Category: News

AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico, celebrating the fulfillment of one of his top campaign promises while declining to share the moment with Democratic lawmakers whose support was essential to getting it over the finish line.

Trump said renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement was “probably the No. 1 reason that I decided to lead this crazy life that I’m leading right now.” Continue reading “Trump celebrates major rewrite of North American trade rules”

The Hill – by Justine Coleman

The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) poll measuring anti-Semitism in the country discovered that more than half of U.S. citizens surveyed agree with at least one anti-Semitic stereotypical statement.

The poll, which studied Americans’ perceptions of Jews and was released Wednesday, showed 11 percent of respondents “intensely harbor” anti-Semitic views by agreeing to six or more anti-Jewish statements. That percentage would translate to about 28 million people.  Continue reading “61 percent of Americans agree with at least one anti-Semitic stereotype: poll”

MSN

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – Authorities have uncovered a cross-border tunnel that stretches more than three-quarters of a mile, making it the longest of its kind ever discovered along the Southwest border, the U.S. Border Patrol announced Wednesday.

The 4,309-foot tunnel starts in Tijuana, in an industrial area about a half mile west of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, according to the Border Patrol. It ends in California, in the Otay Mesa warehouse district in San Diego, where agents discovered several hundred sand bags blocking what they suspect was the former exit, the agency said. An offshoot from the main tunnel ended without breaching the surface.  Continue reading “4,309-foot-long tunnel in San Diego is longest ever discovered along Southwest border”

In The News Today

Arthur F. Wayne, INTELCASTER – Firat News Agency (ANF), an internationally recognized Kurdish news agency, has two recent articles on its website wherein they describe an alleged interview with Taner Sabri Görenoğlu (Abu Zeynep Turki) who is, reportedly, being held in custody by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The two articles mention the year 2017 several times, both in reference to Görenoğlu’s arrest by the SDF and in reference to “Hacı Abdullah”, a.k.a. Abdullah Qardash, a.k.a. Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi (al-Salbi), a.k.a. al-Hashimi al-Quraishi. Continue reading “Kurdish News Articles Seem to Confirm that “New” ISIS Leader Abdullah Qardash Disappeared in 2017, Just Like I’ve Been Saying the Entire Time.”

RT

Injuries have been reported as Palestinian protesters face Israeli security troops in the West Bank in non-stop protests after Donald Trump announced his peace plan for the region.

Scores of protesters flooded the streets in different parts of the West Bank, demonstrating against a US-proposed plan that they expect to lead to annexation of much of Palestinian land. Continue reading “Palestinian anger over Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ met with Israeli tear gas & rubber bullets in West Bank”

Frank Report – by Frank Parlato

PHILADELPHIA, PA January 28, 2020 — 80 individuals filed a lawsuit in federal court in Brooklyn today against the former leaders of the purported self-improvement company NXIVM.

The lawsuit seeks compensation from NXIVM founder Keith Raniere and members of his “Inner Circle,” including heiresses Clare Bronfman and Sara Bronfman and actresses Alison Mack and Nicki Clyne, for fraud, forced labor, human trafficking and for conducting unlawful medical experiments.  Continue reading “Eighty Nxivm Victims Sue Former Leaders – Including Bronfman Sisters,Allison Mack & Nicki Clyne – for Human Trafficking”

Yahoo News

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Across the vast expanse of this desert air base, hundreds of tents have popped up and a newly arrived squadron of U.S. Air Force F-15E fighters is lined up on the tarmac, flying daily missions over Iraq and Syria. Off in the distance, two American Patriot missile batteries are scanning the skies, prepared to knock down any Iranian attack against the Saudi kingdom.  Continue reading “US expands troop, fighter jet presence at Saudi base”

My Recipes

Amity Packing Co., a Chicago-based meat processor and supplier, is voluntary recalling one of its vacuum-sealed ground beef products for potential plastic contamination. The problem was discovered after two consumers reported finding clear plastic fragments in the product.  Continue reading “More Than 2,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled in 9 States”

Vox

Donald Trump’s “peace plan” isn’t a plan for advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. It’s a plan for scuttling them.

The president released the long-awaited political framework of his “Peace to Prosperity” plan on Tuesday afternoon after a White House ceremony featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  Continue reading “Trump’s Israel-Palestine “peace plan” is a con”

Middle East Monitor

Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the United Nations, claimed yesterday that the “number one priority” of the Trump administration’s peace plan is “the national security of Israel”.

As reported by the Jerusalem Post, Haley was speaking at an event in Tel Aviv . Continue reading “Nikki Haley: Number one priority of Trump plan is Israel’s ‘national security’”

Breitbart – by Deborah Danan

The Muslim world must correct an historic error and finally recognize the Jewish state, President Donald Trump said Tuesday as he unveiled his long-anticipated “deal of the century” for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“It’s time for the Muslim world to fix the mistake of 1948 and recognize Israel,” Trump said.  Continue reading “Trump: Time for Muslim World to Fix Mistake of 1948 By Recognizing Israel”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

During his January 28, 2020, rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, President Donald Trump referenced the Democrat gun control push in Virginia and made clear that gun confiscation is not happening on his watch.

Trump said, “We will always protect … the right to keep and bear arms, which is under siege.  Continue reading “Trump on Virginia: Gun Confiscation Not Happening on My Watch”

Middle East Monitor

US President Donald Trump’s Senior Adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner on Tuesday said the Palestinians should accept the “full package” of the so-called peace plan offered and give up fairy tales, Anadolu Agency reports.

Speaking to Al Jazeera following the announcement of the long-awaited proposal on Palestine and Israel by Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Kushner said the detailed plan offers practicality to Palestinians and Israelis. Continue reading “Kushner: Palestinians should give up ‘fairy tales’”

Breitbart – by John Binder

123 Republicans in the Senate and House are pleading with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf to bring more foreign workers to the United States to compete against working-class Americans for jobs.

In a letter to Wolf, 26 Republican Senators and 97 Republican House members joined 66 Senate and House Democrats in demanding DHS allow businesses to bring an additional roughly 30,000 foreign workers on the H-2B visa program to take nonagricultural blue-collar U.S. jobs. Continue reading “The List: 26 GOP Senators, 97 House Republicans Ask for More Foreign Workers to Fill U.S. Jobs”

KNSI Radio

On the heels of several area lawmakers asking a local county to be designated a sanctuary for the Second Amendment, a gun control lobby group says they will be spending millions of dollars in Minnesota and several other states this coming election cycle.

The group, Everytown for Gun Safety, says they have $60 million dollars to spend, which is double what the National Rifle Association spent in 2016. Continue reading “Gun Control Lobby Group To Spend Millions In Minnesota”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharey

WALDRON, Ark. (Jan. 28, 2020) – The Scott County, Arkansas County Quorum Court unanimously passed an ordinance making the county a “Bill of Rights sanctuary.”

All nine members of the Quorum Court sponsored the ordinance and passed it unanimously. The bill declares Scott County a Bill of Rights Sanctuary County. Practically speaking the legally binding ordinance prohibits any agent, department, employee or official of Scott County, while acting in their official capacity, from knowingly and willingly participating in any way in the enforcement of any unlawful or unconstitutional act regarding the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the people to peaceably assemble, freedom of the press, freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances, or the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Continue reading “Scott County Arkansas Passes Ordinance Declaring a “Bill of Rights Sanctuary””