By Kalev Leetaru, Forbes: On Friday the Washington Post sparked a wave of fear when it ran the breathless headline “Russian hackers penetrated U.S. electricity grid through a utility in Vermont, …
January 2, 2017
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Woman Who Spoke Against ISIS in Public in Turkey Taken into Custody
by OpsLensby OpsLensBy BİRGÜN DAİLY: Interior Ministry of Turkey posted a message on its official Twitter account yesterday evening (January 1) sharing a short video of a group of young adults talking in …
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By FOX News: A new study shows Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, Clayton Morris reported. The Center for Studies on New Religions said more than …
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Nearly a decade and a half after the Iraq-WMD faceplant, the American press is again asked to co-sign a dubious intelligence assessment… By Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone: In an extraordinary development …
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By Bre Payton, The Federalist: A federal agency is worried an iconic symbol of freedom dating back to the Revolutionary War might be racist. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which decides if something …
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As Obama Touts White House Technology Boosts; Trump Seeks to Return to Couriers
by OpsLensby OpsLensBy Julie Pace, Associated Press: As Barack Obama began preparing to leave office, the first smartphone-toting U.S. president ordered his team to upgrade the White House’s aging technology for his …
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By Ira Iosebashvili, Wall Street Journal: On Wall Street, the rising dollar has been one of the most visible signals of growing optimism in the U.S. economy. For many other countries, …
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Obama Could Still Force Merrick Garland onto Court During ‘Intersession Recess’
by OpsLensby OpsLensBy Stephen Dinan, Washington Times: President Obama will have one last chance to force Judge Merrick Garland onto the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday — but it’s a legal gamble …
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By Chad Storlie: For the military veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, their wars overseas have been replaced by a battlefield no less challenging but frighteningly different—how to decompress, adapt, and …
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By Rene Sotolongo: Did you know that back on October 31, 2016, President Barrack Obama sent a secure “Red Phone” communique to Russian President Vladimir Putin? It was the first …