(Simon Black) Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most absurd and concerning stories we are following this week.
Law
Court Unseals More Jeffrey Epstein Documents Exposing Powerful Men Who Are Alleged Pedophiles
(Arjun Walia) The recent case against Jeffrey Epstein, who is being charged with child sex trafficking, has opened up the idea that ‘higher powers’ like the Royal Family might be involved in this type of thing, along with other political “VIPs.” Here at Collective Evolution, this information is not a surprise, and it’s definitely not the only example we’ve known about.
Opening the Door for Censorship: New Trademark Enforcement Mechanisms Added for Top-Level Domains
(Mitch Stoltz) With so much dissatisfaction over how companies like Facebook and YouTube moderate user speech, you might think that the groups that run the Internet’s infrastructure would want to stay far away from the speech-policing business. Sadly, two groups that control an important piece of the Internet’s infrastructure have decided to jump right in.
“Threat to Free Speech”: Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google Over Alleged Censorship
(Julia Conley) Arguing Google’s singular dominance over internet searches presents a danger to democracy, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard filed a lawsuit Thursday in California against the tech giant over its alleged censorship of her campaign.
Hawaii Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession, Expunges Some Criminal Records
(Michael Maharrey) Earlier this month, a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession and expunge the records of certain marijuana offenders became law without the governor’s signature. The new law takes another step toward nullifying federal cannabis prohibition in effect in the state.
Victory: Johnson Johnson Ordered to Pay $300 Million in Talc Cancer Case
(Ethan Huff) In a landmark decision, a New York state jury has decided that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) must compensate a woman who claims she was harmed by the company’s talc baby powder products, which we earlier reported have been identified as being contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos.
Life-Altering Copyright Lawsuits Could Come to Regular Internet Users Under a New Law Moving in the Senate
(Ernesto Falcon) The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to vote on the CASE Act, legislation that would create a brand new quasi-court for copyright infringement claims. We have expressed numerous concerns with the legislation, and serious problems inherent with the bill have not been remedied by Congress before moving it forward.
Citizens Now Charged with a Crime for Repairing Their Own Car in Their Own Garage
(Matt Agorist) Residents in Sacramento face fines upwards of $500 for repairing their own car in their own driveway thanks to a tyrannical law.
Stephan Kinsella on Law Without the State
Stephan Kinsella on Law Without the State
WATCH: Good Cops Honor Oath to Constitution, Uphold Man’s Right to Film, Instead of Violating It
(Matt Agorist) Instead of attacking a man for filming the police officers did the exact opposite and honored their oaths to the constitution by protecting his rights. Related Police Found Complicit in Conspiracy to Cover Up Massive Child Sex Ring in Catholic Church Source – The Free Thought Project by Matt Agorist, June 30th, 2019 Filming […]
Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Partisan Gerrymandering
(The Mind Unleashed) The Supreme Court effectively condoned partisan gerrymandering Thursday by ruling that the practice is beyond its constitutional reach.
Scientists Are Scared a ‘Rogue’ Country Could Start a Geoengineering War
(Aylin Woodward) Earth’s temperatures are on track to blow past the objectives set in the Paris climate agreement. Last year was the fourth warmest on record for surface temperatures and the hottest ever for oceans.
The Missing 13th Amendment: *no Lawyers Allowed in Public Office*
(David M. Dodge) The following investigative research project is of paramount importance. It is perhaps the most consequential ever undertaken regarding the foundational documents of the United States of America. Truly, it doesn’t get any more serious than the stunning revelations which have emerged from this clandestine plot to wrongfully alter the U.S. Constitution and subvert the American Republic.
Game of Thrones Shows How Power, Without Ethics, Turns Heroes Into Monsters
(Justin Deschamps) The following article wonderfully discusses how power corrupts. I want to add to this by saying it’s not actually power, per say, that corrupts. It’s power in the hands of an immature immoral person that corrupts.
Offended By What Someone Said? Now You Can Report Them To Law Enforcement
(Activist Post) Soon free speech will be a thing of the past in paranoid America. DIGIT Lab’s “Hate Incident Reporting” app promises to turn complete strangers into secret, hate speech/bias spies. Watch what you say, because the person sitting next to you could be reporting you to law enforcement.