Colorado Senate passes bill to ditch Electoral College system

Colorado Senate passes bill to ditch Electoral College system

by WorldTribune Staff, February 5, 2019 The state Senate in Colorado has passed legislation that would give the state’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. The legislation, SB-19, aimed at ditching the Electoral College passed Colorado’s Senate on Jan. 29 by a vote of 19-16, with all Democrats voting in favor […]

Stone faces jury pool from ‘Swamp’ where Trump has 12 percent approval rating

Stone faces jury pool from ‘Swamp’ where Trump has 12 percent approval rating

by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2019 Can Roger Stone possibly get, as the Sixth Amendment mandates, an “impartial jury” of 12 people in Washington, D.C.? The federal charges leveled against the longtime associate of President Donald Trump by special counsel Robert Mueller mean his U.S. District Court jury pool will come “strictly from deep-blue D.C. […]

U.S. military intervention in Venezuela an ‘option’; Maduro says Trump wants him dead

U.S. military intervention in Venezuela an ‘option’; Maduro says Trump wants him dead

by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 3 said that he will not meet with Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolas Maduro and said that sending troops to the crisis-ridden country is “an option.” In an interview with CBS News, Trump reiterated that military intervention was a possibility. “Certainly, it’s something that’s […]

Retired S. Korean generals slam Kim-Moon ‘fake peace’, ‘collapse of security’

Retired S. Korean generals slam Kim-Moon ‘fake peace’, ‘collapse of security’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2019 The administration of liberal President Moon Jae-In is engaged in a “fake peace” process with an “unreliable” Kim Jong-Un regime, a group of more than 400 retired South Korean generals said in a pair of statements. Moon met with Kim three times last year and has invited the North […]

Washington Post spent $5.2 million for Super Bowl ad touting its anti-Trump journalism

Washington Post spent $5.2 million for Super Bowl ad touting its anti-Trump journalism

by WorldTribune Staff, February 4, 2019 The anti-Trump Washington Post laid out a cool $5.2 million for an ad during the Feb. 3 Super Bowl broadcast. Tom Hanks narrated the ad which highlighted journalists, including slain Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, who work “oftentimes in the face of grave danger.” The Post’s publisher, Fred Ryan, noted: […]

Citing Russia’s ‘material breach’, U.S. sets formal withdrawal from INF treaty

Citing Russia’s ‘material breach’, U.S. sets formal withdrawal from INF treaty

by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2019 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Feb. 2 said the U.S. plans to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, citing Russia’s “continued noncompliance.” “Today the United States provided Russia and other Treaty Parties with formal notice that the United States will withdraw from the INF Treaty in […]

All we are saying … is give war a chance: Poll finds Democrat shift

All we are saying … is give war a chance: Poll finds Democrat shift

by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2019 A new poll shows a majority of Democrats oppose President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and a plurality oppose the commander in chief’s move to bring the troops home from Afghanistan. Why the shift for what usually bills itself as the anti-war party? Simple, analysts […]

General, top Venezuelan officials go public against Maduro

General, top Venezuelan officials go public against Maduro

by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2019 A top general in Venezuela’s air force said the country’s military is poised for mutiny against socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Gen. Francisco Yanez of the air force’s high command said in a Feb. 2 video posted to Twitter that “People of Venezuela, 90 percent of the armed forces of […]

President Trump and Tom Brady: ‘He’s a lot of fun to play golf with’

President Trump and Tom Brady: ‘He’s a lot of fun to play golf with’

by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2019 Will New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady face as much heat from the Los Angeles Rams’ defense as he does from media and assorted celebrities for his friendship with President Donald Trump? The Daily Beast, in a Feb. 2 report, went so far as to say Brady and Patriots […]

Report: China’s disappeared in 2018 included high-ranking officials, Marxists and a movie star

Report: China’s disappeared in 2018 included high-ranking officials, Marxists and a movie star

by WorldTribune Staff, February 3, 2019 It is common for activists who speak out against the Chinese government to go missing. Since supreme leader Xi Jinping took power in 2013, the practice of taking away dissidents has expanded. In 2018, however, whisking away the defiant was taken to another level. No only did activists and […]