7 December 2016 — FAIR
Trump’s son-in-law’s paper calls for “a thorough probe of the protests—to include possible ties to organizations demanding vote recounts”—that “continue to mar the presidential election’s aftermath.”
AlterNet‘s Sarah Lazare (12/6/16) quotes Jim Naureckas on a call for an FBI crackdown on protesters appearing in the New York Observer (12/2/16), the paper owned by Trump son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner:
7 December 2016 — Housmans
SEASONAL GIFTS AND BOOK ROUND-UP OF 2016
A round-up of some books and diaries that you might be interested in at this time of the year! Includes our Top 10 Bestsellers of 2016…. Continue reading
6 December 2016 — Global Research
South Korea Influence-Peddling Scandal, Mass Protests, Impeachment Process
By SooKyung Nam, December 06 2016
For the sixth straight weekend, hundreds of thousands of Koreans came out in Seoul (and with other Korean cities estimates approaching 2 million people on the streets) to demand the resignation of President Park Geun-hye. This Saturday December 3, the protests marched on the Presidential Blue House. The three opposition parties introduced a bill last week to impeach the President, supported by a majority of the parliament (171 of 300 members), for abuse of power in an influence-peddling scandal. But the vote needs a 2/3 majority and requires a rump of Park’s Saenuri party to break and support the opposition to pass the bill.
The New Dark Age 