activistpost--2020-05-06--Technofascism: Digital Book Burning in a Totalitarian Age

We are fast becoming a nation—nay , a world—of book burners .
While on paper , we are technically free to speak—at least according to the U.S. Constitution—in reality , however , we are only as free to speak as the government and its corporate partners such as Facebook , Google or YouTube may allow .
That ’ s not a whole lot of freedom .
Especially if you ’ re inclined to voice opinions that may be construed as conspiratorial or dangerous .
Take David Icke , for example .
Icke , a popular commentator and author often labeled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recently had his Facebook page and YouTube channel ( owned by Google ) deleted for violating site policies by “ spreading coronavirus disinformation.
” The Centre for Countering Digital Hate , which has been vocal about calling for Icke ’ s de-platforming , is also pushing for the removal of all other sites and individuals who promote Icke ’ s content in an effort to supposedly “ save lives.
” Translation : the CCDH evidently believes the public is too dumb to think for itself and must be protected from dangerous ideas .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to protect us from ourselves .
In the long run , this “ safety ” control ( the censorship and shadowbanning of anyone who challenges a mainstream narrative ) will be far worse than merely allowing people to think for themselves .
Journalist Matt Taibbi gets its : “ The people who want to add a censorship regime to a health crisis are more dangerous and more stupid by leaps and bounds than a president who tells people to inject disinfectant.
” These internet censors are not acting in our best interests to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about COVID-19 , a virus whose source and behavior continue to elude medical officials .
They ’ re laying the groundwork now , with Icke as an easy target , to preempt any “ dangerous ” ideas that might challenge the power elite ’ s stranglehold over our lives .
This is how freedom dies .
It doesn ’ t matter what disinformation Icke may or may not have been spreading about COVID-19 .
That ’ s not the issue .
As commentator Caitlin Johnstone recognizes , the censorship of David Icke by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do with Icke : Welcome to the age of technofascism .
Technofascism , clothed in tyrannical self-righteousness , is powered by technological behemoths ( both corporate and governmental ) working in tandem .
As journalist Chet Bowers explains , “ Technofascism ’ s level of efficiency and totalitarian potential can easily lead to repressive systems that will not tolerate dissent.
” The internet , hailed as a super-information highway , is increasingly becoming the police state ’ s secret weapon .
This “ policing of the mind : is exactly the danger author @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ information and communication sources are gradually being linked together into a single computerized network , providing an opportunity for unheralded control of hat will be broadcast , what will be said , and ultimately what will be thought.
” Eventually , as George Orwell predicted , telling the truth will become a revolutionary act .
We ’ re almost at that point now .
What you are witnessing is the modern-day equivalent of book burning which involves doing away with dangerous ideas—legitimate or not—and the people who espouse them .
Today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working in conjunction with corporate and government agencies , have managed to replace actual book burning with intellectual book burning .
“ Free speech for me but not for thee ” is how my good friend and free speech purist Nat Hentoff used to sum up this double standard .
This is about much more than free speech , however .
This is about repression and control .
With every passing day , we ’ re being moved further down the road towards a totalitarian society characterized by government censorship , violence , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ packaged for our supposed benefit in the Orwellian doublespeak of national security , tolerance and so-called “ government speech.
” The reasons for such censorship vary widely from political correctness , safety concerns and bullying to national security and hate crimes but the end result remains the same : the complete eradication of what Benjamin Franklin referred to as the “ principal pillar of a free government.
” The upshot of all of this editing , parsing , banning and silencing is the emergence of a new language , what George Orwell referred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power to control language in the hands of the totalitarian state .
Under such a system , language becomes a weapon to change the way people think by changing the words they use .
In totalitarian regimes—a.k.a .
police states—where conformity and compliance are enforced at the end of a loaded gun , the government dictates what words can and can not be used .
In countries where the police state hides behind a benevolent mask and disguises itself as tolerance , the citizens censor themselves , policing their words and thoughts to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mind lest they find themselves ostracized or placed under surveillance .
Even when the motives behind this rigidly calibrated reorientation of societal language appear well-intentioned—discouraging racism , condemning violence , denouncing discrimination and hatred—inevitably , the end result is the same : intolerance , indoctrination and infantilism .
It ’ s political correctness disguised as tolerance , civility and love , but what it really amounts to is the chilling of free speech and the demonizing of viewpoints that run counter to the cultural elite .
The police state could not ask for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out its own censorship , spying and policing : this is how you turn a nation of free people into extensions of the omniscient , omnipotent , omnipresent police state , and in the process turn a citizenry against each other .
Tread cautiously : Orwell ’ s 1984 , which depicts the ominous rise of ubiquitous technology , fascism and totalitarianism , has become an operation manual for the omnipresent , modern-day surveillance state .
1984 portrays a global society of total control in which people are not allowed to have thoughts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corporate state .
There is no personal freedom , and advanced technology has become the driving force behind a surveillance-driven society .
Snitches and cameras are everywhere .
People are subject to the Thought Police , who deal with anyone guilty of thought crimes .
The government , or “ Party , ” is headed by Big Brother who appears on posters everywhere with the words : “ Big Brother is watching you.
” We have arrived , way ahead of schedule , into the dystopian future dreamed up by not only Orwell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Huxley , Margaret Atwood and Philip K. Dick .
Much like Orwell ’ s Big Brother in 1984 , the government and its corporate spies now watch our every move .
Much like Huxley ’ s A Brave New World , we are churning out a society of watchers who “ have their liberties taken away from them , but … rather enjoy it , because they [ are ] distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing.
” Much like Atwood ’ s The Handmaid ’ s Tale , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their place and their duties , to understand that they have no real rights but will be protected up to a point if they conform , and to think so poorly of themselves that they will accept their assigned fate and not rebel or run away.
” And in keeping with Philip K. Dick ’ s darkly prophetic vision of a dystopian police state—which became the basis for Steven Spielberg ’ s futuristic thriller Minority Report—we are now trapped in a world in which the government is all-seeing , all-knowing and all-powerful , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of line , dark-clad police SWAT teams and pre-crime units will crack a few skulls to bring the populace under control .
What once seemed futuristic no longer occupies the realm of science fiction .
Incredibly , as the various nascent technologies employed and shared by the government and corporations alike—facial recognition , iris scanners , massive databases , behavior prediction software , and so on—are incorporated into a complex , interwoven cyber network aimed at tracking our movements , predicting our thoughts and controlling our behavior , the dystopian visions of past @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In fact , our world is characterized by widespread surveillance , behavior prediction technologies , data mining , fusion centers , driverless cars , voice-controlled homes , facial recognition systems , cybugs and drones , and predictive policing ( pre-crime ) aimed at capturing would-be criminals before they can do any damage .
Surveillance cameras are everywhere .
Government agents listen in on our telephone calls and read our emails .
And privacy and bodily integrity have been utterly eviscerated .
We are increasingly ruled by multi-corporations wedded to the police state .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government is not operating alone .
It can not .
Thus , the increasingly complex security needs of the massive federal government , especially in the areas of defense , surveillance and data management , have been met within the corporate sector , which has shown itself to be a powerful ally that both depends on and feeds the growth of governmental overreach .
In fact , Big Tech wedded to Big Government has become Big Brother , and we are now ruled by the Corporate Elite whose tentacles have spread worldwide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disposal technological arsenals so sophisticated and invasive as to render any constitutional protections null and void .
Spearheaded by the NSA , which has shown itself to care little to nothing for constitutional limits or privacy , the “ security/industrial complex ” —a marriage of government , military and corporate interests aimed at keeping Americans under constant surveillance—has come to dominate the government and our lives .
There is no shortage of motives fueling the convergence of mega-corporations and government .
But who is paying the price ?
“ We the people , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans , but people the world over .
We have entered into a global state of tyranny .
Where we stand now is at the juncture of OldSpeak ( where words have meanings , and ideas can be dangerous ) and Newspeak ( where only that which is “ safe ” and “ accepted ” by the majority is permitted ) .
The power elite has made their intentions clear : they will pursue and prosecute any and all words , thoughts and expressions that challenge their authority .
This is the final @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans have been conditioned to accept routine incursions on their privacy rights .
In fact , the addiction to screen devices—especially cell phones—has created a hive effect where the populace not only watched but is controlled by AI bots .
However , at one time , the idea of a total surveillance state tracking one ’ s every move would have been abhorrent to most Americans .
That all changed with the 9/11 attacks .
As professor Jeffrey Rosen observes , “ Before Sept. 11 , the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a network of biometric surveillance cameras , peering at them in government buildings , shopping malls , subways and stadiums , would have seemed unthinkable , a dystopian fantasy of a society that had surrendered privacy and anonymity.
” Having been reduced to a cowering citizenry—mute in the face of elected officials who refuse to represent us , helpless in the face of police brutality , powerless in the face of militarized tactics and technology that treat us like enemy combatants on a battlefield , and naked in the face of government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nowhere left to go .
We have , so to speak , gone from being a nation where privacy is king to one where nothing is safe from the prying eyes of government .
In search of so-called terrorists and extremists hiding amongst us—the proverbial “ needle in a haystack , ” as one official termed it—the Corporate State has taken to monitoring all aspects of our lives , from cell phone calls and emails to Internet activity and credit card transactions .
This data is being fed through fusion centers across the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Homeland Security to make threat assessments on every citizen , including school children .
Wherever you go and whatever you do , you are now being watched , especially if you leave behind an electronic footprint .
When you use your cell phone , you leave a record of when the call was placed , who you called , how long it lasted and even where you were at the time .
When you use your ATM card , you leave a record of where and when you used the card .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ most locations equipped with facial recognition software .
When you use a cell phone or drive a car enabled with GPS , you can be tracked by satellite .
Such information is shared with government agents , including local police .
And all of this once-private information about your consumer habits , your whereabouts and your activities is now being fed to the U.S. government .
The government has nearly inexhaustible resources when it comes to tracking our movements , from electronic wiretapping devices , traffic cameras and biometrics to radio-frequency identification cards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recognition technology now makes it possible for the government to carry out massive eavesdropping by way of sophisticated computer systems .
Phone calls can be monitored , the audio converted to text files and stored in computer databases indefinitely .
And if any “ threatening ” words are detected—no matter how inane or silly—the record can be flagged and assigned to a government agent for further investigation .
Federal and state governments , again working with private corporations , monitor your Internet content .
Users are profiled and tracked in order to identify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In such a climate , everyone is a suspect .
And you ’ re guilty until you can prove yourself innocent .
Here ’ s what a lot of people fail to understand , however : it ’ s not just what you say or do that is being monitored , but how you think that is being tracked and targeted .
We ’ ve already seen this play out on the state and federal level with hate crime legislation that cracks down on so-called “ hateful ” thoughts and expression , encourages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subject matter .
Say hello to the new Thought Police .
Total Internet surveillance by the Corporate State , as omnipresent as God , is used by the government to predict and , more importantly , control the populace , and it ’ s not as far-fetched as you might think .
For example , the NSA has designed an artificial intelligence system that can anticipate your every move .
In a nutshell , the NSA feeds vast amounts of the information it collects to a computer system known as Aquaint ( the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ INTelligence ) , which the computer then uses to detect patterns and predict behavior .
No information is sacred or spared .
Everything from cell phone recordings and logs , to emails , to text messages , to personal information posted on social networking sites , to credit card statements , to library circulation records , to credit card histories , etc.
, is collected by the NSA and shared freely with its agents .
Thus , what we are witnessing , in the so-called name of security and efficiency , is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the watched ( average Americans such as you and me ) and the watchers ( government bureaucrats , technicians and private corporations ) .
Clearly , the age of privacy is at an end .
So where does that leave us ?
We now find ourselves in the unenviable position of being monitored , managed and controlled by our technology , which answers not to us but to our government and corporate rulers .
This is the fact-is-stranger-than-fiction lesson that is being pounded into us on a daily basis .
It won @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ourselves looking back on the past with longing , back to an age where we could speak to whom we wanted , buy what we wanted , think what we wanted without those thoughts , words and activities being tracked , processed and stored by corporate giants such as Google , sold to government agencies such as the NSA and CIA , and used against us by militarized police with their army of futuristic technologies .
To be an individual today , to not conform , to have even a shred of privacy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the government ’ s roaming eyes and technological spies , one must not only be a rebel but rebel .
Even when you rebel and take your stand , there is rarely a happy ending awaiting you .
You are rendered an outlaw .
So how do you survive this global surveillance state ?
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , we ’ re running out of options .
We ’ ll soon have to choose between self-indulgence ( the bread-and-circus distractions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicians , sports conglomerates , entertainment industry , etc . )
and self-preservation in the form of renewed vigilance about threats to our freedoms and active engagement in self-governance .
Yet as Aldous Huxley acknowledged in Brave New World Revisited : Which brings me back to this technofascist tyranny being meted out on David Icke and all those like him who dare to voice ideas that diverge from what the government and its corporate controllers deem to be acceptable .
The problem as I see it is that we ’ ve allowed ourselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ else to think and speak for us .
And we ’ ve allowed ourselves to become so timid in the face of offensive words and ideas that we ’ ve bought into the idea that we need the government to shield us from that which is ugly or upsetting or mean .
The result is a society in which we ’ ve stopped debating among ourselves , stopped thinking for ourselves , and stopped believing that we can fix our own problems and resolve our own differences .
In short , we have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ passive , polarized populace incapable of working through our own problems and reliant on the government to protect us from our fears .
In this way , we have become our worst enemy .
You want to reclaim some of the ground we ’ re fast losing to the techno-tyrants ?
Start by thinking for yourself .
If that means reading the “ dangerous ” ideas being floated out there by the David Ickes of the world—or the John Whiteheads for that matter—and then deciding for yourself what is true , so be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Freedom is the right to say two plus two make four.
” Also Read from Activist Post : Book Burnings in the Digital Age : Facebook , Twitter , YouTube and now….Poetry ?

By John W. Whitehead
“Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we could be trusted to make up our own minds in the whirl of differing ideas. That we could be trusted to remain free, even when there were very, very seductive voices—taking advantage of our freedom of speech—who were trying to turn this country into the kind of place where the government could tell you what you can and cannot do.”—Nat Hentoff
We are fast becoming a nation—nay, a world—of book burners.
While on paper, we are technically free to speak—at least according to the U.S. Constitution—in reality, however, we are only as free to speak as the government and its corporate partners such as Facebook, Google or YouTube may allow.
That’s not a whole lot of freedom. Especially if you’re inclined to voice opinions that may be construed as conspiratorial or dangerous.
Take David Icke, for example.
Icke, a popular commentator and author often labeled a conspiracy theorist by his detractors, recently had his Facebook page and YouTube channel (owned by Google) deleted for violating site policies by “spreading coronavirus disinformation.”
The Centre for Countering Digital Hate, which has been vocal about calling for Icke’s de-platforming, is also pushing for the removal of all other sites and individuals who promote Icke’s content in an effort to supposedly “save lives.”
Translation: the CCDH evidently believes the public is too dumb to think for itself and must be protected from dangerous ideas.
This is the goosestepping Nanny State trying to protect us from ourselves.
In the long run, this “safety” control (the censorship and shadowbanning of anyone who challenges a mainstream narrative) will be far worse than merely allowing people to think for themselves.
Journalist Matt Taibbi gets its: “The people who want to add a censorship regime to a health crisis are more dangerous and more stupid by leaps and bounds than a president who tells people to inject disinfectant.”
Don’t fall for the propaganda.
These internet censors are not acting in our best interests to protect us from dangerous, disinformation campaigns about COVID-19, a virus whose source and behavior continue to elude medical officials. They’re laying the groundwork now, with Icke as an easy target, to preempt any “dangerous” ideas that might challenge the power elite’s stranglehold over our lives.
This is how freedom dies.
It doesn’t matter what disinformation Icke may or may not have been spreading about COVID-19. That’s not the issue.
As commentator Caitlin Johnstone recognizes, the censorship of David Icke by these internet media giants has nothing to do with Icke:
What matters is that we’re seeing a consistent and accelerating pattern of powerful plutocratic institutions collaborating with the US-centralized empire to control what ideas people around the world are permitted to share with each other, and it’s a very unsafe trajectory.
Welcome to the age of technofascism.
Technofascism, clothed in tyrannical self-righteousness, is powered by technological behemoths (both corporate and governmental) working in tandem. As journalist Chet Bowers explains, “Technofascism’s level of efficiency and totalitarian potential can easily lead to repressive systems that will not tolerate dissent.”
The internet, hailed as a super-information highway, is increasingly becoming the police state’s secret weapon. This “policing of the mind: is exactly the danger author Jim Keith warned about when he predicted that “information and communication sources are gradually being linked together into a single computerized network, providing an opportunity for unheralded control of hat will be broadcast, what will be said, and ultimately what will be thought.”
It’s a slippery slope from censoring so-called illegitimate ideas to silencing truth.
Eventually, as George Orwell predicted, telling the truth will become a revolutionary act.
We’re almost at that point now.
What you are witnessing is the modern-day equivalent of book burning which involves doing away with dangerous ideas—legitimate or not—and the people who espouse them.
Today, the forces of political correctness, working in conjunction with corporate and government agencies, have managed to replace actual book burning with intellectual book burning.
“Free speech for me but not for thee” is how my good friend and free speech purist Nat Hentoff used to sum up this double standard.
This is about much more than free speech, however. This is about repression and control.
With every passing day, we’re being moved further down the road towards a totalitarian society characterized by government censorship, violence, corruption, hypocrisy and intolerance, all packaged for our supposed benefit in the Orwellian doublespeak of national security, tolerance and so-called “government speech.”
The reasons for such censorship vary widely from political correctness, safety concerns and bullying to national security and hate crimes but the end result remains the same: the complete eradication of what Benjamin Franklin referred to as the “principal pillar of a free government.”
The upshot of all of this editing, parsing, banning and silencing is the emergence of a new language, what George Orwell referred to as Newspeak, which places the power to control language in the hands of the totalitarian state.
Under such a system, language becomes a weapon to change the way people think by changing the words they use.
The end result is control.
In totalitarian regimes—a.k.a. police states—where conformity and compliance are enforced at the end of a loaded gun, the government dictates what words can and cannot be used.
In countries where the police state hides behind a benevolent mask and disguises itself as tolerance, the citizens censor themselves, policing their words and thoughts to conform to the dictates of the mass mind lest they find themselves ostracized or placed under surveillance.
Even when the motives behind this rigidly calibrated reorientation of societal language appear well-intentioned—discouraging racism, condemning violence, denouncing discrimination and hatred—inevitably, the end result is the same: intolerance, indoctrination and infantilism.
It’s political correctness disguised as tolerance, civility and love, but what it really amounts to is the chilling of free speech and the demonizing of viewpoints that run counter to the cultural elite.
The police state could not ask for a better citizenry than one that carries out its own censorship, spying and policing: this is how you turn a nation of free people into extensions of the omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent police state, and in the process turn a citizenry against each other.
Tread cautiously: Orwell’s 1984, which depicts the ominous rise of ubiquitous technology, fascism and totalitarianism, has become an operation manual for the omnipresent, modern-day surveillance state.
1984 portrays a global society of total control in which people are not allowed to have thoughts that in any way disagree with the corporate state. There is no personal freedom, and advanced technology has become the driving force behind a surveillance-driven society. Snitches and cameras are everywhere. People are subject to the Thought Police, who deal with anyone guilty of thought crimes. The government, or “Party,” is headed by Big Brother who appears on posters everywhere with the words: “Big Brother is watching you.”
We have arrived, way ahead of schedule, into the dystopian future dreamed up by not only Orwell but also such fiction writers as Aldous Huxley, Margaret Atwood and Philip K. Dick.
Much like Orwell’s Big Brother in 1984, the government and its corporate spies now watch our every move. Much like Huxley’s A Brave New World, we are churning out a society of watchers who “have their liberties taken away from them, but … rather enjoy it, because they [are] distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing.” Much like Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the populace is now taught to “know their place and their duties, to understand that they have no real rights but will be protected up to a point if they conform, and to think so poorly of themselves that they will accept their assigned fate and not rebel or run away.”
And in keeping with Philip K. Dick’s darkly prophetic vision of a dystopian police state—which became the basis for Steven Spielberg’s futuristic thriller Minority Report—we are now trapped in a world in which the government is all-seeing, all-knowing and all-powerful, and if you dare to step out of line, dark-clad police SWAT teams and pre-crime units will crack a few skulls to bring the populace under control.
What once seemed futuristic no longer occupies the realm of science fiction.
Incredibly, as the various nascent technologies employed and shared by the government and corporations alike—facial recognition, iris scanners, massive databases, behavior prediction software, and so on—are incorporated into a complex, interwoven cyber network aimed at tracking our movements, predicting our thoughts and controlling our behavior, the dystopian visions of past writers is fast becoming our reality.
In fact, our world is characterized by widespread surveillance, behavior prediction technologies, data mining, fusion centers, driverless cars, voice-controlled homes, facial recognition systems, cybugs and drones, and predictive policing (pre-crime) aimed at capturing would-be criminals before they can do any damage. Surveillance cameras are everywhere. Government agents listen in on our telephone calls and read our emails. And privacy and bodily integrity have been utterly eviscerated.
We are increasingly ruled by multi-corporations wedded to the police state.
What many fail to realize is that the government is not operating alone. It cannot.
The government requires an accomplice.
Thus, the increasingly complex security needs of the massive federal government, especially in the areas of defense, surveillance and data management, have been met within the corporate sector, which has shown itself to be a powerful ally that both depends on and feeds the growth of governmental overreach.
In fact, Big Tech wedded to Big Government has become Big Brother, and we are now ruled by the Corporate Elite whose tentacles have spread worldwide.
The government now has at its disposal technological arsenals so sophisticated and invasive as to render any constitutional protections null and void. Spearheaded by the NSA, which has shown itself to care little to nothing for constitutional limits or privacy, the “security/industrial complex”—a marriage of government, military and corporate interests aimed at keeping Americans under constant surveillance—has come to dominate the government and our lives.
Money, power, control.
There is no shortage of motives fueling the convergence of mega-corporations and government. But who is paying the price?
“We the people,” of course. Not just we Americans, but people the world over.
We have entered into a global state of tyranny.
Where we stand now is at the juncture of OldSpeak (where words have meanings, and ideas can be dangerous) and Newspeak (where only that which is “safe” and “accepted” by the majority is permitted). The power elite has made their intentions clear: they will pursue and prosecute any and all words, thoughts and expressions that challenge their authority.
This is the final link in the police state chain.
Americans have been conditioned to accept routine incursions on their privacy rights. In fact, the addiction to screen devices—especially cell phones—has created a hive effect where the populace not only watched but is controlled by AI bots. However, at one time, the idea of a total surveillance state tracking one’s every move would have been abhorrent to most Americans. That all changed with the 9/11 attacks. As professor Jeffrey Rosen observes, “Before Sept. 11, the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree to live their lives under the gaze of a network of biometric surveillance cameras, peering at them in government buildings, shopping malls, subways and stadiums, would have seemed unthinkable, a dystopian fantasy of a society that had surrendered privacy and anonymity.”
Having been reduced to a cowering citizenry—mute in the face of elected officials who refuse to represent us, helpless in the face of police brutality, powerless in the face of militarized tactics and technology that treat us like enemy combatants on a battlefield, and naked in the face of government surveillance that sees and hears all—we have nowhere left to go.
We have, so to speak, gone from being a nation where privacy is king to one where nothing is safe from the prying eyes of government.
In search of so-called terrorists and extremists hiding amongst us—the proverbial “needle in a haystack,” as one official termed it—the Corporate State has taken to monitoring all aspects of our lives, from cell phone calls and emails to Internet activity and credit card transactions. This data is being fed through fusion centers across the country, which work with the Department of Homeland Security to make threat assessments on every citizen, including school children.
Wherever you go and whatever you do, you are now being watched, especially if you leave behind an electronic footprint.
When you use your cell phone, you leave a record of when the call was placed, who you called, how long it lasted and even where you were at the time. When you use your ATM card, you leave a record of where and when you used the card. There is even a video camera at most locations equipped with facial recognition software. When you use a cell phone or drive a car enabled with GPS, you can be tracked by satellite. Such information is shared with government agents, including local police. And all of this once-private information about your consumer habits, your whereabouts and your activities is now being fed to the U.S. government.
The government has nearly inexhaustible resources when it comes to tracking our movements, from electronic wiretapping devices, traffic cameras and biometrics to radio-frequency identification cards, satellites and Internet surveillance.
Speech recognition technology now makes it possible for the government to carry out massive eavesdropping by way of sophisticated computer systems. Phone calls can be monitored, the audio converted to text files and stored in computer databases indefinitely. And if any “threatening” words are detected—no matter how inane or silly—the record can be flagged and assigned to a government agent for further investigation. Federal and state governments, again working with private corporations, monitor your Internet content. Users are profiled and tracked in order to identify, target and even prosecute them.
In such a climate, everyone is a suspect. And you’re guilty until you can prove yourself innocent.
Here’s what a lot of people fail to understand, however: it’s not just what you say or do that is being monitored, but how you think that is being tracked and targeted.
We’ve already seen this play out on the state and federal level with hate crime legislation that cracks down on so-called “hateful” thoughts and expression, encourages self-censoring and reduces free debate on various subject matter.
Say hello to the new Thought Police.
Total Internet surveillance by the Corporate State, as omnipresent as God, is used by the government to predict and, more importantly, control the populace, and it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. For example, the NSA has designed an artificial intelligence system that can anticipate your every move. In a nutshell, the NSA feeds vast amounts of the information it collects to a computer system known as Aquaint (the acronym stands for Advanced QUestion Answering for INTelligence), which the computer then uses to detect patterns and predict behavior.
No information is sacred or spared.
Everything from cell phone recordings and logs, to emails, to text messages, to personal information posted on social networking sites, to credit card statements, to library circulation records, to credit card histories, etc., is collected by the NSA and shared freely with its agents.
Thus, what we are witnessing, in the so-called name of security and efficiency, is the creation of a new class system comprised of the watched (average Americans such as you and me) and the watchers (government bureaucrats, technicians and private corporations).
Clearly, the age of privacy is at an end.
So where does that leave us?
We now find ourselves in the unenviable position of being monitored, managed and controlled by our technology, which answers not to us but to our government and corporate rulers. This is the fact-is-stranger-than-fiction lesson that is being pounded into us on a daily basis.
It won’t be long before we find ourselves looking back on the past with longing, back to an age where we could speak to whom we wanted, buy what we wanted, think what we wanted without those thoughts, words and activities being tracked, processed and stored by corporate giants such as Google, sold to government agencies such as the NSA and CIA, and used against us by militarized police with their army of futuristic technologies.
To be an individual today, to not conform, to have even a shred of privacy, and to live beyond the reach of the government’s roaming eyes and technological spies, one must not only be a rebel but rebel.
Even when you rebel and take your stand, there is rarely a happy ending awaiting you. You are rendered an outlaw.
So how do you survive this global surveillance state?
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, we’re running out of options.
We’ll soon have to choose between self-indulgence (the bread-and-circus distractions offered up by the news media, politicians, sports conglomerates, entertainment industry, etc.) and self-preservation in the form of renewed vigilance about threats to our freedoms and active engagement in self-governance.
Yet as Aldous Huxley acknowledged in Brave New World Revisited:
Only the vigilant can maintain their liberties, and only those who are constantly and intelligently on the spot can hope to govern themselves effectively by democratic procedures. A society, most of whose members spend a great part of their time, not on the spot, not here and now and in their calculable future, but somewhere else, in the irrelevant other worlds of sport and soap opera, of mythology and metaphysical fantasy, will find it hard to resist the encroachments of those would manipulate and control it.
Which brings me back to this technofascist tyranny being meted out on David Icke and all those like him who dare to voice ideas that diverge from what the government and its corporate controllers deem to be acceptable.
The problem as I see it is that we’ve allowed ourselves to be persuaded that we need someone else to think and speak for us. And we’ve allowed ourselves to become so timid in the face of offensive words and ideas that we’ve bought into the idea that we need the government to shield us from that which is ugly or upsetting or mean.
The result is a society in which we’ve stopped debating among ourselves, stopped thinking for ourselves, and stopped believing that we can fix our own problems and resolve our own differences.
In short, we have reduced ourselves to a largely silent, passive, polarized populace incapable of working through our own problems and reliant on the government to protect us from our fears.
In this way, we have become our worst enemy.
You want to reclaim some of the ground we’re fast losing to the techno-tyrants?
Start by thinking for yourself. If that means reading the “dangerous” ideas being floated out there by the David Ickes of the world—or the John Whiteheads for that matter—and then deciding for yourself what is true, so be it.
As Orwell concluded, “Freedom is the right to say two plus two make four.”


activistpost--2020-05-06--Clinton Foundation Wants To Use AmeriCorps To Create A “National Contact Tracing Corps”

The Co-Chair of AmeriCorps and the creator of AmeriCorps , former President Bill Clinton , wants to create a national contact tracing force using AmeriCorps volunteers .
The Co-Chair of the AmeriCorps , Congressman John Garamendi , recently introduced a bill that would “ expand volunteer opportunities within AmeriCorps and the Federal Emergency Management Agency ” ( FEMA ) .
The bill “ Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act ” ( UNITE Act ) would allow AmeriCorps and FEMA to create a national contact-tracing corps .
( see page 10 ) The bicameral legislation ensures that existing national and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order to assist in testing and contact tracing .
The bill would also ensure that Peace Corps volunteers , whose service involuntarily ended in March due to the global pandemic , will receive benefits and priority placement in these domestic programs so they can continue to use their skills by facilitating testing and contact tracing .
Six years ago , USA Today called “ AmeriCorps a wasteful flop ” saying many members are serving as recess referees .
The article also asked the question , do we really need playground monitors ?
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AmeriCorps programs , are rife with sexual misconduct and failed to meet federal standards and requirements .
The CBS News investigation also revealed that AmeriCorps and FEMA have a long history of working with young adults .
Activist Post Recommended Book : Snitch Culture : How Citizens Are Turned Into The Eyes And Ears Of The State But none of that matters to our politicians , who hope you will forget that a national contact tracing corps would be run by a group that , since its inception , has been mismanaged and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus pandemic has put an unprecedented strain on our society , and our nation requires a significant scaling of testing and contact tracing in order to flatten the curve and lift stay-at-home orders .
The UNITE Act empowers America ’ s service organizations to perform testing and contact tracing across the country and deliver the aid and support our communities require during the pandemic .
As Co-Chair of the Congressional Peace Corps Caucus and as a returned Peace Corps volunteer , I understand how capable America ’ s service organizations are to expand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tracing to meet the needs of our country ’ s pandemic response .
I thank Senators Markey and Van Hollen for sponsoring the companion bill in the Senate , and I will work to ensure the UNITE Act becomes law , ” said Congressman Garamendi .
Should we allow AmeriCorps and FEMA , two agencies with known issues , to undertake this process and have access to our homes , lives , and children ?
Giving them access would be mistake .
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By MassPrivateI
The Co-Chair of AmeriCorps and the creator of AmeriCorps, former President Bill Clinton, wants to create a national contact tracing force using AmeriCorps volunteers.
The Co-Chair of the AmeriCorps, Congressman John Garamendi, recently introduced a bill that would “expand volunteer opportunities within AmeriCorps and the Federal Emergency Management Agency” (FEMA).
The bill “Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act” (UNITE Act) would allow AmeriCorps and FEMA to create a national contact-tracing corps. (see page 10)
The bicameral legislation ensures that existing national and community service programs are fully mobilized in order to assist in testing and contact tracing. The bill would also ensure that Peace Corps volunteers, whose service involuntarily ended in March due to the global pandemic, will receive benefits and priority placement in these domestic programs so they can continue to use their skills by facilitating testing and contact tracing.
Six years ago, USA Today called “AmeriCorps a wasteful flop” saying many members are serving as recess referees. The article also asked the question, do we really need playground monitors?
In 2018 a CBS News investigation revealed that AmeriCorps programs, are rife with sexual misconduct and failed to meet federal standards and requirements.
Conservative critics say AmeriCorps is a waste of money and promotes liberal causes. The Government Accountability Office found last year that CNCS has fallen short in monitoring whether the organizations it grants money to meet federal standards and requirements.
The CBS News investigation also revealed that AmeriCorps and FEMA have a long history of working with young adults.
AmeriCorps does directly oversee and manage NCCC, often in partnership with FEMA, where young adults travel together to work on projects like rebuilding areas affected by disasters.
Activist Post Recommended Book: Snitch Culture: How Citizens Are Turned Into The Eyes And Ears Of The State
But none of that matters to our politicians, who hope you will forget that a national contact tracing corps would be run by a group that, since its inception, has been mismanaged and filled with sexual harassment cases.
The coronavirus pandemic has put an unprecedented strain on our society, and our nation requires a significant scaling of testing and contact tracing in order to flatten the curve and lift stay-at-home orders. The UNITE Act empowers America’s service organizations to perform testing and contact tracing across the country and deliver the aid and support our communities require during the pandemic. As Co-Chair of the Congressional Peace Corps Caucus and as a returned Peace Corps volunteer, I understand how capable America’s service organizations are to expand our nation’s testing and contact tracing to meet the needs of our country’s pandemic response. I thank Senators Markey and Van Hollen for sponsoring the companion bill in the Senate, and I will work to ensure the UNITE Act becomes law,” said Congressman Garamendi.
Clinton uses Massachusetts contact-tracing as a national model.
Should we allow AmeriCorps and FEMA, two agencies with known issues, to undertake this process and have access to our homes, lives, and children? Giving them access would be mistake.
Source: MassPrivateI Blog
Image: Pixabay
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activistpost--2020-05-05--Hearing Scheduled for DOD’s Opposition to Disastrous 5G Plan That Threatens National Security

The Federal Communication Commission ( FCC ) is supposed to protect the public by regulating the telecom industry .
They have a LONG history of being a corrupt and “ captured ” agency and they have become brazenly more dangerous during the Trump administration .
This includes ignoring 5G warnings and opposition from a growing list of experts including the Department of Defense ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) who has been saying since LAST YEAR that 5G is a HUGE threat to national security .
Some Congress members have finally stepped in and now there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On April 19th , the FCC granted Ligado Networks LLC ’ s ( Ligado ’ s ) mobile satellite services ( MSS ) license modification applications , allowing the company to deploy a low-power terrestrial nationwide network in the 1526-1536 MHz , 1627.5- 1637.5 MHz , and 1646.5-1656.5 MHz bands to facilitate Internet of Things ( IoT ) services and 5G .
As senators reconvene on the Hill , the Armed Services Committee will hold an in-person hearing tomorrow , May 6th , to discuss Ligado ’ s contentious 5G plan which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s concerns that the service could disrupt the nation ’ s GPS signals .
Chairman of the Armed Services Committee , Jim Inhofe ( R-Okla. ) , said last month , “ When people try to push bad policy through in the middle of a crisis , without much coordination with seemingly anyone else , it makes me wonder about their motives.
” The FCC and Ligado will likely not be testifying as both parties deny that GIS disturbances would arise from Ligado ’ s planned network .
To view the agenda for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The FCC is actually using the pandemic as an excuse to speed up 5G installation ( see 1 , 2 .
3 , 4 , 5 ) .
This includes launching tens of thousands of satellites with millions of antennas to blast 5G and WiFi at us from space ( see 1 , 2 , 3 ) .
Lawsuits have been filed against them for NOT protecting Americans from unsafe levels of radiation ( see 1 , 2 ) and 5G ( see 1 .
2 , 3 ) .
5G opposition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grow because of risks to biological health ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) , cybersecurity ( see 1 , 2 ) , environmental health ( see 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) , privacy ( see 1 , 2 ) , and more .
Many cities and countries have taken action including banning it , issuing moratoriums , passing ordinances , etc .
( see 1 , 2 ) .
Somebody drain this damn swamp already .
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By B.N. Frank
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is supposed to protect the public by regulating the telecom industry. They have a LONG history of being a corrupt and “captured” agency and they have become brazenly more dangerous during the Trump administration. This includes ignoring 5G warnings and opposition from a growing list of experts including the Department of Defense (see 1, 2, 3, 4) who has been saying since LAST YEAR that 5G is a HUGE threat to national security. Some Congress members have finally stepped in and now there’s going to be a hearing.
From 5G Crisis:
On April 19th, the FCC granted Ligado Networks LLC’s (Ligado’s) mobile satellite services (MSS) license modification applications, allowing the company to deploy a low-power terrestrial nationwide network in the 1526-1536 MHz, 1627.5- 1637.5 MHz, and 1646.5-1656.5 MHz bands to facilitate Internet of Things (IoT) services and 5G. As senators reconvene on the Hill, the Armed Services Committee will hold an in-person hearing tomorrow, May 6th, to discuss Ligado’s contentious 5G plan which the FCC approved despite the Pentagon’s concerns that the service could disrupt the nation’s GPS signals. Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), said last month, “When people try to push bad policy through in the middle of a crisis, without much coordination with seemingly anyone else, it makes me wonder about their motives.” The FCC and Ligado will likely not be testifying as both parties deny that GIS disturbances would arise from Ligado’s planned network. To view the agenda for tomorrow’s hearing, click here.
The FCC is actually using the pandemic as an excuse to speed up 5G installation (see 1, 2. 3, 4, 5). This includes launching tens of thousands of satellites with millions of antennas to blast 5G and WiFi at us from space (see 1, 2, 3). Lawsuits have been filed against them for NOT protecting Americans from unsafe levels of radiation (see 1, 2) and 5G (see 1. 2, 3).
5G opposition in the U.S. and worldwide continues to grow because of risks to biological health (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), cybersecurity (see 1, 2), environmental health (see 1, 2, 3, 4), privacy (see 1, 2), and more. Many cities and countries have taken action including banning it, issuing moratoriums, passing ordinances, etc. (see 1, 2).
Somebody drain this damn swamp already.
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activistpost--2020-05-06--CV-1984: Facial Recognition Technology To Be Used To Combat Spread of Virus Globally

Activist Post has warned that the COVID-1984 pandemic would be used to relinquish your rights and continue the accelerated rollout of facial recognition and normal surveillance like drones and smartphones .
Now , that fact is being admitted publicly as countries seek to use facial recognition , artificial intelligence and surveillance cameras to fight the spread of CV .
In China , some residents ’ homes on the outside and inside the buildings themselves are plagued by surveillance cameras to monitor those under quarantine and enforce the lockdowns .
Robots have also been deployed for use in quarantine hotels .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ country that seeks to use surveillance to monitor the health and location of its citizens , France is also deploying measures in the name of “ safety.
” France will begin using its existing network of surveillance cameras to monitor if its population is wearing masks , and track how its citizens are complying with social distancing after its coronavirus lockdown is eased next week , according to reports .
Besides France and China , Russia is also utilizing surveillance cameras on its own population .
Russia is using its pre-existing massive facial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ monitor citizens under quarantine .
China and South Korea have already deployed citizen-tracking systems using surveillance , while Israel and the US are preparing similar surveillance measures , according to a report by ZDNet .
In total , governments in at least 25 countries are employing vast programs for — mobile data tracking , apps to record personal contact with others , CCTV networks equipped with facial recognition , permission schemes to go outside and drones to enforce social isolation regimes according to The Guardian .
Meanwhile , in the U.S. , Californian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surveillance software that watches people and sounds the alarm if they get too close to one another .
“ Landing AI has developed an AI-enabled social distancing detection tool that can detect if people are keeping a safe distance from each other by analyzing real-time video streams from the camera , ” the company said in a statement .
A similar technology is already being introduced by Amazon in its warehouses , with the company threatening to fire workers if they violate social distancing “ guidelines.
” Speaking of Amazon , its home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ testing the public ’ s acceptance of facial recognition according to a document obtained by ArsTechnica .
However , as Activist Post has pointed out most police departments are already using Amazon ’ s Facial Rekognition technology in combination with Ring ’ s video they have access to .
So adding facial recognition to Ring ’ s cameras wouldn ’ t be news at all .
A fourth company , Clearview AI , isn ’ t even trying to hide their motives , stating its facial recognition technology could be used by federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of CV through “ contact tracing.
” Although not equipped with facial recognition technology , an apartment complex in Boston has already started using thermal cameras to monitor its residents , similar to China , CBS reported .
Such cameras are another threat to our privacy which are now being used by businesses to monitor the temperature of their employees for potentially sick workers , as Activist Post previously reported .
Fortunately for us , there is a little hope as Congress recently demanded that Amazon disclose how its Ring service stores data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a halt of rolling out facial recognition technology altogether , Activist Post reported .
Last year , legislators called for putting a “ time out ” on facial recognition technology until regulations are in place .
So far , Congress has held two oversight hearings on the topic and there are at least four bills in the works to limit the technology .
On top of that , some cities in the U.S. have outright banned the biometric technology like San Francisco , Somerville , Massachusetts , and Oakland , California , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this technology has triggered a much-needed debate to slow down the rollout .
Activists , politicians , academics and even police forces all over the world are expressing serious concerns over the impact facial recognition could have on our society .
Although , that debate might be voided with the CV pandemic providing a window of opportunity for Orwellian technology to become permanently embeded in our lives .
The battle isn ’ t over yet , though ; in fact , the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) recently filed a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( DHS ) over its use of facial recognition technology in airports .
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By Aaron Kesel
Activist Post has warned that the COVID-1984 pandemic would be used to relinquish your rights and continue the accelerated rollout of facial recognition and normal surveillance like drones and smartphones. Now, that fact is being admitted publicly as countries seek to use facial recognition, artificial intelligence and surveillance cameras to fight the spread of CV.
In China, some residents’ homes on the outside and inside the buildings themselves are plagued by surveillance cameras to monitor those under quarantine and enforce the lockdowns.
In China, surveillance cameras are being installed right outside people's front doors – and sometimes inside their homes – to enforce coronavirus quarantine. "I can't bear the thought that our everyday lives are completely exposed to the govt's scrutiny."https://t.co/xS8beRMGtN — Nectar Gan (@Nectar_Gan) April 28, 2020
Robots have also been deployed for use in quarantine hotels.
But China isn’t the only country that seeks to use surveillance to monitor the health and location of its citizens, France is also deploying measures in the name of “safety.” France will begin using its existing network of surveillance cameras to monitor if its population is wearing masks, and track how its citizens are complying with social distancing after its coronavirus lockdown is eased next week, according to reports.
Besides France and China, Russia is also utilizing surveillance cameras on its own population. Russia is using its pre-existing massive facial recognition network of over 100,000 cameras to monitor citizens under quarantine.
China and South Korea have already deployed citizen-tracking systems using surveillance, while Israel and the US are preparing similar surveillance measures, according to a report by ZDNet.
In total, governments in at least 25 countries are employing vast programs for — mobile data tracking, apps to record personal contact with others, CCTV networks equipped with facial recognition, permission schemes to go outside and drones to enforce social isolation regimes according to The Guardian.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., Californian software developer Landing AI has created video surveillance software that watches people and sounds the alarm if they get too close to one another.
“Landing AI has developed an AI-enabled social distancing detection tool that can detect if people are keeping a safe distance from each other by analyzing real-time video streams from the camera,” the company said in a statement.
A similar technology is already being introduced by Amazon in its warehouses, with the company threatening to fire workers if they violate social distancing “guidelines.” Speaking of Amazon, its home surveillance company, Ring, is now testing the public’s acceptance of facial recognition according to a document obtained by ArsTechnica. However, as Activist Post has pointed out most police departments are already using Amazon’s Facial Rekognition technology in combination with Ring’s video they have access to. So adding facial recognition to Ring’s cameras wouldn’t be news at all.
A third company in the U.S, Clearview AI, isn’t even trying to hide their motives, stating its facial recognition technology could be used by federal and state agencies to slow the spread of CV through “contact tracing.”
Controversial tech company Clearview AI says it's in talks with federal and state agencies to track COVID-19 using facial recognition.@byjacobward spoke with the founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That in an NBC News NOW exclusive Watch NOW: https://t.co/U4UZMHn7bF pic.twitter.com/1SPw13N5HG — NBC News NOW (@NBCNewsNow) April 28, 2020
Although not equipped with facial recognition technology, an apartment complex in Boston has already started using thermal cameras to monitor its residents, similar to China, CBS reported.
Such cameras are another threat to our privacy which are now being used by businesses to monitor the temperature of their employees for potentially sick workers, as Activist Post previously reported.
Fortunately for us, there is a little hope as Congress recently demanded that Amazon disclose how its Ring service stores data, while other lawmakers have called for a halt of rolling out facial recognition technology altogether, Activist Post reported.
Last year, legislators called for putting a “time out” on facial recognition technology until regulations are in place. So far, Congress has held two oversight hearings on the topic and there are at least four bills in the works to limit the technology.
On top of that, some cities in the U.S. have outright banned the biometric technology like San Francisco, Somerville, Massachusetts, and Oakland, California, as Activist Post reported.
The rapid growth of this technology has triggered a much-needed debate to slow down the rollout. Activists, politicians, academics and even police forces all over the world are expressing serious concerns over the impact facial recognition could have on our society.
Although, that debate might be voided with the CV pandemic providing a window of opportunity for Orwellian technology to become permanently embeded in our lives. The battle isn’t over yet, though; in fact, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over its use of facial recognition technology in airports.
**By [@An0nkn0wledge](https://steemit.com/@an0nkn0wledge)**
Aaron Kesel writes for Activist Post.
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activistpost--2020-05-06--Small Business Owner Jailed Over Lockdown While Criminal Sex Offenders Are Released!

I hope you are all enjoying your government-mandated lockdowns , as millions and millions of people are out of work and billions of people around the world are affected .
As the so-called experts like Bill Gates and his co-conspirator Dr Tony Fauci say , things will never be the same .
Every day we are reaching new profound levels of absurdity , as we continue full steam ahead into the new normal of COVID-1984 .
From here we go to Dallas , Texas — a place some would argue is the heart and soul of the US .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anymore American than Texas , right ?
Well the authorities just arrested a small business owner in Texas and have thrown her in jail for 7 days for refusing to close her salon despite a court order signed by a judge .
If that is not enough… they also fined Shelley Luther $ 7,000 on top of the jail time !
At the same time , convicted sex offenders guilty of abusing children are being released from jails only to be arrested yet again for more sex crimes .
How much more will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ owner jailed for reopening in violation of court order https : //www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2020/05/05/dallas-salon-owner-ordered-to-spend-a-week-in-jail-for-keeping-salon-open/ Dangerous Child Sex Offender Let Out Early for COVID-19 , Arrested Days Later for Sex Offense https : //www.activistpost.com/2020/05/dangerous-child-sex-offender-let-out-early-for-covid-19-arrested-days-later-for-sex-offense.html As Business Owners Face Jail for Staying Open During Lockdown , “ High-Risk ” Child Rapists Set Free https : //www.activistpost.com/2020/05/as-business-owners-face-jail-for-staying-open-during-lockdown-high-risk-child-rapists-set-free.html Over 70 % of tested inmates in federal prisons have COVID-19 https : //apnews.com/fb43e3ebc447355a4f71e3563dbdca4f NEW PROPOSED LAW TO JAIL ‘ ANTI-VAXXERS ’ & THE CDC FEAR BASED TALKING POINTS TO MEDIA REVEALED !
https : //www.bitchute.com/video/U20bXZd1eavV/ Also See : Thousands Donate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stood Up To Judge In Viral Video Subscribe to Activist Post for truth , peace , and freedom news .
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By Spiro Skouras
I hope you are all enjoying your government-mandated lockdowns, as millions and millions of people are out of work and billions of people around the world are affected. As the so-called experts like Bill Gates and his co-conspirator Dr Tony Fauci say, things will never be the same.
Every day we are reaching new profound levels of absurdity, as we continue full steam ahead into the new normal of COVID-1984.
From here we go to Dallas, Texas — a place some would argue is the heart and soul of the US. After all, it doesn’t get anymore American than Texas, right?
Well the authorities just arrested a small business owner in Texas and have thrown her in jail for 7 days for refusing to close her salon despite a court order signed by a judge.
If that is not enough… they also fined Shelley Luther $7,000 on top of the jail time! At the same time, convicted sex offenders guilty of abusing children are being released from jails only to be arrested yet again for more sex crimes.
How much more will people put up with?
Dallas salon owner jailed for reopening in violation of court order
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2020/05/05/dallas-salon-owner-ordered-to-spend-a-week-in-jail-for-keeping-salon-open/
Dangerous Child Sex Offender Let Out Early for COVID-19, Arrested Days Later for Sex Offense
https://www.activistpost.com/2020/05/dangerous-child-sex-offender-let-out-early-for-covid-19-arrested-days-later-for-sex-offense.html
As Business Owners Face Jail for Staying Open During Lockdown, “High-Risk” Child Rapists Set Free
https://www.activistpost.com/2020/05/as-business-owners-face-jail-for-staying-open-during-lockdown-high-risk-child-rapists-set-free.html
Gov. Brown extends state of emergency until July 6
https://katu.com/news/local/gov-brown-extends-state-of-emergency-until-july-6?fbclid=IwAR2QqLcujQh6vgq5cCTyU_q1WhP4qIrwyVY6eF5xXVXM_B_rZghB97s72NQ
Over 70% of tested inmates in federal prisons have COVID-19
https://apnews.com/fb43e3ebc447355a4f71e3563dbdca4f
NEW PROPOSED LAW TO JAIL ‘ANTI-VAXXERS’ & THE CDC FEAR BASED TALKING POINTS TO MEDIA REVEALED!
https://www.bitchute.com/video/U20bXZd1eavV/
Also See: Thousands Donate To GoFundMe For Jailed Salon Owner Who Stood Up To Judge In Viral Video
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activistpost--2020-05-06--Thousands Donate To GoFundMe For Jailed Salon Owner Who Stood Up To Judge In Viral Video

A GoFundMe account set up for a Texas salon owner who was sentenced to seven days in jail for flouting Governor Greg Abbott ’ s stay-at-home rules has raised over $ 265,000 as of this writing .
Shelly Luther , owner of Salon À la Mode , was found to be in criminal and civil contempt by Judge Eric V. Moyé of 14th Civil District Court in Dallas County , who also slapped her with a $ 7,000 fine after she continued to operate in violation of the statewide order and a restraining order from the court .
Luther , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ordering her to close the salon .
Instead , she made a public display of ripping it up – which gained attention among supporters , several of whom were at court .
Judge Moyé chastised Luther , saying she acted selfishly when she resumed operations – and called on her to apologize to elected officials whose orders she disobeyed .
Moyé added that until a vaccine is found for COVID-19 , citizens must obey emergency orders , according to the New York Times .
“ Failure to do so will only have catastrophic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ and those reach far beyond the exigencies of one family or one business.
” In response , Luther said in a now-viral video : “ I have to disagree with you , sir , when you say that I ’ m selfish , because feeding my kids is not selfish , ” adding “ So , sir , if you think the law ’ s more important than kids getting fed , then please go ahead with your decision .
But I am not going to shut the salon.
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By Tyler Durden
A GoFundMe account set up for a Texas salon owner who was sentenced to seven days in jail for flouting Governor Greg Abbott’s stay-at-home rules has raised over $175,000 $265,000 as of this writing.
Shelly Luther, owner of Salon À la Mode, was found to be in criminal and civil contempt by Judge Eric V. Moyé of 14th Civil District Court in Dallas County, who also slapped her with a $7,000 fine after she continued to operate in violation of the statewide order and a restraining order from the court.
Luther, 46, received a cease-and-desist letter from ordering her to close the salon. Instead, she made a public display of ripping it up – which gained attention among supporters, several of whom were at court.
Judge Moyé chastised Luther, saying she acted selfishly when she resumed operations – and called on her to apologize to elected officials whose orders she disobeyed. Moyé added that until a vaccine is found for COVID-19, citizens must obey emergency orders, according to the New York Times.
“Failure to do so will only have catastrophic consequences,” he said, adding “and those reach far beyond the exigencies of one family or one business.”
In response, Luther said in a now-viral video: “I have to disagree with you, sir, when you say that I’m selfish, because feeding my kids is not selfish,” adding “So, sir, if you think the law’s more important than kids getting fed, then please go ahead with your decision. But I am not going to shut the salon.”
Watch:
While criminals are being released into the streets, Shelley was sentenced to 7 days in jail. — Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) May 5, 2020
Source: ZeroHedge
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activistpost--2020-05-06--Someone Snitched on a Food Pantry Helping Needy During Pandemic, So Gov’t Shut It Down

Amesbury , MA — There have been few things more divisive in recent American history than the current pandemic which we have been watching unfold over the past two months .
While politics should play absolutely no role in a pandemic , it ’ s become the polarizing central issue currently tearing America in half .
It is also turning countless Americans into tattletales who rat out their neighbors for not standing six feet apart , or , as the following infuriating case illustrates , helping those in need .
Last week , Tracey Brown , of Amesbury , wanted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their time of need .
So , she converted her front yard free library box — that let people check out books for free — into a mini-food pantry .
The pantry was on her private property , contained non-perishable goods , and even had wipes outside so anyone who used it could wipe it down with they were done .
Brown stocked the pantry with dry goods , toilet paper , hand sanitizer and other items and took to Facebook to promote it .
Needless to say , it was very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brown described her endeavor as something she wanted to do to give back during the COVID-19 pandemic : Our little Amesbury Pantry is stocked with some awesome things…please help spread the word so people who need things can come by and help themselves .
Thank you to everyone who has contributed !
As I was going about my morning…I started to think “ What is my Coronavirus Story ?
” We all have one .
We are living in very stressful times these days…most of us are likely dealing with anxiety and uncertainty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has lost their job , their ability to earn a living , is ill with this virus or passed away .
We are all struggling in our own way .
There is so much information being shared…determining fact from fiction can be daunting .
One thing I thought about today was my story…how I am navigating this time ?
Part of me wishes I could wave my fairy wand and make the world a better place , but I know that ’ s not realistic .
Like most of you , I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was more important to think about how I wanted to look back on this time .
Do I want to reflect back and think about a disagreement I had with someone , about the doom and gloom of it all or would I like to think that in some small way I tried to make a difference by helping .
I know our little food pantry can not cure all the ills of the world , but it is my hope that it helps the people in my community…and this is something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be about .
Wishing you all peace in strength .
Brown ’ s idea quickly began to go viral , with other folks wanting to mimic her or donate supplies .
Those in need were about to have a source of sustenance in their community without costing the taxpayer a cent and it was going to be amazing — that is until some tattletale neighbor ratted out Brown for helping folks .
A “ concerned citizen ” otherwise known as a government snitch , called the Health Department and complained , telling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ served non-perishable goods , was a threat to the health of the community .
Activist Post Recommended Book : Snitch Culture : How Citizens Are Turned Into The Eyes And Ears Of The State Instead of telling the snitch that she had no place attempting to stop good people from safely helping others by giving them food and supplies , the Health Department carried out the wishes of the snitch .
Two days after launching her inspiring venture , Brown received notice from Amesbury Health Agent Jack Morris , instructing her that she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to Morris , a cooler placed in front of the pantry is what drove his decision to force the good Samaritan to shut it down .
He said the cooler created a “ food security issue , ” according to Newburyport News .
But that ’ s likely because he never bothered to ask what was inside it .
According to Brown , the cooler did not contain perishables , but instead had toilet paper , hand sanitizer and crackers .
When COVID-19 hysteria has neighbors ratting each other out over their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to start some self-reflection .
It is one thing to report your neighbor for domestic violence or theft , but calling the authorities because a food pantry makes you feel unsafe is as asinine as it is indicative of the state ’ s control over their dependents ’ minds .
Encouraging citizens to snitch on each other is a move out of every fascist government ’ s playbook throughout history .
While it is a different degree , it is no different in kind than Germans reporting Jews to the Nazi regime or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during that holocaust .
Luckily , many folks who have come across Brown ’ s post about her closure do not support the government ’ s decision nor the snitch .
Many folks have taken to Brown ’ s post to express their concern over such a ridiculous and outright tyrannical decision .
Below are some of those comments : Unbelievable !
Nosey neighbor .
This was nothing more than people helping people .
Its not like it was open food .
It was all sealed merchandise .
Your hearts were all in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just sad .
What harm could this possibly be doing ?
No different than going to the store I agree , bs .
No different than shopping at the grocery store or getting a food delivery .
I am stunned that the Board of Health buckled under the ill-informed , nosy neighbor .
Ok to starve to death , but not ok to get sick , wtf !
The Free Thought Project would like to encourage all of Brown ’ s neighbors and anyone else who has a little extra to spare , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their front yards in an act of civil disobedience .
If government escalates force to stop communities from helping each other out , you know that government has no interest whatsoever in your well being and they should be thrown out of office immediately .
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA .
This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ networks around the world .
Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project .
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By Matt Agorist
Amesbury, MA — There have been few things more divisive in recent American history than the current pandemic which we have been watching unfold over the past two months. While politics should play absolutely no role in a pandemic, it’s become the polarizing central issue currently tearing America in half. It is also turning countless Americans into tattletales who rat out their neighbors for not standing six feet apart, or, as the following infuriating case illustrates, helping those in need.
Last week, Tracey Brown, of Amesbury, wanted to do something good for her community in their time of need. So, she converted her front yard free library box — that let people check out books for free — into a mini-food pantry.
The pantry was on her private property, contained non-perishable goods, and even had wipes outside so anyone who used it could wipe it down with they were done. Brown stocked the pantry with dry goods, toilet paper, hand sanitizer and other items and took to Facebook to promote it. Needless to say, it was very well received. In her post, Brown described her endeavor as something she wanted to do to give back during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Our little Amesbury Pantry is stocked with some awesome things…please help spread the word so people who need things can come by and help themselves. Thank you to everyone who has contributed! As I was going about my morning…I started to think “What is my Coronavirus Story?” We all have one. We are living in very stressful times these days…most of us are likely dealing with anxiety and uncertainty. Either you or someone you know has lost their job, their ability to earn a living, is ill with this virus or passed away. We are all struggling in our own way. There is so much information being shared…determining fact from fiction can be daunting. One thing I thought about today was my story…how I am navigating this time? Part of me wishes I could wave my fairy wand and make the world a better place, but I know that’s not realistic. Like most of you, I have my own opinions about things…but I thought it was more important to think about how I wanted to look back on this time. Do I want to reflect back and think about a disagreement I had with someone, about the doom and gloom of it all or would I like to think that in some small way I tried to make a difference by helping. I know our little food pantry cannot cure all the ills of the world, but it is my hope that it helps the people in my community…and this is something I want my “Coronavirus Story” to be about. Wishing you all peace in strength.
Brown’s idea quickly began to go viral, with other folks wanting to mimic her or donate supplies. Those in need were about to have a source of sustenance in their community without costing the taxpayer a cent and it was going to be amazing — that is until some tattletale neighbor ratted out Brown for helping folks.
A “concerned citizen” otherwise known as a government snitch, called the Health Department and complained, telling officials that this voluntary food pantry that served non-perishable goods, was a threat to the health of the community.
Activist Post Recommended Book: Snitch Culture: How Citizens Are Turned Into The Eyes And Ears Of The State
Instead of telling the snitch that she had no place attempting to stop good people from safely helping others by giving them food and supplies, the Health Department carried out the wishes of the snitch. Two days after launching her inspiring venture, Brown received notice from Amesbury Health Agent Jack Morris, instructing her that she must close down the food pantry.
We tried…I would like to thank everyone who contributed to our little pantry…in our effort to help during these challenging times. It was wonderful to see the positive response to this project. Our hearts and intentions were in the right place. The concerned woman who owns Hedgehog felt that we were putting people at risk so she reached out to our Board of Health…and as of today…our little pantry has been closed down.
According to Morris, a cooler placed in front of the pantry is what drove his decision to force the good Samaritan to shut it down. He said the cooler created a “food security issue,” according to Newburyport News. But that’s likely because he never bothered to ask what was inside it.
According to Brown, the cooler did not contain perishables, but instead had toilet paper, hand sanitizer and crackers.
When COVID-19 hysteria has neighbors ratting each other out over their good deeds, it is high time to start some self-reflection. It is one thing to report your neighbor for domestic violence or theft, but calling the authorities because a food pantry makes you feel unsafe is as asinine as it is indicative of the state’s control over their dependents’ minds.
Encouraging citizens to snitch on each other is a move out of every fascist government’s playbook throughout history. While it is a different degree, it is no different in kind than Germans reporting Jews to the Nazi regime or Turks reporting Armenians to the Ottoman Empire during that holocaust.
Luckily, many folks who have come across Brown’s post about her closure do not support the government’s decision nor the snitch. Many folks have taken to Brown’s post to express their concern over such a ridiculous and outright tyrannical decision. Below are some of those comments:
Unbelievable! Nosey neighbor. This was nothing more than people helping people. Its not like it was open food. It was all sealed merchandise. Your hearts were all in the right place. That’s just sad. What harm could this possibly be doing? No different than going to the store I agree, bs. No different than shopping at the grocery store or getting a food delivery. I am stunned that the Board of Health buckled under the ill-informed, nosy neighbor. Ok to starve to death,but not ok to get sick,wtf!
The Free Thought Project would like to encourage all of Brown’s neighbors and anyone else who has a little extra to spare, to set these food pantries up in their front yards in an act of civil disobedience. If government escalates force to stop communities from helping each other out, you know that government has no interest whatsoever in your well being and they should be thrown out of office immediately.
Source: The Free Thought Project
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.
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activistpost--2020-05-06--Cuomo Announces Partnership with Bill Gates to “Revolutionize” NY Schools in Wake of Coronavirus

Taking time off from mismanaging a pandemic and turning lifesaving masks sent from all over the country into an art installation , New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared yesterday that he would use the deadly COVID-19 virus as an opportunity to “ revolutionize ” the state ’ s school system , inviting Microsoft founder Bill Gates to implement his controversial ideas about education statewide .
Cuomo did not divulge many details of what his imagined education revolution would look like but did mention virtual education and remote learning .
However , Gates is best known for one thing in education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a visionary in many ways and his ideas and thoughts on technology and education he ’ s spoken about for years but I now think we have a moment in history where we can incorporate and advance those ideas , ” Cuomo said .
“ When does change come to a society ?
… [ when ] we get moments in history ” he added , “ I think this is one of those moments.
” One of only two centibillionaires in history , Gates is the world ’ s most popular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enjoying a 54 percent positive and only nine percent negative opinion rating .
Nevertheless , Cuomo ’ s announcement was met with consternation by many .
“ Right-wing Wall Street puppet Cuomo is going to work with billionaire capitalist Bill Gates , one of the richest human beings in history , to privatize public education .
“ Philanthropy ” is a scam .
The Gates Foundation ’ s goal is to privatize everything so billionaires can profit , ” wrote journalist Ben Norton .
Gates is one of the most important driving forces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ education system through the promotion of charter schools .
Charter schools effectively privatize the public school system , where the public continues to foot the bill for the school , but has no influence or say in how it is run .
While very popular with both the private sector and the religious right , the large majority of unionized public school teachers oppose them .
Thus , Cuomo ’ s attempt to push through what he promises to be a massive overhaul of the state ’ s entire education network is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called “ disaster capitalism.
” In her seminal book , The Shock Doctrine , Klein describes how regressive forces wait until the collective panic of a disaster to force through legislation that the population would never accept and would fight back against in normal times .
During Hurricane Katrina , the New Orleans school system was privatized in an instant .
Before the disaster , the school board ran 123 public schools , afterward , it ran only four .
Meanwhile , the number of charter schools quickly rose from seven to 31 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fired , with some rehired at reduced salaries and virtually no benefits .
As a result , the racially diverse city has effectively been privatized and remodeled to exclude much of its poor black population .
As Klein wrote : While maintaining an affable public facade , behind the scenes Gates appears obsessed with the discredited pseudoscience of eugenics and has made it a priority to reduce the population of Africa especially .
He also has funded programs to circumcise millions of men and boys across the developing world .
Another of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the entire human race with a so-called “ microdot ” once they have been vaccinated .
And , as Whitney Webb cataloged for MintPress , Gates is a close associate of infamous sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein , finding a 2001 article noting that Epstein had made his fortune out of his close ties to the Microsoft co-founder .
“ His lifestyle is very different and kind of intriguing ” Gates said of Epstein in a leaked 2011 email , three years after he was convicted of sex crimes with children .
Therefore , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a wonderful opportunity to reorganize New York ’ s flagging school system , it is far from clear whether the public should embrace his ideas and the supposed generosity of the world ’ s second-richest man .
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in New York surpassed 330,000 today .
The state has more confirmed cases than any foreign country in the world .
At least 25,436 New Yorkers have died from COVID-19 , although local officials accept this is certainly an undercount .
Also Read from Activist Post : Proposed Federal “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shut Public Schools , Replace Teachers with AI Alan MacLeod is a Staff Writer for MintPress News .
After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books : Bad News From Venezuela : Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age : Still Manufacturing Consent .
He has also contributed to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting , The Guardian , Salon , The Grayzone , Jacobin Magazine , Common Dreams the American Herald Tribune and The Canary .

Op-Ed by Alan MacLeod
Taking time off from mismanaging a pandemic and turning lifesaving masks sent from all over the country into an art installation, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared yesterday that he would use the deadly COVID-19 virus as an opportunity to “revolutionize” the state’s school system, inviting Microsoft founder Bill Gates to implement his controversial ideas about education statewide. Cuomo did not divulge many details of what his imagined education revolution would look like but did mention virtual education and remote learning. However, Gates is best known for one thing in education: charter schools.
“Bill Gates is a visionary in many ways and his ideas and thoughts on technology and education he’s spoken about for years but I now think we have a moment in history where we can incorporate and advance those ideas,” Cuomo said. “When does change come to a society?…[when] we get moments in history” he added, “I think this is one of those moments.”
One of only two centibillionaires in history, Gates is the world’s most popular businessman according to polling company YouGov, enjoying a 54 percent positive and only nine percent negative opinion rating. Nevertheless, Cuomo’s announcement was met with consternation by many. “Right-wing Wall Street puppet Cuomo is going to work with billionaire capitalist Bill Gates, one of the richest human beings in history, to privatize public education. “Philanthropy” is a scam. The Gates Foundation’s goal is to privatize everything so billionaires can profit,” wrote journalist Ben Norton.
Gates is one of the most important driving forces leading the assault on the American public education system through the promotion of charter schools. Charter schools effectively privatize the public school system, where the public continues to foot the bill for the school, but has no influence or say in how it is run. While very popular with both the private sector and the religious right, the large majority of unionized public school teachers oppose them.
Thus, Cuomo’s attempt to push through what he promises to be a massive overhaul of the state’s entire education network is a perfect example of what writer Naomi Klein called “disaster capitalism.” In her seminal book, The Shock Doctrine, Klein describes how regressive forces wait until the collective panic of a disaster to force through legislation that the population would never accept and would fight back against in normal times.
During Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans school system was privatized in an instant. Before the disaster, the school board ran 123 public schools, afterward, it ran only four. Meanwhile, the number of charter schools quickly rose from seven to 31. Unionized school teachers were all immediately fired, with some rehired at reduced salaries and virtually no benefits. As a result, the racially diverse city has effectively been privatized and remodeled to exclude much of its poor black population. As Klein wrote:
The auctioning off of New Orleans’ school system took place with military speed and precision. Within nineteen months, with most of the city’s poor residents still in exile, New Orleans’ public school system had been almost completely replaced by privately run charter schools.
While maintaining an affable public facade, behind the scenes Gates appears obsessed with the discredited pseudoscience of eugenics and has made it a priority to reduce the population of Africa especially. He also has funded programs to circumcise millions of men and boys across the developing world. Another of his more questionable ideas is that of tattooing the entire human race with a so-called “microdot” once they have been vaccinated. And, as Whitney Webb cataloged for MintPress, Gates is a close associate of infamous sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, finding a 2001 article noting that Epstein had made his fortune out of his close ties to the Microsoft co-founder. “His lifestyle is very different and kind of intriguing” Gates said of Epstein in a leaked 2011 email, three years after he was convicted of sex crimes with children.
Therefore, while Governor Cuomo sees the pandemic as a wonderful opportunity to reorganize New York’s flagging school system, it is far from clear whether the public should embrace his ideas and the supposed generosity of the world’s second-richest man.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in New York surpassed 330,000 today. The state has more confirmed cases than any foreign country in the world. At least 25,436 New Yorkers have died from COVID-19, although local officials accept this is certainly an undercount.
Also Read from Activist Post: Proposed Federal “Distance Learning” Rules Help Big Tech Shut Public Schools, Replace Teachers with AI
Source: MintPress News
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Feature photo | Bill Gates speaks at a Toilet Expo in Beijing, Nov. 6, 2018. Mark Schiefelbein | AP
Alan MacLeod is a Staff Writer for MintPress News. After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books: Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent. He has also contributed to Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, The Guardian, Salon, The Grayzone, Jacobin Magazine, Common Dreams the American Herald Tribune and The Canary.