Government Accountability

More Americans are killed by cops than by “terrorism”.

(ANTIMEDIA Op-Ed) United States — What if people, sickened by tyrannical control, threw off the shackles of bloated governance in favor of leading themselves? What if the erosion of fundamental freedoms — guaranteed not by a document, but by being human — were actually intolerable as so much grumbling intimated?

(ZHE) It is well known that the FBI still does not have roughly 30,000 emails that Hillary Clinton deleted from her private server due to Clinton categorizing them as personal and not work related.

(ANTIWAR) Already set to be the “largest military aid package” the US has ever offered to a single country in history, the Obama Administration has written a lengthy letter to US Senators today, informing them of intentions to “

(COMMONDREAMS) Newly leaked documents published by The Intercept expose just how easy it is for the FBI to spy on journalists using so-called National Security Letters (NSLs).

(ANTIMEDIA) United States — As a species, humans tend to behave as a herd, following one another in opinion and action — whether or not the consequences for doing so are dire. Of course, politicians and others holding seats of power, fully cognizant of the opportunities provided by this herd mentality, deftly manipulate the masses — particularly through public polls during the lead-up to presidential elections.

(ANTIMEDIA) United Kingdom — At this time last week, citizens of the U.K. turned out in record numbers to cast their votes on whether to remain under the control of the European Union or leave it. When the final votes were counted, a collective “Oh, shit” could be heard from both sides as it was revealed the Leave campaign had won — and there was only a moment of silence before all hell broke loose.

(ANTIMEDIA) Republicans’ and Democrats’ views of each other are more vitriolic than they have been in nearly a quarter century, a new in-depth survey by the Pew Research Center released last week concluded.

(ANTIWAR) The US Embassy to Iraq has announced that the US government has secured a $2.7 billion loan to the Iraqi government to pay for their ammunition and equipment maintenance during the ISIS war. The loan will have a term of eight and a half years at a 6.45% interest rate.

(ZHE) These past few weeks have been quite interesting for Hillary Clinton.