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Pathetic. Clintons Hawk Tickets on Groupon After Speaking Tour Fails to Draw Crowds

Bill and Hillary are so desperate to sell tickets to their 13-city tour dubbed “An Evening with the Clintons” that they have resorted to hawking tickets on Groupon for 60% off.

Even more pathetic, the Clintons had to use Groupon to sell their tour tickets in one of the most liberal places in the world – Los Angeles.

The Clintons’ speaking tour has been an utter failure.

Bill and Hillary spoke to thousands of empty seats on the first night of their tour last week in Canada.

Hillary’s coughing fit returned after she trashed President Trump. The twice-failed Presidential hopeful could not get her cough under control so her husband Bill answered questions by the moderator.

The Clintons were set to appear in Houston this week and tickets were going for $6.00 – the price of a Big Mac meal.

The Houston tour stop was cancelled due to the death of former President George H.W. Bush.

Now the grifters are using Groupon because they can’t even sell tickets in liberal Los Angeles. Pathetic.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/12/pathetic-clintons-peddle-tickets-on-groupon-after-speaking-tour-fails-to-draw-crowds/

Federal Reserve to Continue Raising Interest Rate in Near Term - Board Member

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) will continue its policy of steadily increasing interest rates to keep inflation under control while maintaining business confidence and full employment, Board of Governors Member Lael Brainard said in a speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics on Friday.

"The gradual path of increases in the federal funds rate has served us well by giving us time to assess the effects of policy as we have proceeded," Brainard said. "That approach remains appropriate in the near term."

In November, The United States' benchmark interest rate will remain unchanged at 2 to 2.25 percent, the US Federal Reserve’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said in a statement after a policy meeting on Thursday.

The US central bank raised the federal funds rate three times so far this year. In total, in 2018 the rate has risen from the 1.25 to 1.50 percent range to its current level of 2.00 to 2.25 percent.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized the Federal Reserve for increasing interest rates, which have caused US stock markets to plunge on multiple occasions.

https://sputniknews.com/business/201812081070502028-usa-federal-reserve-interest-rate/

North Carolina Prepares For "Historic Storm;" Fears Of "Impossible Travel Conditions"

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-07/north-carolina-prepares-historic-storm-fears-impossible-travel-conditions

Great headline!

DOJ prepares to charge Chinese hackers with attacking technology services firms

The Justice Department is accusing China of violating an agreement regarding intellectual property theft

Federal prosecutors with the Department of Justice are reportedly preparing to bring charges against hackers who are reportedly linked to the Chinese government.

Here's what we know

According to the Wall Street Journal, “U.S. officials have described the hacking campaign as one of the most audacious and damaging orchestrated by China to date."

These hacks reportedly targeted companies and U.S. government agencies. Private-sector cybersecurity researchers cited by the Wall Street Journal said that the hacks were the work of a group known as "APT 10" or "cloudhopper," which is reportedly tied to the Chinese government.

The Department of Homeland Security issued a warning in October regarding a hacking campaign that they said was targeting intellectual property in the the health care, energy, communications, and manufacturing industries.

These charges have been been expected for a while and could come next week.

What else?

This news comes only one day after news broke that the Canadian government had arrested Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of Chinese tech giant Huawei. The U.S. has asked for Meng to be extradited.

For the past two years, U.S. prosecutors have been looking into whether Meng's company shipped U.S. goods to Iran in violation of sanctions. Meng allegedly used a subsidiary of her company to evade U.S. sanctions for 2009 and 2014. In addition to being the CFO, Meng is also the daughter of the founder of Huawei.

The Chinese government has demanded that Meng be released, calling her arrest "despicable hooliganism" on the part of the United States. According to the Wall Street Journal, the charges against Meng are unrelated to the hacking.

On Dec. 1, the U.S. and China agreed to hold off implementing new tariffs for 90 days. The two nations have been engaged in an escalating trade war, following the Trump administration's global tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. So far, this temporary truce has not been called off, despite the charges and the arrest of Meng.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/ready-doj-prepares-to-charge-chinese-hackers-with-attacking-technology-services-firms

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