Local officials and elders in Afghanistan said U.S. airstrikes had killed at least 17 civilians on Thursday, contradicting Pentagon claims that only militants had been hit and fomenting continued “destruction and anger.” The New York Times reported that Hajji Muhammad Hasan, a former senator from the Gomal District in Paktika Province, said three drones had hit Read More…
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Basement Fire Closes IRS Headquarters Just ONE DAY After Panama Papers Leak
The recent chaos stirred by the Panama Papers, has been covered in detail since the leak occurred earlier this week. The 11.5 million documents of highly incriminating nature, were stolen from Mossack Fonseca and have already caused the resignation of Iceland’s Prime Minister, and put English Prime Minister David Cameron in some very hot water. Read More…
Lawsuits, Including RICO Charge, Pile Up for Embattled Michigan Governor
Rick Snyder also named in a federal lawsuit filed by the Detroit school board that blames the district’s financial troubles on state emergency manager law. Charging that the Flint water crisis was part of an “intentional scheme” created by state officials to save money, a group of 15 citizens on Wednesday filed a federal racketeering Read More…
Panama Papers: Leaks Selected by Corporate Institutions
When diving into the recent multi-terabyte leak that is sweeping the globe in a media frenzy, what has been dubbed the “Panama Papers,” it takes a very brief amount of research to find a wide variety of discrepancies and various information “loose ends” within the papers. To dive right into this, the first major red Read More…
Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After it Begins Leaking in South Dakota
South Dakota — TransCanada shut down a lengthy portion of its Keystone pipeline on Monday after a reported 187 gallons of crude oil spilled in South Dakota. Though the leak could be considered proportionately minor — estimated by TransCanada to cover a 10- to 30-foot area on the ground — it sparked fresh debate over the Read More…
The TSA Spent $1.4 Million on an App That Only Cost This Guy $10 to Reproduce
(ANTIMEDIA) The International Business Machines Corporation, commonly known as IBM, has been named in a series of reports tied to the TSA’s “randomizer” app. Though many news sources have focused on the cost of the app, few have looked deeper into the relationship between Washington D.C. and IBM’s powerful lobbyists. Geek.com reported the Department of Homeland Read More…






