Link: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/05/25/responding-grassroots-labor-movement-lawmakers-unveil-15-minimum-wage-bill

Raise the Wage Act, which currently boasts 152 Congressional co-sponsors, the federal minimum wage would increase incrementally until reaching $15 an hour in 2024. In the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, if you work 40 or 50 hours a week you should not be living in poverty."

Link: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/governor-phil-scott-vetoes-marijuana-bill-in-vermont/

Vermont would have become the ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana and the first to do so through the legislature rather than by a public vote. However, Phil Scott, the governor of Vermont, rejected the marijuana bill Wednesday as he wanted further changes in it, according to a press release, he was concerned about public safety and thus proposed changes such as more aggressive penalties for smoking pot while driving and tighter restrictions to keep pot out of the hands of minors

Link: http://govtslaves.info/duterte-considers-martial-law-for-entire-philippines/

The Philippine president has threatened to impose martial law nationwide to combat a serious threat in the southern region of Mindanao after fighters there beheaded a police officer and took churchgoers hostage. The ongoing violence has forced thousands to flee the city of Marawi, located about 816km south of the capital Manila. Duterte declared martial law on Tuesday in Mindanao – which makes up roughly one third of the Philippines and is home to 20 million people. The military claimed to have killed at least 13 fighters, members of groups that have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/05/transit-police-secretly-spying-commuters-travel-plans-texts-emails.html

A class action lawsuit in California, reveals that Transit Police are using a free “Bart Watch” app and Stingray surveillance to secretly spy on commuters texts and emails. The lawsuit reveals that Transit Police are using Elerts to secretly collect everyone’s cellphone identification number, otherwise known as International Mobile Equipment Identity number (IMEI). The lawsuit warns that Transit Police also use Stingray surveillance to identify individuals and spy on their texts and emails.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Wisconsin_seeks_to_be_first_to_drug_test_Medicaid_applicants/58689/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Gov. Scott Walker wants to make Wisconsin the first state in the country to require childless adults applying for Medicaid to undergo drug screening, a move that could serve as a national model. Walker’s plan, which needs federal approval, comes as he prepares to run for a third term next year. Walker has talked for years about drug testing Medicaid and food stamp recipients, as a way to make welfare programs a “trampoline, not a hammock” to get people back into the workforce.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Microsoft_Warns_Of_%E2%80%98Orwellian_Future%E2%80%99_As_WikiLeaks_Exposes_Participation_With_Surveillance/58698/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned the technology industry against creating a dystopian future, which authors including George Orwell and Aldous Huxley have predicted in the past.“I’m an unrepentant tech optimist, there’s no question of that,” said Nadella. “But I’m also grounded. There are unintended consequences of technology.I do believe that it’s up to us to ensure that some of the more dystopian scenarios don’t come true.”

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/389730-greece-papademos-athens-bomb/

Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos suffered burns to his hands and legs in a bomb attack in his car, according to reports. His driver was also injured in the Athens blast. Local media outlets reported on social media that the bomb was contained in an envelope, however this has not been confirmed by officials.

Link: http://www.pravdareport.com/news/world/asia/24-05-2017/137815-philippines_russia-0/

President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for modern weapons. The Philippines will need the weapons to struggle against the Islamic State terrorist organisation (banned in Russia), a message posted on the website of the Kremlin said. "We had a number of orders in the US, but the situation in the USA not very smooth lately," Duterte explained. "Rodrigo Duterte was supposed to stay in Moscow for five days, but he had to return to the Philippines urgently after Maute militants (part of ISIL) captured a part of the 200,000-strong city of Maravi on the island of Mindanao.

Link: http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/24/san-francisco-creates-legal-office-to-defend-illegal-immigrants-from-deportation/

San Francisco public defender’s office launched a new unit Tuesday dedicated to representing illegal immigrants faced with deportation and focused on providing local tax money for cases heard in the city’s federal immigration courts.

Link: http://www.orrazz.com/2017/05/in-canada-airlines-wont-be-allowed-to.html

That change is part of a package of amendments to the Canada Transportation Act which also introduces new foreign ownership limits for airlines, requires railways to install voice and video recorders in locomotives and improves transparency and efficiency in the freight rail industry.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/389016-austria-town-refugees-ban-rape/

The mayor of Tulln in Lower Austria has announced the town will stop accepting refugees and asylum seekers. The ban comes after a sexual assault on a teenage girl, allegedly carried out by refugees.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201705221053848435-poland-refugees-disaster/

Polish President Beata Szydlo: Poland could not accept refugees and that there was no agreement among EU member states on compulsory quotas of migrants that they should take in.

Link: http://www.tathasta.com/2017/05/brazil-woman-got-longer-jail-term-for.html

Poor mother who stole an Easter egg for her children was condemned to a harsher jail sentence than corporate executives and politicians who cheated the public of millions of dollars. The woman – who is referred to only by her first name, Maria – was sentenced to three years, two months and three days in prison for shoplifting a chocolate egg and a chicken breast from a supermarket. Seven of those found guilty of crimes – which defrauded taxpayers of hundreds of millions of dollars – have received lighter sentences.

Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4537378/France-state-emergency-Bataclan-Manchester-attack.html

rench President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to strengthen the power of security forces to counter the threat of terrorist attacks. Emergency rules giving French police wider search and arrest powers were introduced after Islamist gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in and around Paris in November 2015.

Link: http://investmentwatchblog.com/breaking-1000-soldiers-deployed-in-london-and-thousands-more-preparing-to-deploy-parliament-closed-all-events-cancelled/

Around 1,000 heavily-armed military personnel from the Royal Artillery, Paratroop and Irish Guards regiments are outside the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and other UK landmarks after Theresa May warned that a fresh terror attack may be ‘imminent; follows a terror attack on Ariana Grande concert in Manchester which killed 22 people and injured 119 more

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/05/24/ariana-grande-cancels-multiple-concerts-following-manchester-attack.html

Ariana Grande has canceled several dates from her Dangerous Woman Tour following a bombing outside of her Manchester Arena concert Monday night that left 22 people dead.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/389618-islamic-state-chaos-philippines-social/

Chaos in the Philippines city of Marawi as government forces and militants linked to Islamic State battle for control. Marawi, which is colloquially known as the ‘Islamic city’ is the focal point of a dramatic outbreak of violence on the archipelago’s southern island of Mindanao. Heavily armed insurgents laid siege to a prison, seized hostages in a church and paraded through the streets in Marawi in a show of force.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Greek_Authorities_To_Launch_Mass_Confiscation_Of_Safe_Deposit_Boxes%2C_Securities%2C_Homes_In_Tax-Evasion_Crackdown/58589/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Tax authorities will be able to issue online confiscation notices and immediately get their hands on the contents of safe deposit boxes, confiscating cash, precious stones, jewelry and so on. They will also be able to confiscate shares and other securities.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/389241-china-retailer-drone-ton/

Drones capable of carrying more than a ton of goods to long-distance deliveries are part of plans by one of China’s biggest online retailers to develop a massive logistics network covering remote locations.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201705191053766082-us-coalition-strike-syrian-army-military-point/

May 18, a US defense official told Sputnik that the US-led coalition struck the pro-Assad fighters near the town of At Tanf in the area of an established deconfliction zone with Russia.