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Brietbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

MCALLEN, Texas — Agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration have arrested another high ranking Gulf Cartel member in the U.S. near the Texas Border, making this the third cartel leader caught since October.

Deputy U.S. Marshals, agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and members of the Law Enforcement Emergency Regional Response Team arrested Juan Francisco “Comandante Paquito” Martinez at a house in the Mission-Palmview area, said law enforcement officials that spoke with Breitbart Texas on conditions of anonymity.     Continue reading “Three Mexican Cartel Leaders Caught in Texas Since October”

Breitbart – by Wynton Hall

For the first time in U.S. history, food stamp enrollments have been above 46 million for 36 months in a row.

According to newly released numbers from the United States Department of Agriculture (which oversees the food stamp program), food stamp enrollments in September 2011 were 46,268,250 and never fell below 46 million up and through September 2014 (the most recent month for which numbers are available), when 46,459,998 individuals received food stamps.    Continue reading “46 Million on Food Stamps for 36 Months in a Row”

Variety – by Ted Johnson

A group calling itself GOP posted a message online on Monday that warned Sony to stop “immediately showing the movie of terrorism which can break the regional peace and cause the war.”

GOP — which stands for Guardians of Peace — did not specifically identify the movie. Authorities have been investigating whether the hacker attack is in some way be connected to “The Interview,” the movie that has generated condemnation from the government of North Korea.   Continue reading “Sony Hackers Apparently Demand Studio Pull ‘The Interview’”

Engadget

You might not see leaves as hazards, but train operators would beg to differ — foilage on the tracks not only makes it harder for trains to stop, but messes with anti-collision signals. The greenery might not be much of a danger for much longer, however. Dutch Railways is testing a laser system that zaps leaves (and other organic material) before it reaches the wheels, keeping the tracks clean. You can already use water jets and sand gels to do this, but they have limited supplies and sometimes damage the rails. The lasers run so long as the train has power, and they actually help the metal by drying it and preventing leaves from sticking.   Continue reading “Dutch trains get lasers to zap track debris”

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Washington Times — Ben Wolfgang

President Obama insisted Tuesday that his successor won’t take the political risk that would come with reversing his recent executive action on immigration reform.

Speaking at a town-hall meeting in Nashville, the president said it’s “theoretically” possible that the next administration could undo the amnesty Mr. Obama has granted to more than 4 million illegal immigrants, but he assured a crowd of undocumented Americans that such a step it is extremely unlikely. Continue reading “Obama’s immigration taunt: Next president won’t dare reverse my executive action”

Washington Post – by Hunter Schwarz

The Iowa Department of Transportation said it plans to pilot a smartphone driver’s license program that could one day make plastic licenses a thing of the past.

“It’s really moving beyond a static thing,” said Mark Lowe, director of the Iowa Department of Transportation Motor Vehicles Division, in an interview with The Washington Post.

The concept is to not only host the license in an app, but to also be able to send push notifications about, say, traffic, or if a user’s license is about to expire, Lowe said. He said he is “not aware” of any other state that has a similar program.   Continue reading “Iowa’s going to have smartphone driver’s licenses”

Yahoo News – by Jo Piazza

It was the movie “Airplane!” come to life.

Sixteen people, fourteen passengers and two crew members, simultaneously began vomiting on a U.S. Airways plane from Israel to Philadelphia on Friday, forcing the pilot to make an emergency stop in Rome.

Various news reports identified a foul odor in the cabin, which caused the domino effect of illness.   Continue reading “In-Flight Nightmare—U.S. Airways Plane Grounded By Sick Passengers and Crew”

DNA Info – by Ted Cox

WEST LOOP — The mayor and a leading Chicago congressman pledged Friday to rally undocumented immigrants eligible to take advantage of President Barack Obama’s executive order issued last month on immigration reform.

“This is a unique opportunity the president presented, and we have to make the most of it,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel Friday after addressing the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition in an office at the Civic Opera House. “The light doesn’t go green for another 178 days. So we’ve got to get ready to make sure everybody’s prepared.”   Continue reading “Rahm, Rep. Gutierrez to Rally Immigrants Under Obama’s Executive Order”

NPR – by Krishnadev Calamur

We have more news today on The New Republic, which on Thursday announced that it was cutting its publication schedule, moving its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to New York and rebranding as a digital media company — decisions that prompted the departure of editor Franklin Foer and longtime literary editor Leon Wieseltier.

The majority of the magazine’s masthead resigned Friday, including senior editors Julia Ioffe, Noam Scheiber, executive editors Rachel Morris and Greg Veis, and contributing editors Anne Applebaum and Jonathan Chait. (You can find the full list over at Politico.)   Continue reading “Staffers Resign En Masse At ‘The New Republic’ Amid Planned Changes”

And will they get rid of Obamacare? No absolutely not.

Washington Examiner – by Philip Klein

On Dec. 24, 2009, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed President Obama’s healthcare law with a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority, triggering a massive backlash that propelled Republicans to control of the House the following year. On the Senate side, going into this year’s midterm elections, 25 senators who voted for Obamacare were already out or not going be part of the new Senate being sworn in next month. After Democratic losses on Nov. 4 and Saturday’s defeat of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., the number has risen to 30. In other words, half of the Senators who voted for Obamacare will not be part of the new Senate.   Continue reading “Half of the Senators who voted for Obamacare won’t be part of new Senate”

Daily Caller – by Neil Munro

President Barack Obama’s immigration deputies released 30,862 foreign criminals into the United States’ cities and neighborhoods, according to a federal document.

The document also showed that Obama repatriated less than 1 percent of the 12 million illegals living in the United States during the 12 months up to October 2014.   Continue reading “Obama Deputies Free 30,862 Foreign Criminals”

Bloomberg View – by Francis Wilkinson

It was the most Republican of times, it was the most Democratic of times.

That’s the U.S. right now, a nation heading in two diametrically opposed directions. Where you live in the country has always influenced how you live. But divergent public policy choices, rooted in sharp partisan conflict, are heightening the geographic distinctions.  Continue reading “America Is Coming Apart at the Seams”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

MCALLEN, Texas — A previously deported criminal alien went to court to fight charges and deportation, claiming he was a citizen of the world, but lost the case and is currently awaiting a possible 20-year sentence.

Earlier this week 40-year-old Victor Manuel Blancas Rosas was convicted of illegally re-entering the country after a short trial where he represented himself and his mental sanity was brought into question but a judge had ruled that he was competent enough to continue.   Continue reading “Criminal Alien Fights Immigration Charges and Loses”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

Authorities are looking into a fatal wreck caused by illegal alien smugglers, trying to elude capture, that resulted in their death while injuring seven others.

The wreck took place Wednesday morning near the farming town of Ricardo, Texas about 15 miles north of the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Sarita, Texas, according to information released by the Texas Department of Public Safety to Breitbart Texas.   Continue reading “Border Wreck Kills Two During Failed Human Smuggling Attempt”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

The results of DNA testing done by a European laboratory confirmed the identification of one of the 43 education students that had been kidnapped by police and later executed by a drug cartel.

On Sunday noon, Mexico’s Attorney General Jose Murillo Karam spoke in a televised press conference where he said that testing of human remains sent by his agency (PGR) to the University of Innsbruck had in fact given a match to Alexander Mora Venancio one of the 43 missing students.   Continue reading “Mexican Authorities Confirm Remains Are From One of 43 Missing Students”

Breitbart – by Brandon Darby

A Border Patrol agent is suffering multiple head fractures after an illegal alien attacked him and bashed his head in with a rock, according to several Border Patrol agents who spoke with Breitbart Texas on the condition of anonymity. The attack occurred near the Ajo Station of the Tucson Sector.

The agent was new to the U.S. Border Patrol agency. According to the sources, the illegal alien tackled the agent and used a rock to bash the agent’s head.   Continue reading “Illegal Alien Bashes Border Patrol Agent in Head with Rock, Agent Severely Injured”

Breitbart – by Robert Wilde

Not long after two adults made sexual abuse allegations against him, a veteran Los Angeles Police Department detective, while sitting in his parked car in a Palmdale parking lot, put a gun to his head, pulled the trigger, and killed himself.

Fifty-two-year-old Dennis Derr spent the last 17 years of his life with the LAPD, in which part of that time he investigated sexual assault cases. According to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau, two of his relatives accused Derr of molesting them.   Continue reading “LAPD Detective Shoots Himself After Sexual Assault Allegations”

Breitbart – by William Bigelow

The number of immigrants deported from the U.S. fell 14 percent for the year ending Sept. 30, even as the number of people caught crossing the border grew, the Los Angeles Times reports.

A draft ICE report shows immigration officials deported 315,943 people over the preceding year, the lowest one-year total since President Obama took office.    Continue reading “Report: Number of Illegal Aliens Deported Fell in 2014”

Breitbart – by Dr. Susan Berry

This past week, possible GOP 2016 presidential contender Jeb Bush doubled down on his support for the Common Core standards, scolding conservative critics of the controversial education reform by stating that he had “lost patience” with them and telling them they were not needed by moderate Republicans to win the White House.

With polls showing Republican support for Common Core plummeting, common sense would dictate that Bush call it a day with the nationalized standards, as has been done by other Republicans, such as Maine Gov. Paul LePage and U.S. Sen. David Vitter, who plans to run for governor of Louisiana next year.   Continue reading “Jeb Bush’s ‘Education Reform’ Empire”