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The harsh language of President Emmanuel Macron calling Yellow Vests racists and anti-Semites and homophobes in essence by calling them the forces of "hate" and his call for order "without compromise" aroused feeling in their own right Monday night when he spoke them on New Year's Eve.......

The Champs-Elysees will be the main site of protest in Paris from 10am to 5pm Saturday (4am to 11am Eastern time US) with some Yellow Vests set to march to the Palace de la Bourse in the middle of the day. There is a march in the afternoon from Paris City Hall to the area of the National Assembly where a response will be read to President Emmanuel Macron's speech denouncing "hate" coming from the Yellow Vests and promising order "without compromise" on New Year's Eve. BFM-TV reported at mid-day Friday that 10-thousand had expressed interest on Facebook in the...

Ah. These are exciting times that we live in. This article discusses a very uncomfortable point in time. That is when local, state and federal government is no longer in substantive control. It’s a transitional period. It is when one government style fails, and another one takes it’s place. Historically, it is a given development that eventually happens to all nations. All of them. Including the (virginal) United States. We, as Americans, have never been in this situation. Because, we and our parents have never experienced it, we think that it will never ever happen to us. As such we...

Eric Drouet, one of the visible figures of the Yellow Vests protest movement, was arrested near the Palace de la Concorde in Paris at 9pm local time Wednesday. He is accused of "undeclared protest" as the Google translation puts it. Drouet was enroute to meet other protesters in the city. His arrest follows President Emmanuel Macron's tough New Year's Eve message about "hate" coming from the ranks of the Yellow Vests. Macron promised order: "without compromise" in France in the coming year. Others were arrested with Drouet. He was taken away under arrest by a swarm of police. Drouet's lawyer...

Good morning. Today is the last day Republicans control both houses of Congress amidst a failure to pass funding President Trump wants to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico. There is also a partial shutdown involving five federal government departments.... Writing in an opinion piece for the "Washington Post" incoming Republican senator from Utah and former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said this about President Trump among other things: "Trump's words and actions have cause despair throughout the world"...... President Trump tweeted Sunday evening that he looks forward to a meeting with North Korea's ruler Kim Jong-un.......

Happy New Year to all..... In Tokyo just after midnight a car plowed into pedestrians injuring eight, one seriously..... In the United Kingdom a man reported shouting by an eyewtiness: "Allah" stabbed three people at the central railway station in Manchester, England around 850pm local time New Year's Eve..... The US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson says the country is: "in need of leadership" over Brexit..... In France, the year end message from President Emmanuel Macron promised order in the country "without compromise"...... The word from Washington is that the withdrawal of US military forces from Syria will be...

In his end of the year message at 8pm local time tonight French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the "hateful crowd" among the Yellow Vests protesters. He denounced those who use the protests an "excuse to speak on behalf of the people" and those who: "attack the elected officials, the police, the journalists, Jews, foreigners, homosexuals" as he put it. Macron also trashed 'misinformation' being spread about issues like migration and the recently approved UN agreement on migration in Marrakesh, Morocco. Macron said from henceforth that order in regards to protests would be applied: "Without compromise" Reacting to his speech online,...

I guess I'm here... I came to understand why and how you guys think the way you do. I'm extremely liberal and have a burning hatred for a good amount of the right, however I still want to contribute. I dislike being divided, I dislike any phobias that I know many of you have, and after reading some of the opinions on here I can honestly say that I see no good that can come from this website. The garbage spewed on here makes me want to puke. The clear disregard for political correctness and the way others may feel...

Turkey and Russia have reached agreement on the next steps, military, humanitarian and otherwise in Syria. But the Turkish government is frustrated with the pace of the US military withdrawal from Syria..... Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a major supporter of jihadist groups opposing the Syrian government......says he's reassured after speaking with President Trump about the withdrawal of US forces from Syria... Russia's FSB security agency says an American citizen has been detained while on a spy mission..... A South Korea newspaper reports a conciliatory message from North Korea's ruler to President Trump.....

"The new right-wing party is on the right, period, for the land of Israel, without compromises, against a Palestinian state" Education Minister Naftali Bennett Announces A New "Right" Party In Israel 12/29/2018 Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked announced Saturday night the formation of "The New Right" party to contest the April 9th elections. They are leaving the "Jewish Home" party where Bennett served as its leader. Bennett and Shaked will be co-leaders of the new party. The party will 'represent secular and religious Israelis'. Bennett said religious Israelis have been used for too long by politicians...

As other world leaders continue to push for globalism, steering the world down the path to a single global government, US President Donald Trump remains defiant.

President Trump urging action Friday to provide border wall funding as the old Congress reaches its last days.... On Friday police in Bakersfield, California arrested the suspect in the murder of a Stanislaus County, California Sheriff's officer early Wednesday..... In Syria Friday announcements from various sides that they were marching towards or taking control of the city of Manbij at the western edge of the Kurdish part of Syria...... The United Arab Emirates annnounced Thursday the re-opening of its embassy in Damascus, a sign of return to normalcy in relations after support for the Syrian government's enemies in the last...

McClatchy reported on Thursday that unidentified sources (“people with knowledge of the matter”) say there is evidence placing Michael Cohen’s cell phone in or near Prague in “late summer” 2016. The story must be scrutinized because it has some significant holes. ... This must be read carefully and not overinterpreted. Advocates for the Steele dossier assuredly want it to be overinterpreted. But what is actually being said here doesn’t tell us anything definitive. First, to cut to the chase, the case I made in April 2018 applies here. This information cannot be from the source you immediately imagine — i.e.,...

The media has been in a frenzy since President Trump paid a surprise visit to troops in an Iraqi combat zone, outraged that some soldier had sought autographs from their commander in chief. They said little when both Barack and Michelle Obama made similar gestures to the troops. Newsweek went so far as to seek out an Obama appointed former White House ethics chief to call the President’s actions in signing such as items as MAGA hats, “truly disgusting.” “Trump’s engaging in campaign activity during this trip is on Trump and Trump alone,” Walter Shaub raged. “Disgusting. Truly disgusting. Shame!”...

The call is out for protesters to gather tomorrow (Saturday December 29th) in cities across France with limited numbers expressing their support on social media. Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Paris are listed as site for protest tomorrow with prominent figures in the Yellow Vests movement joining a protest in Marseille. But there is greater interest in a gathering on the Champs-Elysees on New Years Eve for a "festive and non violent" Yellow Vests event. The city of Paris is going ahead with its planned light shows on New Year's Eve with lights projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. Police intend...

On December 17, President Trump filed an appeal requesting that a district-level lawsuit from the Maryland and D.C. attorneys general accusing him of illegally taking foreign government cash through his Washington hotel be frozen due to the government shutdown. His request was granted by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, stating the following: “The briefing schedule is suspended pending further order of the court.” The DOJ’s request in the emoluments case was not the only delay request the government filed due to the shutdown. Cases involving immigration-related lawsuits are also frozen. I know that is good news for the Trump...

President Trump paid a visit to the US military in Iraq for Christmas..... Sources who support Syria's government say the US is setting up new bases I western Iraq.... Syrian government troops and Russian military police are moving eastwards towards the western portion of the Kurdish area..... A high level Turkish delegation including its Foreign Minister and presidential spokesman is headed for Moscow on Sunday to discuss Syria.... The Israeli airstrike on Damascus Tuesday evening Christmas Day has been condemned by Russia as a serious violation of Syrian sovereignty that endangered civilian aircraft landing approaching the Beirut and Damascus airports........

"I believe Trump just flew to the Middle East" Twitter Posting "Aircraft Spots" There has been a posting on a Twitter account called "Aircraft Spots" showing what appears to be an Air Force One like aircraft over England earlier today. The POTUS could be on a mission to visit the military somewhere, maybe even Afghanistan. We have had Twitter silence for some 20 hours from the President.

President Trump and the First Lady taking phone calls from children as part of the "Santa Tracker" program of NORAD on Christmas Eve as Santa made his way to the USA to deliver presents. Early elections have been called in Israel. April 9th is the date. Elections could have been delayed until November of next year, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the call saying it was difficult to pass laws.... Turbulence on Wall Street in the shortened Christmas Eve session...... A federal judge ruled Monday that North Korea should be paying over 501 million dollars to the family of...

President Trump spoke with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday. They discussed the fight against ISIS, the issue of Syria including coordination of the US military withdrawal from the Syria and expanded trade with Turkey that has been on hold in recent years as relations were strained...... Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the Turkish president Erdogan an "anti-Semitic dictator" on Sunday saying among other things about Erdogan...... Israel's Education Minister and leader of the Jewish Home party Naftali Bennett says President Trump's Middle East peace plan includes a Palestinian state in the West Bank...... President Trump has...