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Archive: TWFTT 10-22-19
Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, President Trump bragged about his efforts to try to get the US “out of wars,” then warned that “we may have to get in wars, too. OK?“
Trump continued on talking about how ready the US is for a war with Iran, and how Iran will get hit “like they’ve never been hit before.” The implication is clear that Trump is nominally ending wars, but that America’s hawks will get fresh, new wars to replace them. Continue reading “Trump: US May Have to Go to War With Iran Soon”
Princeton Theological Seminary will set aside more than $25 million to pay reparations for its historical ties to slavery, thrusting the seminary to the forefront of a national debate over how America’s should reconcile with its slave-owning past.
Calling the payments an act of repentance, President M. Craig Barnes said in a statement Friday the seminary is “committed to telling the truth,” even though the seminary itself never owned slaves. Continue reading “Princeton seminary will pay $27M in slavery reparations”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Santa Maria, CA — Disturbing video was posted to Facebook this week which is causing a firestorm of controversy as it shows multiple Santa Maria police officers using an insane amount of force against an unarmed man who appeared to be trying to comply with their commands. Continue reading “Cops Shoot Unarmed Peaceful Man in the Face with Pepper Spray Balls, Sic K9, Beat Him”
Campus Reform – by Eduardo Neret
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law that will require California Community Colleges and the California State University system to create a “Dreamer Resource Liaison” for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students on each campus. Continue reading “Calif. governor gives more aid to DACA students”
Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump’s decision to move US troops out of northeastern Syria, said on Sunday he now believed “historic solutions” were possible, Reuters reports.
In an interview with Fox News, Graham said a conversation he had with Trump over the weekend had fueled his optimism that a solution could be reached where the security of Turkey and the Kurds was guaranteed and fighters from Daesh contained. Continue reading “Syria critic Lindsey Graham reverses stance, says Trump’s policy could succeed”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Albuquerque, NM — Graphic body camera footage was recently released from the Albuquerque police department showing a heavily militarized SWAT team surround a sleeping homeless man and then execute him. Police justified their execution by claiming that the homeless man reached for his waistband where he had a BB gun. Continue reading “SWAT Wakes Up Disoriented Homeless Man, Execute Him for Reaching for His Waistband”
Tomorrow the House of Representatives has scheduled to vote on what appears to be an unconstitutional copyright bill that carries with it life altering penalties. The bill would slap $30,000 fines on Internet users who share a copyrighted work they don’t own online.
Supporters of the bill insist there’s no problem, because $30,000 isn’t that much money. They even laughed about it. We know the reality: when nearly half of this country would struggle to afford an emergency $400 expense, the penalties in this bill are deadly serious. What’s worse, they’ll be imposed not by an experienced judge, but instead by a committee of unaccountable bureaucrats. Continue reading “Ready to Pay $30,000 for Sharing a Photo Online? The House of Representatives Thinks You Are”
The mother of a 14-year-old boy who attempted to commit mass murder at his school in 2018 has been charged with several felonies for her failure to treat his mental illness and prevent him from getting access to guns, according to WXIN-TV.
Mary York of Richmond, Indiana, faces five counts of neglect of a dependent, one count of dangerous control of a child, and one misdemeanor count of criminal recklessness. Her son committed suicide at his school after a shootout with police in December 2018. Continue reading “Mother of attempted school shooter charged with felonies for failure to stop her son”
When an economy turns from expansion to contraction there is an order of events. The first signs are an unexpected increase in inventories of unsold goods, both accompanied with and followed by business surveys indicating a general softening in demand. For monetarists, this is often confirmed by an inverting yield curve, which tells them that at the margin the short-term rates set by the central bank are becoming too high for business conditions. Continue reading “Central Bank “Stimulus” is Really a Huge Redistribution Scheme”
Seattle is set to tax residents for using home heating oil in an effort to move the city away from a dependency on fossil fuels.
The city’s Democratic Mayor Jenny Durkan in late September signed into law a bill that could prove costly to those unable to keep up with emerging home technology. A tax on heating oil for homes will go into effect starting next summer, giving residents of Seattle less than a year to make costly adjustments or risk paying even more in taxes. Continue reading “Seattle’s new home oil tax could penalize elderly, middle-class families”
Superior Court Judge Anita Farris struck down Seattle’s gun storage ordinance Monday, ruling it violates the state’s 36-year-old preemption law.
Preemption laws exist in various states around the union. They forbid cities and other localities from passing gun controls that exceed those which exist at the state level. Continue reading “Superior Court Judge Strikes Down Seattle Gun Storage Ordinance”
Pacific Gas & Electric may be shutting off the power for a lot of people in California again.
The utility announced that it may need to do another “public safety” outage to prevent wildfires — less than two weeks after it did the same thing to 2 million Californians — much to the frustration of residents and officials. This potential new power outage could impact up to 500,000 people. Continue reading “500k PG&E customers may lose power as San Jose revolts with buyout proposal”
Low-income consumers are struggling to make ends meet despite the “greatest economy ever,” and if a recession strikes or the employment cycle continues to decelerate — this could mean the average American with insurmountable debts will likely fall behind on their debt servicing payments, according to a UBS report, first reported by Bloomberg.
UBS analyst Matthew Mish wrote in a recent report that 44% of consumers don’t make enough money to cover their expenses. Continue reading “Nearly Half Of US Consumers Report Their Incomes Don’t Cover Their Expenses”