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Government officials, according to Matthew Connelly, spend around $18 billion a year to keep secrets. More specifically, the DOJ spends about $40 million a year on litigation to fight the release of records.
These technologies serve “dual-uses”; while they convenience typical people, they also enable the mass coercion, surveillance and control of those very same people at the hands of the corporate and military state.
Expectation of peace talks after Donald Trump’s inauguration is pushing all sides of the Ukraine war to escalate, with British and American missiles adding fresh risk.
The American people voted for Trump to end the wars. Biden apparently wants to end the world. Trump is listening to the American people. Biden is listening to NATO’s malignant agenda.
A new study reveals that plants have been absorbing 31% more CO₂ than previously believed. Yes, 31%—a glaring error that casts serious doubt on climate models, emissions scenarios, and policy prescriptions like Net Zero.
The consent of the governed and the social contract are propagandist’s myths. We have never given our informed consent to be ruled and no one has even seen, let alone signed, any contract whereby they agreed to be ruled.
“Equity” concept appears 829 times in Department’s 2025 budget request, reaching academia, bureaucrats, researchers and care providers.
Treating populations with a one-size-fits-all approach, stripping away individual rights, and using people as means to societal ends evokes an antidemocratic utilitarianism.
The next director of national intelligence needs courage, political smarts and strong presidential backing to fulfill her duty to oversee and provide advice on covert action.
Whether Trump spoke with Putin or not, it’s high time that the U.S. and Russian leaders communicate to resolve the existential crisis over Ukraine.
Mr. Turley does not believe that further separation or isolation will help this country or these individuals.
People were to be isolated, given only food and some cleaning supplies. They would be banned from participating in any religious services. There were no provisions made for any legal appeals or even the right to legal counsel.