US Election Atlas – by William C. Kimberling

The Constitutional Convention considered several possible methods of selecting a president.

One idea was to have the Congress choose the president. This idea was rejected, however, because some felt that making such a choice would be too divisive an issue and leave too many hard feelings in the Congress. Others felt that such a procedure would invite unseemly political bargaining, corruption, and perhaps even interference from foreign powers. Still others felt that such an arrangement would upset the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.    Continue reading “Origins of the Electoral College”

CNS News

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lawyers for Ammon Bundy say the leader of the Oregon wildlife refuge occupation offered after his arrest to plead guilty if charges against other defendants were dismissed, but the deal was rejected.

The assertion is made in a pre-trial motion filed in federal court on Wednesday.   Continue reading “Bundy attorney: Feds turned down proposed plea deal”

ABC News

Police in Baltimore evacuated a local TV news station today after it received a bomb threat, according to authorities.

A law enforcement source said the suspect exited the building and did not obey commands as he made an exit, and the suspect was then shot by law enforcement.   Continue reading “Suspect Shot After Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation of Baltimore TV News Station”

Reuters

Air strikes hit a hospital in a rebel-held area of Syria’s Aleppo and killed at least 27 people, including three children and the city’s last pediatrician, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.

A new wave of aerial bombing on Thursday on rebel-held districts of the city killed at least 30 more civilians, a rescue worker said. The Observatory put the toll at least 20.

In government-held areas, rebel mortar shelling killed at least 14 people, the Britain-based Observatory and Syria’s state news agency SANA reported.   Continue reading “Air strikes hit Aleppo hospital, at least 27 killed: Observatory”

Daily Caller – by Chuck Ross

Federal immigration authorities last year released 19,723 criminal illegal aliens back onto U.S. streets who have been convicted of 64,197 crimes — including 208 homicides.

That’s according to data that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) provided to Congress this week ahead of a House Oversight Committee hearing scheduled for Thursday.   Continue reading “Murderers, Rapists, Kidnappers: Nearly 20,000 Criminal Aliens Released in 2015”

Gov’t Slaves

(MIAMI)  A former Florida Power & Light manager traded nuclear information from the company for cash to assist one of China’s top nuclear power companies, according to federal court records unsealed in Tennessee last week.

The unnamed former FPL employee was recruited by Szuhsiung Ho, also known as Allen Ho, to help China General Nuclear Power Co. develop special nuclear material in China,according to the grand jury indictment unsealed April 14 in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Tennessee in Knoxville.   Continue reading “Former Florida Power & Light Manager Accused Of Trading Nuclear Secrets In Chinese Spy Case”

The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Dykes

According to the American Trucking Association, there are some 3.5 million truck drivers in the United States alone.

That’s 3.5 million people who may lose their jobs once driverless trucks hit the roads in full force… which appears to be in the not-too-distant future.

Tech Crunch reports that a convoy of these trucks recently drove across Europe and arrived without incident at their destination at the Port of Rotterdam for 75% cheaper than it would have cost had human beings been driving them:   Continue reading “Driverless Trucks Already Being Tested; Three Million-Plus Truck Drivers To Lose Their Jobs Soon”

RT

A massive fire in Canada has engulfed the CN Rail trestle bridge in the community of Mayerthorpe, Alberta. An investigation is underway as this is the 17th suspicious fire in the last six days.

According to police, the fire, which destroyed the bridge some 120km northwest of Edmonton, southern Canada, could have been set deliberately.   Continue reading “Blaze devours CN Rail bridge: Canadian police suspect arson after 17th fire in 6 days”

Yahoo News – by Michael Tarm

CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison in the hush-money case that included accusations he sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school wrestling.

Judge Thomas M. Durkin also ordered Hastert to undergo sex-offender treatment, spend two years on supervised release after 15 months behind bars and pay a $250,000 fine to a crime victims’ fund.   Continue reading “Former House speaker sentenced to more than a year in prison”

Daily Mail

  • Minerva Carcano spoke to the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee
  • Her United Methodist Church has ‘failed to discourage illegal immigrants’
  • Receives at least $7.6million in three years to help unaccompanied children
  • Bishop claims the U.S. has ‘undermined’ countries and left them in poverty

A bishop whose church has been accused of ‘aiding and abetting’ illegal immigrants has claimed America is ‘raping’ other countries.    Continue reading “Methodist bishop whose church ‘aids’ illegal immigrants claims US is ‘raping Central America and leaving societies in shambles’”

AlJazeera

The UN Security Council has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that the annexed Golan Heights in Syria would “forever” remain under Israeli control.

The 15-member council agreed on Tuesday that the status of the Golan, which Israel seized from Syria in 1967, “remains unchanged,” Chinese Ambassador Liu Jieyi, who holds this month’s council presidency said.   Continue reading “UN rejects Israel’s claim over Syria’s Golan Heights”

Charlotte Observer – by Michael Gordon

A Kings Mountain “medicine man” faces federal firearms and tax-evasion charges after an FBI raid on his home uncovered an underground bunker containing dozens of weapons, drugs, large supplies of food and water, suspected materials for an explosive device – and a still.

Six years ago, Reuben DeHaan filed papers in Cleveland County renouncing his U.S. citizenship and challenging government authority, even as he built a murky business marketing “natural healing” services and remedies that earned gross receipts of more than $2.7 million during a recent six-year period.   Continue reading “Federal raid uncovers dozens of guns and still in ‘medicine man’s’ bunker”

CBS News

Investigators have interviewed more than 60 people in their ongoing manhunt for whoever killed eight members of an Ohio family, reports CBS News correspondent David Begnaud.

It’s been four days since the bodies were found, but no one is under arrest.

Isaiah Jones said he was detained at gunpoint during a traffic stop and released after being questioned for six hours.   Continue reading “Is a Mexican drug cartel behind execution-style murder of Ohio family?”

Oregon Live – by Maxine Bernstein

Ammon Bundy’s lawyers intend to argue that the federal government doesn’t have the authority to prosecute protesters who took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, claiming that the federal government lacks control of the land.

The U.S. Constitution granted “very limited powers” to the federal government, and that once Oregon became a state, the federal government lost a right to own land inside the state’s borders, his attorney Lissa Casey wrote in a court motion filed late Friday.   Continue reading “Ammon Bundy to challenge authority of feds to prosecute Oregon standoff defendants”

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Yahoo News

At first blush, it sounds like your typical sports celebrity meet and greet. Avi Herman, 10, and his brother, Jonah, 7, were waiting patiently for Odell Beckham, Jr. to arrive. Before the New York Giants wide receiver came, there was a football clinic where a few NFL coaches gave throwing pointers to the some 100 kids gathered around. After about two hours, Beckham—he, of the now-iconic meme catch—finally showed up and was promptly mobbed, by both children and their parents alike. The NFL pro then spent the next two hours signing footballs and posing for photos with his fans. Both got signed footballs, baseball caps and jerseys.   Continue reading “Passover for the rich: Inside the lavish getaways where you might run into Odell Beckham, Jr.”

ABC News

Most of the 32 cases of fireworks believed to have been stolen in transit have now been recovered thanks to a tip, officials said Saturday, although no arrests have been made in the case.

A senior law enforcement official said Friday 32 cases of commercial grade fireworks were reported missing and were believed to be stolen from a CSX train shipment that originated inChicago and ended in Detroit. The train went through Ohio, where officials believe the fireworks may have been stolen. The explosive material was discovered missing Thursday and was reported to authorities.   Continue reading “Most Fireworks Recovered After Apparent Theft From Train”

ABC News

Authorities say four federal agents suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot while trying to make an arrest at a Kansas motel.

Police say two U.S. marshals and an FBI agent were shot and suffered non-life-threatening injuries Saturday night in Topeka. A fourth federal agent also suffered the same injuries, but it was not immediately clear to which agency the officer is assigned. All four were taken to hospitals.   Continue reading “4 Federal Agents Injured During Shootout at Kansas Motel”