Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In a sharp reversal of longstanding US policy which recognizes only the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli as the legitimate authority over Libya, the White House on Friday said President Trump spoke by phone this week to Benghazi based commander Kalifa Haftar, pledging support to the general and his Libyan National Army (LNA) as it lays siege to the capital.  Continue reading “Trump Thanks Gen. Haftar For “Securing Libya’s Oil Resources” Amid Tripoli Fighting”

NBC News

PARIS — The murder of the Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi — in a year when more than half of all journalists who were killed around the world were targeted deliberately — reflects a hatred of the media in many areas of society, a free-press advocacy group said Tuesday.

At least 63 professional journalists were killed doing their jobs in 2018, a 15 percent increase over last year, said the group, Reporters Without Borders. The number of deaths rises to 80 when all media workers and people classified as citizen journalists are included, it said in its annual report.  Continue reading “United States added to list of most dangerous countries for journalists for first time”

New York Post

The Yankees have decided to no longer run Kate Smith’s version of “God Bless America” during their seventh-inning stretch because of Smith’s affiliation with songs that carried racist lyrics.

Most famously, Smith sang a 1931 song, “That’s Why Darkies Were Born,” which opened: “Someone had to pick the cotton, Someone had to pick the corn, Someone had to slave and be able to sing, That’s why darkies were born.”  Continue reading “Kate Smith’s ‘God Bless America’ out at Yankee Stadium over racist songs”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

Americans are increasingly living in fear of the opposing political party.  While the elites laugh and continue to enslave the populace even further because of this fear, Americans increasingly embrace their chains while asking them to be shortened, and all while dehumanizing those on a different plantation.  Continue reading “The Elites Laugh As Americans Revel In Their Enslavement While Fearing Each Other”

Press TV

US National Security Adviser John Bolton has announced a series of new sanctions against Cuba and Venezuela as the Donald Trump administration is seeking to boost pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the countries that support him.

Bolton, in a speech to an association of veterans of the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion on Wednesday, said the US was adding five names linked to Cuba’s military and intelligence services to its sanctions blacklist, including the military-owned airline Aerogaviota. Continue reading “US administration unveils new sanctions to pressure Cuba, Venezuela”

Revolutionary War Archives – Sons of Liberty Chapter – by Donald N. Moran

It can be argued that April 19th, 1775 is the most important date in American history. The Battle of Lexington, Concord and Battle Road was the opening engagement of the American Revolution. And, it is not surprising that after two hundred and twenty-two years, some of the details are still the subject of some debate.

Since our readership is very familiar with the battle, we will only present an overview of the battle as background to our biography.  Continue reading “Never Too Old: The Story of Captain Samuel Whittemore”

Yahoo News

(Reuters) – The Trump administration lost a court bid on Thursday aimed at striking down California’s “sanctuary” statutes that prevent local law enforcement from helping the U.S. government’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco largely affirmed a July ruling from a lower court, which had found the California laws do not conflict with federal immigration rules.  Continue reading “U.S. court upholds most of California’s ‘sanctuary’ migrant laws”

Daily Mail

An Arizona cop faces criminal charges of assault for allegedly hitting a suspected shoplifter more than 100 times after reportedly catching him trying to steal pants from Walmart.

Officer Tim Baiardi, a 19-year veteran with the Phoenix Police Department, allegedly assaulted homeless man Roger Moran, 22, after he resisted arrest on December 8, 2018.  Continue reading “Arizona police officer faces assault charges after he ‘punched and kneed a suspected shoplifter more than 100 times’ while arresting him for allegedly stealing pants”

Press TV

Google has blocked Press TV and Hispan TV’s access to their official accounts on the technology company’s platforms, including YouTube and Gmail, without prior notice, citing “violation of policies”.

“Your Google Account was disabled and can’t be restored because it was used in a way that violates Google’s policies,” Google said in a message that appears after Press TV tries to log into its account. Continue reading “Google ‘disables’ Press TV’s YouTube account without prior warning”

KMTR – by Kelsey Christensen

EUGENE, Ore. – State lawmakers are looking to expand in-state tuition.

If it’s voted into law, SB 859 would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition for public Oregon graduate programs if they:  Continue reading “Bill would offer in-state tuition to undocumented students at Oregon graduate schools”

Blacklisted News

A new report has found that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns and cities from building their own broadband networks. Quite often the laws are directly written by the telecom sector, and in some instances ban towns and cities from building their own broadband networks—even if the local ISP refuses to provide service. Continue reading “Report: 26 States Now Ban or Restrict Community Broadband”

Middle East Monitor

Israeli occupation authorities refused to issue travel permits for hundreds of Palestinian Christians from Gaza who planned to visit holy sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem during Passover, Safa news agency reported yesterday.

Reporting Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Safa said that Israel allowed only 200 Christians from Gaza, who are over 55 years old, to travel to Jordan only and did not issue permits for those wishing to visit the Church of Nativity in occupied Bethlehem or the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in occupied Jerusalem.  Continue reading “Israel bans Gaza Christians from going to Jerusalem, Bethlehem for Easter”

Washington Times

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule to try to block some 32,000 illegal immigrant-led families from claiming public housing assistance, saying it’s unfair to hundreds of thousands of Americans who are stuck on waiting lists.

Housing and Urban Development notified Congress Wednesday of the new rule, kicking off a schedule of publication and notice and comment that could have the plan finalized later this summer.  Continue reading “HUD moves to cancel illegal immigrants’ public housing access”