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Seattle Times – by Daniel Beekman
The Seattle City Council on Monday voted to create a $1 million legal-defense fund for immigrants whom the federal government attempts to deport.
And the Metropolitan King County Council approved $750,000 for immigrant and refugee programs, including $300,000 for the defense of people in immigration court.
Continue reading “Seattle, King County councils approve $1.3 million in legal aid for immigrants”
In the few months that President Donald J. Trump has been in office, Democrats and their allies in the liberal media have been trying their best to delegitimize his presidency.
From questioning the validity of the election results, to spreading conspiracy theories that Russia “hacked” the election, Democrats will stop at nothing to take away the authority the American people gave President Trump on Election Day. Continue reading “Presidents to Have Say in Removal of Future Presidents”
Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish
Prior to the U.S. invasion and occupation that sent production and cultivation skyrocketing 35-fold in just the first 13 years, the Taliban had successfully decimated the opium poppy crop in Afghanistan.
Nearly 16 years later, Afghanistan’s lucrative drug trafficking business is still roaring along unhindered, and — with U.S. troops literally guarding the occupied nation’s 90-percent share of the world’s opium supply — potential competitors rightly seemed scarce. Continue reading “North Korea Is a Large Opium Producer Just Like Afghanistan — But That’s None of Your Business”
America’s continual aggression towards North Korea is not based on any alleged human rights abuses but rather because that nation is an openly declared enemy of the state of Israel, and has long been identified by the Jewish Lobby as a target for destruction along with Iraq, Iran, and Syria, an investigation by the New Observer has shown. Continue reading “Behind The “Crisis:” Jewish Lobby Vs. North Korea”
Just when a few hours had passed without any escalation around the Korean Peninsula, The Guardian reports that the US military is considering shooting down North Korean missile tests as a show of strength to Pyongyang according to two sources briefed on the plans.
As the USS Carl Vinson heads towards the peninsula, along with two oither carriers, the Pentagon is looking for ways short of war to pressure North Korea into denuclearization, particularly if Pyongyang goes forward with an anticipated sixth nuclear test. Continue reading “Pentagon Considers Shooting Down North Korea Missile Tests”
Mike Pence’s statement on the US running out of “strategic patience” towards Pyongyang does not contribute to resolving the crisis, Sergey Lavrov said, voicing hopes there will be no repeat of the US strike on Syria in North Korea.
I hope that there won’t be any unilateral actions like we recently saw in Syria and that the US will follow the policies Trump repeatedly declared during his election campaign,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, regarding the statement made by US Vice President Mike Pence on Monday during his visit to South Korea. Continue reading “Russia warns US against ‘Syria-style’ actions in N. Korea”
US Marines have begun to touch down in Darwin, in Australia’s tropical north, as the first of some 1,250 “stand ready to fight” against North Korea amid warnings that Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program is a “serious threat” to Canberra.
The deployment will see the largest US aircraft contingent to Australia in peacetime history, Reuters reports, adding that the 25-year annual deployment program was launched by former US President Barack Obama back in 2011 as part of America’s ‘pivot’ to Asia. During the six-month deployment, US Marines will conduct exercises with Australian troops and will also visit Chinese forces. Continue reading “‘Ready to fight & win’: US marines deployed to Australia amid N. Korean ‘nuclear threat’”
Russia has reportedly moved weapons towards Vladivostok, just eight miles from the border with North Korea.
The city is within striking distance of Kim Jong-un’s secretive state.
Although unconfirmed by the Russian government, the movement of tanks and missiles was spotted by terrified people living in the border city and posted on social media.
Continue reading “Putin moves missiles to North Korea border as Russia gets ready for WAR”
Lawmakers in Hawaii have asked state officials to update contingency plans and provide extra funding in anticipation of an attack from North Korea, amid escalating tensions between America and the communist state.
Last Thursday, the state’s House Public Safety Committee passed a resolution demanding extra resources for any potential attack, which includes the redevelopment of shelters last used during the Cold War. Continue reading “Hawaii Lawmakers Ask State to Prepare for North Korea Missile Attack”
The gigantic headache currently suffered by United Airline’s PR team doesn’t look like it will go away any time soon as more stories about their mistreatment of passengers start to emerge.
Geoff Fearns, 59, president of Tripacific Capital Advisors, has told of an incident a week before the infamous moment seen across the world where David Dao was forcibly dragged screaming from an overbooked flight. Fearns was threatened to be put in handcuffs if he didn’t vacate his first-class seat to Los Angeles for “somebody more important”. Continue reading “Second United Airlines passenger threatened with handcuffs to give seat up for ‘more important’ flyer”
The White House said North Korea has not technically threatened to use nuclear weapons because the reclusive nation has yet to obtain them.
“There’s no evidence that North Korea has that capability at this time,” press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday. Continue reading “White House: ‘No Evidence’ North Korea Has Nukes”
As tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program mount, the United States Air Force has deployed a WC-135 (a.k.a. the “Nuclear Sniffer”), an aircraft that specializes in detecting radioactive debris after the detonation of a nuclear device, to Okinawa, Japan to assist with monitoring for potential nuclear tests in the region. The aircraft was deployed to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, as confirmed by the Nikkei media outlet reported based on talks with a senior Japan Self Defense Forces official. Continue reading “US Deploys “Nuclear Sniffer” Plane To Japan As North Korea Tensions Come To A Boil”
Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan
Steven Goldstein, who heads the Democratic activist group named the “Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect,” demanded White House press secretary Sean Spicer be fired on Tuesday for “denying Hitler gassed millions of Jews to death.”
Spicer made a gaffe earlier in the day while trying to draw a ridiculous parallel between Hitler and Assad by saying that Hitler “didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons” during World War II. Continue reading “Phony ‘Anne Frank Center’ Demands Sean Spicer Be Fired For ‘Denying Hitler Gassed Millions of Jews’”
The Duran – by Alex Christoforou
With each passing day the White Helmets expose themselves as the ISIS – Al Qaeda jihadist scam most readers of this site know them to be.
The Duran recently posted a bombshell study from the Swedish NGO Doctors for Human Rights (SWEDHR), that shows how the White Helmets murder babies, not save babies like Netflix and George Clooney would have you believe. Continue reading “White Helmets handle deadly toxic “sarin gas” while lighting up cigarettes”
Business Insider – by Josh Lederman, AP
LUCCA, Italy — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued an ultimatum to Russia on Tuesday: Side with the US and like-minded countries on Syria, or embrace Iran, the militant group Hezbollah, and embattled Syrian leader Bashar Assad.
As he embarked on a trip to Moscow following urgent meetings in Italy with top diplomats, Tillerson said it was unclear whether Russia had failed to take seriously its obligation to rid Syria of chemical weapons, or had merely been incompetent. But he said the distinction “doesn’t much matter to the dead.” Continue reading “Rex Tillerson just gave Russia an ultimatum”
President Trump on Tuesday said North Korea “is looking for trouble” and vowed to get the murderous regime of dictator Kim Jong-Un under control with or without China’s help.
Trump sent the warning in a pair of tweets just days after he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. China traditionally has acted as a counterweight on North Korea, helping to moderate some actions of the isolated country. Trump indicated a favorable trade deal could await China if they stepped up pressure on North Korea; however, Trump also appeared ready to reign in the provocative nation on his own. Continue reading “Trump warns China on North Korea: Help solve the problem or ‘we will’”
A fleet of North Korean cargo ships is heading home to the port of Nampo, the majority of it fully laden, after China ordered its trading companies to return coal from the isolated country, shipping data shows.
Following repeated missile tests that drew international criticism, China banned all imports of North Korean coal on Feb. 26, cutting off the country’s most important export product.
Continue reading “North Korean ships head home after China orders coal returned”
At least four victims have been located after a shooter walked on to the North Park Elementary School campus in San Bernardino and opened fire in a possible murder-suicide, officials said.
The shooter was also possibly down, according to a tweet from San Bernardino Police Department Chief Jarrod Burguan, who said the information was preliminary. Continue reading “4 Victims Reported After Elementary School Shooting in San Bernardino; Shooter Possibly Down: Police Chief”