A new initiative from Sidewalk Labs, the city-building subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet is taking live user data surveillance to a brand new intrusive level by tracking user travel locations in real time to project "simulations creating a synthetic population that faithfully replicates a city’s real-world patterns" https://theintercept.com/2019/01/28/google-alphabet-sidewalk-labs-replica-cellphone-data/

Social Media Madness Ensues: Facebook Blocks Its Ad Transparency Tools | Developing "The proposed 'Honest Ads Act', which is expected to be re-introduced in Congress this year, would require Facebook to publish “a description of the audience targeted by the advertisement.”https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-blocks-ad-transparency-tools

| The Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan says the U.S. will be sending "Several Thousand" more American Troops to the southern border | https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/01/29/acting-secdef-border-mission-likely-require-several-thousand-more-troops.html

"The U.S. government is tracking three separate migrant caravans, one of them estimated to be more than 12,000 people in size, heading north toward the U.S., a top Pentagon official said Tuesday." https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/29/us-tracking-three-migrant-caravans-one-12000-peopl/

Moves & Counter Moves | https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2184138/china-rushing-through-overseas-investment-reform-unprecedented

'Labor leader and political kingmaker John J. Dougherty and Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon were charged Wednesday with embezzlement, bribery, and theft, along with six other people affiliated with Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

The sprawling 116-count federal indictment alleges that Dougherty, 58, and his associates stole more than $600,000 in union funds and spent it wildly on no-show jobs; expensive meals at restaurants including the Palm Philadelphia; an array of construction projects; and purchases that included big-screen TVs, dog food, and baby supplies.'
http://www.philly.com/news/johnny-doc-john-dougherty-bobby-henon-ibew-local-union-philadelphia-investigation-city-council-20190130.html

There seems to be a string of legal activity these past week or so in regards to Political Figures particularly U.S. majors being arrested [1 of 2] Will there be more? The mayor of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, was arrested April 29 for alleged election tampering.https://www.theepochtimes.com/new-jersey-mayor-arrested-for-2017-election-tampering_2901209.html

'A Texas mayor was arrested for voter fraud for allegedly attempting to rig his own election, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday.' [2 of 2] Links sharedhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/25/texas-mayor-richard-molina-arrested-charged-voter-fraud/3581818002/