Politico – by Louis Nelson

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington of corruption, but now that he’s preparing to move into the White House, Newt Gingrich said the Manhattan billionaire is looking to distance himself from that message.

“I’m told he now just disclaims that. He now says it was cute, but he doesn’t want to use it anymore,” the former House Speaker and close Trump adviser said of the “drain the swamp” message in an NPR interview published Wednesday morning. “I’ve noticed on a couple of fronts, like people chanting ‘lock her up,’ that he’s in a different role now and maybe he feels that as president, as the next president of the United States, that he should be marginally more dignified than talking about alligators in swamps.”   Continue reading “Gingrich: Trump backing away from ‘drain the swamp’”

Yahoo News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Search warrant documents released on Tuesday related to the probe of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s private email setup stirred fresh controversy about the FBI’s decision to revive the investigation days before the Nov. 8 election.

The materials, which related to a search warrant issued after Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey on Oct. 28 informed Congress of the emails, were ordered released on Monday by U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel in Manhattan.   Continue reading “FBI search warrant stirs renewed focus on revived Clinton probe”

The Telegraph

Turkey blamed the murder of Russia’s ambassador to the country on a US-based a cleric on Tuesday, as both Ankara and Moscow vowed the killing would not undermine a fragile alliance between them.

Turkey’s foreign minister on Tuesday told John Kerry, the U.S. Secretary of State, that Ankara and Moscow believe followers of Fethullah Gulen were behind the killing of Andrei Karlov on Monday.     Continue reading “Turkey claims followers of US-exiled cleric killed Russian ambassador”

Mint Press News

MINNEAPOLIS — Propaganda about conditions in Aleppo, including photos recycled from other incidents in other places, is spreading online amid efforts to justify war on the Syrian government.

Even mainstream media sources and humanitarian organizations admit that reports of atrocities in the besieged Syrian city are often unverifiable rumors.   Continue reading “Fake ‘Aleppo Genocide’ Pics Spread Online Amid Renewed Calls For ‘Humanitarian’ War On Syria”

The Anti-Media – by Carey Wedler

 According to an unsubstantiated article by the Washington Post, anonymous CIA officials have confirmed that the Russian government hacked the United States election to favor Donald Trump. Though it’s entirely possible the Russian government attempted to influence the election, the Post has been widely criticized — for the second time in a month — for its failure to follow basic journalistic practices. Nevertheless, the narrative is sticking.

But the outlet’s behind-the-scenes relationship with the CIA is nothing new. In 2013, a conflict of interest arose shortly after Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, purchased the newspaper. As the Nation reported at the time:   Continue reading “The CIA, Washington Post, and Russia: What You’re Not Being Told”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

Russian Ambassador Ambassador Andrei Karlov has been shot dead in Turkey. Initial reports indicate the assassin is a Turkish police officer.

The assassination comes just days before Russia was set to host a meeting on the Syrian crisis with Turkish officials.   Continue reading “Uncensored RAW VIDEO: Russian Ambassador Shot Dead In Turkey”

Sent to us by the author, Jane Grey

After more than two years, Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 is still missing and not even a logical explanation for its disappearance on March 8, 2014, can be found.  A few months later, on July 17, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine…and blamed on Russia.  Two Malaysian flights taken out in the span of four months.

Let’s take a peek at some of the events leading up to these tragedies.  I will list some links to articles that could possibly confirm a link between the two flights as well as expose those who may be responsible for their fate.    Continue reading “Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 and Malaysian Airlines Flight 17: Connecting The Dots”

The Last Bastille Blog – by Kyle Reardon

“A typical ‘traffic stop’ involves a man dressed up like a ‘cop’ committing numerous crimes against his victim. I mean crimes in the lay or laymen’s sense of the words, not in the so-called ‘legal’ sense. These are not considered to be crimes because, in ‘Legal Land,’ it’s not false imprisonment, it’s called an ‘investigative detention’ or some equally inane political label. Nothing has changed except the label or opinion that’s been added to it. The political or statist ‘Legal Land’ words cover up the real issue and distort reality. That reality is someone is taking my property through physical violence, threats, and organized coercion.”   Continue reading “Extraconstitutional #7: Do You Have the Right to Travel?”

Reuters

A truck plowed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring up to 50 others, police said.

German media, citing police at the scene, said first indications pointed to an attack on the market, situated at the foot of the ruined Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, which was kept as a bombed-out ruin after World War Two.   Continue reading “Truck plows into crowd at Berlin Christmas market, nine dead”

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Tax Revolution Institute – by Guillermo Jimenez

What once could be criticized as disregard for the American taxpayer can now only be viewed as disdain.

More evidence of the Internal Revenue Service’s frivolous spending continues to be unearthed, and the picture it paints of the agency’s wasteful habits has gone from ludicrous to obscene.   Continue reading “Senate Report Finds IRS Agents Living Large on the Public’s Dime”

BBC News

A Turkish policeman has shot dead Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, apparently in protest at Russia’s involvement in Aleppo.

Several other people were reportedly also injured in the attack, a day after protests in Turkey over Russian support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The killer, who was in civilian clothes, opened fire at point blank range as Mr Karlov made a speech.    Continue reading “Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov shot dead in Ankara”

Sent to us by a reader: Work with a guy from Ely. Legal to sell ciscoes for bait, don’t know if went after fish just to snag his records or what. Owner has two DVRs piggybacked to the recorder hooked up to his 15 cameras, so vid will probably come out. Last summer USFS tried spraying for bugs, locals shot and severely damaged the two planes, one had to be trucked out. They are really going after the local mines, fishing and such.

Duluth News Tribune – by Sam Cook

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents raided the Great Outdoors Bait Shop in Ely on Dec. 1, seizing more than 6,000 ciscoes along with the shop’s computer files, tax records and banking records, said Jim Maki, the shop’s owner.

Continue reading “Federal agents raid Ely bait shop, seize thousands of ciscoes”

Truth About Guns – by John Boch

President Obama has about one month left in office and he’s throwing lots of pooh against the wall to see if he can get something to stick.  The latest handful of smelly excrement?  America’s Greatest Gun Salesman ever (even CNN agrees) has sent the United Nation’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to the U.S. Senate for one final (desperate) effort at securing its ratification.  Of course, the incoming administration will flush it down the commode for good if Obama fails.

The UN’s ATT includes, per the NRA:   Continue reading “Obama Sends UN’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) To Senate for Ratification”

RT

The evacuation of militants out of eastern Aleppo has been halted after they broke the terms of the truce struck with the government, RT correspondent Lizzie Phelan reports from the scene, citing a Syrian Army official.

According to a senior Syrian general in Aleppo, the militants tried to bring heavy weapons out with them instead of light weapons which were allowed, violating the terms of the agreement with the Syrian authorities.   Continue reading “E. Aleppo evacuations halted after militants break truce terms”

WTKR News 3

A US oceanographic vessel Thursday had its underwater drone stolen by a Chinese warship literally right in front of the eyes of the American crew, a US defense official told CNN Friday.

In the latest encounter in international waters in the South China Sea region, the USNS Bowditch was sailing about 100 miles off the port at Subic Bay when the incident occurred, according to the official.
Continue reading “US Defense official: Chinese warship stole US underwater drone”

USA Today – by Alison Young

Because of yet another mix-up with bioterror pathogens, a federal terrorism response training center in Alabama says it mistakenly exposed more than 9,600 firefighters, paramedics and other students to a deadly toxin over the past five years.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Center for Domestic Preparedness blames an outside laboratory for a series of shipping errors since 2011 that resulted in the first-responder training center using in its classes a potentially lethal form of ricin powder. The poison, made from castor beans, is capable of killing at small doses.   Continue reading “Emergency trainees mistakenly exposed to deadly ricin”

The Daily Caller – by Caroline May

The number of migrants apprehended illegally entering the United States via the Southwest border continued to rise in November, according to data released Thursday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Last month, Border Patrol apprehended a daily average of nearly 1,574 border crossers — or a total of 47,214 — attempting to enter the country illegally. Since July, the number of attempted illegal border crossings has been on the rise, on top of already elevated numbers. November’s totals were the highest seen at the U.S.-Mexico border since June 2014, when 57,862 migrants were apprehended illegally crossing into the U.S.   Continue reading “Record Surge Continues At Border: Over 1,570 Apprehended Per Day Last Month”

PJ Media – by Debra Heine

Jill Stein’s recount efforts in Michigan have uncovered what looks like systemic election fraud in Detroit, where roughly 95% of the votes cast were cast for Hillary Clinton. Sixty percent of precincts in Wayne County had to be disqualified from the statewide recount because of “irregularities.” According to Fox News judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano, those irregularities look “organized” and “government involved.”

County records prepared at the request of The Detroit News after ballot irregularities were discovered revealed that 37 percent of Detroit precincts registered more votes than voters during the election.   Continue reading “Judge Napolitano: Election Fraud in Detroit Looks ‘Organized, and Government Involved’”

Reuters

China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported, citing new satellite imagery.

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies said its findings, made available first to Reuters on Wednesday, come despite statements by the Chinese leadership that Beijing has no intention to militarize the islands in the strategic trade route, where territory is claimed by several countries.   Continue reading “China installs weapons systems on artificial islands: U.S. think tank”