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New Trump Executive Order Targets Clinton-Linked Individuals, Lobbyists And Perhaps Uranium One

"The Trump Administration quietly issued an  Executive Order (EO) last Thursday which allows for the freezing of US-housed assets belonging to  foreign individuals or entities deemed "serious human rights abusers," along with government officials and  executives of foreign corporations (current or former) found to have engaged in corruption - which includes the misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private assets for personal gain, and corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources. 

Furthermore, anyone  in the United States who aids or participates in said corruption or human rights abuses by foreign parties is subject to frozen assets - along with any U.S. corporation who  employsforeigners deemed to have engaged in corruption on behalf of the company....."

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-27/new-trump-executive-order-targets-lobbyists-clinton-linked-individuals-and-perhaps-u

Great commentary but not embedded due to sponsoring ad in video.

FBI’s Big 3 Trump Haters Going Down, 1954

https://youtu.be/ep6oFMHj8AM

The Obama-Hezbollah Conspiracy Could Shake The "Deep State" And Latin America

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-26/obama-hezbollah-conspiracy-could-shake-deep-state-and-latin-america

Plain logic using plain words. Language warning. 

"They All Have AIDS" is a Nonsense Legacy Media Attack Line on Trump

https://youtu.be/8G9T3sKGtjc

Ramirez cartoon

HEZBOLLAH’S DRUG MULE

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/12/hezbollahs-drug-mule.php

TRUMP “COLLUDES” WITH UKRAINE AGAINST RUSSIA

Source: Powerlineblog.com

"....I guess the Kremlin has no information with which to blackmail President Trump, after all. And James Clapper — probably John Brennan’s closest competition for least intelligent man ever to lead an American intelligence agency — must be wrong in claiming that “Russia is handling President Trump as an asset.” ....

"....The sniper systems Trump approved for sale are needed to address a specific vulnerability of Ukrainian forces fighting Russian-backed separatists. A congressional aide told Lifhits:

As the conflict has ground down into trench warfare and small unit exchanges in the no-man’s land between the lines, the role of snipers has become increasingly important. ...."

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/12/185576.php

Just keeps getting more interesting. 

The Plot Thickens Virus Found Inside DNC Server Linked To Company Based In Pakistan

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/plot-thickens-virus-found-inside-dnc-server-linked-company-based-pakistan/

This may give some an approximation of what to expect. You decide.

How Will Tax Reform Affect You: Find Out With This Interactive Website

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-23/how-will-tax-reform-affect-you-find-out-interactive-website

DOJ Opens Probe Into Bundy Prosecutors Who Hid Evidence

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-23/doj-opens-probe-bundy-prosecutors-who-hid-evidence

FBI Deputy Director McCabe "Retiring" After "Trump Insurance Policy" Debacle

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-23/fbi-deputy-director-mccabe-retiring-after-trump-insurance-policy-debacle

Usual trigger warning. Otherwise some really good ones this week. 

THE WEEK IN PICTURES: HAPPY TAX CUT EDITION

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/12/the-week-in-pictures-happy-tax-cut-edition.php

Language warning. 

The Legacy Media Hates that Trump Has Helped the Lower and Middle Classes

https://youtu.be/K8j3WF993d4

Brilliant caricature of Pelosi. 

Show Me The Money  (A F Branco)

https://comicallyincorrect.com/gop-tax-cuts-for-80/

Note in last sentence "Uncle Sam is no longer helping carry."  I'm not an accountant but lowering the allowable interest and tax deduction to $10,000 the tax bill is making the wealthy to rich pay more federal taxes because they can't write it off. Hence gnashing of teeth that the world's coming to an end.

Republicans Bet The Farm

"....And the Democratic Party has also been put into a tight box.

As Democrats have denounced the tax bill for exploding the debt by $1.5 trillion, how do they propose to pay for all the free stuff, including free tuition and infrastructure, that they will have on offer?

There are only two options: borrowing and growing the national debt themselves or raising taxes, as Mondale promised to do.

Another problem for Democrats is the new $10,000 limit on the tax deduction for state and local income and property taxes.

In blue states like Oregon, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Hawaii, the top state income tax rate is 8 to 10 percent. In Jerry Brown’s California and Andrew Cuomo’s New York, it hits 13 percent — before adding property taxes on homes and condos in Manhattan and second homes out on Long Island.

Virtually eliminating state and local tax deductions is going to cause some of the rich to consider relocating to low-tax or no-tax red states in the Sun Belt like Florida. And it is going to put pressure on blue state pols to cease adding to the state and local tax burdens that Uncle Sam is no longer helping to carry....."

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-22/republicans-bet-farm

Apple sued after it admits to slowing down older iPhones

"Apple  is being sued after it admitted to slowing down older iPhone models to keep them running longer. 

On Wednesday, the U.S. technology giant said that it has algorithms in place to help  keep an iPhone running at optimal performance  if there is an older battery inside that can't keep up with the required power. The aim is to stop unexpected shutdowns of older iPhones and keep them running to the best possible standard.

However, Stefan Bogdanovich and Dakota Speas brought a class action lawsuit in California — where they are residents — against Apple, an  official filing revealed  Thursday. ..."

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/22/apple-sued-after-it-admits-to-slowing-down-older-iphones.html