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https://twitter.com/NewsAlternative/status/1213907705309433856 “The vast majority of people being held last night were American citizens,” Crystal said. “We kept asking why we were being detained and asked questions that had nothing to do with our reason for traveling and was told ‘I’m sorry this is just the wrong time for you guys.’” https://thewatchtowers.org/this-is-alarming-iranian-americans-reportedly-detained-asked-about-political-views-at-us-border/ “Social media posts that … Read more

Earlier, the opposition leader announced his bid for reelection as speaker of the semi-defunct National Assembly legislature, as the Venezuelan political crisis he helped initiate approaches its one year anniversary. Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed ‘president’ Juan Guaido has been removed from his post as chief of the National Assembly, multiple Venezuelan media outlets have … Read more

These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless! These Media Posts will serve as notification to the … Read more

Following the death of Soleimani, it seems like nearly the entire DC / academia / journo natsec/forpol commentariat has penned variations on exactly the same essay: the President has acted hastily, has no plan, and isn’t capable of envisioning or handling what happens next. The template was established by Ben Rhodes on Twitter a few … Read more

Biden ‘100 percent’ supports nationwide plastic bag ban. Earlier: Biden Obliviously Tells Press that Fossil Fuel Execs Should Be Jailed. Related: Ruthless Joe Biden Admits He’ll Sacrifice Hundreds of Thousands of Blue-Collar Workers for His Green Dream. More: The Obama era was all about managing America’s decline, and Joe Biden wants to take us back to it.   … Read more

Iran has threatened to attack the White House in response to President Donald Trump’s warning that any strike on American interests in the region will bring massive retaliation. ‘We can attack the White House itself, we can respond to them on the American soil. We have the power, and God willing we will respond in … Read more

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by Playaguy The official Bureau of Labor Department statistics show that the median earnings of full-time female workers is 77 percent of the median earnings of full-time male workers. But that is very different than “77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men.” The latter gives the impression that a man … Read more

by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: In his new “Frank Talk” column, U.S. Funds CEO Frank Holmes ranks his May interview with your secretary/treasurer among his five most popular financial interviews this year. Holmes calls it “a must-read for anyone seeking information on the gold market that traditional financial … Read more

Omgawd look at the meltdown! Lost my Schiff!😂🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/x03ptaVjWw — Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) January 3, 2020

Iran’s state television reported that the country will no longer abide by any of the limits of its 2015 nuclear deal. The announcement came Sunday night after another Iranian official said it would consider taking even-harsher steps over the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Friday in Baghdad. State TV cited a statement … Read more

Amid a slew of problems. By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: Italy could be on the verge of approving rules that would make it much easier and cheaper to revoke highway concessions. And that could be very bad news for Autostrade per l’Italia (ASPI), the private toll road operator that controls more than half of Italy’s aging toll roads … Read more