(Julia Conley) The Trump family’s charity, the Trump Foundation, agreed to dissolve Tuesday amid a lawsuit filed by New York State which accuses the organization of a “shocking pattern of illegality”—but the Trumps’ legal troubles won’t end with the dissolution.
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Someone Tried to Break Into Assange’s Home at the Ecuadorian Embassy
(Joe Lauria) An attempted break-in at Julian Assange’s residence inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Oct. 29, and the absence of a security detail, have increased fears about the safety of the WikiLeak’s publisher.
China’s President Orders Military to “Prepare For War”
(Zero Hedge) China’s President Xi Jinping ordered the military region responsible for monitoring the South China Sea and Taiwan to “assess the situation it is facing and boost its capabilities so it can handle any emergency” as tensions continue to mount over the future of the South China Sea and Taiwan, while diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing hit rock bottom.
Trump Administration to Send at Least 800 Troops to the US-Mexico Border
(Texas Tribune) President Donald Trump has raised alarm about a caravan of migrants heading for the border. He tweeted Thursday morning that he is “bringing out the military for this National Emergency.”
Saudis Finally Admit to Killing Khashoggi After Claiming He Was Alive
(Middle East Eye) Saudi Arabia confirmed late Friday that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in Istanbul.
Khashoggi Murder Suspect Dies in “Suspicious Car Accident”
(Zero Hedge) A 31-year-old lieutenant in the Saudi Royal Air Force said to have participated in the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi died in a “suspicious car accident” in Riyadh, according to Turkish media.
Shocking: Khashoggi’s Killing Took 7 Minutes, Chopped Into Pieces While Alive: Turkish Source
(David Hearst) It took seven minutes for Jamal Khashoggi to die, a Turkish source who has listened in full to an audio recording of the Saudi journalist’s last moments told Middle East Eye.
How to Spot Misleading Statistics in the Gun Control Debate
(Foundation for Economic Education) The academic debate over gun control consists mainly of a war of statistics. New studies come out every few weeks, and as a result, both sides are constantly locking horns over the validity or invalidity of this-or-that study in this-or-that country.
EU, Russia, Iran, and China Unveil New Global Payment System Independent of US
(Zero Hedge) In a stunning vote of “no confidence” in the US monopoly over global payment infrastructure, one month ago Germany’s foreign minister Heiko Maas called for the creation of a new payments system independent of the US that would allow Brussels to be independent in its financial operations from Washington and as a means of rescuing the nuclear deal between Iran and the west.
What the Media Refuses to Tell You About Brett Kavanaugh
(Carey Wedler) As expected, the corporate media’s coverage of Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment process is disappointingly superficial. While there’s no doubt sexual harassment is a pressing issue in modern-day America, left-leaning establishment outlets and individuals alike are mired in these accusations, as well as partisan political divides as they fail to recognize Kavanaugh’s very troublesome record of court rulings—rulings that show his verifiable proclivity toward using the government to very literally harass the American people and the rest of the world.
The UN Accidentally Released Passwords and Sensitive Data to the Entire Internet
(The Antimedia) The U.N. accidentally released passwords, internal documents, and other sensitive details when it failed to properly secure its accounts on Trello, a popular workplace project management website.
“Terrifying”: New Documents Reveal Secret Gov’t Rules for Spying on US Journalists
(Jessica Corbett) Journalists and free press advocates are responding with alarm to newly released documents revealing the U.S. government’s secret rules for using Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court orders to spy on reporters, calling the revelations “important” and “terrifying.”
‘Inaccessible’ North Carolina Nuclear Plant Declares ‘Unusual Event’ During ‘Hot Shutdown’
(Zero Hedge) Duke Energy’s Brunswick nuclear plant, about 30 miles south of Wilmington, has declared a state of emergency as the 1,200-acre complex remains cut off by flood waters and and is inaccessible to outside personnel.
Every Cell Phone in America Will Receive a Text Message From Trump on Thursday
(Zero Hedge) The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on September 20th.
Sabotage in Space: What the Heck Happened on the International Space Station?
(Zero Hedge) New stunning official comments from Russian government sources suggest the Soyuz spacecraft currently docked at the International Space Station may have been purposely sabotaged after alarming new traces of what appears to be ‘drilling’ have been found which are significantly more extensive than previously thought.