On Wire

by Mark Angelides If it seems like people’s politics are diametrically opposed based on where they fall on the spectrum, it is because of messaging, not because of aims or beliefs. Should we just consider the rank and file voters (not the agenda driven extremists who all too often seem to end up in positions … Read more

by Mark Angelides New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie has just shot down a bill that would have protected potentially thousands of young children being married off to older men. The law would have enforced a “blanket ban” on marriage for anyone under the age of 18 and was designed to protect vulnerable children from what … Read more

by Pamela Williams   Hal Martin, 51, was arrested in late August after the FBI executed a search warrant and found huge volumes of classified information strewn through his home office and car.  Hal was a NSA employee, who had a bad habit of hoarding.  He would take papers home with him (just as Huma Abedin … Read more

by Michael Snyder Politics has become a very dirty game in America, and if you don’t know how to play the game, the game is going to play you. Donald Trump and Seth Rich are both victims of this cold, hard reality, and hopefully what has happened to them will help the American people understand … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jksAyDwLDFc News media blackout over Seth Rich revelations The story that many conservative media considered a “bombshell” Tuesday didn’t even register as a blip on the screens of CNN, ABC and CBS. All three of the networks completely ignored the revelations by a private investigator that DNC staffer Seth Rich, who was shot dead last … Read more

By Michael Snyder Next month, citizens of Puerto Rico are going to vote on statehood, and the absolutely devastating economic collapse that is gripping the island could be enough to push pro-statehood forces over the edge to victory.  Of course Congress has the final say on whether Puerto Rico becomes a state or not, but … Read more

by Robert Carbery Everyone needs to take a deep breath and relax. Trump is not Hitler and nowhere near a threat to our democracy. The checks and balances are in full effect and not under assault.   But you won’t hear that narrative watching the mainstream media and cable news or reading The New York … Read more

Lucian told VICE News: I think the vast majority that has recently gained entry to the White House of new media is somewhat controversial only to the old guard media. Very frequently I will overhear them disparaging the press secretary, disparaging Trump before the press briefing even starts. So to add diversity of opinion and … Read more

Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the continued developing story regarding Home Capital Group as it crashes and burns following massive losses. This has become one of the biggest bank runs in Canadian history and the biggest bank run in decades. Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau is not ruling out … Read more

by Pamela Williams Jack Posobiec is the Washington Bureau Chief of @TheRebelTV.  He is making a name for himself with his groundbreaking news stories.  As he says, this is a developing story, and a very important one.  He tweets: https://twitter.com/jackposobiec/status/863112363578462212 FBI source tells me Comey dropped the Susan Rice unmasking investigation bc it would have implicated … Read more

Sources: https://goo.gl/UpprQe In This Episode: Want to buy a $1 Million home but you only make $30,000 per year? No problem. Canada’s housing market is right for you. All you need is a down payment of 1.5% to be living large in Canada. Hurry before prices rise even further. Join the club. real estate house … Read more

Family’s Private Investigator:  There is evidence Seth Rich had contact with WikiLeaks prior to his murder. WASHINGTON – It has been almost a year since Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was murdered in the nation’s capital. There have been no solid answers about why he was killed until now. Rich was shot and killed last July in Northwest … Read more

Judge Napolitano: “Justice Scalia told me that he often thought the court was being surveilled. And he told me that probably four or five years ago. If they had to unmask Senator Paul’s name to reveal a conversation he was having with a foreign agent and the foreign agent was hostile to the United States … Read more

by Mark Angelides Once again, the media and political classes have seized onto a story that they claim could “Topple the Presidency”. Headlines declare that Donald Trump has effectively leaked secrets to the Russians, and that this is the biggest disaster of his short service. Calls for impeachment will not be long in coming. But … Read more

by Mark Angelides When teachers begin asking children about their parents’ political beliefs and affiliations, the problem of State interference has gone too far. And when children are encouraged to be ashamed of their parents’ beliefs, it has all too many ramifications and reminders of modern history’s political purges and darkest days. This is not … Read more

by Michael Snyder Are you sick and tired of being betrayed by politicians that use the conservative label to get votes but then never actually act like conservatives once they get into office? As a voter, this is something that has deeply frustrated me for decades. On the federal level, there are a few dozen … Read more

Throughout the 2016 presidential election, Democrats attacked the current federal minimum wage as a “starvation wage,” but according to a new lawsuit, they paid their own workers less than the amount currently mandated by law. “I think everyone’s reaction is the same. It’s obscene,” Justin Swidler, a Philadelphia attorney representing between 40 and 50 “field … Read more

by cmiovino I was talking to a friend the other day about workplace training and other BS like ‘stocks will go to the moon and beyond’. Her job specifically is a credit analyst for mortgages. She tells me their latest one was huddling everyone into a room and explaining via maps how the housing market … Read more

By Michael Snyder The recklessness of the “too big to fail” banks almost doomed them the last time around, but apparently they still haven’t learned from their past mistakes.  Today, the top 25 U.S. banks have 222 trillion dollars of exposure to derivatives.  In other words, the exposure that these banks have to derivatives contracts … Read more