By Carey Wedler
A power hungry president has kicked a power player out of office, and the mainstream media is having a field day. Headlines have obsessively focused on Trump’s termination of FBI Director James Comey and the implications that come with it, drawing comparisons to Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal and questioning Trump’s decision to fire the man who was leading an investigation into the president’s own alleged misconduct.
While the drama currently unfolding will certainly have profound implications for the present and future, the theatrics playing out on telescreens around the country are hardly representative of the bigger picture in the United States. As millions of Americans fix their eyes and minds on the ongoing developments, other stories are lurking behind the curtain — and reveal far more about the struggles we face.
Though they have received some coverage from corporate and establishment outlets, these stories are being forced out of the conversation by round-the-clock coverage of political figureheads warring in Washington.
Here are five to follow:
1. The Pentagon is seeking a troop increase in Afghanistan after 16 years of repeating that exact mistake — The last time Anti-Media put together a list of stories falling by the wayside amid a media feeding frenzy — that time, it was Trump’s decision to bomb Syria — an increase of troops in Afghanistan made the cut. Unfortunately, it’s a recurring development. As various mainstream outlets reported — with little traction — the Trump administration is considering sending as many as 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Though options are still being considered – and even Trump and the likes of Condoleezza Rice have pushed for a different strategy — the potential increase amounts to business as usual for an empire mired in endless war with a country still plagued by the very same terrorists the United States vowed to eradicate sixteen years ago when the invasion first commenced. There are currently over 8,000 troops in Afghanistan, making a spike of several thousand troops significant and a sign of the military-industrial establishment’s continued hold over American foreign policy.
Ultimately, this is unsurprising considering the agency is run by pharmaceutical insiders, the industry provides funding directly to the agency, and the agency often uses studies sponsored by drug companies to make its determinations. What continues to be surprising — however often the disparity is raised — is that same agency’s refusal to consider cannabis a potential medical treatment, even as it approves synthetic pharmaceutical versions of the exact same substance.
3. The Dakota Access Pipeline Has Already Sprung a Leak — Despite months of protests expressing concern that the highly-contested pipeline could threaten environmental safety and water resources, the project was pushed through and demonstrations were violently suppressed. On Wednesday, however, it was revealed that the pipeline leaked 84 gallons at the start of April. Though this is a relatively small amount, the pipeline is not even operational yet. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources did little to announce the spill to the public, instead opting to simply issue a report on its website. Pipeline leaks run rampant around the country, and according to a recent report from KCET, there have been over 740 leaks just in North Dakota in the past year alone. That amounts to a leak or spill every 11 hours and 45 minutes.
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4. Cop Sues After Being Fired for Not Shooting a Suicidal Man — A former cop is suing the city of Weirton, West Virginia, after he was fired for not shooting a man who was threatening to kill himself. According to former officer Stephen Mader, a former Marine, “To tell a police officer, when in doubt either shoot to kill, or get fired, is a choice that no police officer should ever have to make…” The suicidal man, Ronald J. Williams, had been begging officers to shoot him, and another officer eventually did so, ending his life and preventing Williams from ever receiving mental health treatment. Mader also alleges that after Williams was killed, the city of Weirton waged a campaign to discredit him and his performance on the job prior to the shooting. Considering police shootings still occur daily in the United States — whether because the victim is mentally ill, the wrong race, or simply toting a toy gun — Mader’s story highlights the grave lack of accountability many violent officers still face, as well as the struggle many well-meaning cops face to remain virtuous in a barrel of bad apples.
5. NSA continues warrantless mass surveillance of millions of Americans — This story actually broke last week, but it received little attention or concern from the American public. The International Business Times summarized the findings of a recent report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence:
Even under the revised law, which only allows the NSA to collect call metadata about individuals who have suspected ties to terrorism, the NSA was able to gather more than 151 million phone records despite having warrants for just 42 individuals in 2016 — and just a handful more from the year prior.
Though Americans may be continually comfortable with mass surveillance, convincing themselves they have nothing to fear because they’ve done nothing wrong, this story is particularly relevant considering the FBI, like the NSA, has engaged in spying on the public many times over. In fact, the FBI itself helped pioneer technology the NSA uses for its surveillance practices. Remember, also, James Comey’s past tirades against encryption and his insistence on total government access to Americans’ smartphones and data.
As the nation continues to remain fixated on the action-packed narrative between the FBI and the White House, we should all keep in mind that there is far more to be learned from the stories the media isn’t obsessing over.
It leaked 84 gallons? and is not operational yet?!? This makes no sense. Also, new systems are tested to many times there operating pressures and must maintain it over a set time to pass inspection. Where is the real info? When was the inspection date …what was the inspection test result…where was the leak…what were the containment infrastructures….why was there oil in it if it was not operational?
Comey spent 6 mos. finding no evidence of Russian influence whereas if he spent 6 hours looking into cash from Saudi Arabia and Israel to the elections and the Clintons – he would have hit ” Pay Dirt”. The large corporations own the media – the Media is Zionist backed for Zionist agendas and all the Western Intelligence incl. Israel and S A are all linked together for the sake of Fascist Globalism
@disqus_j2XzHvJYAl:disqus, Also, unless standards were direly altered as to basically not give a f–k, oil pipelines are X-ray tested once they are welded together. I know this from having a welding instructor in high school circa 190-92 who had actually welded pipeline, welded on oil rigs.
He pushed all his students to attempt X-ray testing in forms of welding. I passed it on the torch, nearly did on stick and did on Mig. It is a very stringent testing protocol, too. One half millimeter fracture in any of the pipe and the work is rejected, “try it again with better quality assurance.” Welders need to pass a testing on this in order to keep their jobs, the employers very often do seasonal random testing on the job, and that’s part of standard operational C.Y.A on their part.
Again, I agree with you. Unless standards have reached “nobody gives a f–k”, it’s enough to make someone ask “what the f–k?!”
Just finished a 3 yr run of river project where the pipes were held to that standard and they only carried water.
6.) Kushner and his family were in China selling citizen hood to the well healed via temporary visa combining it with a business purchase of say around $500,000.
You get what you pay for and you get what you vote for!
6. The Fukushima life extinction event is still in progress.
7. Trump has given support to cops illegal asset forfeiture.
8. SMART meters, in spite of their proven dangers, are still being forced on people.
9. Nothing has been done to punish the ninja costumed fools for property destruction and personal injury to others.
10. Chemtrails are still pouring their toxic rain of chemicals on America.
11. The gay, Marxist, Muslim, using a phony birth certificate and illegal SS#, who lived with a man (Michael Robinson) and two adopted girls in the WH for eight years has yet to be held accountable for treason.
12. Obstructionist congress people putting their petty party issues ahead of the citizens right to a safe, secure world have yet to be called out by msm.
Tonight, the skies are so chem-laden white who needs lights–sprayed like toxic-rats; most times I’m the only one whom seemingly notices. For years, I use to point it out, photos/videos, then gave up.
Hi Lissa, I started being a Chemtrail activist on Xmas day, 2006. Here are three shots
1. Is Hollywood, CA 12/25/06.
2. Tucson, AZ 1/29/09
3. 6/29/07 An interesting one in the VA Hospital parking lot near San Diego shows the black lines that are often seen. Perhaps laser guidance? Who knows.
I too gave up on people. I would be in a park where mothers were walking children and I would tell them about the dangers of the chemtrails and they wouldn’t even lift their heads. You see anyone with “conspiracy theories” must be avoided, even if it is killing you and your family.
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In the 3rd pic, how does one tell the difference between a chem trail and an ordinary con trail? TY.
A “con trail” or condensation trail from the heat of the motors on the cold air will stretch perhaps three or four plane lengths long, much like one’s breath on a cold day it quickly dissapears.
A “chemtrail” stretches for miles across any sky, warm or cold. You can watch the trails spread from a white line to artificial cyrus clouds. The carrier chaff will fall for days after.
Independent tests across the U. S. have shown chemtrails to contain the following substances:
Aluminum (known to cause tinnitus)
Arsenic
Barium salts
Cadmium
Desiccated human blood cells
Ethylene dibromide
Lead
Magnesium
Mercury
Mold spores
Mycoplasma
Polymer fibers
Radio cesium
Sharp titanium shards
Stonthium [Strontium]
Submicron particles
Unidentified living bacteria
Uranium
And many other toxins
Got it. Thanks.
The Internet at its best.
“Power hungry president”?…….. BS!
Radical Democrat’s no doubt sabotaged the pipeline