This is an absolutely must-read article to understand the meaning of the phrase, "Deep State". America is being driven by unelected and unaccountable Technocrats clustered in private think-tanks that could not possibly exist in the public sector. All of it is unwittingly funded by taxpayers.

Tens of thousands of holidayers have been forced to undergo testing after a coronavirus scare at a popular Disney hotspot. Nearly 34,000 people at Shanghai Disneyland have been held for mandatory Covid testing, after a positive case of coronavirus was detected during the popular holiday destination's Halloween festivities.

The Premier of the Australian state of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, has just tabled legislation in parliament which is possibly the most monstrous ever introduced into a country calling itself democratic. Basically it gives Andrews the power to do whatever he wants and whenever he wants it. He has been turning Victoria into a police state for the past year and a half but behind the bland face and earnest manner, the legislation openly stamps him as a totalitarian psychopath.

This month the Australian government has passed a sweeping surveillance bill, worse than any similar legislation in any other five eye country. The Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 gives the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) three new powers for dealing with online crime: Data disruption warrant: gives the police the ability to "disrupt data" by modifying, copying, adding, or deleting it.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand's government took drastic action Tuesday by putting the entire nation into a strict lockdown for at least three days after finding a single case of coronavirus infection in the community.

Human rights violations in Xinjiang - where more than one million Uyghurs are estimated to have been detained in 're-education' camps - have been so severe that the UK, US, EU and Canada announced coordinated sanctions against Chinese officials in March. As such, rights groups have been calling for companies to rethink their footprint in China.

Human rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world have been targeted by authoritarian governments using hacking software sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, according to an investigation into a massive data leak.

U.S. Capitol Police will begin fielding military surveillance equipment as part of sweeping security upgrades as the force becomes "an intelligence-based protective agency" after the Jan. 6 attack. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently approved a Capitol Police request for eight Persistent Surveillance Systems Ground - Medium (PSSG-M) units.