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Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari brows before answering questions at the upper house of the parliament in Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Later, Amari said he intends to resign due to allegations he accepted bribes from a construction company in a nationally televised news conference. Photo: Shizuo Kambayashi, AP

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Archives for January 2016

US Lays Groundwork For Expanding ISIS War To Libya

ISIS has carried out several attacks on oil installations this month, sparking the White House to seriously considering yet another war in the Middle East.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford has pushing for counter-ISIS offensive in Libya, now it's looks Obama may be taking Dunford's recommendations seriously. (AP Photo)

With several Pentagon officials, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford and Press Secretary Peter Cook talking up military efforts to lay the groundwork for a US war in Libya, which Dunford suggested would be formalized in several weeks, President Obama is starting to talk up the idea too. The White House confirmed

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New Documentary: Whistleblower Claims CDC Covered Up Vaccine-Autism Links

The documentary alleges that there was study that was performed and whether the CDC was complicit in a cover-up over a decade ago.

Ben Swann
By Ben Swann
Britain Ebola Vaccine

The debate over whether vaccines cause autism has become one of the most controversial disputes in this country. In this episode of Truth In Media, the focus is not on whether vaccines are responsible for autism. The issue at hand here is a study that was performed at the CDC and the question of whether the agency was complicit in a cover-up over a

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Emails Show Flint Govt Bought Clean Water For Themselves While Residents Drank Poison For A Year

Instead of immediately notifying the citizens of the tainted water, the Snyder administration used taxpayer dollars to protect government officials only.

Matt Agorist
By Matt Agorist
Protesters gather outside the state Capitol before Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, in Lansing, Mich. With the water crisis gripping Flint threatening to overshadow nearly everything else he has accomplished, the Republican governor again pledged a fix Tuesday night during his annual State of the State speech. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Flint, MI — As the water crisis in Flint shows no signs of coming to an end anytime soon, one thing is clear — not one government official has yet to be held accountable for causing it. As details emerge about how officials have known about the tainted water and simply allowed the public to consume it without taking action, newly released

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Monsanto To Cut 3,600 Jobs Over 2 Years As Public Protests Stymie Profits

Monsanto’s stock price crashed from a one-month high of $99.28 before reports of layoffs and low earnings brought it to a low of $89.81. Some analysts think it should be even lower.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
A scene from the March Against Monsanto in Denver, CO. (Photo: MAM)

ST. LOUIS, Missouri --- While Monsanto seems to tower over the agriculture industry, both in terms of its political power and its potentially detrimental effects on the environment, low earnings are cutting into corporate profits and costing employees their jobs. Monsanto had already announced a major wave of layoffs in October when the

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Fresno Whistleblower Found Stabbed In Torched Home Days After Warning That Cops Might Kill Him

“Corrupt Fresno cops are going to try to kill me this weekend, possibly tonight,” the activist wrote on Facebook just before his death.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk

FRESNO, California --- Activists from Fresno are alarmed after a local anti-corruption whistleblower was found dead not long after forecasting his own demise on social media. While responding to a house fire on the afternoon of Jan. 20, firefighters found John Lang, 51, unresponsive. Later that day, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital,

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China Threatens Sanctions Against U.S. Companies

Sanctions and other economic tools will likely play a central role in U.S. foreign policy in the years ahead. China’s threat brings home the need to recognize that the United States has its own vulnerabilities, and Washington should take steps to address them.

Reuters
By Reuters
Barack Obama, right smiles as a group of children wave flags and flowers during a welcome ceremony held by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

China's recent threat to impose sanctions on U.S. defense companies that sell arms to Taiwan should come as no surprise to American officials or corporate executives: Washington has been issuing sanctions of these sorts for years. It was only a matter of time before U.S. competitors started copying its tactics. Regardless of whether China follows

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