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Obama Administration Proposes 2,300-Page “New Constitution”

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The U.S. Constitution leaves too many areas open to interpretation; a New Constituion of 2,300 pages (+ 200 redacted secret pages) is the solution. The Obama Administration has proposed replacing the current U.S. Constitution (4,543 words, including the signatures with a 2,300-page “new Constitution” that in the words of an administration spokesperson, “clears up the gray areas in the current... 

Obama refuses to raise debt ceiling for 6 weeks

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President Obama has rejected raising America’s debt ceiling for 6 weeks beyond the October 17 deadline. The compromise was put forward by congressional Republicans, who sought to win time for negotiation and avert an unprecedented US default next week. No specific budget decision was taken in the White House on Thursday, where President Obama met with 20 House Republicans, including Speaker... 

Obama Retreats To Secret Bunker As “Big Event” Draws Near

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A truly grim “urgent action bulletin” issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) earlier today states that the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) has received word from “highly placed” sources within the Pentagon that President Barack Obama this past week cancelled his trip to Asia and has retreated with many of his top aides to the mysterious and newly built White House bunker in preparation... 

Dem Congresswoman Suggests “Martial Law” to End Government Shutdown

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Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee used obscure language to characterize the push for a clean resolution which would end the government shutdown, labeling it a form of “martial law.” Advocating for the passage of a clean continuing resolution that would, at least temporarily, end the current standoff in Washington and reopen the government, Lee said there were enough members of Congress... 

US House unanimously votes to retroactively pay 800,000 furloughed workers

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The Republican-led US House of Representatives unanimously voted to approve a bill which will see 800,000 workers furloughed during the ongoing partial government shutdown paid once the crisis ends. The 407-0 vote in the House was a rare moment of bipartisanship within the deeply divided lower house of Congress. The measure will now be sent to the Senate, which is controlled by the Democrats. The... 

Ex-NYPD cop questions sister's killing by Capitol police

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Police in Washington DC did not have to resort to shooting dead an unarmed woman, who lead officers on a short-lived car chase through the Capitol on Thursday, said the driver’s sister, former New York police sergeant Valarie Carey. “My sister could have been any person traveling in our capital,” Valarie Carey told reporters outside her Brooklyn home on Saturday. “Deadly physical... 

Woman With Baby Rams Gates Near White House, America Freaks Out

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Given the fact that not so long ago, the United States faced down the threat of imminent nuclear war, you’d think the mainstream media would put the threat posed by a woman named Miriam Carey ramming some gates near the White House in some kind of perspective. Instead, the incident prompted a contrived freak out with alarmist rolling news coverage which went from characterizing the incident as... 

US Treasury: Default would be ‘catastrophic’

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The US Treasury has warned of catastrophic effects if a political stalemate over raising the government’s debt limit forces a US default on its obligations. The federal government is expected to exhaust its cash reserves by October 17 and if US lawmakers do not reach an agreement to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, the government will not be able to pay its bills and will default on its legal... 

Asia, Europe markets fall over possible US shutdown

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Financial markets in Asia and Europe have been rocked over concerns that the United States’ government might be heading for a partial shutdown. Washington should agree to a new spending bill before the end of the financial year at midnight on Monday amid political divisions that have created a stalemate. If the American lawmakers fail to agree on the budget deal, essential federal services could... 

White House orders government agencies to begin shutting down

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The White House budget director has ordered federal agencies to begin closing down after the Senate and the House of Representatives failed to reach an agreement on a budget plan to avert a government shutdown. “Agencies should now execute plans for an orderly shutdown due to the absence of appropriations,” Sylvia Mathews Burwell, director Of the White House Office of Management and Budget... 

Obama blasts Republicans, blames GOP for shutdown during White House address

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In an address from the White House rose garden Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama blamed Republican lawmakers for triggering the first government shutdown in nearly two decades. Pres. Obama spoke on Tuesday roughly 12 hours after a longstanding budget stalemate on Capitol Hill caused a midnight shutdown impacting a number of government agencies and initiatives across the board. “At midnight... 

Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid “One Big Lie”

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh says that the raid which killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 is “one big lie” and that “not one word” of the Obama administration’s narrative on what happened is true. In a wide-ranging interview published today by the Guardian, Hersh savages the US media for failing to challenge the White House on a whole host of issues, from NSA spying, to drone... 

'US backed plan to launch a chemical attack in Syria' January report

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We recently came across a highly revealing report published on the 29th of January by the Daily Mail online. In it Louise Boyle, writes of a U.S. “backed plan to launch a chemical weapon attack in Syria and blame it on Bashar al-Assad’s regime”, months before the actual attack happened. Such a plan was also confirmed by Press TV on January the 30th and RT in June 2012, over a year... 

Obama’s meeting with Iran president 'possible,' US says

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White House spokesman Jay Carney White House spokesman Jay Carney has talked about the possibility of a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York next week. “It’s possible, but it has always been possible,” Carney said at a press conference on Thursday. “The extended hand has been there from the moment the president was sworn... 

Obama waives anti-terrorism provisions to arm Syrian rebels

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The Obama administration waived provisions of a federal law which ban the supply of weapons and money to terrorists. The move is opening doors to supplying Syrian opposition with protection from chemical weapons. The Arms Export Control Act (AECA) allows the US president to waive provisions in Sections 40 and 40A, which forbid providing munitions, credit and licenses to countries supporting acts of... 
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