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Washington’s Blog – by Carl Herman
Just as 2008 candidate Obama, Trump evokes “hope for change” as in these five minutes:
Continue reading “5-minute video: Will Trump/Pence continue .01% rogue state lies, looting, wars, or fulfill their promise of Truth? Will ‘We the People’ demand Truth no matter what ‘leaders’ do?”
Kathryn Stellmack expects the world from Donald Trump.
After listening to his speeches and casting her vote for him, she expects Trump to toughen immigration laws, restore lost jobs, upend a corrupt political system, build a wall on the border, and be, as the millionaire put it, the “greatest jobs president that God has ever created.” Continue reading “Supporters to Trump: break campaign promises at your peril”
Jerusalem (AFP) – US president-elect Donald Trump pledged Friday to work for a “just, lasting peace” between Israel and the Palestinians, in his first public message on the issue since his upset victory.
“I believe that my administration can play a significant role in helping the parties to achieve a just, lasting peace,” Trump said in a message published by the Israel Hayom newspaper. Continue reading “Trump to work for ‘just, lasting’ Mideast peace”
Two days after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, two Portlanders have submitted a petition for a 2018 ballot initiative to have Oregon secede from the United States.
On Thursday morning, Jennifer Rollins, a lawyer, and Christian Trejbal, a writer, filed the Oregon Secession Act. Continue reading “After Donald Trump victory, Oregonians submit ballot proposal to secede from the union”
Wall Street Journal – by Carol E Lee
WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama met for the first time Thursday, with the incoming president saying he has “great respect” for Mr. Obama and plans to seek his counsel while in office, a dramatic shift from searing criticism of his predecessor during the 2016 campaign.
Messrs. Obama and Trump met at the White House for 90 minutes, more than an hour longer than planned, during which they discussed a range of domestic and foreign policy issues and organizational logistics about life in the White House. Continue reading “Obama, Trump Talk Policy Issues in First Meeting”
Despite having only been elected in the early hours of this morning, the Republican candidate is already facing his first major decision over calls for Mr Assange to be cleared over sex assault allegations.
WikiLeaks has long sought to expand privacy rights and has strongly opposed secret wiretaps, drone strikes, and the Guantánamo Bay prison facility. Continue reading “Is Trump about to help pardon Assange? Shock calls after WikiLeaks release Clinton e-mails”
Bad news for anyone looking to relocate to our neighbor to the north after last night’s election results: Canada doesn’t want you.
Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign manager on Wednesday said there has been no discussion of an appointment of a prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton’s past practices while serving as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state, a threat Trump made in an election debate.
Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence are “looking to unify the country, but we haven’t discussed that in recent days, and I think that it’s all in due time,” campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said on MSNBC when asked about the appointment of a prosecutor. Continue reading “Trump aide says no decision on Clinton prosecutor, now focused on unity”
At end of video, about 3 min. left, Jones says,”Eventually there hits a point when I go to Switzerland and all you dumb asses can sit here and go to hell.” Thanks for letting us know where to find you, AJ.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on his election as US president on Wednesday and called him “a true friend of the state of Israel.”
“President-elect Trump is a true friend of the state of Israel, and I look forward to working with him to advance security, stability and peace in our region,” the right-wing premier said in a statement. Continue reading “Netanyahu congratulates Trump, a ‘true friend’ of Israel”
Outpost of Freedom – by Gary Hunt
But when long trains of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide for new guards for their future security.
Declaration of Independence – July 4, 1776
This revised version of Sons of Liberty #14, first published on August 22, 1995, is focused on two of the forms of dissolution of government that John Locke wrote of in his Second Treatise of Government, Chapter 19. Those forms, the second and third, are the ones that are quite demonstrable in the current presidential election, and are the most subversive form of dissolution. Continue reading “Liberty or Laws – Who Are the Enemy? – The Government?”
PIX 11 – by ASHLEY SOLEY-CERRO
MIDTOWN EAST, Manhattan — Two topless Donald Trump protestors were detained after crashing the Republican presidential candidate’s polling center in Manhattan Tuesday morning. Continue reading “Topless protestors crash Donald Trump’s Manhattan polling place”
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — Police are investigating after a body was found in the Russian Consulate Tuesday morning.
Officers responded to a 911 call of an unconscious man inside 9 East 91st Street on the Upper East Side around 7 a.m. Continue reading “Dead Body Found In Russian Consulate”
(Washington DC) – Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement regarding developments during today’s court hearing concerning Judicial Watch’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking emails sent or received by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in her official capacity during her tenure as secretary of state: Continue reading “State Dept. has up to 31,000 Pages of New Clinton Records from the FBI’s Investigation; Wants Five Years to Process Them”
Universities across the nation are striving to help students cope with the stress of Election Day, such as offering tips on managing anxieties and events to help absorb election results.
Take Virginia Commonwealth University, which posted a six-point guide on how to “cope with election stress.” Continue reading “Universities help students cope with Election Day stress”
CNS News – by Terence P. Jeffrey
The United States lost 9,000 manufacturing jobs in October while gaining 19,000 jobs in government, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Government employment grew from 22,216,000 in September to 22,235,000 in October, according to BLS, while manufacturing jobs dropped from 12,267,000 to 12,258,000.
The 22,235,000 employed by government in the United States now outnumber the 12,258,000 employed in manufacturing by 9,977,000. Continue reading “Government Workers Now Outnumber Manufacturing Workers by 9,977,000”
Getting free of the “Income” tax scheme is as easy as falling off a bike.