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Iran’s Internet Shutdown Extends to 5th Day, Further Harming Economy

By: Michael Lipin Iran’s shutdown of domestic Internet access as part of a crackdown on anti-government protests has stretched beyond four days, an unprecedented outage that has caused growing harm to the economy. London-based Internet monitoring group NetBlocks posted a tweet early Thursday in Iran, saying the “near-total” Internet shutdown had surpassed 100 hours since […]

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Who Exactly is the Whistleblower in the Ukraine Affair?? – More on CIA Analyst Eric Ciaramella

Earlier this month, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence published the unredacted name of a man alleged to be the so-called whistleblower who helped launch impeachment proceedings against President Trump, according to a report on the federalist.com web site. Edited by: JV Staff The Washington Examiner reported that in September, the whistleblower accused Trump […]

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Facebook Signs Hudson Yards Lease for 1.5M Square Feet

After an extensive search for additional office space in the Big Apple, Facebook is heading for Hudson Yards. The social media and networking giant has signed a lease for over 1.5 million square feet of office space in the newly commercialized gigantic West Side development. On Thursday, Hudson Yards officials announced the deal, in which […]

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WeWork’s Adam Neumann Checks Out Park Ave Pad

Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann and his wife, Rebekah, are reportedly in search of a luxury apartment in the Big Apple’s Upper East Side. The 40-year-old who co-founded the office-share giant in 2010, watched his own net-worth plunge this year from$4.1 billion to an estimated $600 million, as per Forbes. This, however, has not stopped […]

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Al Pacino Stars as Nazi Hunter in New Amazon Series

There is a new Prime TV thriller series premiering in 2020. Academy award winner Jordan Peele will be directing a series on Amazon, named ‘Hunters”. Therein, legendary actor Al Pacino will star as an older Jewish man, with a Yiddish accent, hunting Nazis in the U.S., who fled from Germany. As reported by i24 News, […]

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Bloomberg: “I Am Sorry” for Stop & Frisk

People get very contrite when they run for office. Case in point: Michael Bloomberg. The billionaire recently apologized, and very publicly, for having overseen an expansion of the controversial street-stop program as mayor. Over the weekend, with nationwide news cameras staring him right in the eye, he said he was sorry for doing so. “Our […]

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NYC Music Exec Arrested Again for Sexually Assaulting Woman

Adam Lublin, a 43-year-old New York City music executive, has been charged with sexual assault for the third time in two months. The alleged victim was an unconscious woman. By: Ralph Petrezzio Lublin pleaded not guilty after turning himself in to authorities at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. According to the New York Post, this […]

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