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Washington (CNN)Democrats blasted Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday for arguing that a majority of people collecting Social Security disability benefits are taking advantage of the system.
Speaking at a New Hampshire diner about government waste, the Kentucky Republican said “there’s always somebody who’s deserving” of entitlement programs, “But everybody in this room knows somebody who’s gaming the system.” Continue reading “Democrats hit Rand Paul for disability comments”
The FBI has arrested an Ohio man for allegedly planning to detonate a series of bombs aimed at lawmakers and public officials in Washington, DC, according to an ABC News report. The plan was reportedly inspired by the Islamic State.
Little is currently known about Christopher Lee Cornell, who also goes by the name Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, but officials told ABC that he viewed American lawmakers as enemies. He has been charged with attempting to kill a US public official. Continue reading “Ohio man arrested for ‘plotting’ ISIS-inspired attack on Capitol”
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All News Pipeline – by Live Free or Die
All News Pipeline was recently sent the following email from a United States Veteran who was deeply concerned over an experience she had just been through, an event you will see continues a series of related events in a progression towards a full-fledged ‘police state‘ in America and across the planet Earth which mirrors the most vile dictatorships of all-time. Continue reading “Is ‘Operation Catcher’s Mitt’ Back In Play?”
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Health Impact News – by Terri LaPoint
The unthinkable happened to a family in Arizona. Their three-year-old daughter mysteriously collapsed while her parents were away from home, and she died shortly after. As horrible as that tragedy was, Khloe’s death was only the beginning of the devastation to the Shoars family. Child Protective Services immediately came in and took away all seven of their other children, placing them in various foster home settings around the area. Continue reading “Arizona CPS Takes 7 Children Away from Parents after Accident”
On January 2, BATFE issued its first ruling of 2015. Identified as ATF Rul. 2015-1, it significantly expands the scope of activities that BATFE considers to be “manufacturing” for purposes of the Gun Control Act (GCA). While BATFE claims this ruling is simply a “clarification” of their prior position taken in ATF Rul. 2010-10, 2015-1 is clearly an attempted expansion of the definition of manufacturing. Continue reading “BATFE Rings In The New Year With More Executive Gun Control”
France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and those glorifying terrorism and announced Wednesday it was sending an aircraft carrier to the Mideast to work more closely with the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants.
Authorities said 54 people had been arrested for hate speech and defending terrorism since terror attacks killed 20 people in Paris last week, including three gunmen. The crackdown came as Charlie Hebdo’s defiant new issue sold out before dawn around Paris, with scuffles at kiosks over dwindling copies of the satirical weekly that fronted the Prophet Muhammad anew on its cover. Continue reading “France cracks down on hate speech, sends carrier to Mideast”
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GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK — Great Basin National Park employees are trying to solve the mystery of an 132-year-old Winchester rifle found in the park.
The rifle was found and recovered by park archaeologists in November, according to the Great Basin National Park Facebook page. The firearm was found leaning against a tree in a remote rocky outcrop. Park officials believe the rifle hadn’t been located sooner because the weathered, cracked wood stock and brown rusted barrel blended into the juniper tree. Continue reading “1882 Winchester rifle found in Great Basin National Park”
Bloomberg – by Ari Natter and Laura Litvan
Jan. 12 — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) plans to offer an amendment to lift the 40-year-old ban on the export of crude oil to Keystone XL pipeline legislation being considered on the Senate floor, according to a spokeswoman for the senator.
While it remains unknown if the measure will get a vote, the amendment has the potential to put lawmakers on the record on the issue for the first time. Continue reading “Cruz Plans Crude Export Amendment to Keystone Legislation”
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Ohio bartender with a history of psychiatric illness was indicted last week on a charge of threatening to murder House Speaker John Boehner, possibly by poisoning his drink, according to records made available Tuesday.
A grand jury indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Ohio on Jan. 7 identified the accused man as Michael R. Hoyt, a resident of Cincinnati. Continue reading “Ohio man accused of threatening to kill Boehner”
KXAN News – by Patrick Tolbert
KILLEEN, Texas (KXAN) – HAZMAT crews have been called to a Killeen home after the body of a soldier who was deployed to West Africa was found Tuesday morning in Killeen.
According to KXXV-TV, the soldier’s body was found in the 3300 block of Cantabrian Drive and Fort Hood officials confirm the soldier just returned from West Africa.
Killeen Police told KXXV the cause of death is unknown and that the soldier’s body has been sent to Dallas for an autopsy. Continue reading “Fort Hood soldier’s death prompts HAZMAT response”
Washington (AFP) – President Barack Obama said Tuesday the cyber attacks against Sony and the Pentagon’s Central Command highlight the need for toughened laws on cybersecurity.
Obama made the comment as the White House unveiled a proposal to revive cybersecurity legislation stalled over the past few years.
“With the Sony attack that took place, with the Twitter account that was hacked by Islamist jihadist sympathizers yesterday, it just goes to show how much more work we need to do — both public and private sector — to strengthen our cybersecurity,” the president said at a meeting with congressional leaders. Continue reading “Obama says hacks show need for cybersecurity law”
Muslim frustration over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the factors that led to the attacks on satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in Paris last week, former US President Jimmy Carter told Jon Stewart on the Daily Showon Monday.
When Stewart asked Carter what he believed led to the massacre, which claimed the lives of 17 people, the latter replied: “Well, one of the origins for it is the Palestinian problem. And this aggravates people who are affiliated in any way with the Arab people who live in the West Bank and Gaza, what they are doing now [and] what’s being done to them. So I think that’s part of it.” Continue reading “Jimmy Carter blames Paris attacks on Israeli-Palestinian conflict”
U.S. Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts just lit up in a bad way. It looks like somebody who’s claiming to be ISIS managed to gain access to the account and is currently tweeting images of documents, allegedly internal CENTCOM documents. The first tweet links to a Pastebin post with links to downloads of “confidential data.”
We contacted CENTCOM to confirm the breach. “We are aware of the issue,” CENTCOM said, promising to get back to us with more details when they become available. CENTCOM also confirmed that its “Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised.” Meanwhile, the Pentagon says “CENTCOM is taking appropriate measure to address the matter.” Continue reading “Someone Claiming to Be ISIS Says They Hacked CENTCOM, Leaks Docs Online”
One of the brothers who carried out a massacre at the offices of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo lived across the hall from the so-called “underwear bomber” while the two attended an Arabic-language school in Yemen in 2009, according to a published report.
The Wall Street Journal, citing neighbors of both men as well as Yemeni intelligence officials, reported that Said Kouachi and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab studied together and often visited the mosque in the Old City of Yemen’s capital, San’a. Continue reading “Charlie Hebdo massacre gunman reportedly knew underwear bomber”
Rome News Tribune – by John Bailey
Three Rome men accused of conspiring to obtain explosives now face a much more serious domestic terrorism charge — conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.
Terry Eugene Peace, Brian Edward Cannon and Cory Robert Williamson on Monday waived arraignment and pleaded not guilty to the domestic terrorism charge as well as charges of conspiring to defraud the government. Continue reading “3 Rome, Georgia militia men now face domestic terrorism charge”
GALESBURG, Mich. — A three-mile radius has been evacuated around a massive deadly pileup on I-94 as four semis burn, including one with hazardous material and another hauling fireworks.
Both directions of I-94 are closed in eastern Kalamazoo County due to the wreck involving more than 100 vehicles.
Michigan State Police say one person is dead and multiple others are injured. People who aren’t injured were taken to warming centers, according to State Police Inspector Tracey McAndrew. Continue reading “Fiery 100-plus vehicle pileup closes I-94 in west Michigan”
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