Politics

Authored by Whitney Webb via TheAntiMedia.org,

A UN report has shown that more than 65 million people were forced to leave their home countries last year, becoming refugees due to deadly conflict. The top nations from which refugees fled have one thing in common, they were all targets of US intervention.

A United Nations report has shed light on the world’s burgeoning crisis of displaced peoples, finding that a record 65.6 million were forced to vacate their homes in 2016 alone. More than half of them were minors.

Authored by Golem XIV,

Astonishing hypocrisy! Saudi and its affiliates demand end to support of terrorism while they themselves are some of its largest funders.

Their list of demands, as reported in the Guardian, should be translated as:

1) Curb ties with Iran = No talking to Shia Muslims.

 

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski has become famous for her on-air Trump meltdowns and apparently she was feeling particularly 'triggered' this morning as an entire segment seemingly got derailed when she went rogue and compared Trump's administration to a "developing dictatorship."  The snowflake moment sparked a minor per-martital tiff between Mika and Joe resulting in some cringe-worthy awkwardness.

It all started when Mika decided to, once again, share her personal thoughts on the Trump administration...

'Progressive' democrats in this country are seemingly becoming completely unhinged.  A party that is run by the 'peaceful' hippies of the 60's who, at least at the time, considered themselves among the most vocal advocates of free speech, now openly supports the suppression of free speech on college campuses.  A party that abhors violence saw one of it's voters last week carry out an attempted assassination of numerous Republican congressmen...not to mention the several violent protests that erupted after November's election that resulted in untold amounts of property destruction.  A party

Authored by Nick Cunningham via OilPrice.com,

The power restructuring in Saudi Arabia this week led to the elevation of 31-year-old Mohammed bin Salman to crown prince, essentially ensuring that he will become the youngest king of Saudi Arabia in the not-too-distant future. The heir apparent has already been effectively running the country for the past few years, so the move was not entirely a shock. Nevertheless, the effects on the oil market could be profound.