AFP | Referring to a spate of arrests around the country of US citizens and residents charged with jihad-type militancy, Napolitano said that ordinary people were often the first line of defense.

Guardian | A long brewing conspiracy theory has it that Barack Obama entered this world as a subject of the British crown in East Africa because his father was Kenyan.

CNN | A woman whose husband and two sons are accused of plotting violent jihad overseas said federal authorities tricked her into leaving her home so they could search it.

Paul Joseph Watson | Think Progress, another propagandist echo chamber for the Obama administration, parrots months-old debunked lie about cop killer Poplawski being a Jones fan.

Kurt Nimmo | Annex A, section B of Operation Garden Plot calls for “deadly force to be used against any extremist or dissident perpetrating any and all forms of civil disorder.”

Vancouver Sun | It has often been well argued that it is totally ridiculous to suppose that changes in human behaviour — cleaning up our act through expensive slight-of-hand taxation tricks — can reverse the trend.

Washington Times | Obama and his supporters are once again resorting to a tried-and-true tactic: attacking George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

Bloomberg | U.S. House Democratic leaders said they’re likely to miss President Barack Obama’s August deadline for legislation overhauling the medical system.

Daily News | Clinton’s failed presidential bid is now $1 million in the black, and her old Senate campaign committee has $2.1 million in the bank, much of it transferred in from the presidential account.

VOA | WHO says thousands more could die unless an effective vaccine is developed soon.

Paul Joseph Watson | CNN report stokes fears of martial law, mandatory vaccination program.

Max Keiser | The Wall Street scandals and rip-offs are getting larger and more obvious.

F. William Engdahl | We should think twice before we eat that next box of American breakfast cereal.

Washington’s Blog | Goldman Sachs and the other financial giants who brought us the economic meltdown and manipulation of the economy argue that carbon trading will solve all of our problems.

Army News Service | The “Vibrant Response” exercise will be conducted by the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive, or CBRNE Joint Response Force, through Aug. 14.

Kurt Nimmo | Alex Jones and others have argued for some time that the white supremacist from North Bergen, New Jersey, is an FBI informant and operative.

AlJazeera | Most Britons believe the war in Afghanistan is “unwinnable” and want troops pulled out, according to a newspaper opinion poll.

Los Angeles Times | Mousavi, the former prime minister who supporters say was the victim of vote fraud in the June 12 presidential election, said the days of festivities surrounding the holiday are opportunities for the political movement built on his campaign.

AFP | US national Ahmed Omar Abu Ali was sentenced to life in prison Monday for joining an Al-Qaeda plot to assassinate then-president George W. Bush, court officials said.

Times Online | Richard Holbrooke said the volume of money reaching insurgents from sympathizers in the Gulf, exceeding even the profits of the lucrative opium trade.

9/11 Blogger | Canada is waking up and a new investigation IS taking place, whether the government likes it or not, and whether the corporate media wants to acknowledge it, or not.

Guardian | Iraqi security forces have taken control of the base camp of an exiled Iranian militia group, after a two year campaign by Tehran to persuade Baghdad to expel them.

World Focus Online | Daniel Levy, the co-director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation, joins Martin Savidge to discuss developments out of the Middle East.

Reuters | Americans think the Federal Reserve is doing a worse job than even the much-maligned Internal Revenue Service.

U.S. Air Forces in Europe | Senior diplomatic and defense officials representing 12 nations as well as NATO witnessed today the official activation of a first-of-its-kind multinational strategic airlift unit at Pápa Air Base, Hungary.

Arizona Republic | A new law passed by the Arizona Legislature that makes homeowners liable for tens of thousands of dollars on homes lost to foreclosure is now the focus of an intense repeal battle.

New York Post | MTA will begin running one subway train with security cameras in every one of its cars by the end of the year.

Infowars | If Obama’s birth certificate is ever made public, it may look like this.

Daily Express | If a court summons is issued the snooper gets £100. On a conviction he gets £150 and if the offender gets a maximum sentence he receives £500.

New York Times | The Senate Judiciary Committee voted, 13 to 6, on Tuesday to endorse the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, easing her path to likely confirmation as the first Hispanic member of the tribunal.

Steve Watson | Sanders: “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Kurt Nimmo | Patsies, dupes, useful idiots and fanatics are integral to any false flag terror operation.

John Miller | Although you have to dig into the statistics to know it, unemployment in the United States is now worse than at any time since the end of the Great Depression.

Wall Street Journal | I would be a felon if I compensated a donor who was willing to spare me years of life-draining dialysis and premature death.

Paul Joseph Watson | Chris Matthews and guests characterize concerns about Obama, gun control, open borders, 9/11 and the Bilderberg Group as a mental illness.

The Institute of Science in Society | This report has been submitted to Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer of the UK, and to the US Food and Drugs Administration.

Jurriaan Maessen | Professor places his hope in the Obama administration to realize the dream of the world’s central bankers and their mission of old.

Herald | NGO says “age-specific prioritization” should rule who gets anti-virals.

Crain’s Business New York | The new rule would apply not just to staff, but to anyone who potentially comes into direct contact with patients. That includes contract workers, students and volunteers.

Infowars | Gibbs’ comments reveal the Obama administration and his supporters are sincerely worried about the issue.

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International News | Tribal sources close to the Taliban in Afghanistan said there had been an unprecedented rise in attacks on the US and Nato forces in Afghanistan

USA Today | The stabilization program “is generally thought of as one of the most effective counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq,” accolrding to Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew.

Times Online | Israel’s Defence Minister, today warned Iran that a military strike on its nuclear facilities was still an option.

AFP | Violence has since been on the upswing, even after President Felipe Calderon deployed thousands of soldiers and federal police to this state — his home state — of 4.2 million residents.

WZZM 13 | Paul says his candidacy brought out the energy of people who want stricter government economic policies.

Politico | There’s no easy way to deal with the small but vocal crowd of right-wing activists who refuse to believe that President Barack Obama was born in the United States.

Infowars | Plenty of military vehicles documented, including general-purpose utility livestock trucks and utility trailers outfitted to carry personnel.

David Wise | The CIA’s involvement in planning assassinations goes back at least to 1954.

Kurt Nimmo | In Texas, the state has destroyed the social compact and the very concept of natural law.