by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2017 During an appearance on “Meet the Press” in March, former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper said that a multi-agency intelligence assessment he issued in January did not include evidence of President Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia. If Clapper had been unaware of any such evidence up […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2017 From death threats and physical confrontations to vandalizing their offices and frightening their children at their homes, Republican lawmakers increasingly fear for their safety amid an onslaught of leftist hate. “In the last few weeks alone, the FBI arrested a man threatening (Arizona) Rep. Martha McSally’s, a woman pursued […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2017 With Democrats and the media “out there howling like wolves” over President Donald Trump and Russia and talk of impeachment, Rush Limbaugh asked “where are the Republicans?” “They’re making no effort to defend the president. The president, as I’ve been maintaining, all he’s got is you. You people that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 19, 2017 A leftist activist group that claims it wants a “vibrant, free and equal” Internet also wants to ban the Drudge Report and Breitbart. Members of the campaign “Protect Our Internet” picketed outside the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on May 18 to protest Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal to reverse Obama […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The world economy is slowly improving with a forecast for 2.7 percent global growth, but there’s still a way to go to reach pre-recession levels. That’s part of the prognosis of the UN’s World Economic Situation midterm report for 2017 which cites stronger economic recovery […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 19, 2017 Two Chinese fighter jets on May 17 conducted an intercept of a U.S. “sniffer” plane that is part of allied operations to counter the growing North Korean strategic threat. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy confirmed the deployment of a second aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, near the Korean Peninsula […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 19, 2017 Leftist billionaire George Soros’s recent losses in the stock market haven’t interrupted his spending spree in pursuit of buying high-profile district attorneys’ seats. Soros poured $1.45 million into the Philadelphia district attorney’s race to fund a super PAC in support of a progressive lawyer who has never worked as a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall Readers may note that several reports and evaluations of Mexican violence in 2016 have now been released, in calendar year 2017. As examples: 1. According to statistics of the Mexican government itself, murders in Mexico increased in 2016. See Mexico’s murder rate spiked in 2016 due to ‘ongoing shifts […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 18, 2017 Conservatives haven’t fought the Left hard enough “because we keep thinking they will change and be open to reason,” columnist James Lewis wrote for American Thinker. But Democrats only have one playbook – “and they never stop following it,” Lewis wrote in an op-ed published on May 17. “Democrats […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 18, 2017 Venezuela deployed 2,000 soldiers to San Cristobal in Tachira state on May 17 in an effort to curb protests against the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. Most shops and businesses in San Cristobal were closed and guarded by soldiers after widespread looting amid a deepening economic crisis. People […]
