Author: Freedom Watch
Dow tumbles 630 points to mark worst selloff in 3 months as stock market fixates on surge in GameStop, AMC shares By Mark DeCambre MarketWatch January 28, 2021 The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday booked its worst daily decline since late October, ringing up the fifth straight decline and its longest losing streak since February in the process. The drop for the Dow and the broader market comes as investors appeared increasingly concerned about COVID-19 vaccine distribution and fixated on the surge in prices in heavily shorted companies movie chain AMC Entertainment Holdings AMC, -58.29% and videogame…
Freedom Watch TV January 28, 2021
Amid Grief, Rep. Jamie Raskin Leads Trump Impeachment Effort In Senate NPR.org January 27, 2021 Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin is preparing to lead the second Senate trial of Donald Trump with two clear arguments in mind: Trump was responsible for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, and the Constitution allows Congress to hold the former president accountable through impeachment. Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, is preparing to make that case to a Senate where 45 of 50 Republicans voted Tuesday to reject the second part of his argument. Democrats have always faced an uphill battle…
By Robert Lee Hotz WSJ January 27, 2021 In the fall of 2017, astronomers in Hawaii spotted something strange speeding through the solar system. The reddish cylinder was like no comet or asteroid they had ever seen. They concluded it came from the stars and named it ‘Oumuamua, which means first messenger in the language of the islands. The longer they studied it, the deeper the mystery grew. Avi Loeb suggested that it might be an alien probe, launching a media maelstrom that has yet to die down. No crackpot is Dr. Loeb. He is the chairman of the…
Baseball Hall of Fame rejects politically outspoken star Curt Schilling By David Cohen POLITICO January 27, 2021 The Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday chose not to induct Curt Schilling, the star pitcher whose candidacy was colored by controversial political statements. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, based in Cooperstown, N.Y., announced that Schilling had received 71 percent of the vote (285 of 401) from the writers who make up its electorate, leaving him short of the required 75 percent. The 54-year-old former pitcher, an outspoken backer of President Donald Trump, had been suspended from ESPN…
Dow books longest losing skid in 3 months and Nasdaq snaps 5-session rally but GameStop stock surges again By Mark DeCambre MarketWatch January 27, 2021 U.S. stocks finished slightly lower in the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, a day ahead of an important update from the Federal Reserve and as investors digested a slew of corporate quarterly results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average [: DJIA] closed down less than 0.1% at about 30,937, but the decline was enough for a fourth straight loss, which matches a similar downturn that ended Oct. 28, according to FactSet data. The…
Freedom Watch TV January 27, 2021
McConnell allows Senate power-sharing deal to advance after fight with Democrats over filibuster By Manu Raju and Ted Barrett CNN January 26, 2021 (CNN)Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday that he will allow the 50-50 Senate to officially organize so Democrats can take control of key committees in the chamber after a weeklong battle with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the rights of the minority to stall legislation. The breakthrough came as GOP leaders were eagerly looking for a way out of a potential crisis that would have stymied the Senate committee process indefinitely, after McConnell…
KSTP January 26, 2021 Twitter has permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell’s account after he continued to perpetuate the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Twitter decided to ban Lindell, who founded bedding company My Pillow, due to “repeated violations” of its civic integrity policy, a spokesperson said in a statement. The policy was implemented last September and is targeted at fighting disinformation. It was not immediately clear which posts by Lindell on Twitter triggered the suspension of his account. Continue Reading…..
Crowdsource the Truth January 26, 2021 Larry Klayman joins me to lay out the myriad ways in which this historic sham of a second impeachment is an unconstitutional mess.