War

Thousands of activists descended on Washington, D.C. over the weekend in a show of mass civil disobedience against the influence of money in politics.  More than 5,000 peaceful activists arrived on the Capitol from across the country, including hundreds of protestors who had marched from Philadelphia. Despite the huge turnout, the corporate controlled mainstream media failed to cover the weekend-long event, despite the loud and clear message from thousands of Americans that they were sick of the corruption rife in politics and in the election process.

ISIS  have reportedly destroyed the historical Clock Church inside the provincial capital of the Nineveh Province (Mosul) on Monday. The terrorists detonated several explosives to destroy the historical church which was established by the Dominican Order in 1872, according to Iraqi news reports  Fars News reports: No photos or video footage has been released to confirm this report, however the church has been the target of terrorist attacks in the past. Earlier reports also said that the ISIL terrorist group has destroyed a 2,000-year-old gate near the Iraqi city of Mosul.

A new report reveals that the Michigan State Police department have been ordered by the government to monitor the social media accounts of anybody discussing the Flint Water Crisis.  According to MLive, comments that expose or criticise the negligent contamination of Flint’s water supply with lead are to be labelled as “subversive” and put onto a watch list so that authorities can pursue possible criminal proceedings against that user. Thefreethoughtproject.com reports: One of over 127,000 emails released by Gov.

Tensions are rapidly escalating between the US and Russia following last week two fly-bys when first a Russian Su-24 "buzzed" the US missile destroyer USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea, and just days later flew within 50 feet of a US recon plane also flying over the Baltic Sea, which some interpreted as a Russian warning to Poland. The U.S. quickly responded and complained vocally to Russia (even if Obama did not mention the incident during his phone call with Putin immediately following the incident).