Roll Call – by Niels Lesniewski

Recognizing the possibility of a contested convention in Cleveland this summer, Republicans are considering an electronic system to capture votes on what could be a contentious set of procedural motions leading up to nominating a presidential candidate.

The Republican National Committee agreed Thursday not to change the rules of the convention at this point, but is exploring changes to the way that delegate votes are recorded.  The idea of electronic voting is gaining steam now because in a disputed floor fight, voice votes may not cut it.   Continue reading “Is Electronic Voting Coming to the GOP Convention?”

Fox 2 Now

Pike County, Ohio – Authorities are investigating “multiple fatalities” in Pike County, Ohio, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office said Friday morning.

A local pastor told WCPO that two adults and five children were shot to death.

The Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) tells FOX 8 News that there are bodies at multiple locations on Union Hill Road in Peebles, Ohio.   Continue reading “Multiple adults and children reported killed in Ohio shooting”

Yahoo News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 170 countries are lining up to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change Friday as the landmark deal takes a key step toward entering into force years ahead of schedule.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry joins dozens of world leaders for a signing ceremony that is expected to set a record for international diplomacy: Never have so many countries signed an agreement on the first available day. States that don’t sign Friday have a year to do so.   Continue reading “More than 170 states set to sign landmark climate agreement”

CNS News – by Melanie Hunter

Laura Wilkerson, whose son Josh was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant after school, told a House Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee on Tuesday that she blames Congress for her son’s murder.

“I did not put my kid in harm’s way when he went to school that day. You did. Every one of you is elected by an American. It is time for you to stand in the gap for Americans. I’m so tired of being up here and going over the same thing. You’re elected by Americans. Do something. It is your job,” said Wilkerson.
Continue reading “Mother of Teen Murdered by Illegal Immigrant Tells Congress: ‘Do Something – It Is Your Job’”

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NGA is a super-secret agency who has been utilizing SPY SATELLITES for the past 45 years to spy on Americans. It’s a fact. This information is then transmitted to the CIA, DARPA, NAVEL INTELLIGENCE, FBI, et al.

This agency was employed to spy on the Branch Davidians months before the seige at Waco, Tx.   Continue reading “Has anyone ever heard of the “National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency?”

AP

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Workers are making emergency repairs to a broken sewer line that’s spewing about 1 million gallons of wastewater per day into a Mississippi River tributary in Memphis, an official said Wednesday.

This is the third sewage spill in Memphis in the past three weeks.   Continue reading “3rd sewage line breaks in Memphis, spills waste into river”

Wall Street Journal

DUBAI—Saudi Arabia is set to secure a $10 billion loan from international banks as the kingdom seeks to address a budget shortfall caused by the fall in oil prices, according to five bankers close to the transaction.

Saudi Arabia increased the loan size from an initial target range between $6 billion and $8 billion, after receiving strong demand from a wide range of global banks, said the people familiar with the matter. The terms of the loan have been agreed and only requires the documentation to be finalized, said the people.   Continue reading “Saudi Arabia Set to Secure $10 Billion Loan to Address Budget Shortfall”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

The War on Cash has many fronts.

The latest battle is for the face of the currency itself, and the central bankers, who control the front anyway, have imposed a symbolic defeat against the leaders in America’s past who have fought against the stranglehold of the money makers.

Naturally, there are liberal politics at play, fighting for every inch of ground in the war for ideological re-engineering. History is being whitewashed, various figures of antiquity rolling in their graves….   Continue reading “Andrew Jackson, Who Fought Central Bank, Removed from $20 As “Public Concern for Liberty” Erased”

Business Insider

A US Border Patrol agent came across a depression in the ground along the US-Mexico border while on patrol 2 miles east of the Calexico, California, border crossing.

The agent approached the area — near the All-American Canal — on foot, but the ground gave way, revealing a hole 18 inches in diameter, US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement.   Continue reading “An agent discovered another tunnel on the US border after nearly falling into it”

Yahoo News – by Ben Klayman

DETROIT (Reuters) – Three Michigan state and local officials were criminally charged on Wednesday in connection with the state attorney general’s investigation into dangerous lead levels in Flint’s drinking water, a crisis that has fueled widespread public outrage.

Genesee District Judge Tracy Collier-Nix authorized charges against Flint employee Michael Glasgow and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) employees Stephen Busch and Michael Prysby.   Continue reading “Michigan officials charged in Flint water crisis”

CNS News – by Robert J. Olson and Herbert W. Titus

On Wednesday, April 20, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case ofBirchfield v. North Dakota, an important Fourth Amendment case that should be of interest to everyone who drives a car.

In recent years, the legislatures of some states have criminalized a driver’s choice to assert his constitutional right not to be subject to an unlawful search and seizure.  These legislatures have enacted laws which make it a crime for a driver to refuse to consent to searches and seizures via breathalyzer and blood chemical tests after being placed under arrest after a routine traffic stop.    Continue reading “Drive a Car — Waive Your Constitutional Rights”

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Zinn Education Project

Shortly after Woodrow Wilson took office there began in Colorado one of the most bitter and violent struggles between workers and corporate capital in the history of the country.

This was the Colorado coal strike that began in September 1913 and culminated in the “Ludlow Massacre” of April 1914. Eleven thousand miners in southern Colorado … worked for the Colorado Fuel & Iron Corporation, which was owned by the Rockefeller family. Aroused by the murder of one of their organizers, they went on strike against low pay, dangerous conditions, and feudal domination of their lives in towns completely controlled by the mining companies. …   Continue reading “Ludlow Massacre: April 20, 1914”

LA Times – by Patrick McGreevy

Four months after the San Bernardino mass shooting, state lawmakers on Tuesday gave initial approval to five gun control bills, including measures that would outlaw assault rifles with detachable magazines, ban possession of clips holding more than 10 rounds and require homemade guns to be registered with the state.

The bills approved by the state Senate Public Safety Committee were introduced in response to the December shooting in San Bernardino that left 14 people dead and 22 others wounded at the hands of two terrorists.   Continue reading “California lawmakers advance gun control measures in response to San Bernardino massacre”

CNS News – by Terence P. Jeffrey

“Lawfully” does not mean “legally.”

Welcome to what Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the Supreme Court on Monday is the “immigration world.” Or, more accurately, welcome to the new world President Barack Obama — through his solicitor — is asking the Supreme Court to join him in declaring.   Continue reading “Obama Administration Tells Supreme Court ‘Lawfully’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Legally’”

Politico – by Nolan D. McCaskill

Chaos erupted at a Virgin Islands Republican Party Territorial Committee meeting regarding delegates over the weekend, and the pandemonium has been further muddled by wildly differing tales from the Virgin Islands’ GOP leadership that now include accusations of battery and defamation.

The Territorial Committee sought to correct the record Monday, issuing a “statement of facts to correct false representations.” In it, the committee charges Gwendolyn Hall Brady “physically attacked” its parliamentarian after Saturday’s meeting adjourned.   Continue reading “Virgin Islands GOP meeting descends into chaos”

Fox Sports

DENVER (AP) Colorado officials and tribal leaders are urging public schools to eliminate Native American mascots unless they partner with tribes, calling it a unique way to address a national debate over what many consider derogatory symbols in high schools and sports such as the National Football League.

A state commission on Monday recommended the partnerships to ensure mascots, nicknames and logos respect Native American history. A collaborative approach honors school traditions while educating the community about tribal culture, said Gov. John Hickenlooper, who appointed the panel.   Continue reading “Colorado panel urges schools to drop Native American mascots”

The Tennessean – by Joel Ebert

The House of Representatives on Monday voted to let Tennessee become the first state in the nation to sue the federal government over refugee resettlement on the grounds of the 10th Amendment.

The 10th Amendment states that the federal government possesses powers only delegated to it by the U.S. Constitution and that all other powers are reserved for the states.

The move comes as a result of the chamber’s 69-25 vote on a resolution that directs the state’s attorney general to sue the feds.   Continue reading “Tennessee set to sue federal government over refugee resettlement”

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Washington Examiner – by Rudy Takala

The IRS is struggling to ensure that illegal immigrants are able to illegally use Social Security numbers for legitimate purposes, the agency’s head told senators on Tuesday, without allowing the numbers to be used for “bad” reasons.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen made the statement in response to a question from Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., during a session of the Senate Finance Committee about why the IRS appears to be collaborating with taxpayers who file tax returns using fraudulent information. Coats said that his staff had discovered the practice after looking into agency procedures.    Continue reading “IRS chief: Agency encourages illegal immigrant theft of SSNs to file tax returns”

Yahoo News

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S. defense officials said Monday.

The uptick in American fighting forces — and the decision to put them closer to the front lines — is designed to help Iraqi forces as they move to retake the key northern city of Mosul.   Continue reading “US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters, to Iraq”