Letting a company like Best Buy fiddle with your computer in the hopes of fixing a defect or perform a repair is already a huge exercise in trust. The problem with all … Continue reading Best Buy’s Geek Squad conspired with the FBI to perform warrantless searches of customer devices

Yahoo, today, published an article that was titled: WikiLeaks aid on CIA software holes could be mixed blessing And the basis of the article was that, Wikileaks has offered to provide the … Continue reading Yahoo publishes story siding with the CIA over Wikileaks

Gaslighting is a manipulation tactic used to gain power. And it works too well. Gaslighting is a tactic in which a person or entity, through a series of repeated lies and various … Continue reading Gaslighting: Know It and Identify It to Protect Yourself | Psychology Today

In the wake of James Comey’s declaration that there’s no privacy in America and more WikiLeaks disclosures, do the law and technology prove him right? Not according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s executive director, Cindy Cohn. “The freedom to have a private conversation – free from the worry that a hostile government, … Continue reading With the latest WikiLeaks revelations about the CIA – is privacy really dead?

A federal criminal investigation is being opened into WikiLeaks’ publication of documents detailing alleged CIA hacking operations, several US officials told CNN Wednesday. So, the CIA breaks constitutional laws by spying on … Continue reading Federal criminal probe being opened into WikiLeaks’ publication of CIA documents

The Federal Emergency Management Agency also could see significant cuts under an OMB proposal. So, Trump would cut airport security funding and funding for the Coast Guard to pay for the wall … Continue reading To fund border wall, Trump administration weighs cuts to Coast Guard, airport security

It won’t work. Obamacare works for the poorest that have affordable health insurance because all of the program’s subsidies tilt in their favor. Obamacare doesn’t work well for the working and middle … Continue reading The House Republican Obamacare Replacement Plan

The idea that pesticides are essential to feed a fast-growing global population is a myth, according to UN food and pollution experts. A new report, being presented to the UN human rights … Continue reading UN experts denounce ‘myth’ pesticides are necessary to feed the world

Trump lashes out by creating a chaos of conflicting claims to distract attention away from real allegations. It is all too effective Source: President Donald Trump is the most powerful cornered animal … Continue reading President Donald Trump is the most powerful cornered animal in the world | Lawrence Douglas | Opinion | The Guardian

Writers of The New Yorker reply to readers’ questions about the convoluted relationship between Trump and Russia.  “Putin famously called him yarkiy, a tricky word that means colorful, gaudy, or bright, in … Continue reading Your Questions About “Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War,” Answered – The New Yorker

The trouble with more benevolent views of Trump is that they’re deliberately blind to the real nature of the man and the lies he tells. Source: Trying (and Failing) Not to Fear … Continue reading Trying (and Failing) Not to Fear So Much About Trump – The New Yorker

Can Trump really get away with saying Obama wiretapped him? Source: The Trump Experiment may come to an early tipping point – The Washington Post Continue reading The Trump Experiment may come to an early tipping point – The Washington Post