January 2018 archive

Today’s News 31st January 2018

"Oh Yeah, 100 Percent" – Trump Tells Republican He'll Release The Memo After what even the mainstream-est of mainstream media admitted under duress was a solid SOTU address… Nearly half of those who watched President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday reacted “very” positively to the speech, according to a snap CNN/SSRS poll. …

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Today’s News 30th January 2018

Pakistan 'Pivots' To Purchase Weapons From China/Russia After Trump Halts Military Aid President Trump’s decision to ring the New Year by simultaneously demonizing Pakistan on Twitter has mostly backfired. In an interview with the Financial Times, Pakistan’s defense minister Khurram Dastgir Khan said Pakistan is expanding its relationships with Russia and China, as relations with Washington deteriorate following the suspension …

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Today’s News 29th January 2018

Russia's "Doomsday Weapon" – Disinformation Or Disaster? Authored by Eric Margolis via The Strategic Culture Foundation, While we agonize over such life and death questions as clumsy men groping women and the crucial need for gender and racial ‘inclusion,’ let me spare a few seconds thought to something really important and scary:  Russia’s doomsday nuclear …

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Today’s News 28th January 2018

Trump Ignores DOJ Warning, Notifies Sessions He Wants FISA Memo Released President Trump broke with the Department of Justice last week by calling for the release of a four-page “FISA memo” purportedly summarizing widespread surveillance absues by the FBI, DOJ and Obama Administration, reports the Washington Post. The President’s desire was relayed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions …

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Today’s News 27th January 2018

Eminem Accuses Trump Of "Brainwashing" Fans, Says "F**king Turd Would Be Better President" Authored by Luke Morgan Britton via NME.com, Rapper says he doesn’t mind losing half his fanbase to Trump   Eminem has hit out again at Donald Trump, arguing that both Hillary Clinton and “a fucking turd” would have made for a better …

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Today’s News 26th January 2018

Germany: Return Of The Stasi Police State? Authored by Judith Bergman via The Gatestone Institute, Germany’s new law requires social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, to censor their users on behalf of the government. Social media companies are obliged to delete or block any online “criminal offenses” within 24 hours of receipt …

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Today’s News 25th January 2018

Comey, Rosenstein, McCabe All Named In FISA Memo, According To First Leak A bombshell four-page “FISA memo” alleging egregious surveillance abuse by the FBI, DOJ and Obama administration, specifically names FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to the Daily Beast.  The GOP-authored memo made waves last week after …

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Today’s News 24th January 2018

America's Coldest Cities… And GDP As Q4 GDP data looms this week, we are reminded just how important ‘weather’ is in the narrative of economic growth in America. Q1 may fare far worse as the last few weeks saw the East Coast of the United States endure a brutal winter storm which caused the deaths …

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Today’s News 23rd January 2018

Will Missing Texts Save Manafort From Mueller's Probe? Some have suggested that the FBI losing five months of text messages between anti-Trump investigators is a coverup of an “insurance policy” to smear Donald Trump with claims of Russian collusion in the event of a win. Others have suggested it’s simply bureaucratic incompetence. Paul Manafort’s attorneys, on …

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Today’s News 22nd January 2018

In Shocking Interview, Macron Admits France Would Vote To Leave EU If Referendum Held When Marine Le Pen lost last year’s French presidential election to Emmanuel Macron in what appeared to be a landslide, the establishment breathed a sigh of relief because not only was the notorious Eurosceptic populist defeated, but also the wind appeared …

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