America

PewDiePie is a Swedish web-comedian and performance artist - with over 53 Million subscribers who know he isn't a racist. He's got the largest online audience in history, comprised mostly of post-millennial "Generation Z" youth, and his also-popular girlfriend Marzia has 7 million subscribers - making them internet's unofficial first couple. PewDiePie has made tens of millions of dollars from his channel, yet he's remained humble and real throughout his ascent to internet greatness. The problem?

A lot has been said about the potential for a US-Canada trade war. And judging from a lot of what’s happened, especially with respect to a strengthen USD, it looks like currencies may be what could light the spark to the barrel of gunpowder.

THE BACKDROP

Submitted by Michael Lebowitz via 720Global.com,

The Sure Thing

Hot on the heels of retailers who have halted sales of Ivanka Trump's clothing line in protest against Trump (and free marketing buzz), the tech "resistance" against Trump got its lead from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckeberg who on Thursday posted a lengthy note "rebuking isolationist “America First” sentiment, and touting the merits of globalization and a “global community” working for innovation and progress."

Via Disobedient Media

While the mainstream media's attention has been fixed on political drama in Washington D.C., federal and state law enforcement have been quietly working to dismantle a shockingly large number of human trafficking and child abuse networks across the United States. The busts in America come at the same time as a number of other successful international law enforcement operations against networks engaging in human trafficking of women and children.