Freedomshift

Last week, I highlighted the fact that the latest Press Freedom Index  showcased a 13 point plunge in America’s press freedom to an embarrassing #46 position in the global ranking. If the authoritarians in the Obama Administration have their way, this country is set to fall much further in next year’s index. Incredibly, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to roll out something called the  Critical Information Needs  study, which will embed government “researchers” into media organizations around the nation to make sure they are doing their job properly. No this isn’t “conspiracy theory.”  It is so real, and represents such a threat to the First Amendment, that a current FCC commissioner, Ajit Pai, recently wrote an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal , warning Americans of this scheme. Read more: Here

One of my most popular posts of 2013 highlighted the decline of America’s once large and enviable middle class. It was titled: How Does America’s Middle Class Rank Globally? #27 , and it helped to dispel many myths Americans (particularly the mainstream propaganda media) continue to tell to themselves. As you might expect, the economic decline of a nation into rule by a handful of corrupt oligarchs will have many other negative repercussions . One of these is a loss of civil rights and freedoms that many of us have taken for granted. Reporters Without Borders puts out their  Press Freedom Index every year, and the 2014 ranking came out today. It was not a good showing for the USSA. Specifically, the U.S. registered one of the steepest falls of all nations, down 13 slots to the #46 position . As the screen shot shows, just above Haiti and just below Romania. Read more: here

Intelligence leaker Edward Snowden "has a point" if his exposure of the NSA's data collection program is upheld by the Supreme Court, talk show host Joe Scarborough said Tuesday. "If, let's say, this is held up to the United States Supreme Court. If somebody exposes, like, something that would be deeply offensive to James Madison and the framers of the Constitution, I think Edward Snowden has a point," Scarborough said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/snowden-whistleblower-morning-joe/2013/12/17/id/542295#ixzz2nkj9gPRl