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​Military spending bill 'guarantees' more US conflicts, forbids war debate – Ron Paul 

The Republican-led House of Representatives used “trickery” when it passed the military spending bill, slipping in $89 billion for an emergency war fund while leaving out an amendment allowing for a debate on war, former Texas Congressman Ron Paul says.

Such “emergency”  spending is not included in growth caps placed on the military  under the 2011 budget control act, Paul wrote on the Ron Paul Institute for Peace  and Prosperity website. He added the move is a “loophole  filled by Congress with fed-printed money.”

US Senate mulls bypassing Iraqi government in arming Kurdish militia

Two Republican presidential contenders are backing a Senate bill that would bypass Baghdad in arming Kurdish militias fighting the Islamic State.

'Cynical generation': Harvard poll shows Millennials lack faith in Congress

Young Americans have little faith in the US government, with a whopping 83 percent saying they have no faith in Congress. They also distrust the nation's media establishment, according to a new Harvard poll.

 The survey, conducted by  Harvard's Institute of Politics (IOP), interviewed 18 to  29-year-olds across the country. With questions ranging from  political preferences to police body cameras, the survey revealed  Millennials' views on the major issues.

Jeb Bush running for president in 2016 – former White House media director

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is running for the presidency in 2016, the former communications director for George W. Bush told an entertainment news show called ‘The Insider’. However, Jeb Bush’s office maintained that no decision has yet been made.

Socialist Bernie Sanders blasts billionaires, corporations in presidential bid announcement 

Noted critic of economic inequality, corporations and the rich, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said he was running for president to buck the system in which billionaire families were able to buy elections and candidates.

$400 million? We wish! Facts vs fiction on Congress' latest attack on RT

The April 15 hearing on "Russia’s Weaponization of Information" held by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs was rife with exaggerations and misinformation about RT.

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Assange agrees to be questioned in Ecuadorian embassy in London – lawyer

The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed has to be questioned at Ecuador's London embassy over allegations of sexual assault, his Swedish lawyer told Reuters.

"Now we await further word [from prosecutors]," Thomas Olsson, Assange's lawyer, told the agency adding that he expected prosecutors to get in touch to sort out the details.

WikiLeaks releases 'The Sony Archives' showing corporation's ties to White House

The Sony Archives include 30,287 documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and 173,132 emails, to and from more than 2,200 SPE email addresses.

The whistleblower website writes in its press release that the US subsidiary of the Japanese multinational technology and media corporation Sony, though being an entertainment business, is "an influential corporation, with ties to the White House (there are almost 100 US government email addresses in the archive), an ability to impact laws and policies, and connections to the US military-industrial complex."

​Thousands demand higher wages during #Fightfor15 rallies

As sit-ins and other acts of civil disobedience continue from coast to coast, local reports from mid-Wednesday suggested that planned protests had so far been largely well attended in cities including New York, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Demonstrators had announced previously that they’d be rallying across the US on Wednesday, April 15, to push for increasing the nationwide minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Cablegate revenge? Wikileaks slams Clinton for swiping its Twitter logo design

Wikileaks has blamed the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign for stealing its Twitter logo design, which depicts a horizontal red arrow pointing to the right.

“Hillary Clinton has stolen our innovative WikiLeaks twitter logo design,” Wikileaks said.

Chelsea Manning: How a Hero Spends 35 Years in Prison

Redacted Tonight's John F. O'Donnell breaks down what heroic whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been up to. Chelsea's story is courageous and inspirational. Find out why she continues to thrive, even while serving 35 years in prison.

Air Force general loses job for telling airmen lobbying to keep A-10 ‘is committing treason’

“If anyone accuses me of saying this, I will deny it,”Post said. “Anyone who is passing information to Congress about A-10 capabilities is committing treason.”

Post went on at length, insisting that airmen have a duty to support the service’s chosen budget priorities by refraining from offering opinions inconsistent with those priorities, according to John Q. Public, a popular blog about the Air Force.

American’s want to hear another voice – Gov. Gary Johnson on 2016 election

Snowden cover-up: Unauthorized bust in Brooklyn becomes martyr to cause

New York City Parks workers have covered up a statue of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden that was secretly installed overnight. The 100-lb bust was erected in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park, atop the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument.

The 4-foot tall Snowden bust was fused to the monument overnight on Monday by a trio of anonymous artists and a few helpers, Animal New York reported. They renamed the tribute 'Prison Ship Martyrs Monument 2.0'.

Edward Snowden to John Oliver: 'NSA collects everything, including your d*ck pics'

“The bad news is they are still collecting everyone’s information,” Snowden said, “including your dick pics.”

Indeed, Snowden explained to Oliver that the NSA’s vast ability when it comes to scooping up electronic data knows no bounds, even when inappropriate images are at hand. Under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s 2008 amendments, Snowden said, “your junk ends up in the [NSA’s] database” should an image, in theory, be sent over international borders.

You've been served: French court summons former Guantanamo boss for criminal hearing

Guantanamo prison ex-chief Geoffrey Miller has been summoned by a French court over the use of torture in the detention facility a decade ago, following a lawsuit from two French citizens who were former inmates of the infamous military jail.

URGENT: Indiana lawmakers alter 'religious freedom' law under public pressure, vote expected late Thursday

State Senate President Pro Tem David Long (R-Fort Wayne) unveiled the proposed change on Thursday morning and said it will "unequivocally state that Indiana's (religious freedom) law does not and will not be able to discriminate against anyone, anywhere at any time,” according to USA Today.

According to a copy of the proposal, the language amends the recently authorized Religious Freedom Restoration Act, also known as RFRA, by clarifying that the legislation does not allow state businesses to refuse service or goods “on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or United States military service.”