Wray’s comments came at a pre-inauguration security briefing with Vice President Mike Pence and other top officials tasked with securing the high-profile event, and they mark the FBI director’s first public appearance since rioters stormed the Capitol. He did not take any questions from reporters at the briefing. Wray’s low profile has come in for a considerable amount of criticism from lawmakers and former FBI officials, […]
Daily Archives: January 14, 2021
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will not join efforts to remove House Republican Conference chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) from her leadership role in the wake of her vote to impeach President Donald Trump over last week’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to a report. A spokesman for McCarthy confirmed the news to the Hill amid calls from several House conservatives for Cheney to be ousted. On Wednesday, Cheney was one of […]
WASHINGTON — The intelligence arm of the Space Force is an official part of the U.S. intelligence community. “Today, we took action to elevate space intelligence missions, tradecraft and collaboration to ensure the success of the Space Force, the Intelligence Community, and ultimately our national security,” said Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond. “This is a significant milestone, a clear statement that America is […]
John Sullivan, who has admitted to wanting to burn down modern society and drag President Trump out of office, is on camera inciting people to storm the Capitol while repeatedly asking demonstrators to burn it down. He is also the person that persuades the interior Capitol Police to move away from the doors where Ashli Babbit was murdered. Source link
New shocking figures produced by a New York area landlord trade group, the Community Housing Improvement Program, finds half of all New York City apartment tenants are behind on rent to the combined tune of over $1 billion as the US begins to approach one year since the coronavirus pandemic hit America. The group surveyed landlords who oversee up to half of the city’s total rental apartments […]
In his last days in office, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order whose impact might be felt through 2040 and beyond, directing agencies to work on new kinds of nuclear power for space exploration and military use. The order promoting “Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration” was published on Tuesday. Though it promptly got lost in the media cacophony over the […]
(Natural News) Corporations wield significant influence over Congress. Corporations directly affect legislation as it is being drafted and manipulate how taxpayer dollars are spent. For proof, look no further than the onslaught of COVID stimulus bills, which have given corporations an open invitation to loot the US treasury and control the direction of the US economy. A growing list of corporations are pledging their devotion to […]
In 2020, a lawsuit was filed over allegations of misuse of the nonprofit Trump Inaugural Committee funds, originally designated for Trump’s 2017 presidential inauguration. The money was reportedly used to “grossly overpay” the Trump Hotel, where many events connected to the inauguration were held. Source link
An Arkansas man caught on video beating a Washington, D.C., cop with an American flagpole during the Capitol riots was charged on Thursday. Peter Francis Stager has been charged with obstructing a law enforcement officer for allegedly beating a Metropolitan Police officer who was guarding an entrance of the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint that members of the MAGA mob who stormed the […]
No lollipops at the vaccination center, but they were giving out stickers. Bob Mondello/NPR hide caption toggle caption Bob Mondello/NPR It’s 8:45 a.m. on a weekday in Washington, D.C., and if anyone needs a reminder why the coronavirus vaccine is important, there’s one arriving at the Takoma Metro stop: an almost empty train pulling up to an almost empty subway platform at the height of rush […]
Russian oil giant Gazprom has resumed talks with the Saudi Arabian chemical manufacturer SABIC over the latter's co-investment in building a gas chemical complex in Serbia's northwestern peninsula of Yamal. A well-informed source told Russian newspaper Vedomosti that Gazprom had held talks with a number of representatives from SABIC in late December 2020, during which the Russian giant had proposed that the two companies "share the […]
One of president-elect Joe Biden’s top Department of Justice (DOJ) nominees previously expressed openness to packing the United States Supreme Court. Source link
Over the past week, President Trump has been kicked off of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and was blocked from e-commerce platform Shopify – all because of a pair of relatively benign tweets on January 8th, two days after the Capitol ‘riot’ in which a small group of Trump supporters and a BLM activist were allowed into the Capitol Building through an opened door. Trump’s ‘offending’ tweets: […]
MS-13, otherwise known as Mara Salvatrucha, is an international criminal organization considered one of the most notorious street gangs within the Western Hemisphere. The group originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1970s and gained notoriety over the decades for its ruthlessness as its reach extended across the US and Central America. Source link
“Miners are selling” is a popular trope used to explain bitcoin’s occasional downward price action. But on-chain data doesn’t support this narrative, according to analysts and mining pools themselves. After bitcoin’s correction earlier this week to the tune of nearly 30%, miners were a popular scapegoat. But miners have been extremely consistent in their selling habits for months, according to network data collected by Glassnode and analyzed […]
FLASHBACK: Hundreds Of Violent Left-Wing Rioters Smashed Windows, Set Limousine On Fire In Washington DC During President Trump’s Inauguration In 2017; Government Later Dropped ALL CHARGES Against The Rioters Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
The first office tower in Egypt's New Administrative Capital (NAC) has been completed, according to China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC). The C08 building, which is one of two twin towers (alongside the C07), had the final piece of its curtain wall installed earlier this month, making it "the first building to finish" in the NAC's Central Business District, said the CSCEC on its Egypt branch's […]
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed he is against ousting Rep. Liz Cheney from her position. | AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy rejects calls within the Republican Caucus to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from party leadership over her vote to impeach President Donald Trump, a McCarthy spokesperson confirmed to POLITICO on Thursday. A number of GOP members have demanded Cheney be ousted […]
Tech giant Google is under fire after it revealed that it blocked some Australian news sites from search results as part of an “experiment.” Critics call it a “chilling illustration” of the company’s stranglehold on internet search. Business Insider reports that the Silicon Valley tech giant Google is facing major criticism after it was revealed that the company removed some local news content from its search results in […]
WASHINGTON – In an eyebrow-raising statement, the acting undersecretary of the Navy complained about congressional oversight of Navy programs, suggesting that current leaders shouldn’t be held responsible for previous administrations’ failures. “You shouldn’t be held guilty for the sins of your parents,” Gregory Slavonic said, “and I think the Navy is being called to task because of [littoral combat ship] — that this administration had nothing […]
President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, “intervened” to stop the President from joining the free speech Twitter alternative Gab after he was banned from every major social media platform, according to a report from CNN. News w @Kevinliptakcnn — Jared Kushner blocked efforts by other aides including Johnny McEntee to get Trump on fringe social media platforms, like Gab, after he was suspended in some fashion from […]
What do you do when you’re not going to have millions of people coming to your inauguration in person – either due to Covid restrictions, or perhaps just plain old apathy? You enlist Hollywood elites to create a virtual reality to replace actual reality. This is what Joe Biden and Kamala Harris appear to be doing for their upcoming inauguration. In what is bound to be a snooze-fest, […]
Armie Hammer, who has called Trump a “racist” and bizarrely once referred to his rear end as cake, continues to face fallout from allegations of cannibal fantasies as an ex-girlfriend has come forward with a firsthand account. Following Hammer dismissing troubling online messages attributed to him fantasizing about cannibalism with partners “bulls**t claims,” ex-girlfriend Courtney Vucekovich has spoken up to say the messages are not at […]
(Natural News) Supporters of President Donald Trump, including those who did not vote for him, had the best champion of ‘the little guy and gal’ in the Oval Office in our lifetimes. And that’s the main reason why the political and media establishment hate him so much: It’s us they really hate, and they were incensed that the American people would ‘dare’ to make him our […]
While former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has reportedly slammed US President Donald Trump’s post-election remarks behind closed doors, she has publicly come to 45’s defense regarding Twitter’s decision to ban him from the platform, calling the move something that “happens in China, not our country.” Source link
A corporal with the Arkansas State Police attended the pro-Trump rally that preceded the deadly attack on the Capitol last Wednesday. And in a Facebook video discussing the event, the law-enforcement officer accuses D.C. police of busing in anti-fascists to quell the riots—a myth that D.C. police deny. She also appeared to cast doubt on the authenticity of bombs police said were found in Washington. Around […]
Jaime Harrison, seen here after conceding the South Carolina Senate election to Sen. Lindsey Graham on Nov. 3, is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be DNC chair. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Jaime Harrison, seen here after conceding the South Carolina Senate election to Sen. Lindsey Graham on Nov. 3, is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be DNC chair. Michael Ciaglo/Getty […]
When supporters of the soon-to-be ex-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Building in Washington DC last week, many things were revealed that day. We saw the lengths that Trump supporters would go to keep him in office, the fragility of American democracy, the shockingly limited security employed by the US government, and then the subsequent clampdown on aspects of free speech by big tech companies. One […]
“On the day of the riots, President Trump’s words incited violence, which led to the injury and deaths of Americans — including a Capitol Police officer — the desecration of the Capitol, and briefly interfered with the government’s ability to ensure a peaceful transfer of power,” Murkowski said. “Such unlawful actions cannot go without consequence and the House has responded swiftly, and I believe, appropriately, with […]
Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, chief of the Afghan Taliban, has instructed his top officials to “avoid second, third, and fourth marriage if there is no need.” Constant requests from Taliban officials for extra money to pay for multiple wives reportedly prompted the order. Voice of America News (VOA) obtained Akhundzada’s order, written in the Pashtun language, from two Taliban officials. They said they were instructed to share […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s new Long Range Anti-Ship Missile must go through more rigorous and realistic testing, according to the 2020 annual report from the director of operational test and evaluation. Citing “multiple hardware and software failures” in the first iteration of the LRASM missile, the DOT&E report calls on the Navy to put the new LRASM 1.1 through a rigorous testing process under realistic […]
When the headline hit last night – from a Biden aide – that Biden’s stimulus spendfest was $2 trillion (or some suggested $3 trillion), markets lurched – bond yields spiked, small caps surged, tech tumbled, the dollar rallied, gold dumped, and crypto rebounded further. By the end of the day session, gold and the dollar had retraced their moves while stocks, bonds, and crypto extended their […]
The story of superhero Captain America in the Marvel cinematic universe has come to an end in the iconic final Avengers movie, “Endgame”, bringing fans all over the world to tears. Or has it? Source link
One way the Chinese Communist Party influences the US is by infiltrating universities. Gang Chen, 56, was arrested and charged with grant fraud on Thursday for failing to disclose his work for the Chinese government to the US Department of Energy. Since 2013, Chen’s research at MIT has been funded by more than $19 million in US grants. The Justice Department announced the charges on Thursday […]
The Houthi rebel group was behind last month's deadly attack on Aden airport, Yemen's government announced on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. At least 28 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded as explosions rocked the airport on Dec. 30 just as Yemen's newly formed government arrived from neighboring Saudi Arabia. "The attack was carried out with three medium-range surface-to-surface missiles that were launched from a distance […]
Huawei has told its Chinese employees working in Europe that if they marry Westerners, they could face being fired or forced to leave the continent for “betrayal”, an investigation has found. A Huawei human resources handbook, entitled ‘West European Region Chinese Expatriates Assignment and Mobility Management Regulation’, said that employees who applied for, or were granted, permanent residence in a European country, or married an EU […]
President Donald Trump is the latest victim of Big Tech censorship, but one company saw the writing on the wall and managed to back up his Tweets prior to the purge. After the president was banned by Twitter last week, word quickly spread that his tweets still lived on an independent, alternative social media site called Gab. Nearly 3,000 of President Trump’s tweets have been archived […]
Authored by Michael Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge? Does a majority of the population think it worthwhile to take a good deal of trouble, in order to halt and, if possible, reverse the current drift toward totalitarian control of everything? If the United States of […]
Secret Service personnel assigned to guard the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were forbidden to use the pair’s 6.5 bathrooms, allegedly forcing them to rent an entire apartment at taxpayer expense. The president’s oldest daughter and her husband reportedly refused to allow their Secret Service detail to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms in their home, located in the upscale DC neighborhood […]
(Natural News) Today’s Situation Update for January 14th examines the two competing theories for the outcome of the rigged 2020 election. In one outcome, Trump has given up, Biden will be sworn in, and the United States of America will be plunged into a communist-controlled authoritarian police state that silences conservative dissent. Another theory is emerging, however, that claims the United States is in a military […]
A previous investigation into the Flint water crisis brought charges against several state officials in 2017; however, prosecutors eventually dropped the charges in 2019 when it was determined that the initial probe was mishandled. A new investigation was subsequently initiated. Source link
When the news broke last week that The Daily Wire, a right-wing Facebook publisher co-founded by Ben Shapiro that regularly traffics in misinformation, would be making its first foray into the movie biz with the acquisition of school shooting thriller Run Hide Fight, a number of crew members who worked on the film were caught by surprise. “Is there a way to remove your name from […]
Members of the Palestinian Prisoner Society stage a demonstration outside the International Committee of the Red Cross building, demanding the World Health Organization put pressure on Israeli authorities to vaccinate Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, in Gaza City, on Jan. 3. Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Members of the Palestinian Prisoner Society stage a demonstration […]
Turkey will send 20,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the country's top health official said yesterday. According to Anadolu's Northern Cyprus office, TRNC's Health Minister Ali Pilli said that the vaccines will be provided both by the European Union and Turkey. "Vaccines will arrive in Turkey soon. After arriving there [in Turkey], examinations and controls of the vaccines will […]
Telegram surpassed 500 million active users in January, according to a statement from Pavel Durov, the messaging app’s founder. Durov noted that 25 million people downloaded the platform in just 72 hours. The growth of Telegram’s user base comes as digital censorship from the world’s largest technology companies intensifies. Various news media outlets have linked the growth of Telegram’s user base with recent changes to WhatsApp’s privacy policy. […]
How can architecture serve the needs of culture and civilization? IMK Architects, a pioneer in urban design founded in 1957, answers that question with Auric Hall, its new project in Aurangabad, India. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Auric Hall serves as a landmark building for Aurangabad, an industrial smart city. The city itself was developed as part of a strategic development plan created by the […]
Authored by John Stossel, op-ed via Townhall.com, Is your child’s school open now? Probably not — because teachers unions say that reopening would “put their health and safety at risk.” They keep schools closed by lobbying and protesting. “If I die from catching COVID-19 from being forced back into Pinellas County Schools, you can drop my dead body right here!” shouts one demonstrator in my new video. […]
The mayor later attempted to downplay the momentarily embarrassing incident, insisting that he was not, actually, tied down. Source link
Alt-right extremist groups and a handful of personalities linked to last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol building received a bitcoin donation worth about $522,000 one month before the D.C. siege, according to crypto tracing firm Chainalysis. Chainalysis explained in a Thursday blog post that an unnamed French blogger sent 28.15 BTC to 22 wallets on Dec. 8. Nick Fuentes, the far-right internet personality whose livestream […]
Yemen's Houthi movement will not walk away from peace talks with the United Nations and Saudi Arabia despite the US decision to designate the Iran-aligned group as a foreign terrorist organisation, the Houthi chief negotiator told Reuters. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the designation, which will trigger sanctions against the movement and three of its leaders, will come into effect on Jan. 19 […]
Given that many Republicans oppose impeachment or think it’s not even constitutional once Trump has left office, it could be tough to get the cooperation Biden needs to handle a trial alongside Cabinet confirmations and begin work on a new coronavirus stimulus bill. Biden and Democrats say it’s critical to cut a deal that does both, but one single senator can disrupt any effort to multitask. […]
Apple says that it will invest $60 million to support minority entrepreneurs, a move that comes as part of a “racial equity and justice” project to challenge “systemic racism.” “There’s a lack of diversity among venture capital and banking funders,” said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, to Reuters. “We looked for where we thought there was opportunity for our resources to do […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday cleared the country’s largest-ever indigenous defense deal worth $6.5 billion for the purchase of 83 LCA MK1A Tejas light combat aircraft. The deal was approved by the government’s apex security body, the Cabinet Committee on Security, which is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The deal will see state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited manufacture 73 LCA MK1A Tejas fighter versions and […]
Turkey’s capital Istanbul could run out of water in the next 45 days if rain does not fall. Other major cities in the country also face the risk of running dry in the next few months. These circumstances are due to poor rainfall in the past year, leading to the country’s severest drought in over a decade. Istanbul alone is home to over 17 million people […]
By B.N. Frank Despite increasing COVID concerns and media coverage, not everybody wants to get a COVID vaccination, including health care workers who work in nursing homes. It is reasonable to be skeptical of vaccine safety – especially ones that are still considered to be “experimental.” CBS 60 Minutes segment, “The Swine Flu Fraud of ‘76” provides one very scary example of a vaccine having life-altering […]
As part of the post-COVID “new normal” in China, which has been heralded by many in the west for its lockdown policies, some citizens now have to scan a government tracking app before being allowed to re-enter their own homes. That’s according to a LockdownSceptics.org reader who has lived in China on and off since 2002 and owns a home and company there. According to the […]
Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns blog, There’s nothing easy about living through a political coup. The Big Tech firms long in cahoots with our government have been pushing a false narrative of evil MAGA-Nazis trying to undermine polite society for more than four years now. Suppression started with Milo Yiannopoulos, accelerated to include Alex Jones and InfoWars and reach a temporary peak […]
Former child actor Macaulay Culkin has lent his support to fans’ call to replace a cameo in his film ‘Home Alone 2’ by Donald Trump – a mere real estate tycoon at the time – with an adult version of Culkin himself. On Wednesday, the now-grown child actor tweeted his support for “digitally replacing” Trump’s brief appearance in the sequel to his hit ‘Home Alone’ with […]
(Natural News) Word is circulating that Apple is planning to remotely axe the Telegram app from users’ iPhones now that President Donald Trump and millions of free speech advocates have migrated there. The social media platform notified its users on Tuesday that the app surpassed 500 million monthly active users during the first week of January, with 25 million new users joining just in the previous […]
The House of Representatives cast their vote to impeach President Donald Trump, declaring that he was guilty of encouraging violence and endangering the security of the United States. He will now stand before the Senate to face charges of “incitement of insurrection” following the mass protesting which took place at the US Capitol. Source link
Politico is facing backlash on Thursday—both internally and externally—for handing over the keys to its signature news product for the day to Ben Shapiro, an oft-incendiary right-wing commentator. “We published a piece by a very prominent writer, provocateur, and podcaster. We stand by every word in there, it was very closely edited,” the outlet’s top editor Matt Kaminski said as part of his response to staffers […]
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on Thursday denounced Iran's "interventions" in the Middle East region, after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Reuters reports. Speaking at a joint news conference in Moscow with Lavrov, broadcast on Saudi TV, the Saudi minister said Tehran's proxy militias were obstructing a solution for the war in Syria. He also accused the Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen of […]
Twelve months ago today, the World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) reassured the world on the then-new coronavirus outbreak, uncritically repeating a message from the Chinese Communist Party that there was “no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission” of the virus. On January 14, 2020, as Coronavirus raged inside China and just one day after the first international case had been reported, the W.H.O. announced to the world that […]
By B.N. Frank Decades of research has proven that radiation exposure from cell towers and other sources of wireless is biologically harmful. In fact, for many years American firefighter unions have been opposed to cell towers and antennas being installed at their stations due to radiation health risks. Research continues to be published indicating the same results – exposure is harmful. Recently, a Dutch Court made […]
Chip equipment stocks soared on Thursday, and the Philly Semiconductor index surging to a new all time high, after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, disclosed massive capital spending plans up to $28 billion into capital spending this year which Bloomberg called “a staggering sum”, aimed at expanding its technological lead and constructing a plant in Arizona to serve key American customers. The […]
Developed by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Sputnik V was the first SARS-Cov-2 vaccine to be registered anywhere in the world. The vaccine has been pre-ordered by over a dozen nations, with dozens more expressing interest. Source link
In a move that could rapidly broaden the number of cryptocurrencies listed, Coinbase announced Thursday a new issuance portal called Asset Hub. “Today, Coinbase supports trading for over 40 crypto assets on our exchange and Coinbase Custody supports over 90 crypto assets,” the firm’s chief product officer, Surojit Chatterjee, wrote in a blog post. “Our directive is to list every compliant asset possible. Streamlining the listing […]
This is CNN. Don Lemon said Wednesday night that if you voted for Trump, you are with the Ku Klux Klan. “If you are on that side, you need to think about the side that you’re on. I am never on the side of the Klan — principled people, conservative or liberal – never on the Klan side…never on the Nazi side…” Don Lemon was actually […]
The US decision to declare Houthis rebels, who fought the central government in Yemen's civil, a "terrorist organisation" could negatively affect the political process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported. Lavrov said he hopes the move does not affect the political settlement in Yemen and he welcomed the formation of a new government in Yemen. He spoke at a news conference after meeting […]
But will she take a knee for it? Lady Gaga will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” during Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony next week, the president-elect’s inauguration committee has announced. In addition, Jennifer Lopez will perform during the ceremony, though organizers didn’t say what she will sing. Biden is scheduled to be officially sworn into office at noon ET on January 20. The #InaugurationDay ceremony lineup is here! Invocation […]
WASHINGTON — David Norquist will serve as acting secretary of defense for the start of the Biden administration, Defense News has learned. The Biden team has decided that Norquist, the current deputy secretary of defense, is the best choice to keep the day-to-day operations of the Defense Department running while Lloyd Austin, the retired Army general who is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the department, […]
The European bison’s population has increased sufficiently for it to be removed from IUCN’s list of vulnerable species. Thanks to long-term conservation work, the population has increased to more than 6,200, up from a 2003 figure of only 1,800. Rather than vulnerable, the European bison is now classified as “almost threatened.” Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Romania is the place to be if you’re a […]
Twitter’s stock price is collapsing after the company banned President Trump from its platform. Twitter hit a six-month high of nearly $56 a share before Christmas, but the recent purge of Trump triggered a stock sell-off that’s dropped the price to nearly $46 a share at the time of this writing. The company was suffering a similar collapse back in 2015 before Trump announced his presidential […]
President-elect Biden is scheduled to speak at 7:15pm tonight to outline his “vaccination and economic rescue legislative package”. As we noted late last night, there are a number of media reports regarding the potential size and details of that package, which vary considerably, even though the market’s attention was drawn to the largest one for obvious reasons. Fox example, the Washington Post reported the package could […]
A row has broken out over the replacement of Russia’s banned national anthem at major sporting events, with the commission of athletes receiving a mixed response to patriotic song ‘Katyusha’, which was popular during World War II. Commission members have officially brought the idea to the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), triggering a range of reactions from prominent athletes and public figures, some of whom adamantly oppose […]
(Natural News) Listening to liberals post-Jan. 6, one is left with the impression that Democrats are law and order loyalists who reject all forms of protest and unruliness. Before the false flag “siege” at the United States Capitol, however, these same leftists were all about posting bail for rioters and advancing “criminal justice reform” for looters because at that time it was primarily leftists creating all […]
David Norquist Reportedly Tapped to Lead Pentagon While Lloyd Austin Awaits Senate Confirmation Source link
A retired Pennsylvania firefighter accused of throwing a fire extinguisher at several law enforcement officers and a man photographed holding a Confederate flag inside the Capitol have been arrested for their roles in the MAGA riot last week. Robert Sanford, a 55-year-old from Chester, Pennsylvania, faces three felony charges, including assaulting a police officer, after he was allegedly caught on camera hurling the extinguisher as the […]
A screenshot from the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection allegedly shows gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller wearing an Olympic jacket while inside the Rotunda. He is facing three criminal counts: obstructing law enforcement, knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. U.S. District Court hide caption toggle caption U.S. District Court A screenshot from the Jan. 6 […]
US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has suggested that outgoing President Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting harmony between Arab countries and Israel. This comes despite Trump facing trial in the Senate after becoming the first US president to be charged with misconduct in office for a second time. The trial will be held after the president leaves office next Wednesday. Pompeo's […]
President-elect Joe Biden will tap current Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist to temporarily run the Pentagon while the new team awaits confirmation of a permanent DoD chief, according to four people familiar with discussions. Norquist, the Pentagon’s confirmed No. 2 since July 2019, would take over on Jan. 20 and run the Defense Department as acting chief until the Senate confirms retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin […]
In a recent thread on his own platform, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey discussed the recent suspension of President Donald Trump, stating that he believes it was the right decision and that the mass blacklisting of Trump by the Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe was not coordinated, writing “More likely: companies came to their own conclusions or were emboldened by the actions of others.” In a […]
Locally sourced bamboo and adobe bricks make up the new Meditation Cathedral & Sunset Sala, a cluster of organically shaped buildings on top of a hill in northern Chiang Mai. Commissioned by Khunying Noi, a member of the Thai royal family, the net-zero carbon project provides the client with a space to enjoy the sunset with loved ones as well as a meditation cathedral for the […]
By The Corbett Report Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: U.S. Capitol Overrun By Trump Supporters, Rational Discussion Ensues Story #2: Extremists Move to Secret Online Channels to Plan for Inauguration Day in D.C. Story #3: FDA Admits PCR […]
China’s Covid-driven export boom continued into December, pushing China’s trade surplus to a record high in the last month of 2020 and further bolstering what is already the world’s best-performing major (mercantilist) economy. Here are the details from the December data: Exports: 18.1% yoy, beating consensus of +15%, if a slowdown from November’s +21.1% yoy. Month-over-month export growth was +0.3% non-annualized in December vs. +5.1% in […]
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is the Pentagon’s do-it-all fighter platform, serving in three branches of the US military. It’s also the most expensive weapons platform ever made, with an estimated lifetime price tag of roughly $1.6 trillion, when accounting for procurement, operations and sustainment costs. Source link
Paxos is teaming up with Chainlink in a bid to make its asset-backed tokens more widely available across the decentralized finance (DeFi) market. The paxos standard (PAX) and paxos gold (PAXG) tokens are now available on Chainlink’s oracle network, according to a blog post shared early with CoinDesk. Chainlink operates as background pricing and data infrastructure for many DeFi projects and accounts for over 50% of […]
The identity of the policeman who shot Ashli Babbitt is still unknown after more than a week since the shooting. This goes against a recent measure passed in DC mandating more transparency in police shootings. We reported yesterday that the identity of the Capitol police shooter who shot and killed unarmed Ashli Babbitt at the Capital has yet to be released. Advertisement – story continues below […]
The Israeli District Planning and Building Committee in Jerusalem has announced its approval for the construction of a new US Embassy building in the city, AP has reported. The location of the new building will be on Hebron Road, a central thoroughfare, and not far from the current temporary embassy site. In a statement on Twitter, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum said that although another […]
We are usually used to seeing FORTE10 (one of the USAF Northrop Grumman RQ-4B “Global Hawk” based in Sigonella) carrying out missions over eastern Ukraine or over the Black Sea. But in the last time the American drone carried out the usual mission off the Crimea but then continued eastwards. After a surveillance flight over Georgia (not far from the borders with Armenia and Azerbaijan) is now making […]
CNN anchor Don Lemon said Wednesday night on his show that Americans who voted for President Donald Trump were on the side of “the Klan” and “Nazis.” Lemon said, “We’ve got to get down to the nitty-gritty of what this is. And it is about what I said, and I standby it, preserving whiteness in the worst possible way. If you find yourself, Chris, in a […]
While many big businesses and brands cause overwhelming environmental problems, Adidas works to clean up its act. In a bold move last January, Adidas acknowledged its contribution to plastic waste, noting the waste’s negative impacts on the world’s oceans. The brand followed up this acknowledgment with plans to move forward with the environment in mind. Adidas’s new Outdoor line stays true to this environmental commitment with […]
By MassPrivateI Are Americans ready for a national United States Postal Service (USPS) biometric criminal background check program? What initially started out as an employee criminal background screener program has morphed into a biometric criminal background check program for the public. In 2019, the USPS innocuously began installing fingerprint scanners in post offices so they could scan potential employees. The USPS used fingerprint scanners and the National […]
Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausevitz famously said that “war is a continuation of politics by other means.” I think we can reverse this: politics is war by other means. The ultimate aim of politics (in the narrow sense of the word; there’s a more elevated philosophical sense) is what Frederic Bastiat called “legal plunder.” Other thinkers have elaborated this […]
Love her or hate her, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest is moving markets. The firm’s ARKK Innovation ETF has been the topic of numerous reports here on Zero Hedge, where we have laid out the firm’s quick rise to fame – mostly as a result of Softbank gaming the NASDAQ with options and whatever the hell has been going on with Tesla stock over the last 18 months or […]
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to a hospital in Monaco for tests after suffering an irregular heart beat, his spokesman and doctor said on Thursday. According to Italian reports, the former PM was in Valbonne, France when he felt ill. His personal doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, saw the former premier on Monday and recommended he be admitted to a hospital in nearby Monaco […]
(Natural News) Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem around the world, with multiple strains of bacteria now showing adaptations designed to increase their protection against the drugs that have been formulated to kill them. One such pathogen is Helicobacter pylori, which, according to current data, is carried by around 4.4 billion people worldwide, although it is most common in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. H. […]