Weekly Standard – by Daniel Harper

President Obama is holding a closed-door White House meeting with “immigration advocacy leaders” this morning, the White House announced. Later today the president will hold an immigration townhall in Miami, which will be broadcast on MSNBC.

“In the morning, the President will meet with immigration advocacy leaders to provide an update on the Administration’s immigration accountability executive actions. This meeting in the Roosevelt Room is closed press,” the White House schedule reads.   Continue reading “Obama Holds Closed-Door Meeting With ‘Immigration Advocacy Leaders’”

Pilot Nuno Lourenço flies a drone using only his thoughts.Forbes – by Leo King

A company has successfully flown a mind controlled drone, a step that its scientists say will lead to passenger carrying airplanes steered only by pilots’ brains.

In a rather stunning demonstration yesterday, Portuguese business Tekever fitted a special cap to a pilot to measure his brain activity, allowing him to steer a drone through a mission in the sky using his thoughts alone.

The company’s eventual target for the drone technology is applying it to pilots flying private and commercial aircraft using their minds alone, but it acknowledges there is a lot of work ahead.   Continue reading “Mind-Controlled Drone Scientists Work On Groundbreaking Flight”

ABC News – by Josh Lederman

The U.S. Secret Service says it will fly drones over the Washington area in the near future.

The agency isn’t disclosing exactly where the exercises will take place other than that they’ll involve areas where flights are typically restricted. Airspace above the White House, the U.S. Capitol and other sensitive sites in Washington is heavily restricted.   Continue reading “Secret Service to conduct drone exercises over Washington”

AP PhotoBreitbart – by Caroline May

Illegal immigrants who are able to obtain Social Security Numbers and work permits as a result of President Obama’s executive amnesty could claim tens of thousands of dollars in back tax benefits, a new Congressional Research Service memo obtained first by Breitbart News reveals.

The report comes following the Internal Revenue Service’s confirmation that once illegal immigrants are granted Social Security Numbers — as a result of Obama’s executive actions — they will be able to file back tax returns and obtain up to four years of tax benefits, including the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC).   Continue reading “Amnesty Beneficiaries Could Claim More Than $35K In Tax Benefits In First Year”

CBP Border Patrol agent does a pat down of a Mexican being returned to Mexico.Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

MCALLEN, Texas – A previously deported human trafficker has been arrested for assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol Agent biting him numerous times during the struggle.

The assault took place in a brushy area near the Sarita checkpoint when agents saw a group of illegal aliens try to go around the checkpoint, information released to Breitbart Texas by U.S. Border Patrol revealed.   Continue reading “Previously Deported Human Trafficker Sends Border Patrol Agent to Hospital in Vicious Attack”

Yahoo News – by Jennie Matthew

New York (AFP) – Three New York residents have been arrested for plotting to join extremists fighting in Syria and two threatened to carry out attacks within the United States, officials said Wednesday.

Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, and Abror Habibov, 30, have been charged with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.   Continue reading “New York residents arrested over IS extremist plot”

Market Watch – by Emily Glazer

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is preparing to charge large institutional customers for some deposits, citing new rules that make holding money for the clients too costly, according to a memo reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and people familiar with the plan.

The largest U.S. bank by assets is aiming to reduce the affected deposits by billions of dollars, with a focus on bringing the number down this year, these people said. The move is the latest in a series of steps large global banks have been discussing in recent months to discourage certain deposits due to new regulations and low interest rates.   Continue reading “J.P. Morgan to start charging big clients fees on some deposits”

ReutersBreitbart – by Chriss W. Street

Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) demanded yesterday that the Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler make public the details of the proposed net neutrality regulations that will regulate the Internet under the same rules as the old AT&T monopoly.

Chaffetz also asked the FCC Chair to appear and answer questions at the House Oversight hearing Wednesday, prior to the planned Agency vote on the draft rules now scheduled for Thursday.   Continue reading “House Chair Demands FCC Net Neutrality Gag Order LIfted”

Breitbart Texas LogoBreitbart – by Ildefonso Ortiz

As the Gulf Cartel continues their almost month long internal war that has turned various Mexican cities into warzones, a series of gruesome executions and mutilations appear to point to a major shift in tactics. Where open gunfights were the norm, now the targeting of individual enemies and gruesome mutilations are occurring. The intent appears to be an effort to strike terror into anyone who works against cartel faction.   Continue reading “Mexican Cartel Execution Photos Indicate Shift in War Tactics”

Militant Islamist fighters parade on military vehicles along the streets of northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. REUTERS/StringerReuters

Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitoring group tracking violence in Syria said on Tuesday.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said they carried out dawn raids on rural villages inhabited by the ancient Christian minority west of Hasaka, a city mainly held by the Kurds.   Continue reading “Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 90 Christians: monitor”

Depressed and gaining weight? You may live in an area with fluoride in the waterThe Guardian – by Sarah Knapton

Fluoride could be causing depression and weight gain and councils should stop adding it to drinking water to prevent tooth decay, scientists have warned.

A study of 98 per cent of GP practices in England found that high rates of underactive thyroid were 30 per cent more likely in areas of the greatest fluoridation.

Continue reading “Fluoride in drinking water may trigger depression and weight gain, warn scientists”

Federal Communication Commission(FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler waits for a hearing at the FCC December 11, 2014 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)The Daily Caller – by GIUSEPPE MACRI

Three days before the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on the most significant Internet regulations in history, two commissioners are asking Chairman Tom Wheeler to delay the vote and release his proposal to the public.

“We respectfully request that FCC leadership immediately release the 332-page Internet regulation plan publicly and allow the American people a reasonable period of not less than 30 days to carefully study it,” Republican Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly said in a statement Monday. “Then, after the commission reviews the specific input it receives from the American public and makes any modifications to the plan as appropriate, we could proceed to a final vote.”   Continue reading “Republican FCC Commissioners Ask Wheeler To Delay Net Neutrality Vote, Release Proposal”

ReutersAnd what about all of the damages that Israel is liable for after attacking the Palestinians? Yeah, I see how it is.

Breitbart – by John Hayward

The latest setback for terrorist finances is a $218.5 million judgment against the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization for their role in injuring ten American families, a judgment tripled to a whopping $655 million under the Anti-Terrorism Act.   Continue reading “U.S. Jury Holds Palestinian Authority, PLO Liable for $655M In Damages For Terror Attacks In Israel”

IMG_3250Breitbart – by Lana Shadwick

HOUSTON, Texas – A grieving Texas father told Breitbart Texas, “my son is dead because the concept of borders is dead.” Spencer Golvach was senselessly murdered by an illegal alien who had been deported a number of times after being convicted of committing crimes, including as law enforcement officers now tell us, crimes of violence. Golvach was shot in the head on January 31st while sitting in his car waiting for a stoplight to change. Golvach’s father said he wants the “boomerang” of deportation and illegal reentry into the country to be stopped.   Continue reading “My Son is Dead Because the Concept of Borders Is Dead”

David Jones/PA Wire URN:21969286/APBreitbart – by Adelle Nazarian

Parents and educators alike have taken exception to the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSS). As California and the United States seek ways to become more educationally competitive on a global scale, educators and people who are pushing the federally funded initiative have sought ways to package it in a manner that appears to benefit all. Yet most teachers say it does not.

Cal State Northridge’s Michael D. Eisner College of Education is hosting a speaker series titled “Education on the Edge.” This week, it is featuring Stanford University Professor of Education Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond. The series is focused on ways in which California’s educational system can improve, placing Common Core at the fore.   Continue reading “Common Core: There Will Be Children Left Behind”

Greg Abbott on Face the NationBreitbart – by Sarah Rumpf

In an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” with Bob Schieffer on Sunday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) described Texas’ border security challenges as a “problem [that] is not going away,” as 20,000 people have already been apprehended this year crossing illegally.

Abbott first discussed the recent ruling by Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, which held that  the plan President Barack Obama announced last November to grant amnesty via executive order to millions of illegal immigrants was not something that he was authorized to do under the law. In his final weeks as Attorney General, Abbott had filed a lawsuit against this executive amnesty, which twenty-five states ultimately joined.   Continue reading “Abbott Reaffirms: More Than 20,000 Have Illegally Crossed the Border Since Jan. 1”

So one guy leaves his post and sides with the enemy and after growing a huge Muslim-like beard is considered a hero by Barry, but this guy leaves his post and goes to Lebanon and is considered a traitor. I’m confused. So we are picking and choosing who is and who is not a traitor if they leave their post?

Yahoo News – by Jonathan Drew

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A U.S. Marine who vanished a decade ago in Iraq was convicted Monday of desertion for leaving his post there and then fleeing to Lebanon after a brief return to the U.S.   Continue reading “US Marine who vanished in Iraq found guilty of desertion”

APTOPIX Mideast Iraq Syrian RefugeesCNS News – by Susan Jones

The United States has “a long tradition of welcoming refugees,” and it expects to welcome thousands more of them from Syria in 2015 and 2016, despite concerns about foreign fighters, the State Department said.

“The United States has admitted 524 Syrians since 2011. We’re likely to admit 1,000 to 2,000 Syrian refugees for permanent resettlement in Fiscal Year 2015 and a somewhat higher number, though still in the low thousands, in Fiscal Year 2016,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday.   Continue reading “U.S. Expects to Quadruple the Number of Syrian Refugees Brought Here”

Jerry Brown (Rich Pedroncelli : Associated Press)Breitbart – by Tony Lee

A day after a federal judge halted President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, California Governor Jerry Brown declared “California stands firmly with the White House.”

“Further delay will not fix our broken immigration system,” Brown, who has declared that all illegal immigrants from Mexico are “welcome” in California, said in a statement.

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama said he disagrees with the decision and the administration would appeal the ruling. Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson announced that the Obama administration will not be taking temporary amnesty applications until the case is resolved.   Continue reading “Jerry Brown: ‘California Stands Firmly with White House’ on Exec Amnesty”