Guess who is world’s top jailer of journalists? Time’s tribute to ‘Guardians’ made no mention

Guess who is world’s top jailer of journalists? Time’s tribute  to ‘Guardians’ made no mention

by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2018 In naming persecuted journalists as its persons of the year for 2018, Time magazine presented an extensive analysis of the state of the free press worldwide. The name of the world’s top jailer of journalists – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – was not mentioned. Special honors went to […]

Before leaving Congress, Dave Brat submits bill to protect First Amendment rights on campus

Before leaving Congress, Dave Brat submits bill to protect First Amendment rights on campus

by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2018 Rep. Dave Brat has proposed legislation on Dec. 10 to safeguard the First Amendment on college campuses and end forced “free speech zones.” The Student Rights Act would “protect students’ rights to free speech, right of assembly and right of association at public institutions of higher education. It would […]

U.S. takes aim at Venezuela’s gold stashed in Bank of England

U.S. takes aim at Venezuela’s gold stashed in Bank of England

by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order sanctioning Venezuela’s gold exports and banning American citizens from dealing with anyone involved in “corrupt or deceptive” gold sales from the socialist South American nation. The move by Trump tightens sanctions that effectively seal almost 16 tons of Venezuelan […]

Free fall for ‘Jupiter’: French Yellow Jackets sting Macron

Free fall for ‘Jupiter’: French Yellow Jackets sting Macron

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Elected on a wave of dynamism a mere eighteen months ago, French President Emmanuel Macron has morphed into the figure of derision and disillusion. From a stunning 66 percent landslide win in the May 2017 elections to a perilous political free fall, Emmanuel Macron, France’s […]

RNC hired same firm that blocked FBI following 2016 DNC attack

RNC hired same firm that blocked FBI following 2016 DNC attack

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Republicans hacked after hiring same firm that blocked FBI following 2016 DNC attack The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was hacked during the 2018 midterm elections after hiring the same cyber firm that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) used to investigate its alleged hack in 2016, reports say. CrowdStrike was […]

Opinion: The real criminals were those involved in bringing down Michael Flynn

Opinion: The real criminals were those involved in bringing down Michael Flynn

by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2018 Special counsel Robert Mueller is authorized to investigate any crime he finds in the course of the so-called “collusion” investigation. Yet, Mueller and his team have completely ignored crimes committed by the Obama officials who sunk the career of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, a former deputy assistant attorney […]

Putin salutes Solzhenitsyn as ‘true patriot’ who would not abide Russophobia

Putin salutes Solzhenitsyn as ‘true patriot’ who would not abide Russophobia

by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2018 Late Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a “true and real patriot” who even in exile “did not allow anyone to talk dismissively and badly about his motherland,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Dec. 11. “He stood up against any expression of Russophobia,” Putin said after unveiling a statue […]

Constitutional expert Mark Levin weighs in on Trump indictment uproar

Constitutional expert Mark Levin weighs in on Trump indictment uproar

by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2018 News of the Dec. 7 sentencing memos of lawyer Michael Cohen by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and New York’s Southern District prosecutors played in a continuous loop on Mainstream Media. By Dec. 11, radio host Mark Levin who is also a legal expert specializing in the U.S. Constitution, had […]

Journalists’ lives at risk in Ortega’s socialist Nicaragua

Journalists’ lives at risk in Ortega’s socialist Nicaragua

by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2018 Since anti-government protests broke out in socialist Nicaragua in April, more than 270 people have been killed and 2,000 injured. The world is aware of the situation thanks in large part to the nation’s independent media outlets. The Free Oress has now become a major target of President Daniel […]

All the president’s attackers: A closer look

All the president’s attackers: A closer look

by WorldTribune Staff, December 10, 2018 President Donald Trump, since taking office, has been under siege from Democrats, prosecutors, state attorneys general, opposition researchers and activist defense lawyers. All of this gets filtered to the public through the corporate media which, conservative critics say, treats every accusation and unverified claim and rumor breathlessly, as proof […]