Alan MacLeod

With Microsoft Purchase of TikTok, US Tightens Grip Over International Media

Even as the government attempts to frame the debate over the banning of Chinese companies like TikTok and Huawei over privacy concerns, it continues to try to ban the encryption of data and communications at home.  Following Donald…

Partisan Media Coverage of Epstein Masks His Links to Both Sides of the Political Establishment

The Jeffrey Epstein saga continues to rumble on. Earlier this month, the deceased sexual predator’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested and charged with luring and grooming children into his sex ring. Epstein, who died in prison in…

Trump Rips up Decades-Old WMD Treaty in Order to Sell Drones to Saudi Arabia

The Trump administration has decided to break the 33-year-old Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) treaty in order to sell high-tech American drones to whomever it wants. First on that list, Reuters reports, are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan,…

Flights Logs Suggest Bolivia Coup May Have Been Planned in Brazil

Flight logs of the Bolivian presidential jet show that on November 11, the day of the coup, the aircraft was not in La Paz or any other Bolivian airport, but flying to Brazil’s capital Brasilia.  Bolivian President Evo…

Attorney Resigns From Use of Force Committee After Being Shot, Gassed by Denver Police

Elisabeth Epps, a Colorado-based attorney and bail activist, publicly resigned from the Denver Police Department’s Use of Force Committee last night after being shot and tear gassed by the same force she was trying to regulate. “Plenty of…

Democrats Recently Voted to Give Trump Even MORE Police Power By Reauthorizing USA FREEDOM Act

Even as the president has overseen a nationwide wave of police brutality in response to the George Floyd protests, Democrats are voting to increase the executive branch and the national security state’s powers. Last week, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives…

Agent Provocateurs: Police at Protests All Over the Country Caught Destroying Property

Police all over the world commonly use plants and undercover cops to undermine protests. The United States is on fire. Since the police killing of George Floyd on May 26, millions have taken to the streets in protest,…