Weekly News-Jan-10-2024
Here are our top 5 stories of the week.
#1 – Hollywood Hills ABLAZE: Wildfires Devastate Los Angeles, Forcing Mass Evacuations and Claiming Lives
Los Angeles is engulfed in chaos as wildfires tear through the city, forcing the evacuation of Hollywood Boulevard and surrounding neighborhoods. Over 100,000 residents have been ordered to flee, with iconic landmarks and celebrity homes reduced to ashes. The death toll has risen to five, and officials warn the number could climb as firefighters battle six separate blazes across the region.
The fires, fueled by hurricane-force winds and bone-dry conditions, have ravaged areas from Malibu to Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades to Runyon Canyon. Two new fires erupted overnight in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City, stretching already depleted firefighting resources to their limits. The National Guard has been deployed, and military personnel may soon join the effort to contain the unprecedented disaster. Read full article >
#2 – Trump Wants To Acquire Greenland
By | SHTF Plan
President-elect Donald Trump is actually quite serious about acquiring the country of Greenland. But he seems to be the only one sure he can do it. Russia has described the US president-elect’s plan as “eccentric” and “totally unworkable,” a sentiment further echoed by most other ruling classes.
Trump’s idea has so far been dismissed by the current administration of US President Joe Biden, the European Union, Denmark, and the ruling class of Greenland itself. The media outlet Reuters said Trump’s renewed statements, on taking Greenland, however, indicate that his desire is a “deep-rooted ambition” rather than “a fleeting fancy.” Read full article >
#3 – A Tale of Two Justice Systems: Only Trump Gets Convicted of 34 Felonies and Receives No Punishment
By Jessica Washington | The Intercept
Convicted of 34 felony counts in his hush money case, Donald Trump could have faced severe consequences. Each of the felony counts of falsifying business records was punishable by up to four years in prison and fines of up to $5,000. Yet U.S. District Judge Juan Merchan took a remarkably light approach in sentencing Friday, issuing Trump an “unconditional discharge” — meaning no jail time, no fines, and effectively no punishment except that he retains his felony conviction. Read full article >
#4 – BlackRock Quits Net Zero Asset Managers Under Republican Pressure
By Will Jones | Daily Skeptic
BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, is abandoning the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative after coming under pressure from Republican politicians over its support for woke climate policies. The Times has the story.
The New York-headquartered firm, which manages $11.5 trillion of assets, said it would leave the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. Members of the group pledge to support the goal of Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, including by using their votes on behalf of shareholders at corporate meetings.
#5 – Israel, US, UK Launch New Airstrikes On Yemen Amid Efforts To ‘Hunt’ Houthi Leaders
By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
On Friday Israel has launched new major strikes on Yemen, amid ongoing vows to ‘hunt’ down Houthi leaders and kill them.
A new Israeli military (IDF) statement said fighter jets struck “on the western coast and inland Yemen” in response to the day prior Houthis having launched three drones at Israel. It also follows a Pentagon-ordered air raid on Yemen earlier this week… Read full article >
Here are our top 5 most underreported or most bizarre stories of the week.
#1 – More Terror Coming Soon, Warns Leading Expert Brigitte Gabriel
By Alex Newman | The New American
There will be a lot more jihadist terrorist attacks across the United States and the Western world thanks to suicidal border policies by leftwing governments such as the Biden administration inviting in millions of “new voters” from Islamic nations, warned Act for America chief and best-selling author Brigitte Gabriel in this interview on Conversations That Matter with The New American magazine’s Alex Newman. Gabriel, who was born in Lebanon when it was still a Christian nation, warned that there are likely hundreds of thousands of al Qaeda operatives and ISIS-inspired jihadists in Europe and America. Read full article >
#2 – Nvidia Unveils “Cosmos” Foundational AI Project To Train Humanoid Robots And Autonomous Vehicles, Learned From 20 Million Hours Of Footage
By Jacob M. Thompson | Winepress News
This week at the annual CES conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduced its unique Cosmos world foundation model platform, claiming it as a ‘game-changer’ for robotics and industrial artificial intelligence.
Huang made this announcement and many more during a 90-minute presentation at the tech expo. Read full article >
#3 – Pfizer Faces Legal Battle Over Misrepresentation of COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy and Censorship Efforts
By Cassie B. | Natural News
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is doubling down on his fight to hold Pfizer accountable for deceptive practices surrounding its COVID-19 vaccine. In a high-stakes legal battle, Paxton has filed an appeal after a federal district judge dismissed his lawsuit against the pharmaceutical giant in December 2024. The lawsuit alleges that Pfizer misled the public about the vaccine’s effectiveness, suppressed criticism, and conspired with social media platforms to silence dissent. Kansas has also joined the fray with a similar lawsuit, accusing Pfizer of concealing critical safety and efficacy data. Read full article >
#4 – Macy’s And Kohl’s Announce Closures Of 93 Stores In Total
By Naveen Athrappully | The Epoch Times
Retail chains Macy’s and Kohl’s are set to shut down nearly 100 stores across the country, with the decision following several quarters of negative year-over-year revenue growth.
Macy’s is closing 66 stores across 22 states in an effort to “return the company to sustainable, profitable sales growth,” the retailer said in a Jan. 9 statement. Out of the 66 outlets, two have already been closed. A majority of the stores are expected to be closed during the first quarter of 2025. Read full article >
#5 – Here’s Everything You Still Can’t Say on “Free Speech” Meta Platforms
| Reclaim The Net
Meta’s recent announcement of plans to “restore free expression” on its platforms is accompanied by an extensive list of content restrictions, raising questions about the breadth of speech allowed under the new rules. While CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed the company is “getting back to its roots” with a focus on open discourse, the detailed policies suggest significant limitations remain. Read full article >
