SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2016. On Dec. 8, Coalition military forces conducted 12 strikes against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, Coalition military forces conducted seven strikes using attack and fighter aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted five strikes coordinated with and in support[Read More…]
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In Case You Missed It — AlterNet: Rodrigo Duterte’s Barbaric War on Drugs; Thousands Are Being “Slaughtered Like Animals”
Philippines PresidentRodrigo Duterte NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016 By: Melissa Franqui This week, a veteran photojournalist published a nightmarish photo essay and in-depth podcast in The New York Times: “They are Slaughtering Us like Animals: Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines.” The searing images and descriptions of unrelenting injustices are dreadful enough to[Read More…]
Nearly 535 Million Children Living in Crisis-Hit Countries – UNICEF (Video)
In Jérémie, Haiti, children play at the Église Chrétienne Nan Lindy. Hundreds of people have sought temporary shelter at the church after countless homes were destroyed by Hurricane Matthew. Photo: UNICEF/UN035877/LeMoyne GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–9 December 2016 – As the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of its[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, December 8, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 -12:43 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all. I do not have any comments at the top so we can go straight to questions. Mr. Freking, would you like to go first? Q Sure. Thank you, Josh. So a Russian[Read More…]
Trump Picks Anti-labor Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Hunter Pick any working class fight from the last decade: Trump’s appointing millionaires are on the other side of those exact struggles. For today’s entry into Trump appointments so ridiculous that they would have been considered satirical a scant few months ago, we bring you[Read More…]
Trump Goes Off on Carrier Workers Who Lost Their Jobs: They Should Have Spent ‘More Time Working’
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Hunter If he can’t play their hero, he’ll subject them to death threats? That’s where we are now? As yet another reminder, this is not even remotely Freaking Normal: If United Steelworkers 1999 was any good, they would have kept those jobs in Indiana. Spend[Read More…]
Gen. Barry McCaffrey Withdraws Support of Trump National Security Advisor, Calls for Investigation (Video)
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Jen Hayden Thank you, General. General Barry McCaffrey tells NBC News that he was initially supportive of Donald Trump’s decision to name Lt. General Michael Flynn as his national security advisor. But, a closer look at Flynn’s social media use shows that he sent out at[Read More…]
Ohio State Senator Behind the Extreme Abortion Ban Was Investigated for Domestic Violence in 2011
OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Jen Hayden Kris Jordan leads a crusade to punish Ohio women In less time than a woman has to wait to have an abortion after seeing a doctor in Ohio, Republicans rammed through a surprise bill that is one of the most extreme in the nation, banning[Read More…]
Former Astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn Dies
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016. Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn died Thursday at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Glenn, who served four terms as a U.S. senator from Ohio, was one of NASA’s original seven Mercury astronauts. His flight on Friendship 7 on Feb. 20,[Read More…]
Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of Northern California
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of northern California at 8:49 a.m. CT. The quake rumbled 157 km (97 mi) W of Ferndale, California, 166 km (102 mi) W of Fortuna, California, 168 km (104 mi) W of Eureka, California, 176 km (109 mi) WSW of Arcata,[Read More…]
