Arkansas Online – by Emma Pettit

A 6-foot-tall stone Ten Commandments monument installed Tuesday on the Arkansas Capitol grounds was toppled less than 24 hours later after a 32-year-old Arkansas man drove a vehicle into the statue, apparently while streaming the act live on Facebook, officials said.

Chris Powell, a spokesman with the Secretary of State’s Office, said he was called early Wednesday and told a man drove a vehicle through the monument. That driver — identified in an arrest report as Michael Tate Reed of Van Buren — was arrested by Capitol police shortly after, Powell said. News reports indicate Reed was previously accused of destroying a Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma.   Continue reading “Arrest made after Ten Commandments monument at Arkansas Capitol toppled, shattered”

Business Insider – by Bob Bryan

Several Republican senators voiced their opposition to the Senate healthcare bill just hours after the GOP leadership said they would delay a vote on the legislation until after the July 4 recess.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other leaders will look to come to an agreement with members on a revised bill by the end of the week. By most indications, that will be difficult.   Continue reading “GOP senators come out in furious force against healthcare bill after vote delayed”

RT

A spelling error on Donald Trump’s Facebook page has sparked tongue-in-cheek concerns that the US president is planning to reintroduce child labor in the US.

A video containing clips of Trump speaking at his rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa this week, included the caption: “And we are putting our minors back to work.”   Continue reading “‘Putting minors back to work’: Trump video typo sends Twitter into meltdown”

New York Times – by JONATHAN MARTIN and MATT FLEGENHEIMER

WASHINGTON — The House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, strolled before the cameras on Thursday with defeat at her back once more, projecting a well-worn swagger — brash, defiant, more than a little off key — as she insisted that her moment had not passed.

“I think I’m worth the trouble,” she told reporters, parrying renewed questions from Democrats about her stewardship after yet another Republican congressional candidate, this time in Georgia, found success by making Ms. Pelosi and her adopted hometown, San Francisco, the centerpiece of a campaign.

Continue reading “Nancy Pelosi Tells Democratic Critics, ‘I Think I’m Worth the Trouble’”

The Guardian – by Vikram Dodd

Police have confirmed they are investigating a terror attack in London after a van ploughed into people near a north London mosque, leaving one person dead and injuring eight others.

A 48-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and two of those hit by the van were said to be “very seriously injured”.

The prime minister, Theresa May, was woken to be told of the early morning incident at Finsbury Park and has confirmed that counter-terrorism command is leading an active inquiry.   Continue reading “London mosque attack: driver shouted ‘I want to kill all Muslims,’ witness says”

Earth Justice

In a 91-page decision, Judge James Boasberg ruled that the federal permits authorizing the pipeline to cross the Missouri River just upstream of the Standing Rock reservation, which were hastily issued by the Trump administration just days after the inauguration, violated the law in certain critical respects.

The Court did not determine whether pipeline operations should be shut off and has requested additional briefing on the subject and a status conference next week.

Continue reading “The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Litigation on the Dakota Access Pipeline”

AOL

The Transportation Security Administration announced on Tuesday that it will begin a new program that allows a travelers’ fingerprints to replace their boarding pass and identification documents. There’s only one catch: you have to give the federal government your fingerprints.

The agency will begin assessing the new “biometric authentication technology” at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Denver International Airport this week, according to a TSA press release. The program is intended for people who have enrolled in TSA’s PreCheck program, and have voluntarily provided their fingerprints to the feds.   Continue reading “TSA is now using fingerprints as boarding passes”

AOL – by Aris Folley

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has reported the first case of human plague in the states this year.

Health officials said a 63-year-old man from Sante Fe County is currently being hospitalized and is in critical condition with the pneumonic plague.

The bacterial disease is the most infectious type of plague and is an advanced stage of the bubonic plague that can be passed directly from person to person, in addition to being transmitted by animals and fleas.   Continue reading “First human case of plague this year is reported in New Mexico”

Rense – by Adm. Thomas Moorer, 1-24-4

After State Department officials and historians assembled in Washington, D.C. to discuss the 1967 war in the Middle East, I am compelled to speak out about one of U.S. historyís most shocking cover-ups.

On June 8, 1967, Israel attacked our proud naval shipóthe USS Libertyókilling 34 American servicemen and wounding 172. Those men were then betrayed and left to die by our own government.   Continue reading “LBJ Left USS Liberty Crew To Die”

Chicago Tribune – by John Crewdson, October 2, 2007

Bryce Lockwood, Marine staff sergeant, Russian-language expert, recipient of the Silver Star for heroism, ordained Baptist minister, is shouting into the phone.

“I’m angry! I’m seething with anger! Forty years, and I’m seething with anger!”

Lockwood was aboard the USS Liberty, a super-secret spy ship on station in the eastern Mediterranean, when four Israeli fighter jets flew out of the afternoon sun to strafe and bomb the virtually defenseless vessel on June 8, 1967, the fourth day of what would become known as the Six-Day War.
Continue reading “2007: New revelations in attack on American spy ship”