Heading Into 2022, P/C Insurers Face ‘Massive’ Political Risks, Economic Uncertainty

Those risks, when listed together, are substantial. In the U.S., they include labor dislocation and the midterm elections, the continued institutional deadlock in Congress, worsening socioeconomic inequality and far right domestic radicalization. In the U.S. and around the world, these risks encompass anti-vax radicalization relating to the COVID-19 vaccines, far-left industrial sabotage relating to fossil fuels, and conflict with China over Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Warning: A ‘Shrinking Window’ of Usable Groundwater

“We found that the average depth of water resources across the country was about half of what people had previously estimated,”

White Supremacists, Conspiracy Theorists Are Targeting Cell Towers, Police Warn

Blaming “the current contentious domestic political environment,” the document, issued on January 20 by the NYPD Intelligence Bureau and marked as “law enforcement sensitive,” describes a rash of attacks, some of which involved strikingly sophisticated planning.

“Securing the Homeland” — DHS Aircraft, Part 1

This article aims to shine a spotlight on some of the shadowy aircraft employed by DHS for their missions, which have increasingly taken on a secret police vibe. This article is by no means exhaustive, and is based entirely on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s 2019 “releasable aircraft” list. Follow-up articles will cover unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and helicopters.

Three Percenters militia working in Bakken oil patch raises concerns

According to a whistleblower who contacted DeSmog, Three Percenters have established a prominent presence at a Bakken oil and gas facility regarded as critical infrastructure by the Department of Homeland Security. Militia-related patches, flags, and artwork have popped up across the Bakken oil patch, and a thriving gun culture among its workers has led to a Mad Max-mentality of chaos plaguing residents of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

Militarised Criminal Networks in Mexico and the Challenges They Present to the Military and Police

When the state cannot provide goods and services to the community due to the actions of the gangs and cartels, the cartels act as surrogate governments. They will extract resources, charge street taxes and dominate the economic sector. They achieve this by establishing small businesses and using violence and corruption to compete with legitimate businesses, thus achieving their goal of dominating the region both economically and eventually politically.