Political news and opinions from Winter Watch writers and from around the Web.
The real estate industry is Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s number one backer and it is getting its money’s worth By Georgia Kromrei | 13 August 2018 THE INDYPENDENT — As Gov. Andrew Cuomo stepped out from between […]
After Canada asked Saudi Arabia to release the imprisoned human rights activists, a Saudi group posted a photo of a plane about to hit Toronto’s CN tower — just like 9/11 By Matt Agorist | […]
One year after Trump announced a new southeast Asia strategy that increased U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan, the president is growing frustrated with the 17-year-old war and showing renewed interest in a proposal by Blackwater […]
The appointment of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court on Aug. 5, 2010, checked off three standard markers of the American plutocracy: she’s a woman, she’s Jewish and she’s mediocre. In a typical inversion, after […]
By Tyler Durden | 21 August 2016 TYLER DURDEN — South Africa’s white farmers have been desperately trying to sell their lands at record pace ahead of planned government land seizures, according to a local farmer’s union. However, there […]
Jakiw Palij, 95, suspected of war crimes in Poland, expelled as German minister says there is no cut-off point to justice By Kate Connolly and Erin Durkin | 21 August 2018 THE GUARDIAN — A 95-year-old former Nazi […]
Bill expected to come to vote early this week By Jason Ditz | 19 August 2018 ANTIWAR — Recently signed by President Trump, the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) sought to place limits on US […]
20 August 2018 SPUTNIK — Russian human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said Monday there are all signs of cruel treatment in the detention conditions of Russian national Maria Butina, who is kept in a US […]
In recent weeks, three Democratic candidates highly critical of Israel have won elections; Jewish Democratic leaders deny a broader trend By Eric Cortellessa | 18 August 2018 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL — This summer has been […]
The FDA is now pushing to ban the highly beneficial plant kratom, which is curing opioid addiction. If we look deeper, we can see why they want it illegal. By Matt Agorist | 17 November 2017 […]
DC mayor wanted $42 million for city security By Lolita C. Baldor and Catherine Lucey | 17 August 2018 FOX (AP) — The cancellation of President Donald Trump’s Veterans Day parade came swiftly when senior White […]
By Amanda Billner | 14 August 2018 Nationalist party could emerge as biggest after September vote Party supporters slam immigration as danger to welfare state BLOOMBERG — Viking rock music and whole pigs roasting on spits […]
By Pedro Silva | 7 August 2018 The Sweden election could see the anti-EU and anti-immigration ‘Sweden Democrats’ dominate the parliament as polls show the party making great gains against the governing Social Democrats and […]
By Michael Krieger | 7 August 2018 LIBERTY BLITZKRIEG — In a corporatist system of government, wherein there is no meaningful separation between corporate power and state power, corporate censorship is state censorship. Because legalized bribery […]
By Martin Armstrong | 6 August 2018 ARMSTRONG ECONOMICS — The Magnitsky Act Behind the Scenes has been pulled from everywhere. You do not ban a film in Europe and the United States if it is wrong. This is perhaps […]
By Doug Bock Clark | 16 January 2018 WIRED — The email arrived just as Megan Squire was starting to cook Thanksgiving dinner. She was flitting between the kitchen, where some chicken soup was simmering, and […]
By Joseph Ax and Makini Brice | 10 August 2018 REUTERS — Joan Fenton knows she will not make much money at her Charlottesville gift shop this weekend, when the downtown district will be virtually locked […]
By Tyler Durden | 3 August 2018 ZERO HEDGE — Well, this is going to make the weekend’s political conversations a little more awkward around America. As the mainstream media (and even the leftist politicians) begin […]
Turkey is in a full-blown debt and currency collapse. Earlier this week, the country’s treasury sold 539.7 million lira of 5-year notes at 22.1 percent. Vampire squid Goldman Sachs has opined on Turkey’s banks: “We […]
Neocons resurrect tribal memories to fan the flames By Philip Giraldi | 5 June 2018 THE UNZ REVIEW — Having just returned from a trip to Russia, I am pleased to report that the Russian people […]
Few men have proven to be more prophetic than the late Enoch Powell (1912-1998) . Powell served in Parliament from 1950-1974 and is best known for his opposition to Britain’s liberal migration policy. After his […]
The 39th president said the ‘Citizens United’ ruling ‘violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system’ By Daniel Kreps | 31 July 2018 ROLLING STONE — Former President Jimmy Carter had some […]
By Tyler Durden | 31 July 2018 ZERO HEDGE — We may have an idea what was the (leaked) reason for today’s selloff in Treasurys, which pushed the 10Y yield just shy of 3.00%. According to the […]
By Josh Nathan-Kazis | 28 July 2018 FORWARD — In a lawsuit filed Friday, the former executive director of the Zionist Organization of America accused its longtime president, Mort Klein, of taking secret off-the-books payments from […]
By Morgan Gstalter | 28 July 2018 THE HILL — A new report from Austin, Texas’s Equity Office about existing Confederate monuments suggested changing the city’s name. The report identified several neighborhoods and 10 streets named in […]
By Markab Algedi | 27 July 2018 THE MIND UNLEASHED — For the past 54 years, one man has served as a prime example of why the presidential office means little to nothing: Henry Kissinger. People […]
By Kyle Perisic | 26 July 2018 THE DAILY CALLER — A Wikipedia editor placed one of the most influential libertarian Republicans on a list of “American White Supremacists” for three weeks before it was removed Wednesday. An […]
By Joachim Hagopian | 6 June 2018 AMERICAN EMPIRE EXPOSED — I wrote the article below on the 14th anniversary of Senator Paul Wellstone’s murder back in October 2016 and with the latest revelations marking the half century […]
Anew Huffington Post poll of Americans’ attitudes toward a war with Iran reveals a warmongering constituency within the U.S. The Web-based poll involved a YouGov sampling of 1,000 demographically diverse voters who either selected Trump or […]
On The New Nationalist’s (TNN) About page, we state that part of our mission is to call out bad elements. There’s also a sentence about praising righteous behavior. “Righteous” is defined as “morally right or […]