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The Daily Caller – by Neil Munro
President Barack Obama’s amnesty for four million illegal immigrants will cost Americans about $2 trillion, or roughly $40 billion a year for the next five decades.
The cost of Obama’s generosity is equivalent to 30 cents extra for every gallon of gas bought by Americans.
Or a $10 monthly fee added to every cellphone.
Or a $22,000 tax on every American graduate’s four-year college degree. Continue reading “Obama’s Amnesty Will Cost Americans about $2 trillion”
Prescott News – by Lynne LaMaster
Obama administration promotes “prosecutorial discretion” in handling illegal aliens in letter released by Sheriff Paul Babeu.
Pinal County, Ariz. – Sheriff Paul Babeu released DHS’s newest internal memorandum containing directives on apprehending, detaining and removing illegal aliens, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.
In addition to rescinding and superseding five previous memoranda, the Nov. 20th, 2014 memorandum provides directives to all federal enforcement in Customs and Border Patrol to use prioritization and prosecutorial discretion for all of the estimated 11-20 million illegals; not just the five million President Obama stated. Continue reading “De-Facto Amnesty for ALL Aliens?”
San Jose Mercury News – by Julia Love
SAN JOSE — Mineta San Jose International Airport suffered a security breach Sunday morning when an unauthorized man snuck onto the tarmac and then commandeered a maintenance vehicle in the parking lot, police said.
Miguel Zaragoza, 39, was booked into county jail Sunday and charged with trespassing and possession of a stolen vehicle, Sgt. Heather Randol of the San Jose Police Department said. Atlantic Aviation employees spotted Zaragoza about 10:15 a.m. near their ramp and escorted him to the lobby to wait for police. Continue reading “Security breach at Mineta San Jose International Airport”
A man who set his house on fire and ambushed responding police officers held “anti-government, anti-establishment” views and had previously threatened law enforcement, authorities said Sunday.
The gunman was identified as 53-year-old Curtis Wade Holley. Authorities said he fatally shot Leon County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Smith, 47, on Saturday and wounded another deputy before he was killed in a gun battle outside his home. Continue reading “Man Who Ambushed Cops Had Anti-Government Beliefs”
In 1967, at the height of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force launched an unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty, a US Navy spy ship that was monitoring the conflict from the safety of international waters in the Mediterranean.
Israeli jet fighters hit the vessel with rockets, cannon fire and napalm, before three Israeli torpedo boats moved in to launch a second more devastating attack. Though she did not sink, the Liberty was badly damaged. Thirty-four US servicemen and civilian analysts were killed, another 171 were wounded. Continue reading “The Day Israel Attacked America”
The mayor of Jerusalem has called on Israeli authorities to revoke the citizenship of family members of terrorists. This proposal was made in response to growing tensions between Palestinians and Israelis.
“We must be extremely focused [in our efforts] against evil people, to locate them and deal with them firmly,” Mayor Nir Barkat told Army Radio, Haaretz reported.
Barkat said he had discussed the issue with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Cabinet. Continue reading “Jerusalem mayor: Revoke citizenship for terrorists’ families”
President Obama signed two executive actions on Friday that would delay deportation for millions of illegal immigrants. The president, who signed the controversial policies aboard Air Force One, then spoke about his action at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas.
Del Sol is the same school where he laid out his blueprint for immigration overhaul nearly two years ago.
Several hundred protestors lined the streets holding “No Amnesty” and “Impeach Obama” signs. Continue reading “Obama signs executive action delaying deportations for millions of illegal immigrants”
What would you call an adult stranger who teaches your 11 year old where to look for pornography, how to sext with their friends, and how to use meth to prolong your sexual experiences? How about “public educator.”
Here’s KOIN News’s report on the conference: Continue reading “Oregon public school sex-ed conference promotes sex toys, sexting, and using meth to 11 year olds”
IJ Review – by Joseph Perticone
Churches in a Maryland county are being offered tax breaks for incorporating environmentalism into their sermons.
In Prince George’s County, 30 pastors have started preaching ‘green’ ministries to avoid extra taxes, the Washington Post reports. The taxes depend on the acreage for all property owners, including churches, as part of Maryland’s “storm water remediation fee.” Continue reading “Maryland County Pushes Churches to Preach Environmentalism In Exchange for Tax Credits”
The Daily Caller – by Chuck Ross
A man who fatally stabbed a 20-year-old college football player in the chest at an Oregon convenience store over the weekend was likely an illegal immigrant, authorities say.
Juventino Bermudez-Arenas stabbed Parker Moore several times at a 7-11 in McMinnville on Saturday. Bermudez-Arenas returned to the scene after fleeing, and was shot and killed by police who say the 33-year-old refused to drop the knife he used to stab Moore. Continue reading “Illegal Immigrant Stabbed College Football Player To Death In Oregon”
Bloomberg – by Christopher Condon and Jeff Kearns
On the eve of a Senate hearing today into whether the Federal Reserve has been “captured” by the institutions it is supposed to regulate, the Fed announced a broad review of its supervision of the largest banks, and a top official acknowledged there’s a danger that examiners could be too easy on them.
“We understand the risks of doing our job poorly and of becoming too close” to banks, New York Fed President William C. Dudley said in testimony prepared for delivery before a Senate panel. “We cannot catch or correct every error by a financial institution, and we sometimes make mistakes.” Continue reading “Fed Reviews Bank Supervision as Senate Committee Begins Hearings”
Washington Post – by Carol Leonnig
A Michigan woman was arrested by Secret Service officers after she was seen walking along the White House’s north fence with a handgun at about 8 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.
Secret Service plainclothes officers noticed a woman with a holster near Pennsylvania Avenue around the perimeter of the fence and notified uniform division officers, who then arrested her for having an unregistered 9 mm handgun in her holster, said Ed Donovan, the spokesman for the Secret Service. Continue reading “Woman with gun outside White House is arrested by Secret Service officers”
Reuters – by STEVE HOLLAND AND ROBERTA RAMPTON
President Barack Obama imposed the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation on Thursday, easing the threat of deportation for about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants and setting up a clash with Republicans.
In a White House speech, Obama rejected Republican critics who say his decision to bypass Congress and take executive action is tantamount to amnesty for illegal immigrants and urged them to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation that the Republican-controled House of Representatives has blocked. Continue reading “Obama announces action on sweeping U.S. immigration reform”
Three students were shot and wounded when a gunman opened fire inside a Florida university library early on Thursday, and campus police shot the suspect dead, officials said.
Officers confronted the attacker outside Florida State University’s Strozier Library soon after midnight, ordered him to drop his weapon, then shot him when he fired on them, police said.
“This person for whatever reason produced a handgun and then began shooting students in the library,” Florida State University Police Chief David Perry told reporters at a morning news conference. Continue reading “Three students shot in Florida university library, gunman killed”
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Huffington Post – by Marcy Gordon
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three big Wall Street banks that have owned commodities such as aluminum exposed themselves to risk and in some cases manipulated prices in a way that raised costs for consumers, a Senate investigation has found.
The heavy involvement of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley in the business of storing and moving commodities like oil, aluminum, uranium and copper also gives them unfair trading advantages in financial markets, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Continue reading “Wall Street Banks Manipulated Commodity Prices At Consumers’ Expense, Senate Report Finds”
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Android Central – by Chuong H Nguyen
The U.S. government is fighting back against new encryption technologies on smartphones made by Apple and those using Google’s latest version of Android. With a strongly worded argument, an official at the U.S. Department of Justice plainly stated that without access to a suspect’s phone, a child could die in cases such as kidnapping.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the tech giants and the DOJ are at a standoff on smartphone encryption: Continue reading “Smartphone encryption could lead to death of a child, government claims”
ABC News – by Gary Fineout
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