Luke Rudkowski, Independent Journalist

Nick Hanauer: Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming

Posted by Luke Rudkowski | Sep 26, 2014 | Constitution, Economy, Police State, U.S. News |

Nick Hanauer is a rich guy, an unrepentant capitalist — and he has something to say to his fellow plutocrats: Wake up! Growing inequality is about to push our societies into conditions resembling...

The reporter, Jake Bernstein, has obtained 47½ hours of tape recordings, made secretly by a Federal Reserve employee, of conversations within the Fed, and between the Fed and Goldman Sachs.

Posted by Luke Rudkowski | Sep 26, 2014 | Economy, U.S. News |

By Michael Lewis / http://www.bloombergview.com (Updates fourth paragraph to include reference to ProPublica article containing Carmen Segarra’s allegations.) Probably most people would agree that the people paid by the...

Saudi Prince: War Against ISIS Really About Removing Assad

Posted by Luke Rudkowski | Sep 26, 2014 | Middle East, NWO/Globalization, World News |

Obama Administration Learns: If You Redefine Every Word In The Dictionary, You Can Get Away With Just About Anything

Posted by Luke Rudkowski | Sep 26, 2014 | Constitution, Defamation, U.S. News |

https://www.techdirt.com from the words-mean-something dept We’ve written before about how the NSA uses its own definitions of some fairly basic English words, in order to pretend to have the authority to do things it...

3 from FDNY who worked at ground zero die in 1 day

Posted by Luke Rudkowski | Sep 26, 2014 | 9/11, Health, We Are Change News |

By The Associated Press Howard Bischoff, Daniel Heglund, Robert Leaver (AP Photo/FDNY)NEW YORK (AP) — Three retired firefighters who worked at ground zero have died on the same day from cancer, an illness that many fear might be...

FBI Director James Comey ‘Very Concerned’ About New Apple, Google Privacy Features

Posted by Luke Rudkowski | Sep 26, 2014 | Constitution, Middle East, Privacy / Big Brother, U.S. News |

By BRENT KENDALL / http://online.wsj.com WASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that he was “very concerned” about new steps Silicon Valley tech giants were taking to strengthen privacy protections...

Terror laws clear Senate, enabling entire Australian web to be monitored and whistleblowers to be jailed

Posted by Luke Rudkowski | Sep 25, 2014 | Police State, Privacy / Big Brother, World News |

Ben Grubb / http://www.smh.com.au Attorney-General George Brandis praised the laws being passed. Photo: Andrew Meares Australian spies will soon have the power to monitor the entire Australian internet with just one warrant, and...

School Secretly Monitoring Students’ Facebook Posts—On Advice from NSA

Posted by Luke Rudkowski | Sep 25, 2014 | Constitution, Defamation, NWO/Globalization, Privacy / Big Brother, U.S. News |

Robby Soave| http://reason.com A Huntsville, Alabama, public school superintendent says that after taking a friendly call from the NSA, he decided to start secretly monitoring students’ social media activities. The school...

Internet Trolls May be Trained Government Agents According to Leaked Document

Posted by Luke Rudkowski | Sep 25, 2014 | Constitution, Defamation, Privacy / Big Brother, U.S. News |

Health Impact News Editor Glenn Greenwald, a journalist, constitutional lawyer, commentator, and author of three New York Times best-selling books on politics and law, has been working with NBC News in publishing a series of...