Source: The Intercept In a historic executive order signed Wednesday morning, California Gov. Gavin Newsom imposed a moratorium on executions and ordered the death chamber at San Quentin Prison — unused following a $853,000 renovation a decade ago — closed. “We are, as I speak — as I speak — shutting down, removing the equipment in the death …
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San Diego Has Been Turned Into A Massive Chinese-Style Public Surveillance Network
Source: Mass Private I Can you imagine a city in the United States secretly creating a Chinese-style public surveillance network that can identify everyone? Can you imagine that same city secretly creating a Chinese-style public watchlisting network? Well imagine no more because it has already happened. When I wrote about “covert facial recognition streetlights coming …
‘Unfortunate accident’: Saudis assure UN there’s no need for probe into Khashoggi killing
Source: RT The Saudi human rights commission rejected calls for an international investigation into Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, saying they’ve already punished the killers who they refused to name or give any details about. After countries around the world, including every EU member nation, encouraged Saudi Arabia to cooperate with an international investigation into the Washington …
A rare virus outbreak at sea has left a US Navy warship quarantined for over 2 months
Source: My San Antonio A US Navy warship deployed to the Persian Gulf has been quarantined at sea for more than two months because of a virus outbreak, a rare move the US Navy revealed Wednesday after an inquiry from CNN. Parotitis, a viral infection with symptoms similar to the mumps, has spread across the …
Police Finally Test Old Rape Kits and 1,000 Rapists—Who’ve Been Walking Free—Were Arrested
Source: The Free Thought Project Police are finally testing rape kits going back months, years and, in some cases, decades and hundreds of serial rapists are being taken off the streets. In the land of the free, those tasked with ‘protecting’ society — often and with extreme prejudice — fall far short of providing anything resembling actual safety. …
Erik Prince Still Wants Blackwater to Replace U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
Source: Deep State Blog When the idea of replacing U.S. troops in Aghanistan with mercenaries was first proposed Defense Secretary James Mattis said, rather generously, that “it was not a wise idea.” In fact, it’s a crackpot scheme that refuses to die, mostly because of Prince’s connections to the Trump White House. Prince is on …
Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations
Source: ACLU U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using mass location surveillance to target immigrants. And local governments like Merced and Union City, California, are helping — feeding their residents’ personal information to ICE, even when it violates local privacy laws or sanctuary policies. Today, the ACLU is urging an immediate end to this information …
5 African Nations Most in Debt to China | China Uncensored
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China’s Geography Problem
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India’s Geography Problem
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