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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”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

On Friday, conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham called out top House GOP leaders for wanting to give permanent legal status to nearly all of the country’s illegal immigrants even after an election in which Republicans took back Congress because Americans disapproved of President Barack Obama and Democrats on illegal immigration and amnesty.

On The Laura Ingraham Show, Ingraham, whose relentless campaign against former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) because of his pro-amnesty positions not only helped oust him in a shocking June primary but also derailed whatever chance an amnesty bill had of passing in the last Congress, simply asked, “What is the point of having a Republican Congress?”   Continue reading “Laura Ingraham: House GOP Leadership Putting Out ‘Welcome Mat’ for Illegals”

Breitbart – by Sarah Rumpf

AUSTIN, Texas — Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Friday that Florida would be joining the lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott against the Obama administration for the President’s executive immigration actions to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.

As Breitbart Texas reported on Wednesday, Abbott, joined by seventeen other states, filed a complaint in the United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas, alleging that Obama’s executive action violates the Take Care Clause of Article II, § 3, clause 5 of the United States Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§551 et seq.    Continue reading “Florida Joins Texas-Led Lawsuit Against Obama’s Executive Amnesty”

CNBC – by Jeff Cox

Consider it a brutal lesson in government math.

Friday’s turbocharged jobs headline came thanks to seasonal adjustments and other wizardry at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which reported that U.S. job growth hit 321,000 even as the unemployment rate held steady at 5.8 percent.

Those numbers, courtesy of establishment survey estimates, sound nice on the surface, and they certainly present reasons if not for unbridled optimism then at least confidence that the job market continues to mend and is on a pretty steady trajectory higher.   Continue reading “Hold on: Jobs report wasn’t so great after all”

CNS News – by Ali Meyer

The labor force participation rate remained at a 36-year low of 62.8 percent in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The participation rate, which is the percentage of the civilian noninstitutional population who participated in the labor force by either having a job during the month or actively seeking one, was 62.8 percent in November which matches the percentage since March 1978.   Continue reading “Labor Force Participation Remains at 36-Year Low”

National Review – by Joel Gehrke

Senator Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) seized on a White House admission that beneficiaries of President Obama’s immigration orders will receive tax credits, a sign that the orders amount to more than an exercise of prosecutorial discretion.

“This is yet one more illustration of the enormous cost inflicted by the President’s illegal action,” Sessions told National Review Online in a statement. “He has now launched a new $100 million facility and staffing operation to provide illegal immigrants with the exact benefits rejected by Congress – including work permits, Social Security and Medicare. These credits will cost American taxpayers billions every year and represent an enormous cash transfer from American workers to lower-wage illegal workers. These tax credits are not refunds, but a direct cash payment from the Treasury to illegal immigrants – at a time when the Treasury is running huge deficits.”   Continue reading “Jeff Sessions: Obama Is Giving Cash Benefits to Illegal Immigrants”

The Telegraph – by Justin Huggler

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Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

One billion barrels of oil have officially been produced from the Eagle Ford shale formation.

More than 70 percent of the production from the shale has occurred during the last two years alone, according to the Houston Chronicle.

The good news, however, comes as the future of Texas’ gas and oil industry looks somewhat bleak. As Saudi Arabia continues to inundate the U.S. with cheap oil, some Texas producers could be pushed out of the global energy market. The Saudis’ recent efforts have already wiped “hundreds of billions of dollars in equity value from the market capitalization of U.S.-traded securities,” the Dallas Morning News reported.     Continue reading “1 Billion Barrels of Oil Produced from Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

Gruesome cartel massacres continue in Mexico despite the many promises made by that country’s government about putting an end to the security crisis that has plagued its image.

Authorities found five torched bodies on Saturday evening that had been left inside a truck near a rural village in the Mexican southern State of Guerrero. Just last week, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico warned tourist about travelling to Guerrero where the resort beach town of Acapulco used to draw hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. However, according to various news reports tourism has sharply declined.   Continue reading “Cartel Violence Rages in Mexico Despite Promises of Security from Officials”

Breitbart – by Chriss W. Street

This week, State Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) formally requested that Governor Jerry Brown impose a moratorium on oil trains after a Union Pacific freight train carrying grain derailed along the Feather River in Northern California last week. Yet with California the second largest consumer of energy and state production of crude oil cut in half, the Brown administration has no intention of banning trains bringing in cheap North Dakota crude oil at $49.69 a barrel. Without oil trains, Brown’s climate change initiatives will cause California energy prices to skyrocket.   Continue reading “Brown Needs Oil Trains to Prevent Skyrocketing Energy Prices”

Breitbart – by William Bigelow

According to Gov. Jerry Brown’s top policy aide, Brown wants to let illegal immigrants protected by Barack Obama’s new executive amnesty become eligible for state-funded Medi-Cal coverage.

Nancy McFadden, speaking Wednesday at an event run by the leftist Public Policy Institute of California, implied that one hurdle to Brown’s action would be the cost,according to the Los Angeles Times: “We’re still evaluating, but the president’s recent action on undocumented immigrants could perhaps open a door for more coverage of more people under Medi-Cal. We’re looking at that. That, of course, is going to cost money.’’   Continue reading “Brown Looking to Allow Illegals Access to Medi-Cal”

Breitbart – by Caroline May

Despite an increase in the rate of apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the border, the number of people the Obama administration deported last year plunged, according to data obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

The newspaper cites a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement draft report that found, for the year ending on Sept. 30, the Obama administration removed 315,943 people. That’s down 14 percent from the previous year and is the fewest deported by the Obama administration to date.    Continue reading “Report: Illegal Immigrant Deportations Plunged Even Before Obama’s Amnesty”

Yahoo News – by Lisa Baertlein

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp, aiming to give cooling U.S. traffic a jolt, on Thursday announced it will add beer, wine, and evening snacks to thousands of domestic cafes, widen lunch offerings and roll out mobile ordering.

Such efforts are part of the world’s biggest coffee chain’s plan to broaden its appeal as a destination with consumers who are spending more time shopping online rather than in malls and Main Street stores.   Continue reading “Starbucks eyes booze, food and technology to boost U.S. growth”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

Guatemalan immigration officials are seeing an increase in people leaving their country hoping to benefit from President Barack Obama’s executive order that granted amnesty to approximately 5 million illegal aliens living in America.

Following the November 20 announcement about executive action on immigration, Guatemala has seen a spike in migration from individuals thinking they will also benefit from it, Guatemala’s La Prensa Libre reported.      Continue reading “Obama Decree Increasing Illegal Immigration, Says Guatemalan Press”

Washington Post – by Missy Ryan

The U.S. military will subject Syrian rebels taking part in a new training program to psychological evaluations, biometrics checks and stress tests under a screening plan that goes well beyond the steps the United States normally takes to vet foreign soldiers, a sign of the risks the Obama administration faces as it expands support for armed groups in Syria.

Officials said the screening program, developed chiefly by the U.S. Central Command, will rely on what was described as a “common core” of screening protocols, including running trainees’ names through U.S. and foreign intelligence databases, collecting biometric data and, when possible, seeking information from fighters’ home communities. Rebel commanders will be subject to additional screening.   Continue reading “U.S. will use psych evaluations, stress tests to screen Syrian rebels for training”