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The CBS Interview With Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman Was a Crime Against Journalism (U.S. mass media is just public relations for the Saudis, The Intercept)
How Congress Censored the Internet (Always assume Congress is working against the people, EFF)
RT Editor-In-Chief Explains “Why We Don’t Respect The West Anymore” (Zerohedge)
How McConnell and Chao Used Political Power to Make Their Family Rich (Must Read, The New York Post)
A Memo to the Publisher of the New York Times (Excellent summary of America’s never-ending wars, TomDispatch)
Feds Quietly Dropped Charges Against 11 Erdogan Goons Involved In Washington Attacks (Despicable, The Daily Caller)
Saudi Crown Prince Boasted That Jared Kushner Was “In His Pocket” (The Intercept)
Jack Dorsey Expects Bitcoin to Become the World’s ‘Single Currency’ in About 10 Years (CNBC)
Bank of America ‘Systematically’ Misled Clients About Stock Trades (No one will go to jail, CNN Money)
Authoritarianism is a Matter of Personality, Not Politics (Quillette)
U.S. News/Politics
A Brief Reminder of Some of the Terrible Things About John Bolton (Reason)
Obama Data Mined Facebook Before Cambridge Analytica (The Jimmy Dore Show, YouTube)
Edward Snowden: Facebook Is A Surveillance Company Rebranded As “Social Media” (Zerohedge)
Exclusive: Public Wants Big Tech Regulated (Axios)
Facebook Forces NYT to Quietly Delete Unflattering Reference to Sheryl Sandberg (Law & Crime)
The FTC Is Powerless to Regulate Facebook Right Now. Ask Chuck Schumer Why. (The Intercept)
Trump’s Anti-Speech Agenda Gets a Boost From Lefty Lawyers and Academics (Very troubling, Reason)
Solutions Only Arise Outside the Status Quo (Of Two Minds)
University of Wisconsin Campus Proposes Elimination of Majors Such as English, History (The Hill)
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Trump to Boost Exports of Lethal Drones (Reuters)
Dutch Say ‘No’ in Referendum on Spy Agency Tapping Powers (Reuters)
Spain to Try Catalan Separatist Leaders for Rebellion (Reuters)
U.S. Negotiator: ‘We Will See’ If Trump Can Be Sold on Iran Deal Fix (Al-Monitor)
Man Guilty of Hate crime for Filming Pug’s ‘Nazi Salutes’ (BBC)
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WhatsApp Co-Founder Tells Everyone to Delete Facebook (The Verge)
The NSA Worked to “Track Down” Bitcoin Users, Snowden Documents Reveal (The Intercept)
Breaking the Ledger Security Model (Read if you use a crypto-currency hardware wallet, Saleem Rashid)
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Not “draining the swamp” but maybe “pealing the onion”, first layer for now
http://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/opinion-editorial/hal-turner-commentary/2254-fbi-and-doj-attempted-a-decapitation-of-our-lawfully-elected-government
Will Pentagon be made to pay for Trump’s Wall ?
http://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news/u-s-national-news/2262-trump-hoodwinked-the-democrats-and-globalist-republicans-with-the-1-3-trillion-omnibus-bill-we-win
The US media will likely try to elevate the public’s perception of bin Salman in preparation for a Bolton/Trump war with Iran. They have always been inordinately fond of the “coalition of the willing” nonsense as a PR tool during wartime.
Anyone can see it coming from a mile away. “Look how much the Saudis (and other Saudi-influenced Gulf states) agree that we HAVE to go to war! See? All the good leaders in the region approve!”
I wonder if the Iranians will greet us with candy and flowers…
Few more links
unz . com/mwhitney/its-not-a-conspiracy-anymore-public-belief-in-deep-state-soars/
the Monmouth University Polling Institute released the results of a survey….
…6-in-10 Americans (60%) feel that unelected or appointed government officials have too much influence in determining federal policy.
Fully 8-in-10 believe that the U.S. government currently monitors or spies on the activities of American citizens, including a majority (53%)who say this activity is widespread…
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congress . gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5404/actions
H.R.5404 – To define the dollar as a fixed weight of gold. – 22-MAR-2018 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services
That is: to restart ultra-fast Ponzi, grab any real wealth there it still left within USA/FRS, and then leave 99.9% of Americans with dollars TOTALLY devoid of any value