21st Century Wire

As 21WIRE previously reported, Israel has attacked Syria again for the twelfth time since the conflict in Syria began in 2011, only this time, Syria fired back.

For the first time ever, Israel was forced to officially acknowledge the airstrike in Syria – most likely because this time an Israeli plane was downed, as well as another possibly hit – while carrying out pre-dawn strikes against Syria near Palmyra.   Continue reading “Putin Sends Message to Israel: ‘Your Freedom to Act in Syria Is Over’”

CBS New York

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — When it comes time for fifth graders to learn about the history of colonization and slavery, it’s always a sensitive subject.

As CBS2’s Jessica Layton reported, parents like Tracey Jarmon-Woods said it became even more painful after what took place in a 5th grade classroom at her son’s school in Maplewood.   Continue reading “Mock Slave Auction Stokes Tempers At Maplewood Elementary School”

The Hill

ANOTHER DELAY: The White House has delayed the release of an executive order on climate change, two sources told The Hill on Monday.

President Trump was expected to sign his long-awaited order on Monday, beginning the process of rolling back major Obama-era climate change policies and fulfilling key campaign promises.   Continue reading “White House delays climate order’s release”

Yahoo News

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel has pulled legal analyst Andrew Napolitano from the air after disavowing his on-air claim that British intelligence officials had helped former President Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump.

A person with knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because it was a personnel matter said Napolitano has been benched and won’t be appearing on the air in the near future. Fox had no immediate comment Monday.   Continue reading “Fox pulls Napolitano from air after Trump report”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: This article proves a couple different things for you. One, it documents how weak the Syrian government has become. You do not go to the negotiating table as the ruling power unless your power is shrinking and you are concerned you will lose control. Two, it documents there is no “rebel” grass roots movement for governmental change. Assad has tried negotiating several times now with the “opposition forces”. Yet, no one ever meets him, as there is no leader of the movement. It is simply a proxy army of Global Powers that is being used to de-throne Assad. They are not concerned with negotiations unless it is to negotiate his removal from power so they can insert a globalist into his position. Read Assad’s quotes below, I think he has this figured out, but does not want to say it in that plain of terms.

Continue reading “As Damascus Weakens Assad Wants To Negotiate New Syrian Constitution”

McClatchy DC – by Peter Stone and Greg Gordon

WASHINGTON – Federal investigators are examining whether far-right news sites played any role last year in a Russian cyber operation that dramatically widened the reach of news stories — some fictional — that favored Donald Trump’s presidential bid, two people familiar with the inquiry say.

Operatives for Russia appear to have strategically timed the computer commands, known as “bots,” to blitz social media with links to the pro-Trump stories at times when the billionaire businessman was on the defensive in his race against Democrat Hillary Clinton, these sources said.
Continue reading “FBI’s Russian-influence probe includes a look at far-right news sites”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

There’s something to be said for an informed electorate, although it really shouldn’t be elected officials advocating for it. They’d benefit least from people knowing more about sausage and the making thereof. And legislators definitely shouldn’t be robbing the First Amendment to pay for better information, as a few California lawmakers are attempting to do.

A new bill, pointed out by the EFF’s Dave Maass, seems to be a response of sorts to “fake news” and other political detritus of this highly-partisan system. Ostensibly, the bill is aimed at keeping voters from being misled on issues that affect them. The problem is, this bill would allow the government to determine what is or isn’t misleading and apply to a citizen’s social media posts, blog, etc.   Continue reading “California Lawmakers Looking To Make Bad Law Worse By Banning ‘False’ Political Speech”

Breitbart – by Tom Ciccotta

The University of Arizona’s College of Humanities is instructing students to say “ouch!” when they are offended by a faculty member or classmate.

The guidelines for how to response to offensive speech is outlined in a new handbook for faculty, which is entitled “Diversity and Inclusiveness in the Classroom.”  

Students are instructed to use “ouch” to indicate that they have been offended. Offenders are instructed to use “oops” to signify their acknowledgment that their words have offended one of their peers.   Continue reading “University of Arizona Instructs Students to Say ‘Ouch!’ when Offended”

RT

The chief of police in Taft, Texas will face a grand jury after being recorded running a homeless young man out of his small town. He received a blanket trespass warning for the entire city before being forced to leave on a bus.

Texas State Rangers have concluded an investigation into the actions of Chief Klaus “Bill” Mansion after he ran a young man out of town like a sheriff in an old Western movie. The 21-year-old man, Devon Armstrong, was snatched off the street in Taft while he at the library. As a result, he is claiming his civil rights were violated.   Continue reading “Texas justice? Video emerges of police chief telling homeless man to leave town”

RT

Global crude benchmarks staged a recovery on Tuesday on reports production cuts led by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could be extended.

North Sea Brent crude was trading 45 cents higher, slightly above $52 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate gained 38 cents, trading at $48.60.   Continue reading “Oil prices rise as OPEC considers extending cuts”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch faces hours of questioning from senators as frustrated Democrats are determined to press him on everything from abortion and guns to his independence from President Donald Trump.

Republicans are unanimously supporting Gorsuch, and certain to give him what cover they can as he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Day 2 of his confirmation hearings on Tuesday. But Democrats made clear on the first day that they were in no mood to “rubber stamp a nominee selected by extreme interest groups and nominated by a president who lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes,” as Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont put it.   Continue reading “High court nominee to face daylong questioning in Senate”

Mail.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A teacher accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old female student in Tennessee had been investigated by the school system after another student reported seeing him kiss the girl, a lawyer for the missing girl’s family said.

Yet according to attorney Jason Whatley and school records, teacher Tad Cummins was allowed to continue working at Tennessee’s Culleoka Unit School for two weeks. Culleoka is about 60 miles south of Nashville near the Alabama state line.   Continue reading “Tennessee teacher had been reported kissing missing student”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

New York, NY — For the first time in history, families of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks are using a new law and are going after Saudi Arabia in a lawsuit for their role in the attacks. In this landmark lawsuit, the families of 800 victims are suing Saudi Arabia for aiding the hijackers.

For more than a decade and a half, Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush kept secret the alleged role Saudi Arabia played in the September 11 attacks on America. Becuase of the cozy relationship the US has with the terrorist nation, special interests within the government have chosen to protect their Saudi friends instead of telling Americans the truth about what happened that fateful day.   Continue reading “800 Families File Lawsuit Against Saudi Arabia for Role in 9/11”