torture, and an unfair trial, Human Rights Watch said today.
360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use Public-Private Partnerships to Spy on Americans “We live in a surveillance state founded on a partnership between government and the technology industry.” Law Professor Avidan Y. Cover In this age of ubiquitous surveillance, there are no private lives: everything is public. Surveillance cameras mounted on utility poles, traffic lights, businesses, and homes. License plate readers. Ring
Hawley Introduces 'PELOSI Act' to Ban Congress from Trading Stocks Sen.Josh Hawley (R-MO) has introduced the “PELOSI Act” which would ban members of Congress, as well as their family members, from holding or trading stocks.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers: Biden Abused Strategic Petroleum Reserve as 'Election-Year Gimmick' House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said in a statement on Tuesday that Democrats have continued to abuse the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), while Republicans want to lower gas prices by “unleashing American energy.” “At a time when gas prices are on the rise, Secretary Granholm
Florida CFO Prohibits More State Pension Funds from Investing in ESG Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis on Monday blocked asset managers from investing $5.1 billion of state pension pool from being invested in financial products associated with Environmental, Societal and Governance (ESG) standards in the latest push against the policy movement. Patronis signed a directive that bars the
West Bank: New Entry Rules Further Isolate Palestinians (Jerusalem) – New Israeli guidelines on access to the West Bank for foreigners threaten to further isolate Palestinians from loved ones and global civil society, Human Rights Watch said today.
Record High: Increasing Number of Americans Putting off Medical Care over Rising Costs An increasing number of Americans are putting off medical care over rising costs, a Gallup survey released this week found.
The origin of life, consciousness and gene editing The general public has been educated to regard DNA as the molecule which unravelled the mystery of the origin of life.
Germany/Gambia: Migrant Massacre Survivor to Testify (Berlin) A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants in July 2005 by a paramilitary “death squad” in Gambia will testify before a court on January 19, 2023, in the German city of Celle, ANEKED, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, the Solo
Don’t Trust the Government with Your Privacy, Property or Your Freedoms How do you trust a government that continuously sidesteps the Constitution and undermines our rights? You can’t. When you consider all the ways “we the people” are being bullied, beaten, bamboozled, targeted, tracked, repressed, robbed, impoverished, imprisoned and killed by the government, one can only conclude that you shouldn’
Moore Says 'BlackRock is Starting to Hedge' After WV Divested Last Year West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore told Breitbart News on the first anniversary of his state divesting from BlackRock over its “net zero” policy push that the asset manager is “starting to hedge” and that the push against the policy movement is “having an effect.” “It’s been really interesting.
Breitbart Business Digest: The Fight Against ESG Has Only Just Begun It has been one year since Riley Moore, the Treasurer of West Virginia, announced that BlackRock would no longer be allowed to manage his state’s operating funds.
Déjà Vu In Front of the Tunisian Courthouse During the long presidency of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, police largely prevented human rights associations and defenders from gathering.
Dreaming during the COVID-19 pandemic: Support for the threat simulation function of dreams Evolutionary theories suggest that dreams function as a world simulator of events that maximizes our ability to surmount social and threat-related challenges critical to survivorship and reproduction.