Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

That didn’t take long.

On Christmas Day, Israel launched what Bloomberg described as its first airstrike in Syria since President Trump’s “shocking” announcement that he would withdraw all US troops from Syrian territory (to the disgust of US national security officials and every neo-con anywhere). The strike targeted an ammunition depot in the Damascus countryside believed to belong either to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, or its Lebanon-based proxy Hezbollah.   Continue reading “Israel Strikes Syria In First Attack After US Announces Pullout”

CBS News

One-hundred-eighty-six more migrants were released in downtown El Paso, Texas by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Christmas Day, reports the CBS affiliate there, KDBC-TV. That came after approximately 400 were released in the southwest Texas city in the two days before Christmas.

Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke, who represents El Paso, said he’d been told some 500 more would be released there Wednesday.   Continue reading “ICE drops off almost 200 more migrants in El Paso”

Reason – by Jacob Sullem

While serving in the U.S. Navy more than three decades ago, Chad Linton pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, a misdemeanor, and attempting to evade a police vehicle, a Class C felony, in Island County, Washington. More than four decades ago, when he was 18, Paul Stewart was found guilty of first-degree burglary, a felony, after hopping a fence and stealing tools from an unlocked telephone company truck in Yuma County, Arizona. In both cases, the felony convictions were eventually vacated, and both men’s firearm rights were restored.   Continue reading “California Says Residents With Vacated Out-of-State Convictions May Not Own Guns”

MassPrivateI

A few months ago I called 2018 the “Rise of Spying Transit Police” but after looking through my archives, I noticed a more disturbing pattern emerge. Time and again, month after month, most of the stories I wrote revolved around one thing, watchlists.

In January, I wrote two stories about facial recognition and police camshares that centered around corporate and law enforcement watchlists. From then on things got progressively worse, watchlists blacklists and whitelists are expanding at a frightening pace.   Continue reading “2018: The year public watchlists became commonplace”

RT

Blackwater, the controversial US private security firm, has flagged its intent to resume business, taking out a full-page commercial in the latest edition of Recoil magazine with a chilling message declaring “We are coming.”

The resurrection within the military contractors’ market of notorious Blackwater, which, after numerous scandals and several rebrandings, is now known as Academi, has analysts looking deeper into US intent to withdraw from the wars in the Middle East. The advertisement in Recoil, made public after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced his resignation, prompted concerns that president Donald Trump might be seeking to privatize ongoing American engagements in Afghanistan and Syria, following the declared troops’ withdrawal from the region.   Continue reading “We are coming’: Chilling Blackwater ad triggers fears of Trump seeking to privatize Mideast wars”

WCAX 3 News

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) In this Burlington home, the presents are wrapped and favorite ornaments hung, but holiday festivities have been put on the back burner.

“I forgot about Christmas,” Logan Morey said.

Logan and his mom were volunteering at Spectrum Youth & Family Services, an organization that helps homeless teens.   Continue reading “Burlington boy packing bags to help homeless teens”

The Watchers

A new flank eruption, the first in nearly 11 years, has begun at Mount Etna, Italy on December 24, 2018, forcing authorities to raise the Aviation Color Code to Red.

An intense earthquake swarm started at the volcano at 07:50 UTC, with more than 130 earthquakes in the first three hours. The largest was M4.0 at 12:08 UTC, located on the NE side of the volcano at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles).   Continue reading “Etna’s first flank eruption in more than 10 years, Aviation Color Code raised to Red, Italy”

The Free Thought Project – by TRI

“There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.”—Ludwig von Mises

The government has shut down again.   Continue reading “Government Shutdown or Not, the Police State Will Continue to Flourish”

Medium – by Rainer Shea

When an oppressive government is challenged, it always tries to put down the resistance through police crackdowns and tightened rules. This is what’s happening right now as opposition mounts to neoliberalism and the rule of the world’s plutocratic elites.

Occupy Wall Street only stopped because of unnecessary mass arrests and police violence against peaceful protesters, which deterred people from organizing more events. Aggressive police tactics in Ferguson greatly inflamed the 2014 protests. And police used excessive force on the Standing Rock protesters, having unnecessarily attacked them with tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets, lead-filled beanbags, and chemical agents.   Continue reading “America’s Police State Is The Ruling Class’ Pre-Emptive Defense Against A Revolution”

Daily Mail

Two competing GoFundMe campaigns – one raising money to pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall and the other seeking funds to buy ladders for migrants to climb over said wall – are both continuing to draw donations.

The original crowdfunding campaign, entitled We The People Will Fund The Wall, surpassed $16.5million as of Monday afternoon, on its way to its lofty $1billion goal.

More than 272,000 people have donated to the page since it was created on Sunday by Brian Kolfage, a triple amputee Air Force veteran.    Continue reading “GoFundMe for Trump’s border wall top $16million”

As the year comes to an end people reflect on the year past and the years prior to that. Everyone wants to give accolades to those who stand up and speak the truth, push an agenda, have passed whether natural causes or not. They continue day in and day out to admit that our Bill Of Rights is gone and MUST be reinstated yet none step beyond mere words. Which tells me that they continue to enjoy the fruits, comforts, of being a slave.   Continue reading “Too long for a comment….”

Q 13 Fox News

MARYSVILLE, Wash. — Police in Marysville are asking the armed bystanders who shot at two shoplifting suspects over the weekend to come forward and speak to investigators.

According to Marysville PD, the shoplifters were leaving the Coastal Farm and Ranch Store on State Avenue Saturday, when several citizens confronted them.   Continue reading “Armed bystanders shoot at shoplifters in Marysville, disabling their vehicle”

It’s hard to say Merry Christmas when you have been faced with tyranny and treason; American Nationals freedoms flushed down the toilet. We here at FTTWR know all too well how our Bill of Rights has been stripped from us, especially since globalization took hold in the last 15 or so years.

We are reminded daily from our talk show host, Henry Shivley, as he expertly draws us the picture of what has happened over the years, the deceit shoved down our throats, and how we have been robbed by our own leaders, so only the wealthy may have a more comfortable life. Some of the wealthiest people on the planet somehow managed to find positions of American leadership, controlling our every move, the wealthy looking down their noses at the rest.   Continue reading “2018 Brought Our Bill Of Rights To Its Knees – What Will 2019 Bring?”