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Data leak reveals how China ‘brainwashes’ Uighurs in prison camps

Michael Janczyn - 11/24/2019

By BBC Staff, BBC News, November 2019 The Chinese government has consistently claimed the camps in the far...

New Bolivian interior minister vows to jail Evo Morales for rest of his life

11/24/2019

Stephen Miller’s affinity for white nationalism revealed in leaked emails

11/12/2019

Border agents can now get classified intelligence information

11/01/2019

Brazilian president’s son suggests using dictatorship-era tactics on leftist foes

11/01/2019

Tanzania president Magufuli condemned for authoritarian regime

Ethics issues

By bending the knee to China, corporate America endangers democracy

News Andrew Schweizer - 10/11/2019

Charges dropped against 6-year-old children arrested at Orlando school

09/26/2019

Two children beaten to death in India ‘for defecating in public’

09/26/2019

Donald Trump

Trump campaign boasts president is ‘no Mr Nice Guy’ in new ad

News Andrew Schweizer - 11/01/2019

Trump raises idea of arresting House Chairman for treason

09/30/2019

Trump fantasizing about executing ‘spies’ behind the whistleblower complaint

09/27/2019

United States

Trump to move to expand detentions of migrant families

Michael Janczyn - 08/20/2019

by Ted Hesson, Politico, August 2019 The Trump administration plans to release a regulation Wednesday aiming to make it easier to keep migrant families locked...

Trump says in interview he is the sole arbiter of truth

Michael Janczyn - 11/19/2018

by Jonathan Chait, Intelligencer - NY Magazine, November 2018 The conservative movement has long dismissed the value of neutral expertise — environmental scientists, arms control analysts,...

Whistleblowers say NSA still spies on American phones in hidden program

Michael Janczyn - 03/07/2019

By Nafeez Ahmed, Insurge Intelligence/Medium, March 2019 On Monday 4th, the New York Times reported that the National Security Agency has “quietly” shut down a controversial phone records...

Jennifer Rubin: Trump’s battle with reality and the intelligence community heats up

Michael Janczyn - 01/23/2017

Taking sides with a foreign power against domestic opposition is classic authoritarian behavior.

‘Fox & Friends’ host warns migrants may bring ‘diseases’ into US

Michael Janczyn - 10/30/2018

Painting "others" as an enemy and reason for concern is classic authoritarian behavior.

Pentagon wants to predict anti-Trump protests using social media surveillance

Michael Janczyn - 10/31/2018

The embracing of mass surveillance systems is classic authoritarian behavior.

Washington DC’s role behind the scenes in Hollywood goes deeper than you think

Michael Janczyn - 09/03/2017

By Matthew Alford, The Independent, September 2017 The US government and Hollywood have always been close. Washington DC has long been a source of intriguing plots for filmmakers and...