by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 The New York Times is at the forefront of a movement to create algorithms to eliminate what it says is “fake news” from the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Google. “The elite media and their allies are creating a censorship regime to ban legitimate conservative news” from those platforms, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 The campaign of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is focusing its recount challenge on Durham County and possible “malfeasance” regarding 94,000 ballots reported by the county’s board of elections just before midnight on Election Day. “If a Durham recount provides the same results as earlier posted, the McCrory Committee […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2016 As the nation’s largest recipient of federal funds, “Sanctuary California” could face bankruptcy if President-elect Donald Trump pulls billions in federal funding over the state’s refusal to comply with immigration laws. The federal government provided 37 percent ($93.6 billion) of California’s $252.5 billion in total estimated government spending for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Japan is considering following South Korea’s lead in deploying the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system. The move comes amid a heightened threat from North Korea, which has conducted more than 20 ballistic missile tests this year and has made steady progress in its quest to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 The Left is out to “silence opposing views” by unleashing an avalanche of stories and lists on “fake news” and how it supposedly influenced the 2016 presidential election, columnist Kelly Riddell wrote on Nov. 24. Lists of fake news sites have included conservative (not liberal) news sites, including Red […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump in many ways faces the most circumscribed strategic options of any modern U.S. President entering office. Not only has the global context changed — and will change rapidly even further — so also has the United States’ abilities, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Teachers unions, who dumped $108.2 million into the 2016 political cycle (nearly all of which went to Democrats) are still trying to figure out how so many of their members joined the Trump revolution on Nov. 8. More than one in three of the National Education Association’s (NEA’s) members […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Progressive lawmakers and the elite media were quick to heap praise on the “courageous” Marxist leader who they insist created a socialist paradise in Cuba. Miami Herald columnist Andres Oppenheimer was having none of it – characterizing Fidel Castro as an “egocentric coward who never dared to allow his […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 27, 2016 Even Bernie Sanders gets it. The socialist senator and 2016 presidential candidate blew up at a reporter who asked a familiar question. The boiling point for Sanders was reached when he was asked about who he thought would run for president in 2020. “This is incredible,” Sanders shot back. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — It’ s not often a senior UN official leaves a prepared and rigid script to emotionally describe a situation to delegates in the Security Council. But when Humanitarian Chief Stephen O’Brien told diplomats, “I am more or less at my wit’s end as a human […]
