The parliamentary chairman of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), Thomas Oppermann, has asserted that social media giants like Facebook should be required to remove fake news and illegal posts within 24 hours or face fines up to €500,000 ($522,000). “Facebook has not used the opportunity to effectively regulate the issue of complaint management itself,” Oppermann said in an interview... 

A 12 year-old boy from Iraq tried to blow up the Christmas Market in Ludwigshafen. The boy tried to ignite the bomb but it didn’t go off. He wanted to travel to Syria and join ISIS. Via Vlad Tepes and Focus: A 12-year-old boy may have been sent by the Islamic State when he planned an attack on the Christmas market in Ludwigshafen. The State Attorney and the State Prosecutor have already begun investigations. A... 

One of the victims of the savage assault, identified only as Andrew, described his attackers “animals”. The terrifying ordeal unfolded when the gang of African teenagers began destroying fencing outside the St Kilda Life Saving Club on the famous Melbourne beach, Australia. Two landscape gardeners working on the site yelled at the men who responded by unleashing a brutal onslaught. Andrew said:... 

Facebook announced on Thursday a Soros-funded “fact check” group will be used to determine which Facebook stories are “fake news.” George Soros is a billionaire funder of far left causes and groups like Black Lives Matter terrorists and Occupy Wall Street hoodlums. Breitbart.com reported: The organization partnered with Facebook to help determine whether a certain story is “disputed” is... 

Greece’s European creditors have halted the country’s debt relief deal after Athens proposed a one-off payout to pensioners which contradicts Brussels’ austerity demands. The sides are struggling to agree on the latest review of Greece’s rescue plan of €86 billion. Last week they agreed on a short-term debt relief deal under which Athens must reduce its public debt by 20 percent of GDP... 

A federal judge dealt a deathblow to “faithless electors” who challenged Colorado’s law requiring electors to vote for the candidate who won the state’s popular vote in November. A lawsuit was brought forward to set a legal precedent across the United States, unbinding electors from their requirement to vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in their respective states in order to... 

The majority of Americans reject the claim that “Russian hackers,” not voters, chose Donald Trump as president. When asked if “Russian cyberattacks” helped Trump win the White House, 59% of Americans said no, according to a poll conducted by Fox News. Surprisingly, the poll revealed the respondents weren’t die-hard Trump supporters given their responses to the president-elect’s various... 

One of Obama’s Somali refugees raped a woman on a bus in Minneapolis. Mohamed Harir Ayanle had been in the United States for three months before the attack. Breitbart reported: A 22-year old Somali man who arrived in the United States in September faces charges of criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison. “A Minneapolis man is being charged with criminal sexual... 

Anonymous allegations that Russian government hackers interfered with the US elections are “evidence-free,” several retired intelligence professionals argued in an open letter. Any hack would have been noticed by the NSA, which has stayed silent, they say. Last Friday, the New York Times and the Washington Post cited anonymous sources claiming the CIA believed Russia was behind hackers who exposed... 

On Monday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte admitted he was purposely absent from a group photo and gala at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Peru to avoid an uncomfortable encounter with US President Barack Obama. Duterte confessed that he was not telling the truth when he originally claimed that he was not feeling well. “I was there. I attended the meetings, actually.... 

Facebook has announced it will empower Snopes, an organization with a clear left-wing bias, to bury so-called “fake news” on its news feed, a move that clearly opens the door for the outright censorship of conservative content and opinion. “To combat fake news, Facebook has partnered with a shortlist of media organizations, including Snopes and ABC News, that are part of an international fact-checking... 

The left-wing globalist moonbats, and the movement they represent, has found a common enemy, Russia. Their ideological avoidance knows no boundary. Not content to simply blame Russia for the failure of Hillary Clinton, a British member of parliament is now blaming Russia for the Brexit vote. But wait, it gets better. According to MP Bradshaw Russia is also to blame for the decision of France’s Socialist... 

The top US military official in the Pacific has warned Beijing off taking control over the disputed South China Sea, while an American think tank has published photos it says prove that China has installed weapons on seven separate manmade islands in the disputed maritime route. “We will not allow a shared domain to be closed down unilaterally no matter how many bases are built on artificial... 

While Democrats, sore losers and the butthurt corporate media continue to yell ‘THE RUSSIANS DID IT’ or something… a sane voice noted that it is far more likely that it was in fact people within the US intelligence community who leaked the DNC emails to Wikileaks, which ultimately wound up affecting the election result, so the left would have America believe. Appearing on Varney and Co., Judge... 

President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to name former Texas Governor Rick Perry as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. Gov. Perry was the chief executive of one of the country’s largest states and one of the largest economies in the world. He is also one of the most successful governors in modern history, having led Texas through a sustained period of economic growth...