The Hill – by Devin Henry

The Senate on Tuesday voted to end a land management rule finalized in the closing days of the Obama administration.

Lawmakers scuttled the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) “Planning 2.0” rule, a measure to modernize federal land management strategies.

The Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution against the rule is the latest measure pushed by Republicans taking aim at Obama-era rules. Once President Trump signs the resolution, it will be the third successful CRA challenge to an environmental measure so far this year.   Continue reading “Senate passes bill ending Obama-era land rule”

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Tax Revolution Institute – by Chloe Anagnos

Instituted by President Bill Clinton in 1996, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Act is one of the largest federal assistance programs in the United States. A cash benefit usually referred to as “welfare,” it provides temporary financial assistance with the goal of getting people off of that assistance, mainly through employment.   Continue reading “Your Welfare Dollars Feed State Budgets, Not Needy Families”

Town Hall – by Justin Holcomb

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky made it clear on Tuesday during an interview with “Fox & Friends” that the House GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare will not pass through Congress.

“This is Obamacare lite,” Paul said.  “It will not pass.  Conservatives aren’t going to take it.  Premiums and prices will continue to spiral out of control.”   Continue reading “Rand Paul: New Healthcare Plan Will Not Pass”

RT

WikiLeaks has published what it claims is the largest ever batch of confidential documents on the CIA. More than 8,000 documents were released on Tuesday as part of ‘Vault 7’, a series of leaks on the agency.

A total of 8,761 documents have been published as part of ‘Year Zero’, the first in a series of leaks the whistleblower organization has dubbed ‘Vault 7.’   Continue reading “WikiLeaks publishes ‘entire hacking capacity of the CIA’”

Yahoo News

Nuclear-armed North Korea said Tuesday its missile launches were training for a strike on US bases in Japan, as global condemnation of the regime swelled.

Three of the four missiles fired Monday came down provocatively close to US ally Japan, in waters that are part of its exclusive economic zone, representing a challenge to US President Donald Trump.   Continue reading “North Korea says missiles were drill for strike on US bases”

CNS News – by Andrew Eicher

Windsor, California Police Chief Carlos G. Basurto issued a letter in Spanish to illegal aliens in his town, assuring them that they are safe from deportation because his department “will not engage in federal immigration enforcement activities,” and that their immigration status is “completely irrelevant,” Judicial Watch reported on Thursday, March 2.

“If you are an undocumented immigrant in the Town of Windsor, you do not need to fear the officers of the Windsor Police Department,” Chief Basurto wrote, “nor assume that they have any reason to bother you, detain you or arrest you for simply being undocumented. Your immigration status is completely irrelevant to us.”   Continue reading “Police Chief to Illegal Aliens: ‘Your Immigration Status Is Completely Irrelevant’”

Yahoo News

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court cleared the way Monday for the city of New Orleans to take down three Confederate-era monuments that have been a source of tension in the Southern city.

A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld a lower court’s refusal to block the removal.   Continue reading “Court: New Orleans can remove 3 Confederate monuments”

New York Post – by Danika Fears, Kirstan Conley and Selim Algar

State education officials plan to scrap a literacy exam given to prospective teachers and allow certification for some applicants who fail a performance-assessment test — moves that critics warned will weaken the pool of candidates.

The state Board of Regents will likely vote early next week on whether to ax the Academic Literacy Skills Test, one of four exams that teacher-wannabes have to pass for certification, officials said Monday.   Continue reading “New York considering major changes to teacher certification exams”

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Strange Politics

1999: Loretta Lynch is nominated by President Bill Clinton to be the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

2001-2010: Lynch is a partner at Hogan and Hartson, the Clinton’s private law firm.  Continue reading “How a Gangster Government Functions: The Clinton-Obama-Lynch-Comey Corruptocracy Timeline”

Fox News

Clearly annoyed by a drone hovering near her residence, a woman aims a gun at the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in a video that is going viral.

The drone’s-eye video shows the drone hovering close to a house. A woman appears on the porch and throws stones at the UAV, which flies higher to avoid the projectiles.   Continue reading “Woman brandishes gun, scares off drone”

Fox News

President Trump on Monday signed a revised executive order suspending the refugee program and entry to the U.S. for travelers from several mostly Muslim countries, curtailing what was a broadly worded directive in a bid to withstand court scrutiny.

As before, the order will suspend refugee entries for 120 days. But it no longer will suspend Syrian refugee admissions indefinitely.    Continue reading “Trump signs new immigration order, narrows scope of travel ban”

Yahoo News

(Reuters) – A strain of bird flu has been detected in a commercial chicken breeder flock in Tennessee’s Lincoln County and the 73,500 birds will be culled to prevent the virus from entering the food system, U.S. and state agriculture officials said on Sunday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this represented the first confirmed case of highly pathogenic H7 avian influenza (HPAI) in commercial poultry in the United States this year.   Continue reading “U.S. confirms avian influenza in Tennessee chicken flock”

Observer – by Ken Kurson

A skirmish has broken out in Tucson as one law enforcement agency has barred another from carrying out its mission. The blue-on-blue battle reflects nationwide concern over just how far various policing bodies will go to enforce the nation’s laws and policies toward immigrants.

The row started on Friday when the Tucson Sector Border Patrol reported that a 5-foot-7, 215-lb man had escaped their custody during a visit to Banner University Medical Center, where he’d been taken for evaluation. The man had been arrested for illegal entry near Nogalez, Arizona.   Continue reading “Tucson PD Evicts Border Patrol Agents Trying to Catch Illegal Escapee”

Reuters

Supporters of Donald Trump clashed with counter-protesters at a rally in the famously left-leaning city of Berkeley, California, on a day of mostly peaceful gatherings in support of the U.S. president across the country.

At a park in Berkeley, across the bay from San Francisco, protesters from both sides struck one another over the head with wooden sticks and Trump supporters fired pepper spray as police in riot gear stood at a distance.   Continue reading “In day of pro-Trump rallies, California march turns violent”

Yahoo News

(Reuters) – Mexico opened legal aid centers at its 50 consulates across the United States on Saturday to defend its citizens, the Mexican government said, amid worries of a crackdown on illegal immigration under U.S. President Donald Trump.

Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray exhorted the U.S. government to respect the rights of Mexicans and called for the United States to allow a path to legality for undocumented migrants.   Continue reading “Mexico opens migrant defense centers at U.S. consulates”

Fox News

President Trump made a startling claim Saturday that former President Barack Obama had Trump Tower phones tapped in the weeks before the November 2016 election.

In early Saturday morning tweets that began at 6:35 a.m., the president said the alleged wiretapping was “McCarthyism” and “Nixon/Watergate.”

“Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism,” Trump wrote.   Continue reading “Trump accuses Obama administration of wiretapping Trump Tower phones”

The Verge – by Nick Statt

We’re still waiting for President Trump to weigh in definitively on the ongoing H-1B visa reform debate, but his administration just introduced a new change to the system that may be seen as hostile to the tech industry. In a press released posted this evening to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website, the Trump administration said it was instituting a temporary suspension of what is known as premium processing for H-1B visa petitions. The change is slated to take effect on April 3rd, 2017 for all H-1B petitions, and it may last up to six months.   Continue reading “US to suspend fast processing of H-1B visas for high-skilled workers”

LA Times

Two MS-13 gang members from El Salvador, both in the United States illegally, held three teenage girls against their will and killed one of them in what was described as a satanic ritual, authorities in Houston said Friday.

Miguel Alvarez-Flores, 22, and Diego Hernandez-Rivera, 18, have been arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping and murder — both first-degree felonies punishable by up to life in prison. Bond has been set at $300,000 for each, but immigration detainers will keep both behind bars.   Continue reading “Two gang members in U.S. illegally are accused of kidnapping 3 girls, killing 1 in a satanic ritual”

Natural News – by Vicki Batts

Nestle is looking to once again rob the public of their water. The corporate giant came under fire last year for bottling water in drought-stricken California, and now, they’re looking to cash out in Michigan. Residents of the state have until March 3rd, 2017 to speak out and stop Nestle’s greedy water grab.

Right now, Nestle has filed for a permit that would allow them to double the amount of groundwater the corporation can take from the Muskegon River watershed — for just $200. Keep in mind, Nestle would be bottling this water and selling it for massive profits. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is accepting public commentary until March 3rd, so be sure to submit a comment if you want your voice on this matter to be heard.   Continue reading “Stop Nestle from stealing millions of gallons of water from the Great Lakes”