The US surveillance state is poised to become even more powerful under Trump

The US surveillance state is poised to grow more powerful under a Trump administration. Though President-elect Donald Trump still has nearly two months until he’s sworn in, his picks for Attorney General and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency are a sign that many surveillance reforms could be overturned or changed, such as the NSA’s collection […]

Report Reveals ‘Urgent Need’ for Change After JFK Mass Panic

A team of top security officials has concluded that poor communication between law enforcement agencies contributed to a mass panic at John F. Kennedy International Airport over the summer. Passengers in three terminals at Kennedy Airport ran for the exits on Aug. 14 after cheering at a terminal bar over a Usain Bolt victory at […]

Heritage Foundation finds military branches ill-prepared as threats increase

None of America’s four military services rates higher than “marginal,” according to the Heritage Foundation’s 2017 Index of Military of Strength, published Nov. 16. Sequestration funding cuts have reduced defense spending by approximately $78 billion in real dollars since 2011, leaving each branch ill-equipped, the report said. The Army scored lowest among the other branches […]

‘Active Shooter’ has no gun, network news narrative failure

The report went out across the network news this morning, “Active Shooter at Ohio State” The real story? The Ohio State terrorist was a Somali refugee and a legal permanent resident of the United States.  Thank you immigration system. He was a student at Ohio State.  I bet your tax dollars paid his tuition, paid […]

Officials investigating anti-US Facebook rant believed linked to OSU Attacker

Authorities are investigating an anti-U.S. rant posted on Facebook just minutes before the Ohio State University attack today that is believed to be linked to suspect Abdul Razak Ali Artan, sources told ABC News. Appearing three minutes before the beginning of the rampage that left 11 people injured, the post reads: “I can’t take it […]

Knife attack at Ohio State University and the Refugee Ceiling

Law enforcement killed a suspected assailant who injured nine people at Ohio State University after plowing a car into a campus crowd and attempting to stab survivors with a butcher knife, news services reported Nov. 28. Law enforcement officials have reported the suspect’s name is Abdul Artan, an 18-year-old Somali refugee, and student at the […]

Active shooter reported on Ohio State campus

Ohio State University just issued an active shooter alert for their campus. In the tweet below, the alert indicates the shooter is located at Watts Hall.  People are asked to shelter in place. No official details on the shooter yet. More to follow. I’m safe in a barricaded room. If you’re on campus, get in a […]

Two killed, four wounded in Louisville park shootings

Two people were killed and four wounded when gunfire erupted on Thursday at a park crowded with people gathered for a football tournament in Louisville, Kentucky, a police spokesman told reporters. Police did not have a motive for the two related shootings in Shawnee Park or suspects in custody, spokesman Dwight Mitchell said. Two men […]

Ex-chemistry student gets 20 years in plot to behead U.S. vet

CINCINNATI — A former chemistry student was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for plotting to behead a U.S. military veteran and attack a police station in support of the Islamic State group. Munir Abdulkader, 22, apologized in court after his attorney emphasized that he had no criminal history and was known in his […]

Thanksgiving has always been whatever America needed it to be

At this point, most of us know the story of Thanksgiving that we’re taught in grade school isn’t exactly accurate.  Pilgrims and Native Americans probably didn’t share a turkey across a picnic table and because European supplies were all but exhausted by the time the festival began (a festival in which few Pilgrims would likely […]