Новости за 23.05.2019

(CNBC) Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange was hit Thursday with new federal criminal charges alleging he conspired with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to obtain and publish secret documents, some of which included the disclosure of identities of foreigners who were aiding the U.S. military abroad. The new set of charges immediately raised alarms among […]

(CNBC) Stocks fell sharply on Thursday as investors started to fear the U.S.-China trade war is slowing the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 286.14 points to 25,490.47 as United Technologies lagged. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% to 2,822.24 while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.6% to 7,628.28. The Dow fell more than 400 points […]

(Gateway Pundit) If Joe Biden had done it, the video would have been on ABC and NBC and CBS and CNN and MSNBC for two days straight. Vice President Mike Pence — who’s hardly ever in the news — was driving along in Waxhew, N.C., on his way to an event. Along the route, some […]

(Associated Press) After Eric Garner’s death following a confrontation with New York City police five years ago, one officer involved in the struggle wrote up paperwork that exaggerated the seriousness of the dead man’s suspected crime, that officer testified Tuesday. Officer Justin Damico said that after riding in an ambulance with the dying Garner, he […]

(Fox News) An Illinois judge on Thursday ordered “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s criminal case file unsealed, setting up the release of a wealth of information surrounding the controversial — and often confusing — case. Cook County judge Steven G. Watkins’ decision came months after a dizzying set of events: First, Smollett alleged he’d been the […]

(Phys.org) Newly discovered layers of ice buried a mile beneath Mars’ north pole are the remnants of ancient polar ice sheets and could be one of the largest water reservoirs on the planet, according to scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Arizona. The team made the discovery using measurements […]

(NPR) During and after the Great Recession, people turned to disability rolls in large numbers to make ends meet. This accelerated what had been going on for a generation, as the federal government’s disability insurance program saw steady growth. But now, for the first time in decades, the disability rolls are shrinking. More people with […]

(London Daily Mail) Israeli researchers raised a glass Wednesday to celebrate a long-brewing project of making beer and mead using yeasts extracted from ancient clay vessels -some over 5,000 years old. Archaeologists and microbiologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority and four Israeli universities teamed up to study yeast colonies found in microscopic pores in pottery […]

(MSM) John Walker Lindh, the first person to be convicted of a crime in the “War on Terror,” left prison a free man Thursday after 17 years behind bars, his lawyer confirmed. The Northern California native was captured months into the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan, a war that has now lasted longer than […]

Following Lewis and Clark’s expedition, notable mountain men explored America’s west. Notable names include: John Frémont, Joseph Meek, John Sutter, Peter Skene Ogden, Jedediah Smith, William Sublette, Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger, missionary Marcus Whitman, and Kit Carson. Kit Carson was a fur trapper, soldier and Indian agent. His exploits west of the Mississippi were as […]

Democrats in Washington have for the whole of President Trump’s term sought to put him on trial for collusion and obstruction charges. Many Democrats continue to call for impeachment based on those charges, even though special counsel Robert Mueller determined there was no collusion with Russia and declined to refer obstruction charges. Now they have […]

Government watchdog Judicial Watch is claiming victory in a lawsuit against filed by an Antifa activist over access to records of her communications under the provisions of the California Public Records Act after a court ordered her to pay tens of thousands of dollars for filing a “frivolous” case. It was two years ago that […]

Twitter agreed to a request by Al Jazeera’s Arabic-language network to censor English translations of a video that questioned the reality of the Holocaust and charged Jews exploited it “for their agenda.” In a post to social media, AJ+ Arabic captioned the seven-minute video: “The gas chambers killed millions of Jews. … So the story […]

A Swedish blogger who joked about the Islamic holiday Ramadan in an Instagram post now fears leaving his house because of threats of violence against him and his family. After his joke went viral on the social media platform, the blogger, known as Fredrik, and his family were targeted with threats of rape and death, […]

According to internal documents, Facebook urged some of its employees to investigate the background of black conservative commentator Candace Owens for grounds to remove her from its platform, Breitbart News reported. The document is a “Policy Review” spreadsheet created in April of what Facebook calls “hate agents.” Owens was listed under a note that said, […]

Two illegal alien members of the violent MS-13 gang who were released by a sanctuary city have been charged with the murder of a 14-year-old girl in Maryland. Josue Rafael Fuentes-Ponce, 16, and Joel Ernesto Escobar, 17, were charged with first-degree murder along with 14-year-old Cynthia Hernandez-Nucamendi in the death of 14-year-old Ariana Funes-Diaz in […]

It’s been over four decades since Roe v. Wade and the companion case, Doe v Bolton, the Supreme Court decisions that made abortion legal in all 50 states for any reason, through all nine months of a woman’s pregnancy. Yet it remains unsettled. Why? Roe was a case based on legal quicksand. In 1973, the […]

On Monday, President Donald Trump held a rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania. Not many people have heard of Montoursville, a pleasant little town of fewer than 5,000 people. But those who have include the CIA analysts, FBI honchos and Clinton White House operatives who orchestrated the cover-up of the TWA 800 crash. On July 17, 1996, […]

Norman Vincent Peale, the Christian philosopher and author of the best-selling book “The Power of Positive Thinking,” is credited with having coined several axioms that have become fairly commonplace in the American lexicon. Among these is the phrase “We tend to get what we expect.” While this may seem somewhat trite, many will concur, outrageous […]

Psychiatric disorders and mental health problems are skyrocketing in the United States. Mental illness alone costs $195 billion yearly in lost earnings, opioid misuse $80 billion – and that’s not counting heroin, alcohol and legal drugs. According to DrugWarFacts.org, over 27 million Americans aged 12 or older, were illicit drug users. Seven out of 10 […]

In the history of the American presidency, only 10 presidents have delivered a “Farewell Address” before leaving office. Most said their goodbyes in a final State of the Union address to Congress. Those opting for a farewell speech often forewarned of future dangers to the republic. In his Farewell Address, our first president, George Washington, […]

There are many fine pastors in America. They are devoted shepherds. They are faithful teachers of the Word. They care for their flocks. And when necessary, they sound the alarm. For each of them, I am thankful. Some of them are dear friends and coworkers, and many of them have sacrificed much for God’s work […]

Can we have a quick reality check and acknowledge that what is happening to America is a million times worse than what’s happening in Europe and is of much greater consequence? Conservatives regularly point to the mass migration afflicting Europe as if it’s the Ghost of Christmas Future for America. Since waves of Third World […]

In his book “Discrimination and Disparities,” economist Thomas Sowell notes that a disproportionate percentage of first-born siblings become National Merit scholars compared to siblings born later, presumably because the first-born starts life with no sibling competition for parental attention. This, says Sowell, illustrates the absurdities of expecting equal results when equal results do not even […]

He’s a mainstay of WND’s Opinion page for a reason: Order A.F. Branco’s second book of brilliant political cartoons: “Make America Laugh Again”