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President Obama on Thursday signed a massive rescue package to address Puerto Rico’s debt crisis — just one day before the island must make a $2 billion payment.
“It’s not going to be in and of itself sufficient to solve all the problems that Puerto Rico faces,” Obama told reporters in the Oval Office. “But it is an important first step on the path of creating more stability, better services and better prosperity overall.” Continue reading “Obama signs Puerto Rico debt bill”
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American Thinker – by Digby Jones
In the 2005 film Lord of War, Nicholas Cage portrays a prominent Ukrainian-American gun-runner by the name of Yuri Orlov, who makes immense profits peddling helicopter rockets, grenades, and AK-47s following the collapse of the former Soviet Union.
At one stage in the movie, his wife attempts to coax him into diversifying into a more legitimate (and moral) business operation. She feels appropriately guilty that they live such an extravagant lifestyle as a result of her husband’s business dealing in the tools of destruction. Continue reading “Can we become wealthy by honest means in the 2010s?”
Cities across the U.S. are discovering that a visit from Donald Trump isn’t cheap. The presumptive Republican nominee kicked off his California campaign on April 28 at the Pacific Amphitheatre in the Orange County suburb of Costa Mesa, south of Los Angeles. Anti-Trump protesters outside turned violent, blocking a freeway on-ramp and trying to overturn a police cruiser. The night ended with 17 arrests, five damaged police vehicles—and a $30,000 bill for the city. Continue reading “Cities Bill Trump for the High Cost of Rallies”
Former President Bill Clinton — whose wife is currently in the crosshairs of the Justice Department over her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state — met privately with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday.
The meeting was a chance encounter as the two crossed paths at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, according to Lynch. Continue reading “Amid FBI Email Probe, Attorney General Loretta Lynch Meets With Bill Clinton”
One of the guns used in the November 13, 2015 Paris terrorist attacks came from Phoenix, Arizona where the Obama administration allowed criminals to buy thousands of weapons illegally in a deadly and futile “gun-walking” operation known as “Fast and Furious.”
A Report of Investigation (ROI) filed by a case agent in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) tracked the gun used in the Paris attacks to a Phoenix gun owner who sold it illegally, “off book,” Judicial Watch’s law enforcement sources confirm. Federal agents tracing the firearm also found the Phoenix gun owner to be in possession of an unregistered fully automatic weapon, according to law enforcement officials with firsthand knowledge of the investigation. Continue reading “Law Enforcement Sources: Gun Used in Paris Terrorist Attacks Came from Phoenix (Fast and Furious)”
WASHINGTON – Joint Base Andrews is currently on lockdown due to a report of an active shooter.
According to a Tweet, personnel have been directed to shelter in place. Officials say the incident is happening at the Malcolm Grow Medical Facility and that first responders are on-scene. All personnel are being directed to continue to shelter in place. Continue reading “Joint Base Andrews on lockdown due to REPORT of active shooter”
Salt Lake Tribune – by Matthew Piper
An FBI agent testified during a Wednesday detention hearing that a Tooele County man showed no remorse when he thought — incorrectly — that he had bombed a Bureau of Land Management cabin on the Arizona Strip the night of June 21.
The federal defender for William Keebler, meanwhile, said undercover agents proposed the explosive types, drove Keebler to the location, placed the bomb, handed Keebler a remote trigger and told him to press the button three times.
Keebler knew the cabins to be unoccupied, said Lynn Donaldson, and his actions amounted to “an extreme act of disobedience, in the nature of vandalism.” Continue reading “FBI agent: Investigation of alleged attempted bomber began after his involvement at Bundy Ranch”
Faced with a declining enrollment and decreased revenues, New Mexico State University has begun a program that is offering Mexican students tuition at less than half the usual out-of-state rate.
Qualifying students from Mexico will now pay an estimated tuition of $4,691 per semester for undergraduate and $3,975 for graduate studies. The rate is about 1.5 times what New Mexico residents pay. Continue reading “New Mexico State University offering discounted tuition to students from Mexico”
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Tax Revolution Institute – by Fergus Hodson
Since 2014, the Internal Revenue Service has ceased confiscating (stealing) the property of innocent individuals. Or have they?
No one wants to throw cold water on the party, especially when it comes to a victory over the IRS. However, an exclusive interview with Attorney Robert Everett Johnson of the Institute for Justice (IJ) reveals how little the tax-collection agency has conceded with their policy updates.
Continue reading “IRS Still Unrestrained on Asset Seizures Despite Deal to Return Confiscated Cash”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Scriba, NY — US Coast Gaurd officials have cordoned off a portion of Lake Ontario this week, after aerial spotters found a visible “sheen” that is coming from a nuclear power plant in upstate New York.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary aircrew first noticed the sheen on Sunday. Shortly after, a boat crew from the Oswego station tested the sheen and a “temporary safety zone” was put in place. Continue reading “There’s No Covering Up This One — Visible Pollution Leaking from NY Nuclear Plant”
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish official says two explosions have rocked Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, wounding multiple people.
The official said Tuesday it was unclear whether the explosions were caused by bombs or a suicide attack.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government protocol. Continue reading “2 explosions rock Istanbul airport, multiple people injured”
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appeared to soften his tone on immigration Saturday, saying he wouldn’t issue mass deportations if he became president.
“President Obama has mass deported vast numbers of people — the most ever, and it’s never reported. I think people are going to find that I have not only the best policies, but I will have the biggest heart of anybody,” Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg Politics Saturday. Continue reading “Trump shifts immigration plan: No ‘mass deportations’”
An illegal immigrant who stabbed a young Connecticut woman to death after completing a 15-year sentence for murder couldn’t be deported by the U.S. government because his homeland, which receives billions in aid from Uncle Sam, wouldn’t take him back—three times! So federal authorities released the violent criminal, a Haitian national, and didn’t even bother tracking his whereabouts allowing him to commit yet another heinous crime. Continue reading “Illegal Alien Who Butchered Conn. Woman Not Deported After Serving 15 Yrs. for Murder Because Haiti Refused to Repatriate”
(Washington DC) – Judicial Watch today released 165 pages of new State Department records that include a previously unreleased March 22, 2009, email of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton revealing that she was concerned about how her records were being handled and had “no idea how my papers are treated at State. Who manages both my personal and official files?” Clinton top aide Huma Abedin responds: “We’ve discussed this” and promises to explain it again. This is the fifth set of records produced to Judicial Watch by the State Department (from the non-“state.gov” email accounts of Huma Abedin) that contain Hillary Clinton emails that were not produced by the State Department as part of the 55,000 pages of emails that Hillary Clinton turned over to the State Department. Continue reading “New Clinton Emails Produced by State Department; Clinton Email Shows She Was Concerned About Records”
A fiery head-on collision between two freight trains Tuesday morning sent Texas emergency crews racing to determine if there were any injuries and the extent of the damage. Continue reading “Freight trains collide in Texas triggering massive explosion”
The Select Committee on Benghazi
Washington, D.C. – Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy (SC-04) released the following statement after the committee’s Majority released a mark of its investigative report:
“Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods were heroes who gave their lives in service to our country. Their bravery and the courageous actions of so many others on the ground that night should be honored. Continue reading “Select Committee on Benghazi Releases Proposed Report”
PASCAGOULA, Miss., June 28 (UPI) — Authorities are investigating the cause of a BP natural gas plant explosion in Pascagoula, Miss., that sent flames into the night sky late Monday.
“We would like to let our citizens know that there has been an explosion at the BP Gas Plant,” the Pascagoula Police Department said in a statement. “It is contained to the building. We are working with state and local officials regarding this. There will be no evacuations at this time and there are no injuries.” Continue reading “Explosion at Pascagoula, Miss., BP natural gas plant”