America

Overnight both freedom of press and democracy officially died in Turkey, with time of death just before midnight, when Turkish authorities stormed the Zaman daily, a newspaper staunchly opposed to president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and after using tear gas and water cannon they seized its headquarters in a dramatic raid that raised fresh alarm over declining media freedoms.

The police used water cannon late on Friday at a hundreds-strong crowd that had formed outside the headquarters of the Zaman daily in Istanbul following a court order issued earlier in the day.

Submitted by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org,

Donald Trump “appeals to racism.”

 

“[F]rom the beginning … his campaign has profited from voter prejudice and hatred” and represents an “authoritarian assault upon democracy.”

 

If Speaker Paul Ryan wishes to be “on the right side of history … he must condemn Mr. Trump clearly and comprehensively. The same goes for every other Republican leader.”

 

And the revelations just keep on coming.

One day after the St. Louis Fed spent thousands in taxpayer funds to "discover" that, gasp, "consumers across the country are borrowing more to buy cars and go to school", yes really...

Consumers across the country are borrowing more to buy cars and go to school https://t.co/mkKAoVya2o pic.twitter.com/DxMiHo7kki

Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,

“The Bear Market Is Dead, Long Live The Bull.” 

You could almost hear the chants from the always bullish biased media this week as the markets ripped higher on “first day of the month” portfolio rebalancing and short-covering by fund managers.

The rally, as discussed this past weekend, was not unexpected:

Does a JFK, RFK, MLK Moment Await Trump?

Guest Column by Stephen Lendman

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com

Bipartisan gangsters running America let nothing interfere with their ruthless agenda, waging war on humanity at home and abroad, serving monied interests exclusively.

Trump won’t change longstanding policies if elected president. Yet Republican power brokers and media scoundrels want anyone but him representing the party in November.

Will they choose the nuclear option to prevent it? Will long knives eliminate his candidacy the old-fashioned way?