Social Issues

Germany will impose fines of up to 50 million euros if Facebook don’t remove alternative news content from their platform.  A new law being drafted will see social media firms face hefty fines if they take longer than seven days to remove content that German authorities deem to be “illegal” – including so-called fake news. Germany’s justice minister, Heiko Mass, says that social media giants such as Facebook have not done enough to tackle content that the government deems ‘subversive’.

Caitlin Dewey of the Washington Post would like for you to know that she's super sad that "Immigrants are going hungry so Trump won't deport them." 

Standard and Poor's credit rating analysts for the state of New Jersey, David Hitchcock and John Sugden, apparently think that funding only half of your state's annual actuarially determined contributions is a bad thing...who knew?  So, just to make sure we achieve crystal clarity here, S&P believes that adding to NJ's $66 billion pension underfunded liability, which would be much higher but for a ridiculous assumption the state makes in setting its return on assets at an artificially high rate of 7.65%, each and every year by contributing less to the fund than what is

Amid numerous nations openly investigating his actions (most recently US Senators), billionaire 'philanthropist' and all round good-guy George Soros has penned another op-ed to explain why President Trump is evil for upholding basic immigration laws, and why his 'hate' speak must not be tolerated...

When Hate Surges

Authored by George Soros via The New York Times,

California's Chief Supreme Court Justice, Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, is apparently annoyed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are "stalking courthouses" in California to arrest illegal immigrants.  Of course, only a California judge would ignore the inherent irony of this situation as ICE officials are only forced to "stalk courthouses" because Tani's court refuses to enforce federal laws. 

Here are some excerpts from the letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and DHS Secretary Mike Kelly: