Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

Two Kentucky Constables (police officers as they’re known in some states) exchanged gunfire last Friday with FBI agents who were attempting to serve a search warrant. One unnamed FBI agent and Pulaski County Fourth District Constable Gary Baldock were both injured by the gunfire after the FBI says Baldock opened fire on them outside his residence. The FBI agent was serving an arrest warrant on Baldock for his repeated alleged violations of the Constitution.  Continue reading “Cop Shoots FBI Agent Who Was Arresting Him for Conspiracy Against the Constitution”

Big League Politics – by Richard Moorehead

An Illinois mayor has signed an executive order taking up wide-ranging emergency powers that she claims gives her the authority to halt the sale of all firearms and ammunition. The declaration is being framed as a response to the Chinese coronavirus.  Continue reading “Illinois Mayor May Ban Guns, Firearms Sales Over Coronavirus Panic”

Daily Mail

White House coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Friday morning that the current state of crisis in the US would last for two months and that ‘it’s all on the table’ in terms of how much more severe things may become.

In a series of interviews with Good Morning America and CBS This Morning, Fauci gave his bleak assessment of what is still to come.  Continue reading “White House coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says complete US shutdown is ‘on the table’ and warns the crisis could last TWO MONTHS”

Federalist Papers – by Erin Coates

Police officers launched pepper balls into a crowd of disorderly University of Dayton students who had flooded neighborhood streets after the school announced it was canceling in-person classes until at least early April in response to the coronavirus.

Dayton Police and the University of Dayton Police had responded to a report of a crowd of over 1,000 people who refused to leave Lowes Street late Tuesday, WHIO-TV reported. Continue reading “Dayton Students Flood Streets After Campus Shut Down Over Coronavirus, Police Shoot ‘Pepper Balls’”

Breitbart – by Victoria Friedman

The European Commission has said that the European Union “disapproves” of President Donald Trump’s decision to protect his citizens from further foreign exposure to coronavirus by banning entry from most of the bloc’s countries without having consulted with Brussels, first.

President Trump announced the 30-day ban on Wednesday which will go into effect on Friday. The ban is limited to mainland Europe, specifically the countries in the visa-free travel area known as the Schengen Zone, like France, Germany, and Sweden.  Continue reading “‘The EU Disapproves’: Brussels Angry Trump Acted on Coronavirus Without Their Permission”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

California gun sales are surging as Asian Americans arm up to defend themselves, should they be targeted by people angry over the existence of the Corona virus.

CBS LA reports that gun stores in San Gabriel Valley are seeing gun sales skyrocket. Stores such as Arcadia Firearm & Safety are seeing “10 times” as many customers as usual, and store owner David Liu says it is because of fears caused by the Corona virus.  Continue reading “CA Gun Sales Surge for Asian Americans Fearing Attacks over Corona Virus”

CNBC

Cryptocurrency markets plunged following a plummet in oil prices and further sell-off in stocks.

The market capitalization or entire value of cryptocurrencies was down $26.43 billion from a day earlier at around 1:17 p.m. Singapore time, according to data from Coinmarketcap.com. The sell-off worsened as the day went on.  Continue reading “Over $26 billion wiped off cryptocurrency market in 24 hours after massive oil price plunge”

Chicago Tribune

Erik Prince, the security contractor with close ties to the Trump administration, has in recent years helped recruit former American and British spies for secretive intelligence-gathering operations that included infiltrating Democratic congressional campaigns, labor organizations and other groups considered hostile to the Trump agenda, according to interviews and documents.

Continue reading “Erik Prince, Blackwater founder and Betsy DeVos’ brother, recruits ex-spies to infiltrate liberal groups — including campaigns and unions”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

New Jersey police arrested 25-year-old Roosevelt Twyne for “illegally” carrying a firearm and possessing so-called “hollow point ammunition.”

The Washington Free Beacon spoke to Twyne’s attorney, Evan Nappen, who said Twyne is a security guard with a permit to carry a gun. Continue reading “Report: New Jersey Cops Arrest Security Guard for Permitted Pistol, ‘Lawful’ Ammo”

Breitbart – by Neil Munro

The government is sending 160 soldiers to help border agents block the migrant surge that is expected if the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down the Migrant Protection Protocols.

The MPP program has sent roughly 60,000 migrants back into Mexico, prior to their eventual asylum hearings in the United States. The return policy deters migration by preventing migrants from getting the U.S. jobs they need to repay their smuggling loans — unless they eventually win their backlogged courtroom claims. Continue reading “Pentagon Sends Troops to California Border amid Fears of Border Rush”

Breitbart – by Joel B Pollak

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won Israel’s elections this week — and may soon be ousted from power.

The country’s left-wing parties, frustrated that they cannot unseat Netanyahu at the ballot box, have combined to put forward a bill — after the election — that establishes a two-term limit for prime ministers, and that bars anyone who is facing criminal indictment from forming a government.  Continue reading “Netanyahu Faces Legislative Coup d’État in Israel”

Breitbart

Tehran (AFP) — An adviser to Iran’s foreign minister who took part in the 1979 U.S. embassy hostage crisis has died from coronavirus, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Hossein Sheikholeslam, “a veteran and revolutionary diplomat” died late Thursday, IRNA said. Continue reading “Adviser to Iran’s Foreign Minister Dies of Coronavirus”

TeleSur, September 1, 2016

U.S.-based Coca-Cola company along with more than 50 other companies were accused by Colombian courts of financing terrorism for their ties to the now-disbanded paramilitary organization, United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a fact trade union leaders have been denouncing for decades.

The cases against the companies will be heard in a transitional justice tribunal after the peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the government is signed. Continue reading “Flashback: Coca-Cola Accused of Funding Colombian Death Squad”

CN Tech Post

Beijing Ditan Hospital affiliated to the Capital Medical University said on March 4 that the first patient with novel coronavirus pneumonia complicated with encephalitis was discharged from the hospital on February 25.

Liu Jingyuan, director of the ICU at the Hospital, presided over the treatment of the patient. He reminded that patients with conscious disturbances must consider the possibility that the virus may attack the central nervous system. Continue reading “A Beijing hospital confirms coronavirus attacks central nervous system”

Breitbart – by Oliver JJ Lane

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered the seizure of all stocks and future production of medical face masks in the face of a growing threat from Coronavirus, and a spate of looting of masks from medical facilities.

The China-origin Coronavirus, which has already killed a known 3,190 people worldwide is becoming more established in Europe, with worst-impacted nation Italy’s death toll standing at 79. Neighbouring France has seen a comparatively modest four deaths, but the French government hasn’t baulked at launching a series of sweeping measures under the guise of public health. Continue reading “Coronavirus: French Government Seizes All Stocks of Face Masks, Thousands Stolen From Hospitals”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Iran now officially confirms at least 2,336 coronavirus cases and 77 dead, while members of parliament have been hit hard. Tehran officials have now revealed that 23 parliament members have been confirmed for the virus, suggesting much bigger numbers of infected nationwide, after multiple reports alleged the Islamic Republic is hiding its true numbers, or at least refusing to test. Continue reading “23 Iran MPs & Head Of Emergency Medical Services Confirmed For Coronavirus”

Breitbart – by Penny Starr

Although the media are focused on the coronavirus and the two fatalities that have taken place in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), influenza and related pneumonia are widespread across the country.

“CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 32 million flu illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths from flu,” the CDC’s weekly Influenza Surveillance Report said as of February 22, 2020. Continue reading “CDC: 32 Million Americans Ill with Flu This Season, 18,000 Deaths”