Hollywood trailers, Whitney holograms and banning albums + this day in history w/the Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting and our song of the day by Hollywood Vampires on your Morning Monarchy for May 24, 2019.

Sky News Journalist, Alex Crawford, in Idlib with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

On Thursday night Sky News release a story entitled “Sky News witnesses horrors of Syria’s last rebel outpost”, in which journalist Alex...

By Rostislav Ishchenko Translated by Ollie Richardson and Angelina Siard Source: https://ukraina.ru/opinion/20190523/1023677143.html The Rada agreed to opt for an election, some deputies are going to challenge the constitutionality of the

Yesterday, the US government declared war on the First Amendment and after it filed an 17 count indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The superseding indictment brought by DOJ carries grave implications in terms of the US Constitution and the concept of a Free Press as could...

Thanks to the Pentagon's 1033 program, which allows law enforcement agencies to get their hands on DOD technology, and the Bush-era War on Terror, American police have received a startling amount of heavy-duty, military-grade hardware.

ÉDITO - Alba Ventura dénonce les dérives du syndicat étudiant qui a vu naître de grands noms de la gauche française et qui n'a subi les conséquences de l'effondrement du PS.

It is not just Trump, but the media, Obama, Bush, mainstream “human rights” organizations, Republicans and Democrats alike that put…

The post Trump’s charges against Assange are historic attack on press freedoms. Media and Obama helped set the stage appeared first on The Grayzone.

(CJ Opinion) — Rachel Maddow has aired a segment condemning the new indictment against Julian Assange for 17 alleged violations of the Espionage Act. Yes, that Rachel Maddow. MSNBC’s top host began the segment after it was introduced by Chris Hayes, agreeing with her colleague that it’s...

Earlier this month, tech giant Microsoft announced its solution to “protect” American elections from interference, which it has named “ElectionGuard.” The election technology is already set to be adopted by half of voting machine manufacturers and some state governments for the 2020 general...

MinCast hosts Alan MacLeod and Whitney Webb discuss the week’s top stories, including U.S. attempt to escalate the situation in Iran, the unjust re-imprisonment of Chelsea Manning, Microsoft’s new ElectionGuard product and get a first-hand account of the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective...

Via RT…

A federal grand jury has announced 17 additional charges under the Espionage Act against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who is currently in a UK jail awaiting an extradition hearing.

The new indictment, made public on Thursday, relates to US documents WikiLeaks...

Via Zerohedge…

Conventional wisdom would dictate that May’s resignation could open the door for Brexiteers to seize control of the Conservative Party and steer the UK toward a ‘no deal’ exit. So why is the pound rallying? Lars Merklin, a strategist at Danske Bank, has a theory....

By Mark Crispin Miller | MintPress News | May 22, 2019 Every day, on page A2, the New York Times runs an excruciating feature called “Inside the Times,” wherein one of its reporters tells us (as the feature ought to be entitled) “What It’s Like to Be Me at the New York Times.” Such narcissistic...

An investigator from the OPCW argued that the gas attack in Douma, Syria on April 7, 2018 was not an aerial attack, but the chemical weapons were manually placed on the ground, suggesting that Bashar al-Assad's regime was not responsible for the attack.

At the Pho 5, which opened in February and is on Third Avenue near 39th Street, the nouvelle Vietnamese food features not only traditional vermicelli but also tacos piled high with goodies. IRWIN ARIEFF

Sure, you could check out The Pho 5 for its oversized bowls of beefy pho, its...

(MEMO) — Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem has released a video showing illegal Israeli settlers setting fire to fields in the occupied West Bank, contradicting the Israeli army’s claim that the blaze was started by Palestinians. The Spokesperson’s Unit of the Israeli army was yesterday...

Earlier this month, I spent a day visiting Marseilles to videotape a documentary about recent American military history, specifically the ongoing wars that most of us prefer not to think about.

Lest there be any confusion, let me be more specific. I am not referring to Marseilles (mar-SAY...

Passing through the vestibules of airports, one experiences the quotidian toil of modern neoliberal life. Even as one’s spirits rise at the thought of a fresh destination, or perhaps a familiar one, the vast task force of transit works fastidiously about you. The TSA army bark irritated orders...

The worst fears of Julian Assange’s legal team have just been realized. Just as Wikileaks’ editor in chief anticipated, the DoJ has revealed that a grand jury in Virginia has returned a new 18-count superseding

Det är många som sörjer nu. Det sista avsnittet av populäraste teveserie Game of Thrones sändes söndagen den 19 maj. Den episka fantasysagan varade i åtta år. Förutom sorg var det många fans som kände besvikelse. Den slutade med ett pip snarare än med ett skräll.

Jag blev dock...

The Green New Deal, it’s safe to say, is rather confusing. The big question: How worried should you be?

Four years ago, Americans were told that the US Army planned mass arrests and that “trainloads of shackles” were being shipped into the Western United States to use during the arrests of millions in a massive crackdown on “White conservatives” by the Obama administration.

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The U.S. justice department has filed 17 new charges against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange. In reaction, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted: It’s a war on journalism. Journalists have reacted: “Modern fascism is breaking cover”. The new charges expand the original one-count...