Reuters

A computer network used by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack on Democratic political organizations, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The latest attack, which was disclosed to Reuters on Friday, follows two other hacks on the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, and the party’s fundraising committee for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.   Continue reading “Clinton campaign also hacked in attacks on Democrats”

CNS News – by Patrick Goodenough

With ten weeks to go until the end of the fiscal year, the Obama administration continues to admit Syrian refugees at an accelerated pace, and has now exceeded two-thirds of President Obama’s target of 10,000 by September 30.

The proportion of Christians among those resettled continues to languish below half of one percent, while other non-Sunnis account for just over one percent.   Continue reading “6,726 Syrian Refugees Admitted to U.S. So Far in FY16”

NBC Los Angeles

About 20,000 residents remained out of their homes Monday morning as the 51-square-mile Sand Fire continued to burn in Southern California’s Santa Clarita Valley.

The fire has burned about 10,000 acres per day since it began Friday in the hills north of Los Angeles.   Continue reading “10,000 Homes Evacuated Due to ‘Almost Unprecedented’ Wildfire”

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”