America

Submitted by Danielle DiMartino Booth,

“Government is a just execution of the laws, which were instituted by the people for their people’s preservation: but if the people’s implements, to whom they have trusted the execution of those laws, or any power for their preservation, should convert such execution to their destruction, have they not the right to resume the power they once delegated, and to punish their servants who have abused it?”

 

—John Wilkes, The North Briton, October 19, 1762

And just like that the narrative of Russia hacking the presidential election has escalated to the highest possible level, and has officially jumped the shark.

Submitted by Mac Slavo via SHTFPlan.com,

Being on the hook is not going to be pretty when interest rates are raised back up, and debts come due. At a personal level, it will mean more stress and juggling to make ends meet. For the larger economy, it will mean cities and states unable to meet obligations or balance their budgets – ending in bankruptcy, and bailouts. Meanwhile, millions of people are relying on that money to keep coming in order to survive. Something is going to go very wrong.

Submitted by Andrew Kerr via TheCitizensAudit.com,

• Uncovered financial statements expose Media Matters.
• The organization received $1,052,500 in sublet rental income from 2010 to 2014, but failed to report this income to the IRS.
• Instead, key players pocketed this money for their own personal use.

David Brock, recently described by Politico as “the Democrats’ dark-arts master,” has some explaining to do.

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

On Monday, Markos “kos” Moulitsas, founder of the highly trafficked Daily Kos website penned an article that many have found deeply offensive titled, Be Happy for Coal Miners Losing Their Health Insurance. They’re Getting Exactly What They Voted for. Here’s some of what he wrote: