• A group of Russian fraudsters created two pyramid schemes, called Recyclix and Juicy Fields, swindling victims out of €700 million.
• They rehearsed their scheme in Poland. At the height of their activity, they were featured in the media and even took photos with Polish president Andrzej Duda.
• After eight years of investigation, the Polish prosecutor’s office charged only a front man — and then let him go free. We later discovered that he became a GRU saboteur who sent out explosive devices that caused fires in Poland, Germany, and the UK.

Part 2: Marijuana Cowboys: The Medical Weed Scam That Swept Across Europe

You might have heard of Tor in the news a few times, yet never dared to try it yourself. Despite being around for decades, Tor is still a tool too few people know about.

Today, Tor is easy to use for anyone. It helps not only journalists and activists, but anybody who seeks greater privacy online or access to information regardless of location. But what is Tor exactly? How can Tor help you? And why is it such an important tool?

• High Suicide Rate: U.S. farmers are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population. In Utah, they die by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in the state.
• Temporary Help: A federal program offering Utah farmers free therapy was so successful that it ran out of money in four months. But lawmakers have chosen not to continue funding it.
• Stressors Facing Farmers: Farmers experience unique stressors, including fluctuating market prices, unpredictable weather and the expectation they handle mental health issues on their own.

Just half of road funding is paid for by road users through funding mechanisms like fuel taxes or vehicle registration fees, and the largest share of that (the federal gas tax) has not been raised in over 30 years. However, some in Congress have tried to blame the rise of electric vehicles and fuel-efficient gasoline-powered vehicles for the federal government’s struggles to fund decades of road-building.

Below I walk through why the federal government’s ability to pay for highways has nothing to do with electric vehicles and everything to do with Congress’s insatiable desire for road-building.

The popular political journalism website broadcasts shady sponsored content from the health insurance, finance, fossil fuels, and weapons industries. It openly allows the world’s worst companies to produce fake news stories under the Politico brand.