Thursday, February 2, 2017

BLACKLISTED NEWS ITEMS THAT ARE TRUELY IMPORTANT

Submitted by: P McMillan

BlackListed News Updates




Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
Back in March 2016, Trump trashed the current H-1B visa system, saying "The H-1B program is neither high-skilled nor immigration; these are temporary foreign workers, imported from abroad, for the explicit purpose of substituting for American workers at lower pay."
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
"This is our mission, in the U.S. and everywhere. We make a difference in the world because we practice professional journalism that is both intrepid and unbiased," explained Reuters Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler to his pool of reporters this morning in a message to staff about covering Trump the Reuters way. But, in a strange twist, it appears the mainstream media is waking up to reality as Adler says: "Get out into the country and learn more about how people live, what they think, what helps and hurts them, and how the government and its actions appear to them, not to us."
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
The feds are considering a hefty child pornography charge against disgraced ex-pol Anthony Weiner that could send him to prison for at least 15 years, law enforcement sources told The Post on Tuesday. Weiner has been under investigation since a report last year revealed that he had exchanged lewd messages with an underage girl in North Carolina.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
We cannot advance until we dump the Technocrat Class and decentralize the power that the Liberal Establishment happily concentrated into the hands of corporate cartels and the central state.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
Could social media be making people more anti-social? The social media boom continues to make it easier than ever to stay in touch with loved ones in real time. But with the flourishing of new technology and the ability to be connected to anyone and everyone at any time, real-life human interactions could be suffering a heavy blow.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
We recently warned that America is about to see unprecedented protests and rioting from coast to coast. But don’t take our word for it. A social justice warrior involved in the Seattle street protests tells you everything you need to know about what the future holds and lends further evidence to the notion that America sits on the precipice of widespread civil unrest.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
As predicted, Theresa May’s government has had no difficulty winning support in the House of Commons for the Brexit bill the decisions of the High Court and the Supreme Court have forced on her. The Brexit bill – which authorises Theresa May to invoke Article 50 – has just passed the House of Commons with a vote of 498 votes in favour, with 114 against.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
The Senate has confirmed Rex Tillerson as secretary of state in a narrow vote that was among the most contentious for that role in recent history. Tillerson surpassed the 51 votes needed, enough for a simple majority to approve his nomination. The former Exxon CEO Tillerson will take over his post as the country's top diplomat as lawmakers remain skeptical about President Trump's foreign policy, including his stance toward Russia and a recent executive order that temporarily banned refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries. Bob Corker specifically pointed to Russia as one area where he expects Tillerson to hone in on.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
China has reportedly tested a new modification of its Dongfeng-5 ICBM capable of carrying a payload of 10 individual warheads. The test may indicate a shift in China’s nuclear policy or an attempt to put pressure on the Trump administration, experts say. In the flight test of the DF-5C missile conducted in January, the rocket was fired from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center in central China and to an impact range in the western Taklamakan desert, reports the Washington Free Beacon’s senior editor, Bill Gertz, citing US defense sources.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
With the US State Department in a state of protracted hiatus for the time being, tensions are again rising between Russia and Ukraine, and especially in East Ukraine, where over the past few days the number of soldiers killed in an offensive by pro-Russian separatists has reportedly risen to seven, Ukraine's military said on Monday, in the deadliest outbreak of fighting in the east of the country since mid-December.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
Trump has taken the war against CNN “fake news” to the next level. Politico is reporting that the Trump White House will not allow its staff and surrogates to appear on CNN, and will instead go to “places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
Sharyl Attkisson was a star investigative reporter for CBS News. After two decades at the network, she resigned on March 10, 2014. Among the controversial stories she covered: the Fast and Furious gun-walking program, in which the government “purposely allowed licensed firearms dealers to sell weapons to illegal straw buyers, hoping to track the guns to Mexican drug cartel leaders and arrest them” (LA Times, 10/3/11); the Benghazi attacks and murders; the CDC fraud in grossly overestimating the number of Swine Flu cases in America.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
Retired Gen. David Petraeus warned lawmakers on Wednesday that the world order created in part by the United States in the 20th century is under “unprecedented threat from multiple directions,” pointing to Russia, China, Islamist extremists and cyber threats.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
Ross Compton, a 59-year-old homeowner in Middletown, Ohio called 911 in September 2016 to say that his house was on fire; there were many irregularities to the blaze that investigators found suspicious, such as contradictory statements from Compton and the way that the fire had started.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
Tehran plans to ditch the use of the American currency in financial reporting after US President Donald Trump issued a travel ban on seven countries, including Iran. According to the local news agency PressTV, the Central Bank of Iran is seeking to replace the dollar with a new common foreign currency or use a basket of currencies in all official financial and foreign exchange reports.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
With environmentalists already furious at Donald Trump for his recent executive orders to reincarnate the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines, their anger is set to overflow following news that the completion of the latter may be just a matter of months, if not weeks. As Reuters reports, while the 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline is nearly complete, just one "hotly contested" section under North Dakota's Lake Oahe that's been the topic of massive protests, remains unbuilt. The tribe has been concerned that digging the pipeline under a section of the Missouri River would affect the area's drinking water as well as the supply for 17 million Americans living downstream. A final easement is required for Dakota Access to cross beneath Lake Oahe.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, picking the 49-year-old federal appeals court judge to restore the court’s conservative majority and help shape rulings on divisive issues such as abortion, gun control, the death penalty and religious rights.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
Fighting in east Ukraine has restarted. This is an attempt by "deep state" forces to prevent any rapprochement between the U.S. and Russia under the new Trump administration. The west-Ukrainian forces under command of the coup government of President Poroshenko started a large attack against the Russian supported Ukrainian self-defense forces in Donetsk and Lugansk governate.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
A newly disclosed edition of an FBI rule book reveals the gray areas, which informants and undercover agents may manipulate and use when infiltrating religious and political organizations. In particular, the rule book raises concerns about the nature of operations directed at environmental activist groups. The 2011 draft of the “Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide,” was obtained by The Intercept and published as part of a series called, “The FBI’s Secret Rules.” It was published without redactions for the first time.
Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:00 PM PST
When Nancy Pelosi isn't making millions in exchange for ambassadorships or trying to dismantle the 2nd amendment from the safety of her ivory tower, the Congresswoman from California enjoys parading minorities around to shill for various causes.

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