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“It’s not our fault,” Jacob Rosales said. I had asked the recent high-school graduate what he wants people to know about life on the reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. “There’s a liquor store right across from the border,” he continued after a pause, pointing off into the distance. “Right over there.” Continue reading “The Real Legacy of Crazy Horse”
New York and London (CNN Business)Chevron has evacuated all of its American oil workers from Iraq following last week’s US airstrike in Baghdad.
Chevron (CVX), America’s No. 2 oil company, said in a statement Monday that as a “precautionary measure” its expatriate employees and contractors have left the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq “for the time being.” Chevron does not have oil workers elsewhere in Iraq. Continue reading “Chevron pulls oil workers from Iraq”
(AP) – Two top Senate Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to immediately declassify the administration’s reasoning for the deadly strike on an Iranian official.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Senate Foreign Relation Committee’s Sen. Robert Menendez say there’s “no legitimate justification” for keeping the information from the public.
Continue reading “Congress demands answers from Trump about Iran general’s death”
A top Iranian general has warned that the Islamic republic will target the US military to avenge the assassination of leading military commander Qassem Soleimani last week.
In a CNN interview broadcast Sunday, Maj. Gen. Hossein Dehghan — who advises Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — said that Iran’s response will “for sure will be military and against military sites.” Continue reading “Iran will target U.S. military personnel, bases to avenge Soleimani’s death”
TEL AVIV – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday discussed Iran’s “malign influence” following the American airstrike in Iraq on the top Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani.
“Netanyahu and I just spoke and underscored the importance of countering Iran’s malign influence and threats to the region. I am always grateful for Israel’s steadfast support in defeating terrorism,” Pompeo wrote on Twitter. Continue reading “Pompeo, Netanyahu Discuss Next Steps over Iran’s ‘Malign Influence’”
Three rockets landed inside the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, home to the US Embassy and the seat of Iraq’s government, city residents said on Sunday.
Alert sirens were sounded in the area on the west bank of the Tigris River. Continue reading “3 rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad”
Close to 400,000 anchor babies were born in the United States in 2019 as an executive order to end birthright citizenship gets kicked down the road for another year by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Analysis conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies revealed in 2018 that about 300,000 U.S.-born children of illegal aliens are born every year. These children, often referred to as “anchor babies,” immediately obtain American citizenship and anchor their illegal or foreign parents in the country. Continue reading “Nearly 400K Anchor Babies Born in 2019, Exceeding U.S. Births in 48 States”
Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard
FBI gun background checks, linked closely to weapons sales, recorded the second-highest month ever in December, propelling 2019’s count to the most since the National Instant Criminal Background Check System began in 1998.
The agency said Monday morning that it recorded 28,369,750 background checks in 2019, a 3% jump over the last record set in 2016. Continue reading “Record gun sales checks in 2019, NICS at all-time high: FBI”
An $80million bounty has been placed on Donald Trump’s head in Iran in the wake of General Qasem Soleimani’s assassination.
During the televised funeral, an unidentified eulogist speaking on official state television said one US dollar should be tabled for every Iranian in the country, with the cash going to whoever killed the US President. Continue reading “Iran offers $80million bounty for Donald Trump’s head after death of general”
Veterans Today – by Dr. Trita Parsi
1. Iraqi prime minister says Soleimani was in Iraq for a mediation effort
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has made some shocking revelations that put the assassination of Soleimani in a completely different light. He told the Iraqi parliament on Sunday that he “was supposed to meet Soleimani on the morning of the day he was killed, he came to deliver me a message from Iran responding to the message we delivered from Saudi to Iran.” Continue reading “Iraqi PM Confirms Soleimani on Diplomatic Mission at the Request of the United States”
The annual marketing campaign pushing people to receive flu vaccinations is in full force. CVS Pharmacies is offering a 20% off shopping pass if you purchase a flu vaccine. Continue reading “23 Seniors Died After Receiving Flu Shot Sold by Pharmacies”
Arthur F. Wayne, INTELCASTER – As was to be expected after the US-Israeli governments their reckless assassination of a General of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Qasem Soleimani (Quds Force), the information warfare machine was unleashed upon the world on January 3, 2020. Continue reading “US-Iran War: Initial Report (January 6, 2020)”
In July 2019, Jeffrey Epstein, already a convicted sex offender, was arrested and charged with sex trafficking by federal prosecutors. On August 10, Epstein was found dead in his federal jail cell at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC).
The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Epstein’s death a suicide by hanging, but a forensic pathologist who observed the four-hour autopsy on behalf of Epstein’s brother, Mark, tells 60 Minutes the evidence released so far points more to murder than suicide in his view. Dr. Michael Baden’s key reason: the unusual fractures he saw in Epstein’s neck. Continue reading “60 Minutes investigates the death of Jeffrey Epstein”
Tech Republic – by N.F. Mendoza
Charmin is getting a bit cheeky at CES 2020 with a toilet paper robot.
That’s right, a TP bot. It will bring your toilet paper to you in a hurry if you find yourself stranded on the commode without a roll. Consider it the ultimate in a smart home. Continue reading “Charmin debuts a toilet paper robot and a bathroom smell sensor at CES 2020”
Ricky Gervais skewered ‘woke’ Hollywood, made jokes about Jeffrey Epstien, Harvey Weinstein and Prince Andrew, and tackled topics such as MeToo and ISIS as he left his A-list audience wincing during his opening monologue at the 77th Golden Globe awards.
Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, and Gwyneth Paltrow were left with stunned looks on their faces as Gervais mocked Felicity Huffman over the college admission scandal, branded James Corden a ‘massive p****’ and ripped Judi Dench for ‘licking her own a***hole’ in his eight-minute speech. Continue reading “Golden Globes 2020: Ricky Gervais shocks with opening words”
The mysterious drone swarms spotted over Colorado that have vexed the governor, law enforcement and residents might not be so mysterious after all.
While no one has taken responsibility, and even the Federal Aviation Administration has claimed ignorance, the answer could be a secretive Air Force program intended to keep prying eyes away from nuclear missile silos. Continue reading “Could mystery of Colorado drone sightings finally be explained?”
The senior general and commander of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, responsible for Iranian military operations abroad, was killed in a US drone strike early Friday morning, ramping up tensions between Tehran and Washington.
The Middle East Media Research Institute has dug up year-and-a-half-old footage of a speech given by Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in which the Quds Force commander blasts US President Donald Trump over his “idiotic” Twitter comments and warns the US against starting a conflict with Iran. Continue reading “Video of Soleimani Taunting Trump Over ‘Idiotic’ Tweets, Comparing Him to Bartender Surfaces Online”
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Organizers of a monthly storytelling gathering for the children of soldiers are planning to spend part of their next meeting making yellow ribbons. A doughnut shop owner who often donates his fried goods to troops who are shipping out has spent the last few days rushing a batch of hundreds.
And Jade Morales, a young military wife, welcomed the new year feeling deeply unsettled as her husband, so close to retirement from the U.S. Army, hurried off to an uncertain situation with far less warning than usual. Continue reading “As 3,500 Soldiers Deploy, a ‘Whirlwind’ Whips Through Fort Bragg”
Department of Justice – November 13, 2019
Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Project Guardian, a new initiative designed to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws across the country. Specifically, Project Guardian focuses on investigating, prosecuting, and preventing gun crimes. Continue reading “Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Launch of Project Guardian – A Nationwide Strategic Plan to Reduce Gun Violence”
Just hours after Iraq voted to expel US troops stationed in Iraq, Trump made it clear that he has no interest in vacating the nation that has been a stalwart US military outpost in the middle east for nearly two decades ever since it was invaded by, well, the US in search of non-existent weapons of mass destruction, and speaking to reporters on Air Force One said “we’re not leaving” unless Iraq “pays us back” for a US air base built in Iraq.
“We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. Long before my time. We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for it.” Trump told the AF1 reporter pool. Continue reading “Trump Says “US Will Not Leave” Iraq Unless Billions For Air Base Are Repaid, Threatens Baghdad With “Very Big” Sanctions”