via CNN: Here’s the rundown: All flights down: All departing flights were canceled, and more than 70 arriving flights were also stopped. In the early evening, the airport was filled with confused and frustrated travelers who weren’t sure if their flights had been canceled or not. Protesters warn travelers: Thousands of protesters in the airport arrival hall … Read more
via americanthinker: If there was ever any doubt about the depth and extent of the deep-state coup against both candidate and President Donald J. Trump and the number of deep-state actors attempting to thwart the will of the American people, it vanished with the release of partially redacted copies of former Deputy Atty. Gen. Bruce Ohr’s … Read more
by John Ward In a special post today, The Slog sifts the evidence surrounding the verdict of suicide to explain Jeffrey Epstein’s death. The motive behind his arrest, detention and death may well have been clouded by deliberate media obsession with the celebrity sex aspect of the case. Epstein was probably arrested to embarrass Donald Trump. … Read more
MIAMI — Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide is a significant obstacle for federal prosecutors, who spent months painstakingly building a case against the multimillionaire who was charged in July with in New York federal court with sex trafficking of minors. Now, the dozen or more new victims who came forward after Epstein’s July arrest will never … Read more
by DCG Nancy Pelosi’s pinned tweet (as of Saturday afternoon): “House Democrats have accomplished so much already. So far we have taken action to… Defend Americans’ access to affordable health care and prescription drugs.” As reported by Fox News: The number of deaths from fentanyl overdoses in San Francisco jumped by nearly 150 percent last year, according to a … Read more
by DCG Oregon Governor Kate Brown More benefits for illegal aliens that Oregon tax-paying citizens will have to cough up. That’s what you get when you live in a sanctuary state. Excerpts from Oregon Live: “Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday signed what advocates are calling the nation’s most progressive paid family and medical leave measure, making the … Read more
Goldman Sachs lowered its fourth-quarter growth forecast by 20 basis points to 1.8%, citing a larger than-expected impact of recent trade war events. “The drivers of this modest change are that we now include an estimate of the sentiment and uncertainty effects and that financial markets have responded notably to recent trade news,” said Goldman … Read more
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by Michael Snyder Did Jeffrey Epstein commit suicide or was he murdered? This is a question that is being debated by millions of Americans right now, and without a doubt this is the biggest story of this news cycle. Unfortunately, the mainstream media is already dropping the ball. Instead of going wherever the evidence leads … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Here we go again: Cash-out refi hype is back full-blast, and for the first time since early 2006, people are doing it in large numbers (11 minutes).
by Michael Snyder Was there a conspiracy to kill Jeffrey Epstein? Over the past 24 hours, the mainstream media has been full of stories about the various “conspiracy theories” that have sprung up around Jeffrey Epstein’s death. And of course the term “conspiracy theory” has essentially become a shorthand way for the mainstream media to … Read more
Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, The always reliable NBC News has published an important and informative article titled “Russia-linked Twitter accounts promoted ‘doxxing’ over racial tension videos”, which uses fearless investigative insinuations and cutting-edge vagueness to inform readers that viral videos of Americans being racist are essentially a Russian fabrication. The article’s four authors boldly document the … Read more
The movie The Hunt was canceled after Trump tweets out about it. FEC complaint has been filed against Joaquin Castro. Judge allows libel suit against NPR related to Seth Rich to proceed. Trump and the patriots will use the FCC and FTC to fight the censorship on social media. Protest continue in France. JE has … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith The “traditionalist” Neocons are going to have to decide to fish or cut bait. I’ve been writing about the fracturing Deep State for the past five years: Is the Deep State Fracturing into Disunity? (March 14, 2014) Is the Deep State at War–With Itself? (December 14, 2016) Epstein and the Explosive Crisis of the … Read more
Bill Murphy, Chairman of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) is most bullish on silver. Murphy says, “For anyone that wants to get involved in precious metals, silver is going to be a home run. It actually just started. . . . Gold goes first because the physical market is tight. Then, the industry and … Read more
by Martin Armstrong Normally, I would not credit anything an Attorney General ever had to say about any case. However, Attorney General William Barr said Saturday: “I was appalled to learn that Jeffrey Epstein was found dead early this morning from an apparent suicide while in federal custody.” The only reason I credit his statement … Read more
by Martin Armstrong It did not take long – Epstein is dead as expected. No way would he be allowed to go to trial. He was denied bail after offering to pay for 24-hour guards and wearing a GPS bracelet. He was denied bail in order to ensure he would never go to trial. He was … Read more
by Simon Black Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most absurd and concerning stories we are following this week. Dad sued for slander because he criticized the education system Careful what you say about your kid’s public school curriculum. The company behind a controversial common core math program in North Carolina is … Read more
via commondreams: Civil liberties groups are warning of a major threat to online freedoms and First Amendment rights if a leaked draft of a Trump administration edict—dubbed by critics as a “Censor the Internet” executive order that would give powerful federal agencies far-reaching powers to pick and choose which kind of Internet material is and is not acceptable—is … Read more
Increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour could cost Wisconsin at least 350,000 jobs, according to a new report published by the conservative think tank, the Badger Institute. According to the analysis, “a high proportion of the state’s workers—fully 38 percent—earn less than $15 an hour. Our modeling suggests that almost one-third of this … Read more
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via mises: In 1984, as part of Ronald Reagan’s renewed war on drugs, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched Operation Pipeline. This program was inspired by the strategies employed by state troopers in New Mexico who, after pulling somebody over, asked specific questions designed to determine whether the driver might be a drug trafficker. Combined with the … Read more
Via NBCBayArea.com, How dirty is San Francisco? An NBC Bay Area Investigation reveals a dangerous mix of drug needles, garbage, and feces throughout downtown San Francisco. The Investigative Unit surveyed 153 blocks of the city – the more than 20-mile stretch includes popular tourist spots like Union Square and major hotel chains. The area – bordered … Read more
Reason.com’s Mike Riggs talks with Illinois Policy Institute’s Adam Schuster about how to fix the state’s pension debt crisis… Illinois is running out of time to fix its public sector pension problem. A new report from Moody’s Investors Service identified the Prairie State as one of the two most likely to suffer during an economic downturn. Illinois … Read more
