OIL RICH VENEZUELA STOPS ACCEPTING US DOLLARS FOR OIL

JD Sun, 09/17/2017 - 17:23

Venezuela announced on Wednesday that it will no longer accept U.S. dollars as payment for its crude oil exports.

Earlier this month Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that his country would be seeking to “free” itself from the U.S. dollar.

The official website of Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA, has now started offering prices in the Chinese yuan

Courage Under Fire In Your Face: Sheriff Arpaio Honored

JD Sun, 09/17/2017 - 17:21

America’s toughest Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, received the “Courage Under Fire” Award at the Conservative Leadership Conference, somewhere in Las Vegas on Saturday, which also marked this year’s Independence Day in Mexico.

President Trump in April pardoned the former Arizona Sheriff, who is known for his harsh treatment of criminals and illegal immigrants from south of the border.

Dozens of protesters rallied against Arpaio’s visit to Las Vegas outside the Tropicana.

Donald Trump Shares Meme of Him Hitting Hillary Clinton with a Golf Ball

JD Sun, 09/17/2017 - 17:16

President Donald Trump retweeted an edited gif showing him hitting former failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with a golf ball.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/17/donald-trump-shares-m...

Pollster: More Americans Want Ryan And McConnell Out Of Office

JD Sun, 09/17/2017 - 16:55

Pollster John McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Associates is warning Republicans, based on a latest omnibus poll, that unless they start keeping campaign promises to Trump voters, the president’s base may not turn out to vote for them in the 2018 midterm elections.

RAND PAUL ON AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN: TRUMP SHOULD TRUST ‘INSTINCTS,’ STOP LISTENING TO GENERALS

JD Sun, 09/17/2017 - 16:48

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Breitbart News exclusively in an interview in his U.S. Senate office on Capitol Hill this week that he is troubled by the bad advice President Donald Trump is getting from the military generals who surround him on matters of war.

CHAOS IN ST LOUIS

JD Sun, 09/17/2017 - 16:41

An estimated 1,000 protesters angry over the acquittal of a white police officer in the shooting death of a black suspect surrounded the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, broke two windows, and threw red paint at the residence before some 200 riot police arrived and dispersed the crowd, it was reported late Friday.

Ten police officers were injured as cops moved to quell the violence, police said.

PHILIPPINES’ DUTERTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER: ‘ARE YOU A PEDOPHILE?’ ‘Why are you smitten with teenagers?’

JD Sun, 09/17/2017 - 16:36

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday asked the head of the country’s Commission on Human Rights (CHR) if he was a paedophile for focusing on the killing of teenagers in the government’s bloody war on drugs.

Duterte also suggested to lawmakers using CHR’s proposed 678 million pesos budget to buy the police body cameras if they don’t want to restore funding for the agency, which he has clashed with repeatedly over his anti-drugs campaign.

HIGH-RANKING CIA AGENT BLOWS WHISTLE ON DEEP STATE, SHADOW GOVT

JD Sun, 09/17/2017 - 16:26

“The shadow government controls the deep state and manipulates our elected government behind the scenes,” Shipp warned in a recent talk at a Geoengineeringwatch.org conference.

Shipp had a series of slides explaining how the deep state and shadow government functions as well as the horrific crimes they are committing against U.S. citizens.

GOP CONGRESSMAN PROPOSES PARDON DEAL FOR JULIAN ASSANGE

JD Sun, 09/17/2017 - 16:20

According to WSJ, US congressman Dana Rohrabacher approached Trump’s Chief of Staff John Kelly this week and offered him a deal: in exchange for a presidential pardon, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange would share evidence that could refute the narrative of Russian hacking into the DNC servers which released a trove of emails revealing that the DNC favored Clinton over rival Bernie Sanders during the 2016 primary.

THE PARTY’S OVER: REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE BOTH FINISHED

JD Sun, 09/17/2017 - 16:08

Stick a fork in the Democrats and Republicans.

Wednesday night’s latest round of deal making between President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders is the latest evidence that the major political parties have lost all semblance of real power.

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