BuzzFeed: Unverified Docs Show Russia Has Trump Sex Blackmail
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BuzzFeed: Unverified Docs Show Russia Has Trump Sex Blackmail

By Kody Fairfield A dossier has dropped a bombshell (though unverified at this time) allegation that the Russian government has been “cultivating, supporting and assisting” President-elect Donald Trump for years. It also makes mention about a potentially embarrassing and potentially compromising situation for the President-elect, which has been rumored to have been circulating among elected officials, intelligence agents,…

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Liberal Journo Slams WaPo For Publishing ‘False’ News Stories About Russian Threat

By Rachel Stoltzfoos Liberal journalist Glenn Greenwald brutally criticized The Washington Post’s coverage of Russian meddling Tuesday, declaring the mainstream outlet’s reporting on the subject a “much greater menace” than fake news. “Both stories were fundamentally false,” Greenwald wrote in The Intercept, referring to two recent stories from WaPo regarding the threat Russia poses to…

AFTERWARD: The Top Five Silver Linings of 2016
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AFTERWARD: The Top Five Silver Linings of 2016

by Kitty Testa So you think 2016 was the worst year ever? In a global sense, I would nominate almost any year in the 20th century as being far worse than 2016. Over that 100-year span, approximately 200 million people were killed from war, deliberate famines and pogroms, and over 800 million perished in epidemics….

Anyone Who Reads About Russian Hacks And Donald Trump Should Read This First
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Anyone Who Reads About Russian Hacks And Donald Trump Should Read This First

Anyone Who Reads About Russian Hacks And Donald Trump Should Read This First By Rachel Stoltzfoos The reports on the intelligence community’s (IC) alleged conclusion that Russia wanted President-elect Donald Trump to win the election have been, in a word, schizophrenic. They’re also drawing on some odd sourcing. The Washington Post broke the story, reporting…

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Germany To Consider Fining Facebook If It Doesn’t Purge Fake News

By Eric Lieberman Facebook and other social media corporations could be forced to purge fake news and hate speech from their platforms if a proposed law in Germany is enacted. Tech companies could be fined up to 500,000 euros for effectively “publishing” misleading or false content. Germany plans on giving social media firms 24 hours to comply. “Defamation…

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Every Libertarian And Conservative Needs to Start Using Gab

By Brett Chandrasekhar Over the past year, social media platforms have arguably censored libertarian and conservative opinions. Most notoriously, Facebook came under fire for allegedly suppressing conservative news. On several occasions, they banned (and after pushback, unbanned) popular libertarian pages as well. Now fake news is the latest threat to free speech on social media….