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Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas
According to a recent report, Fmr. Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s ex-sister-in-law serves on the Board of the Washington D.C. Police Foundation along with the police chief who served at the time DNC staffer Seth Rich was murdered.
According to the report: Continue reading “John Podesta’s ex-sister in law is on D.C. Police Foundation Board: Report”
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration in Chicago launched a pro-immigration, pro-foreign refugee campaign designed to help get newcomers to the U.S. on public services.
The ‘One Chicago’ campaign is designed to “facilitate access” of public services to foreign refugees, legal and illegal immigrants. Continue reading “Chicago Mayor Emanuel Touts Social Services for Illegal Aliens”
Off the Grid News – by Daniel Jennings
Columbiana, Ohio, is the latest city to debate the legality of gardens, even if the two sides can’t agree on what is up for discussion.
Resident Tony Dolan claims that the right to garden on a homeowner’s property is at stake. The Columbiana city council at one point considered a proposal that would have restricted gardens to back yards, although that language was struck. Continue reading “Mayor: Anything Not Permitted Under Law Is Now Banned (And That Includes Gardens)”
Grunge legend and peerless rock vocalist Chris Cornell was found dead in a Detroit hotel room on Wednesday night, shortly after Soundgarden performed a concert at the city’s Fox Theatre. The cause of death was immediately unknown and under investigation by Detroit police. Later on Thursday, the medical examiner ruled Cornell’s death as suicide by hanging.
Cornell’s rep Brian Bumbery called the death “sudden and unexpected” and said his wife and family were shocked by it. Two Detroit newspapers citing a police spokesman first reported that Cornell, who was on tour, was found with “a band around his neck.” Continue reading “Chris Cornell’s Death Ruled Suicide by Hanging”
As tolerance spreads across the United States, universities and their progressive student bodies are coming up with new and innovative ways to ensure a positive multi-cultural experience for everyone… unless you happen to be a Caucasian.
At the American University in Washington, D.C., which is home to about 13,000 of our best and brightest, administrators and student activists have determined that the best way to ensure a a fair and equal environment is to ban all white people from their new student lounge. The meeting area, ironically named “The Bridge,” opened a couple of months ago as a place for people to gather, study and even sing on open mic nights. Continue reading “Segregated: White Students Banned From Student Lounge At D.C. University: “Nothing More Important Than Being A Multicultural Campus””
Washington (CNN) The Department of Homeland Security renewed a bulletin late Monday that warned of the dangers posed by homegrown terrorists and called the threat environment in the country one of the “most serious” since the 9/11 attacks.
“We face one of the most serious terror threat environments since the 9/11 attacks as foreign terrorist organizations continue to exploit the Internet to inspire, enable, or direct individuals already here in the homeland to commit terrorist acts,” the bulletin, issued through the National Terrorism Advisory System, said. Continue reading “DHS issues homegrown terror bulletin”
Cincinnati.com – by Sharon Coolidge
Rachel Dovel didn’t mean to become a crusader for transgender rights. But the library employee found herself cast in that role last year when the library’s health insurance refused to pay for her gender confirmation surgery – and the library’s board wouldn’t budge.
She underwent surgery in December – and Monday she and her legal team announced she settled a lawsuit against the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Continue reading “Library settles transgender lawsuit, now covers transgender surgery”
The mayor of Charlottesville, Va., condemned Saturday night’s demonstration by a large group of torch-bearing white nationalists who were protesting the removal of statues honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
“This event involving torches at night in Lee Park was either profoundly ignorant or was designed to instill fear in our minority populations in a way that hearkens back to the days of the KKK,” Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer said in a statement. “Either way, as mayor of this city, I want everyone to know this: We reject this intimidation. We are a welcoming city, but such intolerance is not welcome here.” Continue reading “Mayor condemns torch-bearing protesters defending Confederate statue”
Cooked chicken from birds grown and raised in China soon will be headed to America — in a trade deal that’s really about beef.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced Thursday night that the U.S. was greenlighting Chinese chicken imports and getting U.S. beef producers access to China’s nearly 1.4 billion consumers. But the deal is raising concerns among critics who point to China’s long history of food-safety scandals. Continue reading “Chinese Chicken Is Headed To America, But It’s Really All About The Beef”
The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder
If a former Reagan administration official is correct, we are likely to see the next major financial collapse by the end of 2017. According to Wikipedia, David Stockman “is an author, former businessman and U.S. politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan (1977–1981) and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1981–1985) under President Ronald Reagan.” He has been frequently interviewed by mainstream news outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg and PBS, and he is a highly respected voice in the financial community. Like other analysts, Stockman believes that the U.S. economy is in dire shape, and he told Greg Hunter during a recent interview that he is convinced that the S&P 500 could soon crash “by 40% or even more”… Continue reading “Former Reagan Administration Official Is Warning Of A Financial Collapse Some Time ‘Between August And November’”
Fox News – by Christina Corbin
A North Carolina congressman is calling for a probe into a potential $418 million contract between Kenya and a major U.S. defense contractor announced on President Obama’s last day in office — a deal the lawmaker claims reeks of cronyism.
Republican Rep. Ted Budd wants the Government Accountability Office to investigate a deal between the African nation and New York-based L3 Technologies for the sale of 12 weaponized border patrol planes. He said he wants to know why a veteran-owned small company in North Carolina – which specializes in making such planes – was not considered as the manufacturer. Continue reading “US lawmaker calls for probe into possible $418M arms sale to Kenya”
TEL AVIV – The Trump administration should formally recognize the Golan Heights as sovereign Israeli territory, especially in light of the ongoing war in Syria, Transportation and Intelligence Minister Israel Katz said Sunday.
Katz, who made his remarks at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, proposed a five-point memorandum between Israel and the U.S. on the Syrian civil war and its impact on the Jewish state’s security. Continue reading “Israeli Intelligence Minister: Trump Should Recognize Golan Heights As Indivisible Part of Israel”
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) – A grandmother with terminal cancer is in the Sedgwick County Jail because of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in her system while she was driving.
But the THC was in her system because it is in a medication her pharmacist says she needs in order to eat while on chemotherapy. Continue reading “Woman with terminal cancer jailed over medication in her system”
The four safe zones to be established in Syria will be closed for flights by US-led coalition warplanes, said the Russian envoy to the Astana peace talks, where the zones were agreed upon.
“As for [the coalition] actions in the de-escalation zones, starting from now those zones are closed for their flights,” Aleksandr Levrentyev told journalists in the Kazakh capital. Continue reading “US-led coalition warplanes banned from Syria safe zones – Russian envoy”
Successful Farming – by Chuck Abbott
Blizzard conditions and heavy snow swept western Kansas, including 14 to 20 inches in Colby in the northwestern quadrant of the No. 1 winter wheat state in the nation, said the Weather Channel. “We lost the western Kansas wheat crop this weekend. Just terrible,” tweeted Justin Gilpin, chief executive of the grower-funded Kansas Wheat Commission.
The snow and freezing weather struck a winter wheat crop that was developing faster than usual, thanks to a mild winter. As a result, the crop was more vulnerable to spring snowfalls and frost. “Generally, temps below 32°F. for a minimum of about two hours will cause damage to the crop,” says the Kansas Wheat Commission. “Freeze injury during heading and flowering stages can cause severe yield consequences.” A quarter of the wheat crop was headed as of April 23, compared with the five-year average of 17%. Continue reading “‘We Lost the Western Kansas Wheat Crop This Weekend’”
SPRINGFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – Ranchers are dealing with a big problem from this past weekend’s blizzard in southeastern Colorado. The snowstorm killed thousands of cattle.
“They’ll actually drown in the snow. The snow will get up in their lungs,” said Prowers County rancher Justin Willhite, who lost a third of his cattle. Continue reading “Staggering Losses Being Recorded For Farmers, Ranchers After Blizzard”
LA Times – by Cindy Carcamo and Ruben Vives
Julian Zatarain always assumed the doors of City Hall were closed to him because he is here illegally, arriving from Sinaloa in 2007 when he was 13.
The 21-year-old college student found other outlets for service, such as volunteering for the Red Cross and with an organization that helps young people like him get access to educational resources. Continue reading “2 immigrants in U.S. illegally are named to Huntington Park commissions”
In a statement that has sent shockwaves across the diplomatic establishment, Donald Trump’s decision to launch 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles against Syria last month was just “after-dinner entertainment,” which “did not cost the president anything,” US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said, shortly after President Trump called the attack a “tough decision.” Ross delivered the controversial comment while speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, according to Variety.
This is how Ross recalled Trump’s April 6 meeting with Xi at the President’s Mar-A-Lago luxury resort in Palm Beach: Continue reading “Wilbur Ross: Trump’s Syria Strike Was “After Dinner Entertainment””