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A disturbing video shows a Florida teenager being attacked by a group of students, purportedly because he had been seen wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat. The parents of the victim said that their son was hospitalized. Continue reading “Video shows 14-year-old being brutally beaten on school bus for allegedly wearing MAGA hat”
This is not exactly “The Love Boat,” but it could help make a dent in one California city’s homeless crisis.
During a city council meeting on Tuesday, Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan broached the idea of using a cruise ship to house up to 1,000 homeless people, suggesting a ship be brought to the Port of Oakland as the region deals with skyrocketing costs of living and a shortage of affordable housing. Continue reading “Oakland considers housing the homeless on a cruise ship”
Federal agents in California found 11 Chinese nationals hiding inside appliances and furniture that filled a moving truck crossing the border from Mexico over the weekend.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stopped a 42-year-old male truck driver, a U.S. citizen, around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, located in the city of San Diego just north of Tijuana, the agency said in a statement. Continue reading “California border agents find 11 Chinese nationals hiding inside appliances, furniture in truck from Mexico”
Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to relinquish the four ministerial positions he currently holds in the face of his indictment on charges relating to corruption, bribery and breach of trust and a new general election, but will remain premier.
“He will cease being a minister by January 1, 2020 and appoint other ministers instead,” Netanyahu’s legal team said in a Thursday submission to the court. Continue reading “Indicted Netanyahu to give up 4 ministerial positions but will remain PM”
The Daily Bell – by Joe Jarvis
The Secret Service released a report last month analyzing school shootings and violence and recommending how to prevent such attacks.
According to the Secret Service, it all boils down to more intrusive surveillance in school and online. Treat everyone who is depressed or anxious like they are going to shoot up the school. Continue reading “Secret Service Wants Schools to Report More Weirdos”
Russia acquiesced to Israeli requests and canceled certain arms sales to regimes that are antagonistic toward Israel, an adviser to the prime minister said this week, according to the Ynet news site.
In return, he said, Israel canceled arms sales that irked the Russians, including to Ukraine. Continue reading “Russia nixed arms sales to Israel’s enemies at its request, PM’s adviser says”
Popular Mechanics – by Kyle Mizokami
It’s really happening. A bipartisan budget agreement for 2020 will see the creation of a new branch of the military specifically oriented towards space. The United States Space Force will be the first new service branch in more than 60 years, tasked to ensure America’s freedom to operate in outer space—or take space away from somebody else. Continue reading “The Space Force Will Become the Sixth Branch of the U.S. Military”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Delano, CA — Disturbing video was just released as part of a lawsuit this week showing a Tulare County sheriff’s deputy shooting an unarmed woman and then forcing her to crawl toward him as she bled out. The woman had committed no crime and police were only there because they had wrongly accused her boyfriend of participating in a drive-by shooting. He did no such thing. Continue reading “WATCH: Cop Shoots Innocent Unarmed Woman, Forces Her to Crawl to Him as She Bleeds Out”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is teaming up with the “highly efficient” post office to make sure they’ve got your fingerprints. Even though it wasn’t that long ago that people were warned of sharing their DNA with ancestry sites, it seems they might have reason to be concerned now about the FBI’s desire to snag your fingerprints too. Continue reading “The FBI Teams Up With The Post Office To Get Your Fingerprints”
Donald Trump’s speech to the Israeli American Council on Saturday night in the presence of his biggest donors, Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, has caused some shock waves. Largely because he referred to Jewish wealth. Here are some surprises from the speech.
The biggest thing Trump did for Israel was breaking the Iran deal, per Sheldon Adelson: Continue reading “‘The biggest thing you did for Israel’ was breaking Iran deal — Adelson tells Trump”
The College Fix – by Ben Walls
Following a series of racist incidents on its campus, including vandalism and offensive photographs, Iowa State University’s administration has promised major new diversity initiatives for the school, including “cultural humility” training and workshops for every faculty member on how to create “inclusive classroom environment[s].” Continue reading “Iowa State promises major new diversity initiatives, including ‘cultural humility training’”
The House version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) set aside an irresponsibly large amount of money for military spending, but it also added some antiwar amendments and other very basic limitations. The House and Senate versions have now been reconciled into a final bill, and materially all of the limitations that the House voted on and approved have been stripped away, in favor of a $738 billion bill that continues spending, but makes no attempt to rein in the military in any serious way. Continue reading “Leadership Strips Approved Antiwar Measures From NDAA”
National Review – by Zachary Evans
President Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday designed to target anti-Semitism on college campuses, the New York Times reported on Tuesday evening.
The order will define Judaism as a nationality in addition to a religion, which would allow the Department of Education to withhold funding from colleges that are too accepting of anti-Israel movements. Continue reading “Trump to Sign Executive Order Tackling Anti-Semitism at U.S. Colleges”
Mint Press News – by Agha Hussain, Whitney Webb
KIRKUK, IRAQ — “We want to bring our soldiers home. But we did leave soldiers because we’re keeping the oil,” President Trump stated on November 3, before adding, “I like oil. We’re keeping the oil.”
Though he had promised a withdrawal of U.S. troops from their illegal occupation of Syria, Trump shocked many with his blunt admission that troops were being left behind to prevent Syrian oil resources from being developed by the Syrian government and, instead, kept in the hands of whomever the U.S. deemed fit to control them, in this case, the U.S.-backed Kurdish-majority militia known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Continue reading “The Israel Lobby’s Hidden Hand in the Theft of Iraqi and Syrian Oil”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Rockingham, NC — For asking police a question, Stephen Sings Sr. was told he was going to be kidnapped, subsequently attacked, tasered, and locked in a cage. Prior to his interaction with extremely violent cops, Sings had committed no crime—he merely asked them a question. Continue reading “Innocent Dad Politely Asks Police a Question, So They Beat and Kidnap Him”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Norristown, PA — For years, the Free Thought Project has been reporting on case after case of police officers caught raping, molesting, and abusing their victims—many of whom are children. All too often, these officers are let off with little to no punishment. Many of these officers were caught sexually abusing children only to be let loose in society after flexing their blue privilege. In the instance below, that is exactly what happened and this predator ex-cop was allowed to strike again after serving a measly sentence. Continue reading “After ‘Predator’ Cop Gets Wrist-Slap for Raping Kids on Duty, He’s Let Out and Strikes Again”
One police officer has been killed and two others injured during a dramatic hourslong shootout and standoff Tuesday in Jersey City, New Jersey, prosecutors said, as SWAT teams and federal agents rushed to the neighborhood.
Two suspects, one male and one female, both described as juveniles, also were shot, while a third, described as a black male wearing all black, remained on the loose, a federal law enforcement source told Fox News. Continue reading “Jersey City police officer killed, 2 others shot in gun battle; 2 suspects killed, third on the loose”
Science Alert – by Peter Dockrill
When a human being’s time is up, in Western countries we generally have two main options for our mortal remains – burial or cremation. Now, a world-first facility has been set up to offer a unique alternative ritual to traditional choices: compost.
Recompose, which is scheduled to begin operations in Seattle, Washington in 2021, bills itself as the world’s first human composting facility, offering to gently convert human remains into soil, in a process it calls “recomposition” or “natural organic reduction”. Continue reading “The World’s First Human Composting Facility Will Open in 2021”