I. Free Speech & Corporate Media Meltdown
- Freedom of Speech Comes to an End in Germany
- German Police Said to Raid Homes over Online Hate Speech
- The Suppression of Ideas and the Closing out of Debate
- Justice Department Subpoenas The Intercept for Records on Barrett Brown
- Barret Brown: US Journalist May Seek Asylum Overseas After Being Re-Imprisoned for Talking to Press
- Three CNN Employees Resign Over Retracted Story on Russia Ties
- Fox News Drops O’Reilly in Wake of Harassment Allegations
- CNN Shocked Speechless as Congressman Questions Syria Chemical Weapons Story
- The Situation in Syria Is Not Complicated — Here’s What You Need To Know
- Evidence Proves DNC Fabricated Russian Conspiracy In June 2016
- List of Journalists Killed in Russia
- CIA Director Pompeo, Targeting WikiLeaks, Explicitly Threatens Speech and Press Freedoms
- Julian Assange Speaks Out: The War On The Truth
- US Government Wants Julian Assange in Jail. That Could Hurt the Rest of Us
- Getting Julian Assange: The Untold Story
- Twitter Suspends WND for Seth Rich Report
- Is It Hateful To Believe In Hell? Bernie Sanders’ Questions Prompt Backlash
- Journalists Get New Protections in Vermont
The Worst Idea Yet: Have a Con Con
- It Looks Like the Kochs’ Dream of a Right-Wing Constitutional Convention Has Been Roadblocked
- The Dangerous Path: Big Moneys’ Attempt to Shred the Constitution
- American Suicide: Proposals for Constitutional Amendments & Convention with Edwin Vieira, Jr.
- Bill of the Week: We the People Rewriting the Constitution is as Easy as 1, 2, 3
II. A New Administration: The First Year
- Jobs Miss Big, Unemployment Rate Falls to 16-Year Low
- Winners and Losers of Trump’s First 100 Days
- Trump: the Man vs. His Ideas
- Trump and Money Laundering: The Key Questions to Ask
- Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
- There is Something Very Strange about This Man!
- The Trump Reflation Fantasy Ends on Day 100
- Melanie Trump Receives Settlement Apology from Daily Mail
- Tillerson Blows Up at Top White House Aide
The Trump U-Turn
- Trump Flips On Five Core Campaign Promises In Under 24 Hours
- Why Trump Succumbed to the Hawks
- The Takeover of Trump – Timeline
Energy
- Trump Hopes To Quietly Steal Putin’s Natgas Business In Europe
- The Financial Times Reports on President Trump’s LNG Export Push
- Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting National Monuments, Could Open Up Lands for Oil and Gas Development
Governance Structures
- Dr. Cynthia McKinney: “Congress Is Nothing But Theatrics”
- Pentagon Trained Syria’s Al Qaeda “Rebels” in the Use of Chemical Weapons
- U.S. Withdraws funding for U.N. Population Fund
- Donald Trump Blames Constitution for Chaos of His First 100 Days
Budget
- McCain & Neocons Up DOD Budget by $100 Billion
- Key House Committee Approves Curbing Trump’s War Authorization Powers
- Republicans Warn Reauthorization Of NSA Surveillance Tool Will Be Hard After Flynn Leaks
- America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again
- The Three Most Interesting Numbers in President Trump’s First Budget
- Mnuchin Comments On Trump’s “Historic” Budget Proposal: “It Will Prevent Taxpayer Bailouts”
- Trump’s Plan to Attack Social Security
- Congress Must Raise Debt Ceiling by Mid-October: CBO
Infrastructure
- President Trump Infrastructure Speech in Cincinnati, Ohio
- If China Can Fund Infrastructure with Its Own Credit, So Can We
- Trump to Privatize Air Traffic Control
- What United Airlines Really Wants Is to Privatize America’s Skies
- A Lack of Competition Explains the Flaws in American Aviation
- Trump will Pledge Federal Dollars for Infrastructure Projects in Rural Areas
- 220 Cities, 140 Million Americans To Lose Amtrak Service; Federal Budget will Kill U.S. Train Network
- Executive Orders Require Review of Federal IT and Cybersecurity Resources
Federal Reserve & Financial System
- DOL Fiduciary Rule Explained as of April 18, 2017
- Russian Bank Chairman Met With Kushner, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase
- Muni Bond Market Signals Tax Reform Unlikely This Year
- Private Equity’s Lousy Governance
ObamaCare / Health
- Republican Healthcare Bill Imperiled with 22 Million Seen Losing Insurance
- Freedom Caucus Endorses Revised ObamaCare Repeal-and-Replace Bill
- To Replace Obamacare, Don’t Overlook The Role Of The States
- Knoxville, TN Could Be Ground Zero For The Obamacare Explosion
- President Donald J. Trump Proclaims April 2, 2017 as World Autism Awareness Day
Lobbying
Military Modernization/Defense
- $700bn Pentagon Bill Funds US Presence in E. Europe & Weapons for Ukraine
- US Vice Admiral Calls for Code of Conduct for Space
- In Selling Trump’s Budget, Mattis Faces a Skeptical Audience on Capitol Hill
- VA Whistleblowers: Retaliation is Getting Worse, Not Better
- Pentagon Trained Syria’s Al Qaeda “Rebels” in the Use of Chemical Weapons
Intelligence Agency Modernization and Reform
- House Caucus Threatens to Pull Renewal on Bulk Acquisition of Data
- UK Mass Surveillance ‘Totalitarian’ and Will ‘Cost Lives’, Warns ex-NSA Bill Binney
Immigration/Wall
Crime/Justice
- How Jeff Sessions Wants to Bring Back the War on Drugs
- Drug Deaths in America Are Rising Faster Than Ever
- Donald Trump Picks Christopher Wray as New FBI director, Replacing James Comey
- God, Guns, and Abortion: Neil Gorsuch to Quickly make his Mark on High Court
Education / Common Core
Regulation
- Why is the Green Climate Fund Costing the U.S. a Fortune?
- In His First Ever Tweet, Lloyd Blankfein Slams Trump’s Climate Decision
- Trump’s Speech On Paris Climate Agreement Withdrawal, Annotated
- Trump Promises Climate Decision Next Week after G7 Stalemate
- Merkel Furious With Trump After “Unprecedented” G-7 Failure To Reach Consensus On Climate Change
- Too Much Federal Regulation has Piled up in America
- They Are Killing Small Business: The Number Of Self-Employed Americans Is Lower Than In 1990
- Monopoly Power and the Decline of Small Business: The Case for Restoring America’s Once Robust Antitrust Policies
- The Evidence is Piling Up— Silicon Valley is Being Destroyed
- Dow, DuPont Merger Wins U.S. Antitrust Approval with Conditions
- Trump Signs Measure to Let ISPs Sell Your Data Without Consent
Tax
- Washington Republicans Contemplate Major Benefit Reforms
- House Speaker, Trump Aides Vow Tax Reform by End of 2017
- Trump’s Biggest Hurdle on Tax Cuts? Congress’s Daunting Calendar
- U.S. House Panel to Begin Hearings on Tax Reform Next Week
- Mnuchin Can’t Guarantee Middle Class Tax Cut
- Trump’s Tax Cut Proposal Shines Light on MLPs
- The Main Highlights In Trump’s Sweeping Tax Reform Proposal
- Treasury’s Mnuchin: We’re ‘Pretty Close’ to Bringing Forward ‘Major Tax Reform’
Trade
- Amy Baker Benjamin – Will the Real Trump Foreign Policy Please Stand Up?
- Trump’s ‘Been Clear to Me’ to Try to Rebuild Russia Ties: Tillerson
- Trump, Xi at Mar-a-Lago for High-stakes Summit
- Trump Agrees Not to Terminate NAFTA Treaty ‘at This Time,’ Will Attempt Renegotiation: White House
- Pence Pushes Allies on Trade After Reassuring on North Korea
- Congress Committee on China Defends its Critical Stance on Hong Kong Against Top US Envoy in City
III. The Shift to the Multi-Polar World
A. The Big Picture:
- Michael Savage Begs Trump to Stop WW III
- Sacred Communities and The Emergent Multipolar Landscape
- Stewart Rhodes on (Globalist Agenda) European Viewpoint of Studio Execs
- Warming Climate? Europe’s Unlikely Global Partner
- Trump and the Bubbles from a Sunken (old G7) World
Europe
- Czech Parliament Moves to Legalise Firearm Ownership
- Czech Republic Votes to Establish Right to Keep and Bear Arms Against…
- Italy’s Newest Bank Bailout Cost as Much as it’s Annual Defense Budget
- In “Watershed Moment” Merkel Says Germany Can No Longer Rely On America
- The Russia Sanctions: Germany Says “This Must Not Happen”
- Cooking With Gas: Nord Stream 2 Project Gets Green Light From EU
- Denmark Proposes Law Change to Block Russian Gas to Europe
- In “Watershed Moment” Merkel Says Germany Can No Longer Rely On America
- Hung Parliament: What it Could Mean for Brexit Negotiations
- Angry Greek Shipowners Expose Real Motive Behind Schaeuble’s Taxation Criticism
- Macron Marches on as his Party Wins Large Majority in French Parliament
United Kingdom
- “I’m Sorry” Theresa May Apologizes over Election Disaster but Vows to Lead Country with “Certainty” Despite Relying on DUP Support -as Vultures begin to Circle Around her Weakened Leadership
- Theresa May Loses Overall Majority in U.K. Parliament
- Hung Parliament: What it Could Mean for Brexit Negotiations
Africa
Asia
- The U.S. and China: Why the Sudden Convergence on North Korea?
- Gaza Faces Severe Crisis Amid Power Plant Shutdown
- Erdogan Clinches Victory in Turkish Constitutional Referendum
- Tillerson Tells Arab States To Lift Qatar Blockade: “It’s Hindering The Campaign Against ISIS”
- Strict Action Against Anyone Showing Sympathy with Qatar: UAE
China
- MSCI’s Big China Decision Looms Today
- China says Hong Kong Handover Deal is Now Just a Scrap of Paper as Xi Draws ‘Red Line’ on Sovereignty
- Hong Kong’s Language and Culture is Endangered by a Purely Political Concept of Chinese Identity
- China’s Split With Russia on Syria Signals Warmer Xi-Trump Ties
- China Launches Aircraft Carrier, Boosting Military Presence
- Chevron to Sell Bangladesh Gas Fields to Chinese Consortium
- U.S., China Reach Deals on Access for Beef, Financial Services
- Feeding China
- China Pledges $124 Billion for New Silk Road as Champion of Globalization
- While Trump was in Riyadh Dancing and Selling Arms, this was Happening…
S Korea
N Korea
- North Korean Missile “Blows Up” During Launch; President Trump Aware, Has “No Further Comment”
- China Warns North Korea Situation Has Hit “Tipping Point”, Threatens “Never Before Seen” Measures
- China Threatens To Bomb North Korea’s Nuclear Facilities If It Crosses Beijing’s “Bottom Line”
- Senators Told North Korea Nuclear Threat Is Urgent
- U.S. May Launch Strike if North Korea Reaches for Nuclear Trigger
- The U.S. Has An ‘Active Cyber War Underway’ To Thwart The North Korean Nuclear Threat
- ‘Declaration of war’: Russian MPs Blast US Plans to Enforce N. Korea Sanctions on Foreign Territory
- Pyongyang Slams Israel as ‘Disturber of Peace Armed with Illegal Nukes Under US Patronage’
Middle East
- Israel PM Netanyahu Issues Threat Against Iran
- Israel Strikes Iran-Supplied Arms Depot Near Damascus Airport
- Europe, Israel Back Longest Undersea Natural Gas Pipeline
- Oliver Stone: Israel Had Far More Involvement in the US Election Than Russia
- No Joke: U.N. Elects Saudi Arabia to Women’s Rights Commission, For 2018-2022 Term
India
Iran
- Iran Fires Missiles at ISIL Positions in Eastern Syria
- Russia and Iran Pledge to Hit Back against Further Syria Strikes as they Blast US for ‘Crossing Red Lines’
Russia
- Russia Warns U.S. After Downing of Syrian Warplane
- Russia and Iran Pledge to Hit Back against further Syria Strikes as they Blast US for ‘Crossing Red Lines’
- Putin Points Out Russian Weapons’ Top Performance Helped Boost Exports
- Gazprom to Begin Turkish Stream Construction in Next few Days
- Putin Backs Extending Free Land Giveaway all Across Russia..
- Breaking: Nuclear-Capable Russian Bomber Jets Fly Near Alaska Again
- Russian Senator Warns UK “Risks Being Wiped Off The Face Of The Earth”
- Russia and Islam, Connecting the Dots and Discerning the Future
- 25 Things Revealed About Vladimir Putin by Oliver Stone in the Putin Interviews
- Kremlin: Risk of US-Russia Collision in Syria ‘Significantly Increased’
- Russia Has Withdrawn Half Of Its Fighter Jet Group From Syria
Syria
- Genie Oil: The Syria, Goldman Sachs, Israel, ISIS Connection
- Syria Pipeline – How the Press Will Not Tell the Truth about Syria
- Michael Savage Turns on Trump, Says Syrian Gas Attack Was False Flag Operation
- Syria Accuses US Of Hitting ISIS Chemical Weapons Depot Killing Hundreds; Russia Sends Drones
- Putin Calls out NATO on Syria Chemical False Flag: ‘It was Staged’ (Video)
- The Nerve Agent Attack that Did Not Occur: Analysis of the Times and Locations of Critical Events in the Alleged Nerve Agent Attack
- Russia Has Withdrawn Half Of Its Fighter Jet Group From Syria
- Russia, Iran, Turkey Ban US Planes Above Syrian “Safe Zones”
- US Sanctions 271 Syrians, Freezes Their US Assets
US
- Is Blazing Nuclear War Imminent? Fitts & Rense
- Donald Trump Asserts his Authority Over his Allies
- Rex Tillerson meets with Foreign Minister Lavrov and President Putin
- Donald Trump Attacks Iran
- Syria Policy After the Chemical Attacks
- US Launches Airstrikes on Syria
- Michael Savage Turns on Trump, Says Syrian Gas Attack Was False Flag Operation
- US Shoots Down Syrian Aircraft for First Time
- US Sanctions 271 Syrians, Freezes Their US Assets
- Pentagon Expands Rebuke of Turkey Over Iraq, Syria Strikes
- Russia and Iran Pledge to Hit Back against further Syria Strikes as they Blast US for ‘Crossing Red Lines’
B. What’s Next for the EU?
- What the EU27 wants from Brexit
- Meet Emmanuel Macron – The Consummate Banker Puppet, Bizarre Elitist Creation
- Denmark Proposes Law Change to Block Russian Gas to Europe
- Does Schäuble want Draghi to Exit the Stage Once & For All?
- We Need a New Global Economic Goal: Resilience (subscription)
- Macron Elected French President: Estimates
- Germany: Police Powerless Against Middle Eastern Crime Gangs
C. Growth on the Silk Road
- HK’s Role for Next 20 Years? Silk Road ‘Super-connector’
- China Pledges $124 Billion for New Silk Road as Champion of Globalization
- China’s AIIB Approves 13 New Member Countries
- CPEC Investment Pushed from $55b to $62b
- Liberal Andrew Robb Took $880k China Job as Soon as He Left Parliament
D. The US China Re-balancing and the South China Sea
E. The Beaten Path to Antarctica
F. Global Powwows
- Moguls Set to Converge on Sun Valley
- Trailer Bilderberg the Movie
- Protests, Policy Rows, Volatile Leaders — Welcome to the Hamburg G20 Summit
- Russia, US & China Able to Join Forces in Tackling Global Challenges – Lavrov
IV. The Deep State Grows More Evident
- George Soros Accused of Trying to Oust Equatorial Guinea’s Government
- The Insurrection Against the President, or Who Really is George Soros Anyway?
- America Illegally At War For a Long Time Now
- After 9/11 Attacks People Stopped Asking Whatever Happened To The Missing $2.3 Trillion Dollars At Pentagon
- Seymour Hersh Says Hillary Approved Sending Libya’s Sarin to Syrian Rebels
- White House Claims on Syria Chemical Attack ‘Obviously False’- Prof. Theodor Postol of MIT
- Top Ten Reasons to Doubt Official Story on Assad Poison-gas Attack
- ‘I Don’t Believe a Word of It’ – CIA Whistleblower on US Intelligence about Syria Chemical Attack
- History: New Gold Pool at the BIS Basle, Switzerland: Part 1
- ISIS Recruiter Who Radicalised London Bridge Attackers was Protected by MI5
V. Migration and Immigration
Long-Term Trends: Migration Potential From Africa and Middle East: