https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden- ... ns-damages
Biden accuser Tara Reade sues DOJ, seeks millions in damages following alleged 'FBI operation' against her
The former Senate staffer alleged Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993, which he denies
By Joseph A. Wulfsohn Fox News
Published January 31, 2024 5:44pm EST
https://www.scatterseedproject.org/will-bonsall
Will Bonsall, director of the Scatterseed Project, is best known for his work in preserving crop diversity. His past occupations are as varied as his seed collection and includes draftsman, prospector, hobo, gravedigger, logger, musician, language teacher, and artist, among others. In addition to farming and seed saving, Bonsall is currently an active author. His works include Through the Eyes of a Stranger and Will Bonsall's Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/bringing-soci ... front-0608
Bringing the social and ethical responsibilities of computing to the forefront
The inaugural SERC Symposium convened experts from multiple disciplines to explore the challenges and opportunities that arise with the broad applicability of computing in many aspects of society.
Terri Park | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
June 8, 2023
http://cpsr.org/index.html
CPSR is a public interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on society....
https://thedissenter.org/in-leak-prosec ... f-a-crime/
In Leak Prosecutions, US Government Treats Use Of Privacy Tools As Criminal Activity
Kevin Gosztola
Jan 31, 2024
https://www.turkuaz.global/celebrities/ ... el-edmonds
Sibel Edmonds
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/31/ama ... ly-begins/
Amazon Prime Video Starts Charging Extra To Avoid Ads, As The Enshittification Of Streaming Video Truly Begins
Business Models
from the this-is-why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept
Wed, Jan 31st 2024 09:25am - Karl Bode
Starting this week, Amazon Prime Video customers (who already pay $140 per year) will be charged $3 extra every month just to avoid ads that didn’t previously exist. Shifting toward ad-based tiers has been popular among streaming companies like Netflix, Max, Disney+, and Paramount. But whereas those services make a cheaper ad-based tier an opt-in choice for consumers, Amazon isn’t being so subtle:
“A key piece of Amazon’s ad model is that they are throwing you into its ad-filled tier as its default when you originally could watch Prime Video
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 88094.html
Marjorie Taylor Greene called out for warning of terrorism while peddling defund the FBI t-shirts
‘It is pretty rich hearing the gentlewoman from Georgia express her concern about terrorism when she literally was selling defund the FBI T-shirts and hats on her website for $30 apiece,’ Rhode Island Democrat says
Gustaf Kilander
Washington, DC January 31,2024
https://www.foxnews.com/media/fbi-viola ... ourt-finds
FBI violated hundreds of Americans' constitutional rights in Beverly Hills raid, appeals court rules
FBI violated safe deposit box renters' 4th Amendment rights during 2021 raid, court rules
By Teny Sahakian Fox News
Published January 31, 2024
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/0 ... n-ukraine/
Disaster Capitalists Ready to Descend on Ukraine
By Jeremy Kuzmarov - January 31, 2024
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akep9/ ... at-we-know
Ukraine Is Getting a New American-Made Bomb Before the Pentagon. Here’s What We Know.
The Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb will reportedly be the latest weapon to be deployed by Ukraine before anyone else—even the U.S. military.
By Matthew Gault
January 31, 2024
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3jxa/ ... t-bacteria
Scientists Discovered Strange ‘Entities’ Called ‘Obelisks’ In Our Bodies. Their Purpose Is a Mystery.
Scientists discovered “obelisks” described as a new biological “entity” in the human body. “It's insane,” one researcher told Science Magazine.
By Mirjam Guesgen
January 31, 2024
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/h ... 640023.php
Houston FBI agent accused of stealing from multiple homes during execution of search warrants
By Jonathan Limehouse
Jan 31, 2024
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/31/aut ... -concerns/
Automakers Look To Neuter Maine ‘Right To Repair’ Bill Under The Pretense Of Privacy Concerns
from the this-is-why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept
Wed, Jan 31st 2024 01:42pm - Karl Bode
Last November, Maine residents voted overwhelmingly (83 percent) to pass a new state right to repair law designed to make auto repairs easier and more affordable. More specifically, the law requires that automakers standardize on-board diagnostic systems and provide remote access to those systems and mechanical data to consumers and third-party independent repair shops.
But as we’ve seen with other states that have passed right to reform laws (most notably New York), passing the law isn’t the end of the story. Corporate lobbyists have had great success not just watering these laws down before passage, but after voters approve them.
In Maine, lawmakers have been trying to convince Republican and
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2 ... g-00138869
Rep. Ro Khanna asked FBI Director Christopher Wray at a Wednesday hearing about the potential investigation of nonviolent protesters advocating for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, a nod at comments made by former Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the weekend.
Pelosi on CNN had raised questions about connections between some pro-ceasefire protests and Russian influence, calling for an investigation into the matter.
Wray told lawmakers the FBI would not be "investigating nonviolent First Amendment activity."
NICHOLAS WU
01/31/2024, 3:13PM ET
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/31/as- ... on-online/
As Congress Grandstands Nonsense ‘Kid Safety’ Bills, Senator Wyden Reintroduces Legislation That Would Actually Help Deal With Kid Exploitation Online
from the no-one-will-pay-attention,-because-this-is-useful,-but-boring dept
Wed, Jan 31st 2024 12:03pm - Mike Masnick
As you’ve likely heard, this morning the Senate did one of its semi-regular hearings in which it drags tech CEOs in front of clueless Senators who make nonsense pronouncements in hopes of getting a viral clip to show up on the very social media they’re pretending to demonize, but which they rely on to pretend to their base that they’re leading the culture war moral panic against social media.
Meanwhile, Senator Ron Wyden has (yet again) released a bill that will get little (if any) attention, but which actually seeks to help protect children. Reps. Eshoo and Fitzpatrick have introduced the companion bill in the House.
As we’ve discussed multiple times, all evidence suggests that the internet companies are actually doing an awful lot to stop child exploitation online, which involves tracking
https://prismreports.org/2024/01/31/nas ... -policing/
Advocates say Nashville’s ‘Cop City’ is an escalation in militarized policing
With new plans for a Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Training Academy, Tennessee’s right-wing government seeks to bolster the state’s police forces against efforts to transform them
Justin Davis
January 31st, 2024
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/0 ... en-thrive/
Misunderstood in the West, the Juche Idea Has Helped North Korea Survive U.S. Wars and Sanctions and Even Thrive
By Dermot Hudson - February 1, 2024
https://www.nj.com/union/2024/02/nj-cop ... s-say.html
N.J. cop served kids shots at teen party that left 1 hospitalized, authorities say
Feb. 01, 2024
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-accuser- ... bi-1866051
Biden Accuser Tara Reade Promises to 'Expose the Truth' About FBI
Published Feb 01, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yklD9LTY5S8
FBI ‘concocted’ Whitmer kidnapping plot, acquitted man says
https://theintercept.com/2022/03/09/fbi ... mer-trial/
ECHOES OF FBI ENTRAPMENT HAUNT FAILED PLOT TO KIDNAP GRETCHEN WHITMER
“It becomes really dicey when there are nearly as many informants as there are defendants,” a former federal prosecutor told The Intercept.
Trevor Aaronson
March 9 2022
https://mlfa.org/books/lorem-ipsum-dolor/
THE TERROR FACTORY BY TREVOR AARONSON
A groundbreaking work of investigative journalism into the FBI’s questionable counter-terrorism tactics, The Terror Factory exposes how the Bureau built a network of more than 15,000 informants after 9/11 whose primary purpose was to infiltrate Muslim communities to create and facilitate phony terrorist plots so that the Bureau could then claim it was winning the war on terror.
This tenth anniversary edition of The Terror Factory further updates the activities of the FBI over the past decade, focusing on the Justice Department’s prosecution of hundreds of defendants on international terrorism charges that emerged from FBI stings. In many of these stings, informants or undercover agents provided all the money and weapons for the terrorist plot, and sometimes even the ideas — raising significant questions about whether any of these people would have committed crimes were it not for the FBI’s encouragement. This new edition of the book also examines how the FBI is assigning informants to infiltrate right-wing groups, in order to expand the Bureau’s counter-terrorism program beyond Muslim Americans.
COPAGANDA
https://www.cbs.com/shows/fbi/
FBI
NOW STREAMING
DRAMA
2018
5 SEASONS
FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2024/02/ ... -counties/
FBI Springfield Recognizes National Academy Graduates From Sangamon And St. Clair Counties
Effingham, IL / Effingham Radio
Feb 1, 2024
https://www.sonymusic.com/sonymusic/sme ... n-whitmer/
Sony Music and Campside Media Launch The Michigan Plot, The New Season of Chameleon Going Inside the FBI’s Investigation into the Plot to Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Feb 01, 2024
https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/08/mich ... trial.html
Michigan AG asks judge to forbid FBI entrapment accusations at upcoming Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial
Aug. 14, 2023