Weather Channel

A possible tornado caused minor injuries and left behind damages in Alabama Thursday, as flooding prompted officials in Tennessee to urge some residents to evacuate.

The storm impacted several homes in Reform, Alabama, according to the Associated Press. Photographs showed downed and splintered trees and homes with their shingles torn away. One mobile home was so shattered that it was barely recognizable.   Continue reading “Harvey Beyond Houston: Possible Tornado Causes Damage in Alabama; Tennessee Flooding Prompts Evacuations”

Forbes – by Nick Sibilla

In a major win for private property rights, a federal judge ruled that Indiana can no longer seize vehicles under its controversial civil forfeiture laws, which allow police to confiscate property without filing criminal charges. Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson ruled that Indiana’s laws were unconstitutional because they failed to provide a timely hearing for the property owner to contest the seizure.

The decision comes just days after Hoosier lawmakers held a summer study committee to discuss forfeiture reform, and less than a month after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new policy to expand police seizures nationwide.  Continue reading “Federal Judge Rules Indiana Seizing Cars With Civil Forfeiture Is Unconstitutional”

McClatchy DC – by Anita Kumar, Franco Ordoñez

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is expected to end an Obama-era program that shielded young people from deportation, but he will likely let the immigrants known as Dreamers stay in the United States until their work permits run out, according to multiple people familiar with the policy negotiation.

That plan would allow Trump to fulfill a campaign promise to end one of Barack Obama’s signature initiatives while also giving the president a way to keep the pledge he made after Inauguration Day to treat the Dreamers with “great heart,” said sources on both sides of the issue who are involved in the discussions.
Continue reading “Trump expected to halt Obama’s program but allow some Dreamers to stay temporarily”

The Organic Prepper

A man named Nash decided to protect his community from looters after Hurricane Harvey left the Houston area vulnerable. Unfortunately, after a disaster, some people decide it’s the perfect time to steal from others. This scenario is commonly known in survivalist circles as “without rule of law.”

It means that criminals aren’t concerned about consequences, 911 isn’t an option, and it is every person for themselves. If you aren’t ready to protect yourself, you are likely to become a victim.   Continue reading “Without Rule of Law: Video Shows Man With Shotgun Protecting His Houston Neighborhood”

AOL

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WXIN) — A longtime piece of artwork at IU is now at the center of controversy, leading to hundreds of students calling for school officials to take it down.

The painting is part of a 22-panel mural inside of Woodburn Hall on the Bloomington campus. The panel depicts Klansmen burning a cross.

A petition circulating on Change.org states:   Continue reading “Petition calls for removal of Indiana University mural depicting KKK scene”

Truth Stream Media – by Melissa Dykes

Remember 1984? In Orwell’s dystopic vision of the future, there was a huge difference between “truth” — what actually is — and “facts” — what a consensus has been led to believe.

Now the search engine giant Google will be delisting and censoring content that doesn’t follow “well-established” scientific, medical, or historical “facts”. Check out the company’s newly updated quality raters guidelines.   Continue reading “Google’s New Policies are Straight out of Orwell’s 1984”

Need to Know News

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, a Republican, signed a ‘sanctuary state’ bill into law that prohibits police from making an arrest based solely on the fact that they are in the country illegally. They must have a court order for that. The Governor says the bill is a two-page compromise from a 40-page bill filled with additional restrictions on police. Compromise or not, former supporters are saying that Rauner is the best Democrat Governor the state has ever had. –GEG
Continue reading “Illinois governor signs ‘sanctuary state’ bill into law”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

On January 26, 2016, LaVoy Finicum was shot and killed by Oregon State Police just moments after an FBI sniper took at least two shots at Finicum as he exited his white pick-up truck in a snow bank after avoiding a roadblock.

W. Joseph Astarita, a member of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, was indicted for lying and obstruction of justice in the shooting, and later entered a plea of not guilty and, unlike the Bundy’s or their supporters in either Oregon or Nevada, he walked without bail.

On that day, as Finicum exited the truck after shots were fired at the truck, two more shots, presumably that came from Astarita, were fired at him, missing him.   Continue reading “In Case Against FBI Sniper Who Shot At LaVoy Finicum, Ryan Bundy May Actually Have The Evidence”