Collins Won’t Drop Re-Election Bid Despite Insider Trading Charge
“I will mount a vigorous defense in court to clear my name,” United States Congressman from New Your Chris Collins (R-NY) said late on Wednesday night. “I look forward to being fully vindicated and exonerated, ending any and all questions relating to my affiliation with Innate.” Rep. Collins was arrested and indicted for security fraud […]
US Playing A Large Role In The Human Rights Atrocities In Yemen
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has long been military allies of the United States, participating in a number of US-led military actions since the early 1990s. However, the Center for International Policy (CIP) reports: Some UAE military activities have been controversial, including its involvement in helping to put down the democracy movement in Bahrain and […]
Private Prison Group Seems To Violate Campaign Finance Laws
GEO Group is the largest private prison companies in the United States, operating 141 facilities and has approximately $471 million worth of contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). However, according to MapLight, the company may have broken campaign finance laws with a donation to a Political Action Committee (PAC) supporting Florida Governor Rick Scott’s […]
Veterans Group Teams With Grandmothers For Humanitarian Action At US-Mexico Border
Less than a week ago Citizen Truth confirmed that Veterans Service Corps (VSC) and Grannies Respond were coming together to provide humanitarian aid for immigrants seeking asylum at the United States-Mexico border. From their combined press release: Veterans from Standing Rock to facilitate and mobilize veterans in support of “granny caravans” traveling to McAllen, Texas, […]
Iraqi Government Attempts To Address Concerns, Group Pushes For Human Rights Probe
Caracal Reports has received word from a source in Iraq that internet access is returning to normal in certain areas, “The internet is back to normal in [city redacted]. Kids are very happy they can go back to watching YouTube, I know my nieces and nephews are,” our source reports. Earlier in the week, Rudaw […]
Mueller Probe: 100 Cohen/Trump Tapes Seized
President of the United States, Donald Trump and his legal team waived privilege claims over recorded audio tapes between his former lawyer Michael Cohen and President Trump. From Business Insider: Special master Barbara Jones wrote in a court filing to US District Judge Kimba Wood that privilege claims were withdrawn over 12 audio tapes seized […]
Israel’s Knesset Passes Controversial Nation State Bill
Last week Caracal Reports published an article detailing the controversial ‘Nation State’ bill. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu encouraged a vote in the Knesset prior to the July 22nd recess. From our reporting: A portion of the new controversial Israeli law would give legal backing to Jewish-only communities, excluding Palestinians. The law could create a […]
Protests In Iraq Spread Due To High Unemployment
Last weekend citizens of the Iraq holy city of Najaf took to the streets in angry public demonstrations over high unemployment and a lack of basic public services, ABC News reports. In May, Iraq held national elections, but a parliamentary government has yet to form due to the failure of any coalition to secure an […]
Jayapal’s Endorsement Against Sarah Smith Raises Questions In Progressive Community
Sarah Smith is running as a Democrat in Washington’s 9th United States Congressional district against twenty-plus year incumbent Adam Smith, who is also a Democrat. Washington state has a unique ‘top-two’ primary, meaning the top two vote earners on the August 7th primary move on to the November general election. Cook Partisan Voter Index ranks […]
Data Security Continues To Be A Concern Despite New Legislation
The safety of personal data has been an issue since the founding of the internet, however; debate concerning security protocols and corporate ethics has only lately become a hot-button topic. According to a timeline provided by NBC, a June 2013 Facebook bug exposed the email addresses and phone numbers of 6 million users on the […]