Weekly News-Nov-15-2024
Here are our top 5 stories of the week.
#1 – Trump Completes Trifecta: Republicans Keep Control Of US House
Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives by the thinnest of margins, NBC News projected Wednesday, handing President-elect Donald Trump and his party all the levers of power in Washington.
A Republican-controlled Congress will allow Trump to quickly fill out his Cabinet and other top administration roles and advance his agenda for at least the next two years. Read full article >
#2 – The Incoming Trump Administration Is Already Filling Up With War Sluts
By Caitlin Johnstone | Activist Post
Donald Trump has named Republican congressman Mike Waltz as his next national security advisor, a position that was held by ultrahawk John Bolton in the last Trump administration.
Like Bolton, Waltz is a warmongering freak. Journalist Michael Tracey has been filling up his Twitter page since the announcement with examples of Waltz’s insane hawkishness, including his support for letting Ukraine use US weapons to strike deep into Russian territory, criticizing Biden for not escalating aggressively enough in Ukraine, advocating bombing Iran, opposing the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and naming Iran, North Korea, China, Russia and Venezuela as “on the march” against the United States toward global conflict… Read full article >
#3 – Trump’s Nomination of RFK Jr.
By Will Jones | The Daily Skeptic
Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has sent Moderna, Pfizer and Novavax shares crashing. The Mail has more.
Moderna stock tumbled 7% following the announcement of RFK Jr. as his most senior health chief, as Pfizer’s fell 3% and Novavax saw its shares drop 5%.
The idea of one of the country’s foremost vaccine sceptics heading up health policy has many health experts in Government nervous, but he has earned praise from the Left and Right for his plans to crack down on harmful food ingredients that aren’t allowed abroad and emphasise exercise and healthy eating over taking pills.
#4 – MSM Throws Zelensky Under the Bus, as US Officials Begin Preparing Ukraine for Presidential Election in 2025
by Paul Serran | The Gateway Pundit
In a move that would have seemed impossible just a few weeks ago, reports are starting to arise of the US Government preparing to ditch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and run new elections in 2025.
This was first talked about by Russian media, but now even the MSM is catching on to this possibility.
Sputnik reported a few days ago:
“Washington is considering holding presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2025 amid ongoing hostilities with Russia, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Monday… Read full article >
#5 – China Issues Warning About US Missile System on Doorstep
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China warned the Philippines not to be “extremely irresponsible” by buying an offensive missile system from the U.S., as tensions remain high over the South China Sea.
Gilberto Teodoro, the defense secretary of the Philippines, revealed to the Financial Timeson Sunday that his country was considering purchasing the Mid-Range Capability, also known as Typhon, missile launchers from the U.S., which is Manila’s security treaty ally. Read full article >
Here are our top 5 most underreported or most bizarre stories of the week.
#1 – Why Britain’s Euthanasia Bill Endangers You, Your Family and the World
By Dr. Vernon Coleman
On November 29th 2024, British MPs will debate a new bill to give doctors the legal right to kill their patients.
The bill’s sponsors claim that they are acting on behalf of patients who are dying and suffering and likely to die within six months.
The wording of the bill means that two doctors and a judge will be able to enable `mentally competent terminally ill adults’ to commit suicide with the help of a health care specialist. Read full article >
#2 – Quebec Breaks Canadian Federal Criminal Law and Allows Advance Requests for MAiD
By Rhoda Wilson | The Exposé
While the Criminal Code of Canada prohibits advance requests for MAiD, as of 30 October Quebec has implemented a law allowing people to make early requests for MAiD, specifying a date in the future to be killed by a doctor.
Quebec adopted the law last year for people with a serious and incurable illness, such as Alzheimer’s disease, to make early requests for MAiD. The law means that people can arrange in advance to receive doctor-assisted suicide when their condition worsens, be it months or years in the future. Previously, people who received MAiD had to be able to consent right up until the last moment… Read full article >
#3 – Woman KILLS Own Father With Ax After Being “Overwhelmed” On Election Night
By Steve Watson | Modernity
A woman in Seattle has been arrested on first-degree murder charges, allegedly killing her own father with an ice ax after becoming “overwhelmed” on the night of the US election.
The New York Post reports that 33-year-old Corey Burke, who “appeared to be having a mental health crisis,” is accused of murdering Timothy Burke, 67 last Tuesday, after the pair got into an argument over turning off the lights. Read full article >
#4 – Not Funny: The Onion Buys Infowars In Bankruptcy Auction
By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
The leftist-satirical rag The Onion announced on Thursday that it had won a bankruptcy auction to acquire Infowars – the website founded and operated by Alex Jones since 1999.
On Wednesday, Jones said that the auction’s trustee could choose any bidder it wanted – not necessarily the high bidder. Jones announced the sale on X Thursday morning. Read full article >
#5 – Judges Sound Off on Google’s “Serious and Disturbing” Evidence Hiding in Landmark Antitrust Cases
By Didi Rankovich | Reclaim The Net
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Judges involved in three different anti-trust lawsuits faced by Google in the US have slammed the tech giant, accusing it of going to great lengths to manipulate and suppress evidence (internal communications) during the legal proceedings.
The cases are ongoing in San Francisco, the District of Columbia, and Virginia federal courts, where Google is fighting regulators’ allegations of engaging in monopolistic practices (concerning ads, search, and the app store), that, if proven, could result in the company being broken up. Read full article >
