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CBS Austin

Nearly 200 immigrants are suffering from mumps at detention facilities across Texas, according to a state health agency.

The Texas Department of State Health Services says 178 detainees had confirmed cases of mumps as of Feb. 21. Another five cases were reported among detention facility employees. Texas detention centers account for 76 percent of mumps cases at such facilities nationwide, according to federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.  Continue reading “Nearly 200 immigrants in Texas detention facilities have mumps”

Mint Press News – by Whitney Webb

WASHINGTON — The massive purchases of ammo and weapons by non-military federal agencies, like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Social Security Administration (SSA), that first began under the Obama administration has continued unabated under the Trump administration, while receiving less media coverage.  Continue reading “Non-Military Federal Agencies Under Trump Expand Already Enormous Arsenals”

Seeing Red AZ

The local newspaper reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents dropped off groups of illegal aliens at a Phoenix Greyhound bus station Saturday afternoon. Numerous buses arrived to pick up the illegals, who crossed our sovereign border from Mexico.

The report further states that members of a local church set up tables with soup, muffins and an assortment of fruit near the Buckeye Road station to feed the illegal aliens while “mapping out warm places they can stay.”   Continue reading “Why is ICE taking illegals to Phx. Greyhound station?”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey

The federal government needs state and local support to enforce gun laws and the anti-gun lobby knows it.

On February 12, around 450 supporters of the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America descended on the state capitol to lobby for passage of a state bill that would bar anybody convicted of domestic violence from owning or possessing a firearm.   Continue reading “Gun Grabbers Admit Feds Can’t Enforce Laws Without State and Local Support”

Two Cents – by Alicia Adamczyk

Don’t get skimmed.

Card skimming, in which an illegal reader is attached to a payment terminal, is a pervasive financial scam, particularly at the gas pump. According to the National Association for Convenience Stores, a single compromised pump at a gas station can compromise 30 to 100 cards every day in the U.S.   Continue reading “Don’t Use a Debit Card at the Gas Pump”

CBN News – by Emily Jones

Homeschool advocates are speaking out about an Iowa bill that requires school and court officials to conduct health and wellness checks on families who homeschool.

HF 272, introduced by Rep. Mary Mascher, would make homeschool families who do not report to their school district subject to regular home visits.    Continue reading “Homeschoolers Outraged at ‘Orwellian’ Iowa Bill That ‘Treats Them All Like Criminals’ – Mandatory Home Inspections”

Yahoo News

Spring tax refunds typically give the economy a boost as the money rolls in and people either pay down debt or go out and spend, so economists and analysts pay close attention to the size of these windfalls.

A new research note from UBS finds that net payments to households are now running below its economists’ forecast, a shortfall of $11.5 billion of the $20 billion in extra cash that the economists had expected compared to last year.   Continue reading “Tax refunds are $11.5 billion behind our forecast: UBS”

CNBC

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a win Wednesday to a former heroin addict who argued that Indiana’s seizure of his $42,000 Land Rover amounted to an excessive fine for a drug conviction.

In a unanimous holding, the justices for the first time incorporated the 8th Amendment’s protection against excessive fines to the states. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who delivered the court’s opinion, wrote that the safeguard is “fundamental to our scheme of ordered liberty.” Continue reading “Supreme Court says states can’t impose excessive fines”

The Truth About Guns – by Dan Zimmerman

California had established a goal of confiscating 20,000 over three years under the new gun control law they enacted following Sandy Hook. They wanted to seize firearms from people who had become prohibited persons or had mental health problems.

But California is having trouble hiring enough people to go out there and seize all those guns. From Fox News . . .   Continue reading “California Can’t Confiscate Guns Fast Enough, Backlog Continues to Grow”

AZ Central

Arizona could soon be one of the first states to maintain a massive statewide DNA database.

And if the proposed legislation passes, many people — from parent school volunteers and teachers to real estate agents and foster parents — will have no choice but to give up their DNA.    Continue reading “You may soon have to give your DNA to the state and pay $250 for the privilege”

Patriot Rising

Almost 80% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck barely able to afford to put food on the table.  That’s terrible news considering that the predictions currently assume that grocery prices will steadily continue to rise during 2019.

Grocery prices are expected to rise by 1 percent or 2 percent this year, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. It may seem small, but with so many U.S. households already living paycheck to paycheck, it could be just enough to have a real financial impact. Although food prices rose by just a fraction of a percent last year, and that was the first increase in three years, and it looks like prices will rise consistently during 2019, according to WCVB 5, an ABC News affiliate. Continue reading “Food Prices Will Rise In 2019 Adversely Impacting Those Living Paycheck To Paycheck”

Breitbart – by John Binder

American taxpayers are continuing to fund border security measures and border walls in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Lebanon with President Trump’s signing of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill.

While the United States-Mexico border received only $1.3 billion for construction of a border wall at the overwhelmed southern border with soaring illegal immigration, foreign countries are getting help from American taxpayers to secure their borders.   Continue reading “U.S. Taxpayers Fund Border Walls in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Middle East”

Conservative Review – by Daniel Horowitz

Before getting into the details of this crazy omnibus bill, it’s important to recognize that we don’t understand all the details. The worst provisions are written in vague language ensconced in an 1,169-page bill, which has already been posted online in two different versions (the first was 10 pages shorter). That is exactly why Democrats are salivating to vote on this within a few hours of passage, which is exactly why Trump has a responsibility to oppose it immediately and demand at least a short-term clean continuing resolution so that he can digest the consequences of this bill. If he cannot make that simple demand, which would not even trigger a phony shutdown, then his presidency is worthless.   Continue reading “5 insane provisions in the amnesty omnibus bill”

Investment Watch

$1,665,484,000,000: Feds Collect Record Individual Income Taxes in Calendar 2018–as Debt Climbed $1,481,349,159,596.80

(CNSNews.com) – The federal government collected a record $1,665,484,000,000 in individual income taxes in calendar year 2018, according to the Monthly Treasury Statements for the year, which the Treasury finished publishing today with the belated release of the December statement.   Continue reading “Feds Collect Record Individual Taxes… AMAZON to pay $0 in taxes — for second year in row!”