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German Health Minister Jens Spahn is proposing a law that allows for fining parents of unvaccinated children up to €2,500 ($2,800). The conservative lawmaker said he wants to ‘eradicate’ measles. 5 May 2019 DEUTSCHE WELLE […]
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 Jennie Taer | 3 May 2019 SARA — At their talks in Budapest on Thursday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini agreed on the importance […]
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 […]
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 […]
30 April 2019 RT — Just days after the fatal shooting at a California synagogue, the Florida Senate passed an anti-Semitism bill that critics say will criminalize any criticism of Israel. The bill prohibits anti-Semitism in […]
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 […]
New York Times admits cartoon had antisemitic tropes and says it was an error of judgement to publish. By Seth J. Frantzman | 28 April 2019 THE JERUSALEM POST — The New York Times International […]
28 April 2019 RT — In a move that many have interpreted as a shot across the bow of US President Donald Trump, Pope Francis has donated $500,000 to help Central American migrants stranded in Mexico […]
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 […]
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 | 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 […]
There are any number of child rapists and pederasts among the British kakistocracy. Also because of our interest and suspicions in the ongoing Smiley Face Killers cases, we’ve been focusing on the role of corrupt […]
By Deb Riechmanna | 16 April 2019 AP — President Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.The veto — the second in Trump’s […]
It’s the second time that the Trump administration has extended its vow to protect allies from the court explicitly to Israelis. By Ron Kampeas | 13 April 2019 THE JERUSALEM POST (JTA) — The Trump […]
By Faith E. Pinho | 15 April 2019 LOS ANGELES TIMES — A decision to repaint Laguna Beach police cars with an image of the American flag running through lettering on the doors will return […]
By John Derbyshire | 12 April 2019 THE UNZ REVIEW — This week on Capitol Hill the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee had a hearing on the threat of “white nationalism.” I didn’t read very far into the transcripts of this event before I […]
By Pam Martens and Russ Martens | 12 April 2019 WALL STREET ON PARADE — One day before Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee held an historic grilling of the CEOs of the mega banks […]
By Elias Marat | 13 April 2019 ACTIVIST POST — Facebook has unpublished the page of Ecuador’s former president, Rafael Correa, the social media giant confirmed on Thursday, claiming that the popular leftist leader violated the […]
Editor’s Note: Kay Stevenson is a guest contributor to Winter Watch who lives four miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. By Kay Stevenson Caligula — or someone quite like him — is reputed to be […]
By Preston Huennekens | 29 March 2019 CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES — In April 2017, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 18837 — a directive to “Buy American and Hire American”. The order signaled the president’s intent to […]
8 April 2019 INVESTMENT WATCH — Social media companies will face huge fines if they fail to live up to their “duty of care” to internet users. The UK government is taking a hard line when […]
By Allum Bokhari | 8 April 2019 BREITBART — Under pressure from left-wing journalists and activists, Amazon is purging right-wing authors from its store, including a book co-authored by English Islam critic and independent commentator […]
Dries Van Langenhove and the New Face of Flemish Nationalism By Guillaume Durocher | 7 April 2019 THE UNZ REVIEW — Dries Van Langenhove is a Flemish nationalist who has rocketed to the national scene in […]
By B.N. Frank | 1 April 2019 ACTIVIST POST — According to the Brussels Times In July, the government concluded an agreement with three telecom operators to relax the strict radiation standards in Brussels. But according to […]
On the eve of Israeli’s parliamentary election, U.S. President Donald Trump gave incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard-line conservative Likud brethren a “win” by classifying the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a […]
29 March 2016 INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY — Fraud: While the global warming alarmists have done a good job of spreading fright, they haven’t been so good at hiding their real motivation. Yet another one has […]