“It sickens me the way Sinclaire is encroaching upon trusted news brands in rural markets,” said one local reporter. (COMMONDREAMS) Journalists and corporate watchdogs reacted with alarm when it was reported last month that the right-wing media giant Sinclair Broadcast Group was planning to force local news anchors to read from a script denouncing “fake” and “false” […]
(ZHE) As previewed one week ago, on Sunday China unveiled new retaliatory duties on US food imports including pork, nuts, wine and fruits of between 15% and 25% in response to Trump administration’s Section 232 tariffs (not to be confused with the $60BN in Section 301 tariffs unveiled subsequently) on steel and aluminum imports. In a statement posted on […]
(ZHE) Just days after Beijing officially launched Yuan-denominated crude oil futures (with a bang, as shown in the chart below, surpassing Brent trading volume) which are expected to quickly become the third global price benchmark along Brent and WTI, China took the next major step in the challenging the Dollar’s supremacy as global reserve currency (and internationalizing the […]
(TMU Op-ed) This week, Earl Simmons, A.K.A DMX, was sentenced to a year in prison for tax fraud, a charge that he plead guilty to in November. U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim, who is working the case, said in a statement that, “For years, Earl Simmons, the recording artist and performer known as DMX, made millions from his chart-topping […]
(ANTIMEDIA) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) recently met with leaders of a number of right-wing Jewish organizations, including the notorious pro-Israel lobby AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), according to a leaked copy of his itinerary obtained by Haaretz. Aside from AIPAC, MBS also met with a number of other groups that have donated millions to illegal settlement building. […]
(ANTIMEDIA) — Recent economic developments are seeing the power of the petrodollar chipped away piece by piece, and the result is the inevitable decline of America’s hegemony. Recently, Venezuela launched the world’s first state-backed cryptocurrency, known as the petro. According to TIME Magazine and its sources, however, the petro is “in fact a collaboration – a half hidden joint venture between Venezuelan […]
(ANTIMEDIA) — Facebook is bleeding users and credibility as it continues to face scrutiny for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which dominated headlines last week. One major point of contention is Facebook’s acquisition of users’ contact lists. I’ve just looked at the data files I requested from Facebook and they had every single phone […]
(ZHE) Seemingly following Andrew Ross Sorkin’s suggestions, and echoing the virtue-signaling from Dick’s Sporting Goods et al., megabank Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers. As a reminder, Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote in the NY Times that banks could control guns, if Washington won’t. Liberty Blitzkrieg’s Mike Krieger exclaimed that even in today’s world replete […]
(ANTIMEDIA) Las Vegas, NV — Newly released surveillance footage from Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino shows that Stephen Paddock, the man who committed the worst mass shooting in modern American history, acted completely normal in the days leading up to the event. The footage, obtained by the New York Times and published Thursday, depicts the same unassuming loner hotel staff had come to […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — With drone warfare a hot business in recent years, the US has kept a careful handle on who they allow to buy US-made lethal drones. Reports suggest that’s about to change, with President Trump set to ease the rules substantially, opening up sales to dozens of new customers. This isn’t just a scramble for growing arms […]
