ON A SCALE OF 1-TO-10,
THIS SCORES 500

Once again, the week’s news has been dominated by a boisterous contest between President-elect Trump and the mainstream media. In my view, that’s an encouraging sign that we actually may have a chance to break, or at least to bypass, the existing media monopoly. The epitaph “Fake News” was created by the collectivist/Left media as a desperate attempt to discredit the alternative, independent media that has a nasty, inconvenient habit of telling the truth about those in power.

But, thanks to the audacity of Donald Trump and to the spunk and growing professionalism of the alternative media itself, the strategy of the Left has backfired. The bell is rung and it cannot be un-rung. The memory of millions of TV viewers who witnessed Donald Trump pointing at the CNN reporter and saying “YOU are fake news!” cannot be erased. 

As encouraging as that is, however, we must not be so fascinated by the theatrical quality of this contest that we forget to observe what else is going on under the radar. For that reason, I have included two items in this week’s featured news. The first two stories relate to the fake-news issue, but the third story is perhaps even more important. The reporter says that, on a scale of one to ten relating to importance, this story ranks 500.. When you see what it is, I think you will agree.

G. Edward Griffin
2017 January 13

FEATURED STORIES

Donald Trump became the target of a particularly disgusting fake-news report that went viral on social media and talk radio. The report, which has no admitted source and no evidence whatsoever to support it, claims that Trump went to the Ritz Carlton in Moscow and hired a Russian hooker to urinate on a bed that was said to be where Obama once slept. The report supposedly was ‘discovered’ by a British intelligence officer who was hired by Trump’s political opponents in both major parties and it was delivered to the FBI by Senator John McCain, who also is a Trump hater. In spite of the obvious unreliability of this story, CNN reported it as though it were fact. At a press conference Tuesday night, Trump refused to take a question from CNN and said: “You are fake news.” InfoWars 2017 Jan 12 (Story)

US: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper admitted that the controversial report aimed at damaging Trump’s image should not have been leaked. The FBI, however, is continuing to investigate the allegation. ABC News 2017 Jan 12 (Story)

Jeh Johnson, head of the Department of Homeland Security, announced that his office will take over all aspects of US elections. His excuse is the claim that the election system is threatened by Russian ‘influence’. A policy of secrecy will allow the DHS to intercede in the election process and declare the outcome without having to show how it decided. The author of this article says that, on a scale of one to ten relating to importance, this story ranks 500. John Rappoport 2017 Jan 8 (Story) (Cached)

WEEK IN REVIEW

US: The Environmental Protection Agency finally has acknowledged what readers of Need to Know have known for at least two years, that the nation’s most-used neonicotinoid pesticides pose a significant threat to honey bees. However, in an outrageous turnabout, the EPA still refuses to restrict the use of these pesticides. The capture of the EPA by the pesticide industry is  painfully obvious, but Congress (also captured) will do nothing about it. EcoWatch 2017 Jan 13 (Story) (Cached)

A group of liberal Hollywood celebrities including Rosie O’Donnell, Amy Schumer, Miley Cyrus, and George Clooney, are calling for a total Hollywood strike “until Trump resigns”. They describe Hollywood as “the base of the entire modern American culture” (which, unfortunately, may be true) but also claim to speak on behalf of all humanity. Commentator, Gary Franchi, may be onto something when he calls for real humanity to turn the tables and boycott Hollywood. [Not likely, of course, but pleasant to think about.] Next News Network 2017 Jan 13 (Story)

Phoenix, Arizona: An unidentified man shot a state trooper, who was investigating an accident, and then proceeded to beat him at the roadside. An armed passing driver stopped and shot the attacker – and surely saved the trooper’s life. AP 2017 Jan 13 (Story) (Cached)

With just over a week left in office, President Obama has massively expanded NSA authority to share unfiltered personal emails and communications with the 16 other US intelligence agencies. Reason 2017 Jan 13 (Story) (Cached) 

Syria has accused Israel of carrying out what it called a “flagrant” rocket attack on a military base used by President Assad’s elite Republican Guards. Euronews 2017 Jan 12 (Story)

The FBI and James Comey now are being investigated by the Inspector General for improprieties in their investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails. CBS News 2017 Jan 12 (Story)

West Virginia: Federal Judge, John Bailey, ordered the EPA to calculate the cost to Americans for closure of coal plants, job losses, other financial damages, and future economic losses from implementing the Clean Air Act. For the past eight years, the EPA has refused to monitor the effects of the Clean Air Act on employment and the economy, as mandated by Congress. Now, the agency has been ordered by the court to obey the law. State Journal 2017 Jan 12 (Story) (Cached)

Billionaire hedge-fund manager, George Soros, lost nearly $1 billion when the stock-market rallied after Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Soros predicted that a Trump win would crash the markets, but they gained instead. [Since Soros lost a billion dollars, he must have bet on a market drop instead of a rise. Since he said the market would drop if Trump won, and since he gambled on it dropping, it follows that he must have thought Trump would win. The only other interpretation is that he thought the market would drop no matter who won, in which his warning about Trump causing a downturn were, shall we say, ‘insincere’?.] Breitbart 2017 Jan 12 (Story) (Cached)

The Pentagon successfully tested 103 autonomous mini-drones that use collective decision making within the swarm. This could change warfare by removing humans, not only from the battlefield, but from the command center as well. The future of humans is not looking very good if left in the hands of the technocrats. Embryologists are getting close to being able to create babies without a mother. If so, they will be owned by the state. The endgame is to make robots and dumbed-down humans to become slaves to the ruling elites. InfoWars 2017 Jan 12 (Story)

Dylann Roof, the 22-year old white man who killed nine black people in a church, showed no remorse during his trial. He was convicted of 33 federal charges and was sentenced to death. France24 2017 Jan 11 (Story)

President-Elect Donald Trump says he will impose a heavy border tax on products from companies that move out of the US to manufacture their goods. [Regardless of how we may feel about the merits of that proposal, we should be mindful that the Constitution places the power of taxation on Congress, not the President.] PBS Newshour 2017 Jan 11 (Story)

A group of students at the University of London are demanding that the writings of Plato, Aristotle, and Voltaire be banned from the philosophy syllabus. Why? Because the authors are white. RT 2017 Jan 10 (Story)

New York: Areas of Brooklyn, heavily populated by Hasidic Jews, have established volunteer security patrols for their neighborhoods. Shomrim is a private organization formed to respond to criminal acts faster than is customary for city police. This report shows that, over time, Shomrin has become corrupted and may have used bribes and political connections to acquire undue influence over the New York Police Department. That influence includes obtaining immunity from prosecution for criminal acts committed by people in the Hasidic community. Much of this information was brought to light in a recent investigation of a prominent member of Shomrim who is charged with bribing police officials to obtain gun-carry permits. The Daily Beast posted 2017 Jan 10 (Story) (Cached)

 A new study conducted at King’s College, London, shows that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp Ready pesticide, can cause ‘non-alcoholic fatty liver disease’ in rats when delivered in doses thousands of times lower than what is being consumes by humans from pesticide residue in their food. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease now affects 90 million Americans. EcoWatch 2017 Jan 10 (Story) (Cached)

Robert Kennedy, Jr. has been chosen by Donald Trump to lead a committee to investigate vaccine safety and scientific integrity. He says that he and Trump both are “pro-vaccine” but have serious questions about vaccine safety. [This partly is a word game. Questions about the lack of vaccine safety are the primary reason for not being “pro-vaccine.” We shall see how this plays out.] AP 2017 Jan 10 (Story)

A report from the Council on Foreign Relations shows that, in 2016, the US dropped 26,000 bombs on countries around the world, averaging 72 bombs per day. Syria (12,192 bombs) and Iraq (12,095 bombs) topped the list. [Obama, the man who oversaw this activity, is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.] RT 2017 Jan 10 (Story)

More than 100 countries have signed an agreement to share ALL personal and business financial information automatically, which means without a warrant or even a request. It will just happen as a matter of course. All banks, investment companies, brokerage firms, and insurance companies will participate. National sovereignty in such matters is gone. The Banks posted 2017 Jan 9 (Story) (Cached)

David Knight reports that the accused mass shooter in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, previously had complained to the FBI because he was being forced to watch ISIS recruiting videos. (You read that correctly.) The shooting just happened to coincide with the introduction of a Florida bill that would repeal existing laws against private gun ownership. [This law would allow those with concealed-carry licenses to bring guns into passenger terminals, college campuses, government meetings, and other favorite locations for mass shooters. Does anyone else smell a rat here?] InfoWars 2017 Jan 8 (Story)

An Al Jazeera reporter covertly filmed an Israeli diplomat plotting with a British staff member of the British Parliament to destroy the careers of British politicians who opposes Israeli settlements. We know that this sort of thing is common, but it is rare that hard proof comes to light. Al Jazeera 2017 Jan 7 (Story) (Cached)

The CIA is not happy about Donald Trump questioning its story that Russia hacked the DNC and Podesta emails. Senator Chuck Schumer said that Trump is unwise to do this because the intelligence community has “six ways from Sunday at getting back at you”. A sobering thought, because it is true. InfoWars posted 2017 Jan 7 (Story)

In 2017, all French citizens become organ donors by law. For now, it is still possible to opt out of the program, but citizens must apply to the government for permission to do so. [Collectivism marches on.] Fox News posted 2017 Jan 7 (Story) (Cached)

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Here’s a report that will challenge your objectivity. It will put you to the test to see if you really can separate the message from th messenger. A young, independent analyst describes the risks to every citizen from the recent expansion of power by the NSA, which allows it to share personal data with all other US intelligence agencies and even with foreign countries. It is hard to find fault with his analysis but – are you ready for this? – He is a Satanist. [So, we reject his analysis, right? Or find another source, even if stated less succinctly? What is your opinion on this?  Send your comment, 300 words or less, here.]  Styxhexenhammer 2017 Jan 13 (Story)

The Pentagon successfully tested 103 autonomous mini-drones that use collective decision making within the swarm. This could change warfare by removing human, not only from the battlefield, but from the command center as well. The future of humans is not looking very good if left in the hands of the technocrats. Embryologists are getting close to being able to create babies without a mother. If so, they will be owned by the state. The endgame is to make robots and dumbed-down humans become slaves to the ruling elites. InfoWars 2017 Jan 12 (Story)

Jerusalem: Israel reports that a truck attack killed four people, but skeptics believe that the image of the truck shown in the video was computer generated. Evidence includes the fact that the bottom of the truck disappears on impact, and the truck disappears for an instant after it moves beyond the crowd. You will want to see this to form your own conclusion. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is calling this an ISIS attack but did not say why he thinks so. Peekay Truth 2017 Jan 9 (Story)

Ida Auken, a socialist Danish politician, looks to the year 2030 when private property has been abolished, creating dependency on the state and zero privacy, as planned in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. She cheerfully looks forward to the time when, everywhere she goes, she will be registered, and everything she does, thinks, and dreams will be recorded. You should seriously look at this, because this mind set is being created in all government schools of the world and now is far more common than you may think. Truthstream Media 2017 Jan 9 (Story)

James Corbett interviews Dr. Tjeerd Andringa, a cognitive scientist at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, who explains why child sex rings are prevalent at the elite levels of governments. Tjeerd theorizes that the kakistocracy (rule by the worst and most evil people), requires two character traits to perpetuate itself: (1) recruits must be ruthless with zero compassion for others and (2) they must subordinate themselves to the kakistocracy itself. Pedophilia is a proving ground for both. A pedophile has no concern about any harm that might come to the children. Furthermore, by making themselves vulnerable to public exposure, disgrace, and loss of elitist status if they fail to support their fellow psychopaths, their loyalty is assured. That is the essence of the theory, but there is much in this interview that further explains the genesis of this repugnant practice. Corbett Report 2017 Jan 9 (Story)

Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro announced a 50% increase in the country’s minimum wage and in retirees’ pensions. Supposedly, this will help workers cope with the country’s run-away inflation. [The predictable result will be quite different. It will force employers to terminate many workers or to go out of business altogether, because the law forbids them from raising prices to cover the increased cost of labor. That will put tens of thousands of presently employed people onto government welfare, which must be paid by increased taxes, which will put even more companies out of business, etc. Collectivism always economically self-destructs in this manner. It is a progressively fatal disease.] NewsBeat Social 2017 Jan 9 (Story)

Mattel is releasing a new AI (artificial intelligence) product, called Aristotle, which interacts with your children and advances with them as they intellectually mature. It could become their main source of information and education and could even become their best friend. What could possibly be wrong with that? New Atlas posted 2017 Jan 7 (Story) (Cached)

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Hillary Clinton goes to a gifted-student primary school in New York to talk about the world.

After her talk she offers question time. One little boy puts up his hand. Hillary asks him what his name is. “Kenneth,” he says. “And what is your question, Kenneth ?” she asks.

“I have three questions,” he says. “First — whatever happened in Benghazi? “Second — why did you run for President if you are not capable of handling two e-mail accounts? “And, third — whatever happened to the missing six-billion dollars while you were Secretary of State?”

Just then the bell rings for recess. Hillary informs the kiddies that they will continue after recess. When they resume Hillary says, “Okay, where were we? Oh, that’s right, question time. Who has a question?”

A different boy puts his hand up. Hillary points to him and asks him what his name is. “Johnny,” he says. “And what is your question, Johnny?” she asks.

“I have five questions,” he says. “First — whatever happened in Benghazi? “Second — why did you run for President if you are not capable of handling two e-mail accounts? “Third — whatever happened to the missing six-billion dollars while you were Secretary of State? “Fourth — why did the recess bell go off 20 minutes early? “And, fifth — where’s Kenneth?”


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STUCK IN SLAVESPEAK NO MORE
2016 Jan 13 from Connie Drummond, in th UK
Yes, please notify me of this [broadcast dates for Global Warming, An Inconvenient Lie]. We’re posting your and Jim Lee’s website details on personal Facebook pages here in the UK because our friends (and relatives) think we’ve gone mad…!

If we’d had the money we would have come to Phoenix [where the Global-Warming hoax was exposed]. I’m 70 years old now and shocked that I’ve only just opened my eyes to it in the last 12 months; not that I haven’t suspected for years, but stuck in slavespeak for most of it..! Once you learn about one thing it opens the door to all the rest and initially scares the hell out of you.

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CLIMATE CHANGE IS A TRICK
2016 Dec 31 from Gairn Mclennan
Hello Edward.
Global climate change was an very good trick – we were made to feel guilty of causing a temperature fluctuation which effected this solar system, not just earth. We have saved a lot of energy (partially causing the oil industry decline-over supply of the last 2 years) and developed electric transport in it’s stead- so it’s not all bad, but the money that was/is channeled into fraudulent carbon-tax schemes etc needs to stop as it’s corruption at it’s most covert level. Carbon dioxide is needed for trees to grow – plant more trees they bring rain and will stop desertification.

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PRETTY WIERD
2016 Dec 31 from Bill Hogsten
Hey Mister Griffin,
Came across an odd bit of news. Wish I had saved the article, it may be on YouTube. It was in reference to something eating, as the author put it, a chemtrail. It was a short video from this past September. He claimed some object, possibly a UFO, was eating them. I watched the video, I am no expert by any means, but it did appear that something took out a large section of a chemtrail. Trick photography, wind shear, what have you, it may be something for your team to look into. Odd to say the least.

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82 YEARS AND STILL KICKING
2016 Dec 31 from Regis Sauger
Mr.Griffin, I am “82” years old and still kicking. I have attached a work book that I wrote for some of the classes and workshops I used to teach. I commend you, not only for your analysis of the Federal Reserve but also the detail in which you explain the history of money and the corruption involved from the birth of the Rothschild influence. God Bless you and keep up the great work. Remember what my Mother said to us kids. “Your body follow your mind. So stay on top of things”

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