Bloomberg

China’s top internet regulator ordered major online companies including Sina Corp. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. to stop original news reporting, the latest effort by the government to tighten its grip over the country’s web and information industries.

The Cyberspace Administration of China imposed the ban on several major news portals, including Sohu.com Inc. and NetEase Inc., Chinese media reported in identically worded articles citing an unidentified official from the agency’s Beijing office. The companies have “seriously violated” internet regulations by carrying plenty of news content obtained through original reporting, causing “huge negative effects,” according to a report that appeared in The Paper on Sunday.   Continue reading “China Bans Internet News Reporting as Media Crackdown Widens”

Breitbart – by Ildefonso Ortiz

One of the largest newspapers along Mexico’s border with Texas is calling for a border wall with Central America, similar to the one being promoted by Republican Presidential Candidate Donald J. Trump.

The editorial board of El Mañana, one of the largest newspapers in the border state of Tamaulipas,  penned a piece called “Yes to the Border Wall … but in Mexico’s South.” The piece praises the idea of border wall, not on the border with Mexico, but on the border with Central America.   Continue reading “Mexican Newspaper: Build a Trump-Style Wall with Central America”

Roll Call – by John T. Bennett

Despite public admonishment of his Asian trade deal by some Democrats at the party’s convention this week, President Barack Obama continues to keep pushing for its approval.

“No,” Eric Schultz , principal deputy White House press secretary, responded flatly Friday when asked if the Democratic National Convention jeers had convinced Obama to drop his efforts to get floor votes on his Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after the Nov. 8 elections.
Continue reading “Despite Convention Jeers, Obama to Continue TPP”

New York Times – by Nicholas Casey

CUMANÁ, Venezuela — With delivery trucks under constant attack, the nation’s food is now transported under armed guard. Soldiers stand watch over bakeries. The police fire rubber bullets at desperate mobs storming grocery stores, pharmacies and butcher shops. A 4-year-old girl was shot to death as street gangs fought over food.

Venezuela is convulsing from hunger.   Continue reading “Venezuelans Ransack Stores as Hunger Grips the Nation”

Las Vegas Review Journal – by Keith Rogers

They resemble miniature Reaper drones, but the nimbler Sandstorm’s mission will veer sharply from its weapons-laden cousin as the Department of Energy explores using unmanned aircraft to respond to nuclear emergencies.

Instead of laser-guided missiles and bombs under its wings, the Sandstorm payload consists of radiation detection sensors and optical imagery gear. Named for designer Justin Sands of Henderson-based Unmanned Systems Inc., these sleek machines are more maneuverable, but like Reapers they have retractable nose gear and pneumatic brakes.   Continue reading “Drones with radiation detectors designed for nuclear emergencies”

The Daily Beast – by David Axe

U.S. and Russian fighter jets bloodlessly tangled in the air over Syria on June 16 as the American pilots tried and failed to stop the Russians from bombing U.S.-backed rebels in southern Syria near the border with Jordan.

The aerial close encounter underscores just how chaotic Syria’s skies have become as Russia and the U.S.-led coalition work at cross-purposes, each dropping bombs in support of separate factions in the five-year-old civil war.

Continue reading “U.S. and Russian Jets Clash Over Syria”

Military Times – by Andrew Tilghman

Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants to open the door for more “lateral entry” into the military’s upper ranks, clearing the way for lifelong civilians with vital skills and strong résumés to enter the officer corps as high as the O-6 paygrade.

The idea is controversial, to say the very least. For many in the rank-and-file military, it seems absurd, a bewildering cultural change that threatens to upend many assumptions about military life and traditional career paths. But while it’s not universally embraced, there is interest in Congress and among some of the military’s uniformed leaders — even, they say, in exploring how the services could apply this concept to the enlisted force.   Continue reading “The Pentagon’s controversial plan to hire military leaders off the street”

CBS Boston – by Christina Hager

WORCESTER (CBS) – Local Muslims want the public to know their religion does not condone any violence, and clearly not the horror in Orlando. “This barbaric act has no place in Islam,” said Tahir Ali during a vigil on the steps of Worcester City Hall.

Members of the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester gathered along with other clergy and political leaders for a public service at the end of a difficult week for the Islamic community.   Continue reading “Muslim Leader Says MBTA’s Response To Prayer Was ‘Understandable’”

Breitbart – by Ildefonso Ortiz

MCALLEN, Texas — A Pakistani man who entered the country illegally and tried to cover up the fact that he had travel documents from various countries is fighting the federal charges filed against him by the FBI.

Javaid Muhammad went before U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez on Tuesday morning for an arraignment hearing in connection with the federal indictment filed against him. On June 8, a federal grand jury handed down the document charging him with one count of lying to the FBI during an investigation. Muhammad is set to go on trial in August.   Continue reading “Pakistani Caught at Texas Border With Fake Documents Fights To Stay in U.S.”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

HOUSTON, Texas – Texas based Academy Sports and Outdoors has pulled “modern sporting rifles” from the shelves of its more than 200 stores in response to the Islamic terrorist attack in Orlando. The company, headquartered in Houston, is also reported to start requiring personal information from buyers of large quantities of ammunition.

“We got the call from corporate just before close to take the rifles off of display, only after all customers have left for the night. MSR’s are still for sale, but will not be displayed “for about a week or two,” a store manager who wished to remain unnamed told Reddit blogger, “Potato_Muncher.   Continue reading “Texas Based Academy Sports Pulls AR-15s From Display Shelves”

Breitbart – by Jerome Hudson

Rage Against the Machine guitarist and political activist Tom Morello will headline a nationwide concert tour to protest the Obama administration’s controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) international trade deal.

Dubbed the “Rock Against the TPP” roadshow, the concerts are designed to “raise awareness of the dangers of the TPP and build opposition to the toxic deal that was negotiated in secret with hundreds of corporate advisors,” according to a press release.   Continue reading “Rage Against the Machine Guitarist to Launch Anti-TPP Roadshow”

KGTV 10 News

SAN DIEGO – Police are investigating an online threat of violence to San Diego’s LGBT community that read: “You’re next.”

On Tuesday evening, a 10News viewer saw the post in the men-seeking-men section of the Craigslist San Diego personal ads. He took a screenshot and sent it to 10News before the post was flagged and removed.   Continue reading “Craigslist ad threatens Orlando-style massacre in San Diego”

Synopsis: “A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a man who has taken border patrol duties into his own racist hands”.

Apparently, in this Commie propaganda movie, we are supposed to feel sorry for the Mexicans coming into our country illegally because they want to be with their children (who probably came there illegally too) and are supposed to be mad at this patriot (who is laughingly declared a racist) who is trying to protect his own country by doing what the border patrol is not.    Continue reading “Check out this new movie coming out called, “Desierto”.”

Yahoo News

A federal grand jury in Nevada indicted Cliven Bundy and four others Wednesday on 16 charges related to an armed standoff near his ranch in 2014 over unpaid grazing fees.

The 69-year-old Nevada rancher was arrested Feb. 10 in Portland, Oregon, where his sons, Ammon and Ryan Bundy, are jailed and accused of organizing the occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. In the takeover, which lasted nearly six weeks, they had demanded that public lands be turned over to locals and that two area ranchers serving sentences for arson be freed.   Continue reading “Cliven Bundy, 4 others, face federal indictment in Nevada”

Sun Sentinel – by Megan O’Matz, Sally Kestin and John Maines

More Cubans are coming to Florida in their golden years to retire, able to tap U.S. government assistance even though they never lived or worked here.

The number of Cubans arriving over the age of 60 grew fivefold since 2010, according to state refugee data. At least 185 made the crossing in their 80s or 90s.

Unlike most other immigrants, Cubans qualify immediately for food stamps and Medicaid. If they are over 65 with little or no income, they also can collect a monthly check of up to $733 in Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

Continue reading “Cubans retire to Florida – with help from U.S. taxpayers”

Infowars – by Adan Salazar

Astonishing lapel cam footage shot by a Texas sheriff’s agency shows the moment dozens of illegal immigrants were rescued from a sweltering semi-trailer truck transporting them through the state.

“[D]eputies with the Frio County Sheriff’s Department and agents with the U.S. Border Patrol responded to a 911 call from someone who said they saw several people exiting a tractor-trailer parked at a convenience store in Frio County, southwest of San Antonio,” reports KXAS-TV.   Continue reading “Dozens of Dehydrated Illegals Pour Out of Semi Truck in Texas”

The Blaze – by Oliver Darcy

Matt Drudge issued a dare to President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Tuesday, during a rare radio interview with Alex Jones.

Drudge was responding to Jones asserting that a civil war may ensue if politicians attempt to confiscate guns.

“Well, because they are all armed themselves. Where they all have that security around them themselves. They don’t have to worry about [security],” said Drudge, who refused to be on camera.   Continue reading “In Rare Interview, Matt Drudge Issues Major Challenge to Obama and Hillary: ‘I Dare You!’”

New York Times – by Mark Scott

Europe’s highest court on Tuesday struck down an international agreement that allowed companies to move digital information like people’s web search histories and social media updates between the European Union and the United States. The decision left the international operations of companies like Google and Facebook in a sort of legal limbo even as their services continued working as usual.

The ruling, by the European Court of Justice, said the so-called safe harbor agreement was flawed because it allowed American government authorities to gain routine access to Europeans’ online information. The court said leaks from Edward J. Snowden, the former contractor for the National Security Agency, made it clear that American intelligence agencies had almost unfettered access to the data, infringing on Europeans’ rights to privacy.   Continue reading “Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid”