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The Washington Post – by Christopher Ingraham

The Drug Enforcement Administration is reversing a widely criticized decision that would have banned the use of kratom, a plant that researchers say could help mitigate the effects of the opioid epidemic.

Citing the public outcry and a need to obtain more research, the DEA is withdrawing its notice of intent to ban the drug, according to a preliminary document that will be posted to the Federal Register Thursday.   Continue reading “The DEA is withdrawing a proposal to ban another plant after the Internet got really mad”

Fox News

Initial findings showed the small plane crash that killed a Jordanian national and injured another man in Connecticut was “an intentional act,” The National Transportation Safety Board announced in a statement Wednesday, adding that the FBI would the lead in the investigation with the NTSB assisting.

The unnamed man who survived the crash Tuesday afternoon also told investigators the wreck was not an accident, East Hartford Mayor Marcia Leclerc told The Associated Press. That man was in critical condition at Bridgeport Hospital, but was able to speak to detectives, officials said.   Continue reading “Investigation shows deadly small plane crash in Connecticut was intentional, NTSB finds”

LA Times

A Los Angeles Police Department detective who was investigating rape allegations against NBA star Derrick Rose died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said Wednesday.

Officers found LAPD Det. Nadine Hernandez, 44, suffering from a single gunshot wound to the chest Tuesday afternoon in a Whittier home, according to the Whittier Police Department. She was transported to a local hospital where she later died.   Continue reading “Death of LAPD detective investigating Derrick Rose rape allegations called likely suicide”

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Tax Revolution Institute – by Fergus Hodgson

A small Central American nation has achieved such a clear victory for taxpayer rights, it should make the Internal Revenue Service blush.

Costa Rica not only prohibits the taking of assets in tax audits, the Constitutional Court has struck down the collection of penalties and adjustments in the absence of a trial and conviction in the Administrative Tax Court. As reported in El Financiero, the ruling came on August 31 and nullified Article 144 of the national Tax Code.   Continue reading “Costa Rica Strikes Down Asset Seizures, Puts IRS to Shame”

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The Intercept – by David Dayen

EXCERPTS OF HILLARY CLINTON’S previously secret speeches to big banks and trade groups in 2013 and 2014 show her exalting the work of her hosts, hardly a surprise when these groups paid her up to $225,000 an hour to chat them up.

Far from chiding Goldman Sachs for obstructing Democratic proposals for financial reform, Clinton appeared to sympathize with the giant investment bank. At a Goldman Sachs Alternative Investments Symposium in October 2013, Clinton almost apologized for the Dodd-Frank reform bill, explaining that it had to pass “for political reasons,” because “if you were an elected member of Congress and people in your constituency were losing jobs and shutting businesses and everybody in the press is saying it’s all the fault of Wall Street, you can’t sit idly by and do nothing.”   Continue reading “Behind Closed Doors, Hillary Clinton Sympathized With Goldman Sachs Over Financial Reform”

Newsmax – by Ritika Gupta

Government officials from Mexico are quietly paying to help thousands of Haitians who are living illegally in the United States, according to an internal Homeland Security document, The Washington Times reported.

The document also details the route taken by immigrants, thousands of dollars paid to human smugglers along the way, and also highlights the role of the neighboring governments of the U.S.   Continue reading “Report: Mexico Silently Helping Haitian Illegal Immigrants to Enter US”

RT

A fresh batch of emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman and former counselor to President Obama, John Podesta, has been released by Wikileaks.

As many as 1190 new emails comprise part of the latest release, adding to the more than 4,000 emails from Podesta already released by the whistleblowing website. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange claims they are sitting on a trove of 50,000 messages.   Continue reading “Wikileaks release Part 3 of Podesta emails”

The Hill – by Megan R. Wilson

The government of Saudi Arabia is now employing 10 lobbying firms in Washington as it grapples with a new law that would allow families of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to sue the country.

The Saudis have hired King & Spalding to provide “advocacy and legal services” related to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, according to a contract filed with the Justice Department. It’s the fifth firm to be hired by the country in recent weeks.   Continue reading “Saudi Arabia hires 10th lobby firm”

Fox News

SAN DIEGO –  Immigration authorities caught just over half of the people who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico last year, according to a report commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security that offers one of the most detailed assessments of border security ever compiled.

The report found that 54 percent of people who entered illegally between border crossings got caught in the 2015 fiscal year. That’s much lower than the 81 percent success rate that Homeland Security cited publicly using a different counting method.   Continue reading “Authorities caught barely half of illegal border crossers last year, report finds”

RT

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has released a second batch of emails from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign chairman John Podesta. The new release features 2,086 hacked emails out of a trove that Julian Assange says includes 50,000 messages.

Former President Bill Clinton features prominently in the latest leaks, as highlighted by Wikileaks’ Twitter feed. In one, People close to the power couple pushed for Mr. Clinton, referred to as “WJC” for William Jefferson Clinton, to be less involved with his wife’s presidential campaign due to his extramarital affairs.   Continue reading “WikiLeaks releases 2nd batch of 2,000+ emails from Clinton campaign chair”

PJ Media – by Michael Walsh

You knew this was happening, and you knew they would never admit it during an election year, but here we are:

The Obama administration is delaying deportation proceedings for recent immigrants in cities across the United States, allowing more than 56,000 of those who fled Central America since 2014 to remain in the country legally for several more years. Continue reading “Your Federal Government, Working Against You for the Greater Good”

CNN – by Andrew Kaczynski

Fox News Latino

FORT WORTH –  Fort Worth police say a man accused of kidnapping a six-year-old girl from her home also raped her before she was found.

Police say Edis Moya Alas kidnapped the girl Saturday from her home in southeast Fort Worth. The girl’s father said he noticed the front door was open and the girl was gone about 5 a.m.   Continue reading “Illegal alien accused of kidnapping, raping 6-year-old girl in Texas”

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MEXICO CITY (AP) –  Mexican drug gang bosses furious at suspected turncoats sent commandos aided by local police to seize dozens — perhaps hundreds — of people, murder them and dispose of their bodies in a town near the Texas border, yet state and federal officials ignored the massacre for years, according to a government-backed report released Sunday.

The long delay in the investigation makes it impossible to determine just how many people were killed in the town of Allende in 2011, according to the report sponsored by the federal Executive Commission for Attention to Victims. The Coahuila state file lists 42 missing people related to the case. But a Zeta drug gang member told a U.S. court in 2013 that 300 died, though it was not clear if all the deaths occurred in the same incident.   Continue reading “Report accuses Mexican state officials of ignoring massacre near Texas border”

Fox News – by Howard Kurtz

ST. LOUIS –  Shortly before Donald Trump took the stage here in St. Louis, he finished a Facebook Live video press conference with Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick—a more dramatic response to the tape on which he boasted of groping women than anyone could have imagined.

Of course, it’s been hard to imagine much of this reality-show campaign, but its most sensational, trash-talking elements—from Hillary Clinton’s possible role in her husband’s sexual misconduct to Trump talking about pursuing a married woman on “Access Hollywood”–collided on the Washington University stage.   Continue reading “The sex, lies and videotape debate: Trump struggles early but finishes strong”

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Anna Von Reitz

In a few weeks Americans will be asked to choose between Hillary and Donald.

This is like being asked to choose between Capone and Gambizi.

No matter what you do, it’s wrong.   Continue reading “Advantages of Just Saying—-No! — and Boycotting the Election”