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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that oil and natural gas companies can be sued when a worker is killed or injured on the job.

The state’s highest court struck down a state workers’ compensation law that exempted oil and gas well operators and owners from lawsuits, including one filed by a worker who was fatally burned in 2014 at an Oklahoma County oil well site operated by Stephens Production Co.   Continue reading “Court: Oil company can be sued when worker injured or killed”

The Oregonian – by Maxine Bernstein

Federal prosecutors won’t retry Oregon refuge occupier Ryan Bundy for the alleged theft of FBI surveillance cameras after a 2016 trial ended in a hung jury on the charge.

The jury acquitted Bundy, younger brother Ammon Bundy and five co-defendants of all other charges in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Prosecutors had argued that Ryan Bundy helped remove FBI cameras from a utility pole on a rural road outside the wildlife refuge on Jan. 15, 2016. They played a video for jurors that captured Ryan Bundy holding a ladder while occupation spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum climbed it to remove the FBI equipment.   Continue reading “Feds won’t retry refuge occupier Ryan Bundy on FBI camera theft charge”

Yahoo News

Two teenagers have died and 18 other people are wounded after a shooting at a Kentucky high school this morning, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said.

The suspect, a 15-year-old male student, was taken into custody, Bevin said.

Sixteeen people suffered gunshot wounds, including the two victims who died, Bevin said at a news conference.   Continue reading “2 dead, 18 wounded in shooting at Kentucky high school; suspect in custody”

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Infowars – by Kit Daniels

William Binney, former tech head of the NSA contacted us this morning to send us the link to the reportedly classified memo that lawmakers said was a blueprint of how the Obama administration and the Deep State spied on President Trump.

This memo, hiding in plain site, serves as the basis for the four-page memo of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) which reveals perjury by the Obama administration when connected to other research:    Continue reading “Infowars Releases Secret FISA Memo”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

More than 500 DACA recipients stripped of protections for engaging in criminal acts–including gang activity–are running free in the United States, say experts.

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a “low-immigration, pro-immigration” nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, DC, reports that these individuals are still at large and have not been deported. In fact, only about 30 percent of the 500 criminal illegal aliens have been removed or were in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as of November.   Continue reading “500 ‘DREAMers’ Remain Free After DACA Protections were Stripped for Crimes, Say Experts”

Yahoo News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Mexican man living in the U.S. illegally used his job as an Uber driver to target intoxicated young women and was charged Monday with raping, assaulting and robbing four victims, California prosecutors said.

Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez drove women to their homes, assaulted them, and stole property including cellphones, computers and jewelry, officials said. He collected his fare payments through the smartphone app Venmo to disguise his identity and his Uber records.  Continue reading “Uber driver in US illegally charged with 4 California rapes”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Congressional investigators learned from a new batch of text messages between anti-Trump FBI investigators that a “secret society of folks” within the Department of Justice and the FBI may have come together in the “immediate aftermath” of the 2016 election to undermine President Trump, according to Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) who has reviewed the texts.  Continue reading “FBI Agents Discussed “Secret Society” Within DOJ And FBI Working To Undermine Trump”

The Hill

The Senate voted Monday to reopen the government, ending a three-day standoff that left federal agencies shuttered and hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed.

Democrats agreed to advance a stopgap spending measure lasting until Feb. 8 after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) promised to allow an immigration bill to reach the floor next month. The vote was 81-18.   Continue reading “Senate Votes To End Shutdown”

The Hill – by Jaqueline Thomsen

The White House hit back at Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) comments calling White House aide Stephen Miller an “outlier” on immigration, using the same phrase to describe Graham’s stance on the topic.

“As long as Sen. Graham chooses to support legislation that sides with people in this country illegally and unlawfully instead of our own American citizens, we’re going nowhere. He’s been an outlier for years,” White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement Sunday night, according to several reports.  Continue reading “White House fires back at Graham: ‘He’s been an outlier for years’”

Judicial Watch

Immigrants entering the United States illegally through the southern border are quietly being relocated to different parts of the country on commercial flights, high-ranking Homeland Security officials told Judicial Watch this week. In the last few days alone, groups of illegal aliens boarded planes at airports in Texas and Arizona accompanied by a taxpayer-funded government escort in civilian clothes to avoid drawing attention. The first flight originated at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas and was bound for Minneapolis. The second left from Tucson International Airport and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, federal sources said. In both locations the illegal aliens appeared to be in their late teens and were escorted by a Health and Human Services (HHS) chaperone. Judicial Watch reached out to HHS for comment but did not hear back from the agency.  Continue reading “Illegal Aliens Quietly Being Relocated Throughout U.S. on Commercial Flights”

The Hill

Senators voted late Friday to reject a House-passed bill that would have funded the government until Feb. 16, beginning a partial government shutdown.

Most Democrats voted to block the bill as part of a risky strategy to force Republicans to negotiate with them on a legislative fix for “Dreamers,” immigrants who illegally came to the country at a young age and now face the prospect of deportation. The procedural motion on the bill failed 50-49.   Continue reading “Senate rejects funding bill, partial shutdown begins”

New York Post – by Jacky Salo

A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot by a deputy in an Ohio courtroom after an altercation involving the victim’s family, according to authorities.

Joseph Haynes appeared at the Franklin County court Wednesday for a hearing on a firearms charge when he was struck by a stray bullet, the Alliance Review reported.  Continue reading “16-year-old killed by deputy in courtroom shooting”

Fox News

A U.S. marshal was reportedly killed and a federal officer was wounded when gunfire erupted during the service of a warrant.

The U.S. marshal died at the hospital, PennLive.com reported, though it’s unclear how he was injured.   Continue reading “US marshal killed, federal officer injured in shooting, reports say”

NPR

Apple announced in a statement on Wednesday that it plans to accelerate U.S. investment and create thousands of new jobs.

For years Apple Inc. has been criticized for outsourcing manufacturing to China.

Apple says it plans to bring back billions of dollars it has kept in tax havens overseas, and that it will pay a one-time tax of $38 billion on its overseas cash holdings.   Continue reading “Apple Plans To Create 20,000 Jobs And Build New Campus”

Mercury News – by Ethan Baron

With the debate over immigration to the U.S. as fiery as ever, a new analysis suggests that Silicon Valley would be lost without foreign-born technology workers.

About 71 percent of tech employees in the Valley are foreign born, compared to around 50 percent in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward region, according to a new report based on 2016 census data.   Continue reading “H-1B: Immigrants make up nearly three-quarters of Silicon Valley tech workforce, report says”

Washington Examiner – by Susan Ferrechio

The Senate just barely advanced legislation on Tuesday to reauthorize a key counterterrorism surveillance tool after several Republicans and Democrats demanded more privacy protections for U.S. citizens.

The bill, a six-year reauthorization of the Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, passed the House last week, but it was less clear whether the Senate would agree to end debate on the bill on Tuesday.   Continue reading “FISA surveillance bill barely advances in close Senate vote”

The Oregonian – by Maxine Bernstein

A half-inch piece of metal lodged in the shoulder of Oregon refuge occupier Ryan Bundy could become central to the federal government’s prosecution of an FBI agent accused of lying about firing two shots as police tried to arrest the 2016 takeover’s leaders.

When Bundy was arrested along U.S. 395, emergency medics found him bleeding and wrapped his wound in a dressing.

He was taken to Harney District Hospital, where an X-ray revealed a metal fragment next to his right shoulder bone, presumably from a gunshot.   Continue reading “Ryan Bundy’s new bargaining chip: his shoulder shrapnel”