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By Caitlin Johnstone | 10 May 2019 MEDIUM — Whenever you speak out on a public forum against internet censorship, like the recent Instagram/Facebook banning of Louis Farrakhan, Infowars, and several right-wing pundits, you always offend two major […]
By David McLaughlin and Yaacov Benmeleh | 10 May 2019 States file new antitrust complaint naming company executives Pricing scheme allegedly cost consumers billions of dollars BLOOMBERG — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. helped mastermind a […]
By Tyler Durden | 10 May 2019 ZERO HEDGE — At a moment the Persian Gulf is heating up given the highest tensions and exchange of threats in years between the US and Iran, Tehran is […]
By Jay Weaver, Nicholas Nehama, Caitlin Ostroff and Sarah Blaskey | 9 May 2019 MIAMI HERALD — The FBI has opened a public corruption investigation into Republican donor and South Florida massage-parlor entrepreneur Li “Cindy” Yang, focusing […]
By J. Arthur Bloom | 9 May 2019 THE DAILY CALLER — Jigsaw, the Alphabet subsidiary that began as the Google Ideas think tank, has been utilizing Southern Poverty Law Center datasets in the development of […]
By Megan Schmidt | 7 May 2019 DISCOVER — Coca-Cola has poured millions of dollars into scientific research at universities. But if the beverage giant doesn’t like what scientists find, the company has the power to make sure […]
By Tyler Durden | 8 May 2019 ZERO HEDGE — Twitter user (@IamNomad) revealed that a single crypto address has been responsible for at least 50% of the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) transactions in the last 28 days, reported […]
Child used for woke marketing campaign By Dan Lyman | 7 May 2019 NEWS WARS — Converse has announced the release of a new line of shoes celebrating LGBT culture alongside a marketing campaign featuring […]
Among our readers, even those who don’t follow financial “markets” wouldn’t be surprised to learn that there are artificial intelligence algos (quants) that scan news headlines from from questionable sources, like The New York Times […]
In recent years, corporations have privatized almost every part of the public prison system. Now, PE firms are swooping in, seeking lavish returns for investors. By Tim Requarth | 30 April 2019 THE NATION — […]
By Tyler Durden | 5 May 2019 ZERO HEDGE — After weeks of heated rhetoric and the exchange of threats related to US oil export sanctions on Iran, and with both sides eyeing the enforcement of […]
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens | 1 May 2019 WALL STREET ON PARADE — Could Bernanke, Paulson and Geithner have possibly picked a more self-serving title for their latest revisionist history of their secret $29 […]
By Tyler Durden | 5 May 2019 ZERO HEDGE — Outspoken conservative actor James Woods has been banned from Twitter for more than a week after he tweeted “If you try to kill the King, you best not […]
5G Super-Hotspots will be the most dangerous places on Earth 3 May 2019 STATE OF THE NATION — The deployment of 5G continues unabated across the USA in spite of zero mandatory health and safety testing […]
By Pepe Escobar | 25 April 2019 RUSSIA INSIDER — The Trump administration once again has graphically demonstrated that in the young, turbulent 21st century, “international law” and “national sovereignty” already belong to the Realm of […]
By Paul Joseph Watson | 1 May 2019 SUMMIT NEWS — CNN just had its worst month for ratings in four years as the network lost 26 per cent of viewers compared to a year ago. […]
By Laurie Sullivan | 5 March 2019 MEDIA POST — About three-quarters of U.S. fraudulent advertising traffic is “sophisticated” invalid traffic, according to data released Tuesday. Looking at IP and blacklists no longer works, said Guy […]
By Tyler Durden | 29 April 2019 ZERO HEDGE — Saudi Arabia is preparing to decapitate so many people in 2019 that the kingdom is looking to hire eight more executioners, who will be tasked with […]
A study has found half of chicken meat at discount supermarkets is contaminated with antibiotic resistant germs that pose a major health risk. The results indicate antibiotics are overused at industrial poultry farms. 17 April […]
By Glenn Greenwald | 26 April 2019 THE INTERCEPT — A federal court in Texas issued a ruling on Thursday afternoon preliminarily enjoining enforcement of Texas’ law banning contractors from boycotting Israel. The court ruled that the […]
By Tyler Durden | 27 April 2019 ZERO HEDGE — An ominous trend, indicating US consumers are in far worse shape than assumed by conventional wisdom, has re-emerged. Regular readers may recall that two years ago […]
19 April 2019 PRESS TV — Google has blocked Press TV and Hispan TV’s access to their official accounts on the technology company’s platforms, including YouTube and Gmail, without prior notice, citing “violation of policies”. “Your Google Account was […]
By Tyler Durden | 26 April 2019 ZERO HEDGE — South America’s favorite “out and proud” homophobe Jair Bolsonaro – who was once labeled a “very dangerous human” by NYC Mayor and pioneering LGBTQ activist Bill de […]
‘It is deplorable that anyone would make false allegations of antisemitism, especially claims of such a serious nature, for any kind of gain’ By Scott Billeck | 24 April 2019 NATIONAL POST — What was first […]
Starbucks has installed needle-disposal boxes in its locations’ bathrooms in at least 25 US markets, as the chain works to address workers’ safety concerns in recent months. By this summer, the coffee giant plans to have installed sharps […]
With residents fed up by the homelessness crisis, city leaders and their allies coordinate a PR campaign to convince them that everything is fine. By Christopher F. Rufo | 16 April 2019 CITY JOURNAL — In […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that waivers that allowing eight countries to import Iranian crude oil without being subject to U.S. sanctions would expire on May 2 without extension. The eight countries included […]
By Bob Brigham | 6 April 2019 RAW STORY — President Donald Trump met with two controversial Republican billionaires during a trip to Las Vegas. When Air Force One landed, Trump was greeted by Steve […]
By Tyler Durden | 18 April 2019 ZERO HEDGE — Almost ten years after the Great Recession ended, a new survey reveals millennials have no savings amid rising probabilities of an imminent recession. Banking company Varo Money found […]
By Tyler Durden | 17 April 2019 ZERO HEDGE — Twitter has clipped the embattled left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after the group’s executive leadership quit over allegations of sexual and racial misconduct and scamming its liberal […]