ABC News

Months after the U.S. Supreme Court made it more difficult for prosecutors to prove bribery by a public official, a longtime Pennsylvania congressman, a former Virginia lawmaker and others are relying on the decision to challenge their convictions.

Former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah and former lawmaker Phil Hamilton may be among the first but are likely not the last defendants to invoke the Supreme Court’s decision in June that overturned the bribery conviction of former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell.   Continue reading “Ex-Officials Use Court Ruling to Attack Bribery Convictions”

Reuters

A judge in Brazil has issued an order to prevent U.S. swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen from leaving the country on the grounds they gave conflicting accounts of their robbery outside the Rio Games on Sunday, a Brazilian daily said on Wednesday.

Lochte, one of swimming’s most decorated Olympians, had already returned to the United States ahead of the court ruling, the newspaper quoted Brazilian police as saying. It was unclear if Feigen had also left the country.   Continue reading “Judge orders Lochte and teammate not to leave Brazil”

ABC News

A federal appeals court on Tuesday banned the Justice Department from prosecuting medical marijuana cases if no state laws were broken.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ordered the federal agency to show that 10 pending cases in California and Washington state violated medical marijuana laws in those states before continuing with prosecutions.   Continue reading “Court Bars Feds From Prosecuting Medical Pot Cases”

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IB Times

As the dust settles following the suspected breach of an elite NSA-linked hacking unit dubbed the Equation Group, which potentially exposed a number of cyberweapons used by US spooks, whistleblowing outfit WikiLeaks has claimed it will publish a ‘pristine’ version of the data online for the world to see.   Continue reading “WikiLeaks to release ‘pristine copy’ of NSA cyberweapons hack data”

The Weather Channel

A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California’s Cajon Pass exploded to 6,500 acres in five hours, forcing thousands in the town of Wrightwood to flee.

With low humidity and temperatures in the triple digits, the so-called Bluecut fire, first reported around 10:30 a.m. PDT near Interstate 15, is burning uncontrollably, KTLA.com reported. Four and a half hours after it was sparked, the inferno had torched 5,500 acres of land.     Continue reading “Bluecut Fire Explodes to 6,500 Acres in Five Hours; Thousands of Residents Flee While Structures Burn”

ABC News

A former Marine whose appearances in widely shared videos made him one of the most recognizable figures during the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge pleaded guilty Monday for his role in the weekslong standoff with authorities.

Jon Ritzheimer, 32, admitted that he conspired with Ammon Bundy and others to prevent U.S. Interior Department employees from doing their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, and they did so by threats of force or intimidation.   Continue reading “Oregon Refuge Defendant Who Appeared in Video Pleads Guilty”

The Hill – by Julian Hattem

A pair of leading House Republicans on Monday laid out detailed instructions for the Justice Department to file perjury charges against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

More than a month after first requesting the department open a criminal probe into Clinton for alleged misstatements she made under oath, the GOP heads of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees told a federal prosecutor specifically where they believed Clinton had lied to Congress about her email setup at the Department of State.   Continue reading “GOP lays out case for charging Clinton with perjury”

Yahoo News

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s attorney general showed little emotion Monday night as she was convicted of leaking grand jury secrets and lying about it under oath.

In calling her a flight risk, the judge ordered Kathleen Kane, 50, to surrender her passport and threatened to jail her if she retaliated against the once-trusted aides who testified against her.   Continue reading “Pennsylvania’s attorney general found guilty in perjury case”

Forbes – by Tim Daiss

The Swiss Federal Tribunal, Switzerland’s highest court, ordered Israel to pay $1.1 billion plus interest to Iran in a decades old dispute over a secretive oil pipeline  predating Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution. The verdict was dated June 27, while media broke the story late last week.

Until the Islamic revolution and the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979, Israel and Iran maintained close ties. In fact, after the Six-Day War (1967 Arab-Israeli War), Iran supplied a large part of Israel’s oil demand while Israel returned the favor.   Continue reading “Israel Loses Secretive Oil Pipeline Case To Iran, Ordered To Pay $1.1 Billion Plus Interest”

Go Healthy Next – by Eileen Durfee, NC

From insomnia and candida to joint pain and allergies, countless health problems plagued my life. My allergies were so bad that I was not able to eat the same food within a 72 hour time frame.  I struggled with a wide range of health issues throughout my life, and I am sure I am not the only one. Mainstream medicine did not help my problems, and I initially switched from using medication to natural substances, in an attempt to control my symptoms and regain health. Eventually, I had cabinets full of supplements and a restrictive diet that made me feel like a prisoner, since I was so afraid of what I could eat.  Taking minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, and zinc, did actually medicate or help certain symptoms I had, but caused other problems in return.   Continue reading “Hair Analysis Information”

Moonshine Stills – by  Jonathan Zajac

The copper moonshine stills my dad taught me to build could save the world.  It is my opinion that every house in the world needs to own one of my units.  The reason being that these units are a tool for survival.  It would be a shame to be left unprepared. My copper stills are for more than just moonshine. The still could actually save your life.  Imagine if a tanker truck crashed into your reservoir, unleashing 20,000 gallons of some shitty acid into your drinking water.  Does this sound like something that would never happen?  Well, it did a couple years ago in west Virginia so I’m not going to risk it.   I’m not going to fool around when it comes to protecting myself and my friends and family.  The still is worth its weight in gold, which at today’s market value is roughly $457,000. I would say that sounds about right.    Continue reading “Why I Think Moonshine Stills Could Save The World.”

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Never has a man been so slandered and so misunderstood…a patriots patriot who was slandered, harassed, imprisoned and vilified by the Jewish power elites and their gentile lackeys. Ezra, a Jew, understood who was the destroyer of the gentiles and humanity. The Jews hated him and will eternally vilify the Truth. All great men will pay the price, their souls cannot be bought for 30 pieces of silver.

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The Federalist – by Bre Payton

Newly released emails reveal President Obama’s Justice Department rejected the FBI’s request to investigate the Clinton Foundation’s relationship with the State Department.

The FBI asked the DOJ to open an investigation into a potential pay-for-play relationship between the State Department and the Clinton Foundation, which spends a very small fraction of its funds on actual charity work, but the DOJ wasn’t interested — saying it had tried and failed to probe the organization in 2015, CNN reports.

Continue reading “Emails: DOJ Shut Down FBI Investigation Of Clinton Foundation”

Fox News

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is assisting county fire investigators searching for the cause of Wednesday’s massive Maryland apartment building blaze that killed two, officials said.

The inferno, which was reportedly proceeded by a loud explosion, injured three firefighters and 31 other people, authorities said during a Thursday afternoon news conference.   Continue reading “ATF aiding in search for cause of massive Maryland apartment fire”

North Jersey – by NICHOLAS PUGLIESE

BERGENFIELD — A county SWAT team and police raided a house on Levitt Avenue this week and arrested two residents for illegally possessing an assortment of assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines, authorities said Wednesday.

Police recovered two AR-15 assault rifles with sliding stocks, a Ruger Mini-30 assault rifle with a folding stock and a Ruger Mini-14 assault rifle, along with four other firearms, a spokeswoman for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. Police also found three high-capacity ammunition magazines, a large quantity of ammunition and about 45 grams of marijuana in their search of the home on Tuesday, she said.   Continue reading “Assault rifles, ammunition are seized in search of Bergenfield home”

ABC News – by Gene Johnson, AP

A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a decision by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to ban ammunition originally designed for AK-47 assault rifles.

The decision by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour in Seattle came in a lawsuit brought by a Redmond-based arms importer, P.W. Arms Inc., which obtained ATF permits to import more than 100 million rounds of the Russian-made ammunition, known as 7N6.   Continue reading “Judge Upholds ATF’s Decision Banning Ammo Designed for AK-47”

Seattle Times – by Steven Dubois

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon standoff defendant Ryan Bundy’s confrontation with sheriff’s deputies at a Portland jail stemmed from his fear that a bullet lodged in his shoulder would be surgically removed without his consent, Ammon Bundy said in a recorded message posted to the Bundy Ranch Facebook page.

In the clip posted late Tuesday, the jailed standoff leader said he was awakened early Tuesday by pounding on his cell door. It was his brother, Ryan, saying U.S. marshals were taking him to the hospital for a surgical procedure.   Continue reading “Ammon Bundy defends brother’s actions in jail scuffle”

CNS News – by Rachel Hoover

The U.S. Department of Justice gave $342,168,401 in grant money to 10 “sanctuary” states and cities that shield illegal aliens, even violent ones, from deportation by refusing to cooperate with federal immigration officials, according to a Judicial Watch report.

In a recent memorandum to the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz revealed that at least 10 state and local jurisdictions that receive grants from the OJP and Office of Violence against Women (OVW) have policies limiting or effectively precluding local officials’ cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.   Continue reading “Report: DOJ Gave $342,168,401 to 10 States and Cities That Shield Illegal Aliens From Deportation”