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Intrepid Report Newsletter     We cannot keep publishing without your help. We have no paywalls or ads. Nor do we receive corporate or foundation funding. All we have is you to keep us publishing.  We  rely  on you to help us  pay our monthly expenses. So please Donate   Thursday What a way to end an old year and begin a new year By Bev Conover On New Year’s Eve, just as I went to upload Monday’s articles to Intrepid Report, my router/modem died. No Internet! I was promised a new one would arrive Tuesday. So much for promises. It finally arrived today after I had, shall we say, some words for tech support. How much death and destruction awaits us in 2018? By Paul Craig Roberts Among the economic threats are stock, bond, and real estate markets artificially pumped up by years of central bank money creation and by false reports of full employment. It is an open question whether participants in these markets are aware that underlying reality does not support

View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: January 5, 2018 Thanks to everyone who made FAIR's  year-end fund drive  a success! Here are the stories FAIR has been working on this (abbreviated) week. Please help us spread the word by forwarding this email to friends and by sharing our stories on social media like Facebook  and  Twitter . Think Tank-Addicted Media Turn to Regime Change Enthusiasts for Iran Protest Commentary NYT ’s ‘Trump Effect’ Mainly the Effect of Higher Oil Prices This week's episode of FAIR's radio show  CounterSpin : Julio Lopez Varona on Puerto Rico’s Predators FAIR’s ad-free, content-rich site is supported by contributions  from our loyal band of media activists.  Please donate today!   FAIR's Website Copyright © 2018 Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, All rights reserved.   Our mailing address is:   Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting 124 W. 30th Street, Suite 201 New York ,

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05 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Tom Engelhardt | Mapping a World From Hell: 76 Countries Are Now Involved in Washington's War on Terror    Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch   Engelhardt writes: "A glance at the map tells you that the war on terror, an increasingly complex set of intertwined conflicts, is now a remarkably global phenomenon."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

05 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Greg Palast | Trump Is Not Ending Kobach's Racist Voter Purge Scheme, He's Putting It on Steroids    Greg Palast, Greg Palast's Website   Palast writes: "Don't be fooled by news of Trump's Executive Order dissolving the so-called Commission on Election Integrity. Trump is not ending the Kris Kobach scheme to attack, he's moving it into Homeland Security as per Kobach's original plan."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

  link . ·  Rachel Maddow Reveals the Latest Russia Stunner – Betsy DeVos Is Right in the Middle of It All Folks, Maddow just blew this story wide open. And it’s huge. Billionaire brother of Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, is Erik Prince. Erik not only represents… THEPROUDLIBERAL.ORG Rachel Maddow Reveals the Latest Russia Stunner – Betsy DeVos Is Right in the Middle of It All Folks, Maddow just blew this story wide open. And it’s huge. Billionaire brother of Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, is Erik Prince. Erik not only represents his family as one of many hard-right, social-conservative activists who have poured millions and millions into organizations and people who would push a far-right agenda. He also is the founder of Blackwater – a company the United States has hired in an attempt to privatize some of the war in Iraq. They represent how people can make money by turning war into a for-

05 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Trump Sought to Compel Sessions to Protect Him    Michael S. Schmidt, The New York Times   Schmidt writes: "President Trump gave firm instructions in March to the White House's top lawyer: stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department's investigation into whether Mr. Trump's associates had helped a Russian campaign to disrupt the 2016 election."   READ MORE Even Steve Bannon's Main Financial Backer Is Over Him   Emma Specter, Splinter   Specter writes: "Disavowing Steve Bannon seems to be the hot trend this winter. First, a lawyer for Donald Trump threatened to sue Bannon over his alleged criticisms of Trump administration members in a new book; now, conservative billionaire Rebekah Mercer - Bannon's primary donor - is speaking out against the former White House strategist."   READ MORE Nationwide, Police Shot an