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This week on the New World Next Week: Vermont politicians try to get ahead of the pot legalization parade; people reject Kraft as the free market wins again; and DIY brings decentralization to the power grid.

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2018-01-11%20James%20Evan%20Pilato.mp3"][/audio]This week on the New World Next Week: Vermont politicians try to get ahead of the pot legalization parade; people reject Kraft as the free market wins again; and DIY brings decentralization to the power grid.

New year's manure, good Lorde taketh and mock trials + this day in history w/IBM and the Holocaust and our song of the day by The Vaccines on your Morning Monarchy for January 8, 2018.

The online outrage machine went into overdrive after Swedish retailer H&M added a photo of a black child modelling a hoodie which had the words, ‘Coolest monkey in the jungle,’ emblazoned on the front.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Thursday for an attorney challenging an Arizona law prohibiting state contractors from supporting boycotts against Israel, saying it violates his right to free expression.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of Sedona attorney Mikkel Jordahl, who provides legal advice to Coconino County inmates. It is asking the court to declare the law, which mandates contractors sign a statement promising not to boycott Israel, unconstitutional.

For decades most American Jews have claimed an “Israel exemption”: resolutely progressive on domestic issues, they are hawks on their cherished cause. Racism they would vigorously oppose if applied in the United States is welcomed in Israel.
Reports at the weekend suggested that Donald Trump was about to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, throwing a wrench in any peace plan.

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on November 7 to discuss the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act.” Proponents of ASAA claim it is a law that would protect Jewish students from anti-Semitic harassment, which they claim is a major problem on campus.

Texas: HB 89 is a law that prohibits state agencies from contracting and investing with any company that boycotts Israeli products. Private businesses wanting to provide goods or services to Texas now must sign a statement swearing to place the economic benefit of a foreign nation above American citizens' freedom-of-choice. [...]

Analysis — A proposed law at the Italian Parliament is set to punish the boycott of Israel. In the past, such an initiative would have been unthinkable. Alas, Italy, a country that had historic sympathies with the Palestinian cause has shifted its politics in a dramatic way in recent years. Most surprisingly, though, the Left is as implicated as the Right in the rush to please Israel, at the expense of Palestinian rights.

George Soros' funded Media Matters claims Sean Hannity was sympathetic when interviewing Judge Roy Moore over allegations of sexual misconduct, and it organized a boycott against Hannity - and eleven advertisers dropped his show. [...]