CBS 4

(CBS4) – For the first time, a judge has denied a request to take away a man’s guns under Colorado’s new red flag law. A Limon woman claimed a man who she had a relationship with threatened her with a gun and filed the request.

Since the law took effect, the red flag law has had many gun owners seeing red. At least four requests have been filed since the first of 2020; CBS4 is aware of them being filed in Denver, in Larimer County and this one — in Lincoln County.  Continue reading “For First Time, A Colorado Judge Denies Confiscation Request Under Red Flag Law”

KKTV

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – A man is in custody after going on a stabbing spree around downtown Colorado Springs early Monday morning.

In the span of about half an hour, police say the attacker stabbed eight people in multiple locations along trails near I-25. He was reportedly taken into custody when some of his victims were able to turn the tables and hold him until officers arrived.  Continue reading “Man goes on stabbing spree near downtown Springs overnight”

RT

The protests in Iran that followed Tehran’s admission of its role in the downing of the Ukrainian passenger jet were met with an outpouring of support from Washington. But is it about Iranians, or regime change?

US officials and establishment figures certainly spared no effort as they went out of their way to show how much they supposedly admire the ‘courage’ of Iranians who took to the streets to vent their anger at the fact that a Ukrainian passenger jet, with many Iranians on board, was mistakenly shot down by Iran’s military – something Tehran admitted of its own volition before the results of the crash investigation were made public. Continue reading “‘Regime change is in the air’: US establishment seeks to capitalize on Iranian protests… again”

Summit News – by Paul Joseph Watson

A University of Connecticut student who was arrested for using the n-word has narrowly avoided jail.

Jarred Karal was arrested after he was filmed walking through a parking lot and shouting the word “n*gger.” He was with two other individuals, one of whom was also arrested. Continue reading “University of Connecticut Student Narrowly Avoids Jail For Using the N-Word”

Free Thought Project

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — (TRI) An Oklahoma federal court has refused to hold police responsible for brutalizing an African-American man who, despite complying with police orders during an arrest, was subjected to excessive force and brutality, including being thrown to the ground, tasered, and placed in a chokehold that rendered him unconscious and required his hospitalization for three days.  Continue reading “Federal Court Rules Cops Can Taser, Choke You Because Trouble Understanding Them is ‘Resistance’”

Collective Evolution – by Richard Enos

In a very thorough and revealing analysis of statistical industry payment data, ProPublica disclosed that more than 2,500 physicians have received at least half a million dollars apiece from drugmakers and medical device companies in the past five years alone, while more than 700 of those doctors received at least $1 million, and that doesn’t include money for research or royalties from inventions.  Continue reading “700 + American Doctors Given Over $1M Each From Pharma To Push Drugs & Medical Devices”

CNBC

The Trump administration this week warned Iraq that it could lose access to its central bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York if Baghdad expels American troops from the region, Iraqi officials told The Wall Street Journal.

The State Department’s warning follows the U.S. airstrike that killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Iran’s top military commander and the face of the Islamic Republic’s interventions across the Middle East.  Continue reading “Trump administration warns Iraq could lose New York Fed account if US troops forced to leave: WSJ”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Perhaps entirely to be expected, the US administration has unambiguously rejected Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi’s urgent call for Washington to enact a US troop ‘withdrawal mechanism’ in Iraq. In a Thursday phone call to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Iraqi leader urged the administration to “send delegates to Iraq to prepare a mechanism to carry out the parliament’s resolution regarding the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq.”  Continue reading “US Rebuffs Iraq PM Request To Talk Troop Exit: It’s “Our Right” As A “Force For Good” To Stay”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A bill from Delegate Mark Levine (D) mandates all Virginia AR-15 owners acquire a license of ownership from the state.

Those who do not acquire a license yet remain in possession of AR-15s will be labeled felons. Continue reading “Democrat Bill Mandates Licensing of All Virginia AR-15 Owners”

Breitbart – by Joel B Pollak

The American civilian defense contractor whose murder by Iran-backed forces in Iraq sparked American retaliation was Nawres Waleed Hamid, a Muslim-American immigrant from Sacramento, California. He was laid to rest last Saturday.  Continue reading “Trump Launched Iran Strikes to Avenge Murder of Muslim-American Immigrant”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Tensions continued to climb in the Middle East Thursday evening as reports of another air strike have been confirmed, but this time, it was the Israelis doing the shelling.

According to reports by domestic and western media, the Israeli air force carried out an attack against an Iran-backed militia reportedly headquartered on the border between Syria and Iraq.  Continue reading “Israel Bombs Weapons Depot Run By Iranian Militia”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The US border patrol is on alert for a possible suicide bomber heading north toward the US-Mexico border, according to Breitbart, which obtained a copy of an internal memo issued by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  Continue reading “DHS Warns Female Suicide Bomber ‘Of Middle Eastern Descent’ Being Smuggled Into The US Within Days”

The Daily Sheeple – by Sean Walton

U.S. Senator Steve Daines(R – MT) introduced a bill to protect the Second Amendment and law-abiding gun owners. The bill would reform the Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA) to protect travelers who are transporting firearms across state lines.

“This is about protecting law-abiding gun owners and their right to safely transport their firearms,” Daines said. “Montanans want their 2nd Amendment rights protected and that’s what I’m fighting for.”  Continue reading “Senator Daines introduces legislation to protect law abiding gun owners and their right to safely transport their firearms across state lines”

The Daily Sheeple – by Sean Walton

While not expected to have any chance of becoming law, a bill proposed in the Vermont state Senate this week would ban anyone under the age of 21 from using or possessing a cellphone.

The controversial bill was introduced by Democratic state senator John Rodgers on the first day of Vermont’s 2020 legislative session. The bill would make cellphone possession or use a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of a year behind bars and a $1,000 fine, according to the Times Argus.

According to The Barre Montpelier Times Argus, the bill would make it a misdemeanor to those under 21-years-old to have a cell phone. Young adults caught with a cell phone could face up to a year behind bars and a $1,000 fine.

“Young people frequently use cell phones to bully and threaten other young people, activities that have been linked to many suicides,” the bill states.

“In light of the dangerous and life-threatening consequences of cell phone use by young people, it is clear that persons under 21 years of age are not developmentally mature enough to safely possess them.”

The bill says the Vermont Legislature concluded that if people under 21-years-old are not mature enough to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and possess a gun, then they shouldn’t be allowed to have a cell phone either.

According to the Vermont newspaper, the state recently increased the smoking age to 21 and barred people under 21 from purchasing a gun unless they take a hunter safety course.

The bill was proposed by Vermont State Senator (D) John Rodgers. The senator told The Barre Montpelier Times Argus that he is trying to make a point and that he has, “no delusions that it’s going to pass. I wouldn’t probably vote for it myself.”

According to the paper, Rodgers says he is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and the state legislature is trying to take away those rights by increasing the legal age.

Continue reading “Vermont bill would ban anyone under the age 21 from using or possessing a cellphone at any time”

NBC News

Iraq has asked the United States to begin the process of planning the withdrawal of its troops from the country, five days after the Iraqi Parliament voted to end the longstanding American military presence there in the wake of the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said in a statement Friday that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call “to send a delegation to Iraq to put a mechanism [in place] for implementing the Iraqi parliament decision to safely withdraw troops from Iraq.”  Continue reading “Iraq asks U.S. to make plans to withdraw forces”

AP

BEIRUT (AP) — Unidentified planes struck targets in Syria near the border with Iraq on Friday, killing eight Iran-backed Iraqi militiamen, Syrian activists and two Iraqi officials said, an attack that comes amid soaring tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the planes targeted positions belonging to pro-Iran militias in the Boukamal area, near the border with Iraq. The Britain-based organization, which documents the war in Syria through a network of activists on the ground, said the planes struck, among other targets, weapons depots and vehicles belonging to the militias.  Continue reading “Unidentified planes hit Iraqi militiamen in Syria, killing 8”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Another day, another rocket (alleged) rocket attack on a US airbase in Iraq.

Al-Sumaria reports that rockets hit the Balad Air Base, about 40 miles north of Baghdad, where US troops are stationed.  Continue reading “Rockets Reportedly Hit Near US Base North Of Baghdad (Again)”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The US administration identified as its casus belli for the drone strike on IRGC Quds chief Qasem Soleimani  which in turn led to the overnight Iranian ballistic missile attack on US bases in Iraq  the late December killing of a US contractor by an Iran-backed militia rocket strike on a base in Kirkuk (additionally citing that more such attacks were being planned by the Iranian general).  Continue reading “US Military Contractor Whose Death Led To Soleimani Strike Finally Identified”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has offered Iraq Tuesday the option to purchase the world’s most advanced missile defense system to protect its airspace, reported RIA Novosti.

According to the report, the Iraqi Armed Forces could purchase the Russian S-400 Triumf air defense system, which RIA points out, can “ensure the country’s sovereignty and reliable airspace protection.”  Continue reading “Russia Proposes To Secure Iraqi Airspace With S-400 Air Defense”