(Michael Snyder) Wall Street responded to our escalating trade war with China by throwing a bit of a temper tantrum. On Monday the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 617 points, and that was the worst day for the Dow since January 3rd. But things were even worse for the Nasdaq.
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Stanton Friedman, Famed UFO Researcher, Dead at 84
(Colin McPhail) Friedman credited with bringing Roswell Incident to mainstream conversation.
Chelsea Manning Says She’ll Never Testify Against WikiLeaks, Seeks Release From Jail
(Jason Ditz) Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been held in detention in Alexandria, VA for the last two months on “contempt” charges for refusing to testify against WikiLeaks. On Monday, her legal team issued a new legal argument seeking release.
BREAKING: CME’s Cause Solar Storms Expected to Effect Technology, Health, and Produce Auroras in the US
(Justin Deschamps) According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center, solar storms are expected on May 15th and 16th. This will likely cause disruptions to technology, health effects, and psychological stressors, along with auroral displays reaching down into lower latitudes.
Amazon Will Pay $0 in Taxes on $11,2B in Profit for 2018
(Kristin Myers) While some people have received some surprise tax bills when filing their returns, corporations continue to avoid paying tax — thanks to a cocktail of tax credits, loopholes, and exemptions.
Facebook Now Demands That You HATE Targeted People Or You Will Be Banned, Too!
(Mike Adams) We have now reached the point of total insanity when it comes to the extreme censorship of the tech giants. In what actor Rob Schneider calls a “real world Orwellian nightmare,” Facebook has now issued a gag order on 2.2 billion users, demanding that they must HATE certain selected individuals who are named as targets of censorship.
Bayer Ordered To Pay $2 Billion In Roundup Damages; Admits Spying On Influential Europeans
(Zero Hedge) Not a great day for Bayer and its Monsanto unit.
Deep State War Against Information: Facebook to Ban Users Who Share Infowars Content Unless It Is ‘Explicitly Condemning’ It
(Matt Agorist) It’s world press freedom day and Facebook is celebrating it by promising to ban users who share content from Infowars unless they are condemning it.
FBI’s Steele Story Unravels – Claims Debunked, Leaks Suspected Before FISA Application
(Zero Hedge) According to newly unearthed memos which were retroactively classified by the DOJ, a high-ranking government official who met with Christopher Steele in October 2016 determined that information in the Trump-Russia dossier was inaccurate, and likely leaked to the media, according to The Hill’s John Solomon.
Chelsea Manning Has Just Been Released From Jail
(Jason Ditz) Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been released from jail on Thursday, following months in detention for “contempt” after she refused to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. The official reason is that the mandate of the grand jury in question has expired.
The Deadline Passes And Trump Brings Down The Tariff Hammer – China Immediately Promises To Retaliate
(Michael Snyder) At 12:01 AM eastern time on Friday, President Trump followed through on his threats and hit China with a massive tariff increase. As you will see below, China immediately pledged to retaliate. U.S. and Chinese officials will continue to negotiate throughout the day on Friday, but if U.S. officials were optimistic that a deal was imminent the trigger never would have been pulled on these tariffs.
Facebook Bans Conservatives and Encourages Users to Condemn Them | #RememberAlexJones — Victim of Facebook’s Thought Police
(Justin Deschamps) An unprecedented development in modern-day censorship has occurred, Facebook wants you condemn users they ban. Heretofore, Big Tech censored users by banning them from their platforms. While some bans are quite obviously political in nature (Deep State censorship), social media platforms retain the right to remove content that is actually dangerous or illegal, such as live streaming a rape or murder. But with Alex Jones, and several others, there is no evidence of any danger, other than the fact they use the social media platform to talk about things the establishment wants to keep quiet. You might not like Jones, you might think he’s crazy, but he isn’t dangerous, and he certainly isn’t doing anything illegal.
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Mueller Report And Underlying Documents
(Zero Hedge) President Trump asserted executive privilege over the Mueller report and its underlying evidence on Wednesday in order to prevent Democratic lawmakers from obtaining an unredacted version, according to Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd in a letter to House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler.
Italian Secret Agent Found Suspiciously Dead In Paris Hotel; Had Encrypted Key, Classified Docs
(Zero Hedge) French authorities are investigating the suspicious death of an Italian intelligence agent after he was found lying in a pool of his own blood and vomit with a serious wound to his chin.
House Judiciary Committee Votes To Hold Barr In Contempt Over Unredacted Mueller Report
(Zero Hedge) In a move that came as no surprise, the Democratic controlled House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for his refusal to hand over an unredacted copy of the Mueller report.