Ms. Bailey, the Citizens Bank customer in Massachusetts, had sold a condo in Maine in 2013, a year after the death of her husband, who she says had handled their finances. She went to a Citizens branch in Arlington, a suburb of Boston, to deposit the money. She says bank employees pressured her not to … Read more
The new head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) selected by President Barack Obama has very close ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Robert Califf, an FDA deputy commissioner and cardiologist at Duke University, has had considerable dealings, including financial ones, with drug manufacturers, whose products must be approved by the agency he’s been tabbed to … Read more
Earlier this week, I published a post titled Questioning Hillary’s Health is Not Conspiracy Theory, in which I wrote: As I look at the landscape in 2016 to-date, I observe emergent signs that alternative media is finally beginning to take over from the legacy mainstream media when it comes to impact and influence. The mainstream media (unlike with John McCain in … Read more
In the wake of Trump’s recent hiring of Breitbart’s Stephen Bannon to campaign CEO, a June article published in Vanity Fair is now receiving a lot of attention. Here are a few excerpts from the article, Is Donald Trump’s Endgame the Launch of Trump News? Like this post? Donate bitcoins: 35DBUbbAQHTqbDaAc5mAaN6BqwA2AxuE7G Follow me on Twitter.
*2014 Time Magazine Cover Years ago, when I was an exchange student in the Soviet Union, a Russian friend explained how he got his news. “For news about Russia, Radio Liberty,” he said. “For news about America, Soviet newspapers.” He smiled. “Countries lie about themselves, tell truth about others.” American media consumers are fast approaching … Read more
24 links today. Enjoy. Donald Trump’s Finance Chair Is the Anti-Populist From Hell (Must read of the day, Steve Mnuchin is bad news, The New Republic) Fueled by Small Donations, Donald Trump Makes Up Major Financial Ground (New York Times) Thomas Friedman Goes to the Wall (Great takedown by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone) Did Bill Maher Lie … Read more
Last night, I came across a very interesting article published in the Atlantic which highlighted the fact that according to a recent Pew Research survey, “28 percent of those who have attended black Protestant churches in the last few months heard their pastor support Hillary Clinton.” This is a pretty remarkable statistic considering it is illegal to do so. … Read more
Today, everyone is talking about Michael Morell’s Op-Ed in the New York Times in which the former acting director of the CIA strongly endorses Hillary Clinton while calling Donald Trump “an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation.” At the end of the piece the New York Times informs readers that: Michael J. Morell was the acting director … Read more
We’re going to war — either hybrid in nature to break the Russian state back to its 1990s subordination, or a hot war (which will destroy our country). Our citizens should know this, but they don’t because our media is dumbed down in its “Pravda”-like support for our “respectable,” highly aggressive government. We are being … Read more
The following was taped over a year ago, but it’s one of the most interesting interviews I’ve seen in a while. Robert David Steele is someone who’s work I have highlighted in the past (link at the end), and who exhibits tremendous expertise and insight on a remarkably wide range of subjects. The interviewer is Sean Stone … Read more