ABC News

A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama’s executive action that could shield as many as 5 million immigrants illegally living in the U.S. from deportation.

The U.S. Justice Department had asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a Texas judge who agreed to temporarily block the president’s plan in February, after 26 states filed a lawsuit alleging Obama’s action was unconstitutional. But two out of three judges on a court panel voted to deny the government’s request.   Continue reading “Court Won’t Lift Hold on Obama Immigration Action”

Sugar Pine Mine The Voice of Idaho NewsOath Keepers – by Shorty Dawkins

After an administrative law judge put on hold any plans by a federal agency to enforce an order to stop mining, Oath Keepers of Josephine County will stand down from the Sugar Pine mine.

According to Mary Emerick, Information Officer for the Josephine County chapter of Oath Keepers, in a statement made on  Thursday, the guards are leaving the Sugar Pine Mine outside Galice in Southern Oregon, where they have been for five weeks. But they will maintain a staging area north of Grants Pass.   Continue reading “Oath Keepers To Stand Down From Sugar Pine Mine”

ABC 7

A manhunt continues in New Orleans after a police officer was found shot dead in his marked patrol car Sunday.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office identified the victim Monday as James Bennett, Jr., 45.

Bennett, a Housing Authority of New Orleans Police Officer since 2013, had previously worked in the sheriff’s office Reserve Division – a volunteer unit that supplements regular officers.   Continue reading “Manhunt Continues Following New Orleans Police Officer’s Shooting Death”

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On May 18, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order prohibiting enforcement of provisions of D.C. law that effectively grant to the police chief the discretion to decide who may lawfully exercise the right to bear arms in public for self-defense. This follows on the heels of an earlier ruling in which the District lost the argument that the right to “bear arms” does not apply outside the home, leading to the hasty enactment of an “emergency” may-issue concealed carry licensing scheme. Such a license is the only means by which most people can lawfully carry firearms in D.C. for self-defense.  Monday’s case, Wren v. District of Columbia, made a preliminary ruling that D.C.’s policy of discretionary issuance would likely run afoul of the Second Amendment.    Continue reading “Court Rebukes D.C. for Discretionary Licensing Regime, Orders Issuance of Concealed Carry Licenses to Eligible Applicants”

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The Government Rag – by Jack Mullen

Driving around the State of Maryland (State slogan: “The Free State”) one could get the impression he or she has passed into an alternative universe where the State had morphed into a dystopic, Orwellian-Jumbo-Tron surveillance state complete with big screen outdoor billboards advising ‘citizens’ to be ever vigil of possible terrorist activities and encouraging ‘citizens’ to report any ‘suspicious’ activities they might observe.   Continue reading “Maryland’s Bit Part in Homeland Security Theatre”

Burning_ConstitutionThe Daily Caller – by Scott Greer

The deadly Sunday biker battle at a Waco, Texas breastaurant has convinced one University of Texas at Austin professor that Americans aren’t cut out for the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms.

John Traphagan, a professor of religious studies and anthropology at UTA, wrote in an op-ed for The Dallas Morning News that the most overlooked security threat to this country is its “own heavily armed population” and that America’s culture does not “lend itself well to allowing the proliferation of guns.”    Continue reading “Texas Professor To America: You Can’t HANDLE Gun Ownership”

Yahoo News – by Allen Reed

CABOT, Ark. (AP) — A handcuffed parolee who had been frisked opened fire on law enforcement officers from the back of a patrol car, according to an Arkansas Corrections official, provoking a return of gunfire that left the man dead.

It was not clear if he was carrying a gun when he was cuffed, and the corrections official said officers had not found a gun on him. The Arkansas State Police is investigating the shooting.   Continue reading “Official: Arkansas officers shoot cuffed man in patrol car”

Boy ScoutsWOKV – by Samantha Jordan

There will be no water gun fights on those overnight camping retreats.

The Boy Scouts of America has forbidden their members to shoot water at each other. According to a blog on the Scouting Magazine website , the new rules for 2015 for the  Boy Scouts of America are listed in the  National Shooting Sports Manual.   Continue reading “Boy Scouts prohibit water gun fights for being ‘dangerous, unkind’”

Van Ness Weldman – by Brent Carson, Duncan Greene, Joseph Nelson, and Erin Bartlett, March 27, 2014

The long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) redefining the term “waters of the United States”under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) was released on March 25, 2014, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) (collectively referred to as “the agencies”).  The proposed rule seeks to clarify which streams, wetlands and other waters are considered “waters of the United States” and, thus, subject to permitting requirements under the CWA.  The joint proposed rule will affect project development and operations across the energy, water, construction, building, agricultural and transportation sectors.  Supporters of the NOPR have estimated that it would extend the jurisdictional scope of the CWA to an additional “20 million acres of wetlands and more than half our nation’s streams.”  The agencies’ proposal expands the types of waters that will be considered jurisdictional and subject to CWA permitting requirements to include:   Continue reading “Federal Agencies Issue Long-Awaited “Waters of the United States” Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Clean Water Act Jurisdiction”

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America the Battlefield – by Timothy A. Pope

The following is a study I’ve done proving that the active militarization of police dramatically increased after the financial crisis of 2008. The U.S. military’s nationwide Civil Disturbance Operations, Jade Helm and ARSOF Operating Concept are all a cohesive preparation for a forthcoming nationwide economic collapse, civil unrest and martial law due to widespread food shortages and lack of emergency services. It’s all connected, ladies and gentlemen, and I’ll show you how.   Continue reading “Police Militarization: Preparation for Economic Collapse, Food Shortages, Civil Unrest and Martial Law”

Orlando Sentinel – by Bethany Rodgers

OCALA — Acting on a tip about a cache of missiles and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, Marion County authorities said Monday that they might have thwarted a series of attacks against the Eustis Police Department, a church and a youth camp.

Investigators aren’t yet certain what crimes might have been prevented by arresting two men and seizing a weapons stockpile from a shed on a 9-acre site in Marion County about 13 miles north of Eustis.   Continue reading “Arrests made in alleged plan to use rocket launcher to bomb Eustis, Florida Police Department”

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Free Beacon – by Adam Kredo

Law enforcement officials are downplaying reports that a U.S. hacker infiltrated a commercial airliner Wi-Fi network mid-flight and assumed control of the craft’s controls, according to one source who spoke to theWashington Free Beacon.

The FBI is currently investigating U.S. hacker Chris Roberts, who claims he illicitly seized a commercial airline’s flight controls by hacking into it via the in-flight entertainment system, according to a recent affidavit filed by the FBI in federal court.   Continue reading “Cyber Experts: FBI Ignoring Hack Threats to Airplane Wi-Fi”

Texas biker gang shootingYahoo News

WACO, Texas (AP) — Police were on alert Monday for any retaliatory attacks after a chaotic shootout between rival biker gangs left nine people dead and at least 18 more wounded outside a Texas restaurant.

Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said authorities had received threats against law enforcement “throughout the night” from biker groups and stood ready to confront any more violence resulting from Sunday’s gunfire.   Continue reading “Heightened security in Waco after deadly biker gang shootout”

i24 News

As the United States prepares to deploy more robust missile defenses in the Pacific, China has begun re-engineering many of its long-range ballistic missiles.

Federal officials and policy analysts say the move appears to be designed to halt US actions in the area, according to a report in the The New York Times.   Continue reading “China re-engineers ballistic missiles to carry multiple warheads”

No boots on the ground in Syria?

CNN – by Barbara Starr, Laura Smith-Spark and Ray Sanchez

U.S. Special Operations forces killed a key ISIS commander during a daring raid in eastern Syria overnight Friday to Saturday — securing intelligence on how the terror organization operates, communicates and earns money, U.S. government officials said.

Continue reading “Abu Sayyaf, key ISIS figure in Syria, killed in U.S. raid”

dreamersPoliticus USA – by Keith Brekhus

On Thursday, the U.S. House voted 221-202 to block a measure that would have permitted the Pentagon to consider allowing young immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, but who were granted temporary legal status by President Obama’s immigration executive order, to enlist in the military. Although the provision to let DREAMers serve in the military had the support of several Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, it floundered on the House floor with 221 Republicans voting to block considering DREAMers for military service. 20 House Republicans joined 182 Democrats in supporting allowing DREAMers to serve in the military.   Continue reading “House Republicans Pass Measure To Prevent DREAMers From Serving In The Military”