Breitbart – by Kristina Wong

Gene Simmons, bassist and co-lead singer for the rock band KISS, made news when he visited the Pentagon on Thursday as part of an initiative to connect the American public to the United States military.

But it was his emotional remarks about what America meant to him and his late mother that were remarkable.  Continue reading “Gene Simmons of KISS Gives Emotional Tribute to America During Pentagon Visit”

NBC News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is going to provide and build tents to house 7,500 migrants at six locations near the border.

A Department of Defense spokesperson confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security made the request, and a Defense official said acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan is expected to sign the request.  Continue reading “U.S. military to build 6 tent cities near border for migrants”

Think Progress – by Zack Ford

White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley downplayed reports Friday that the Trump administration was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to remove immigrants from the country — but he didn’t rule out that it was still on the table.

“There are lots of tools at [President Donald Trump’s] disposal,” Gidley said, speaking with Fox & Friends. “We haven’t used them all and we’re looking at ways to protect the American people.”  Continue reading “White House confirms Trump is considering using the military to remove immigrants”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A homeowner in Seattle’s White Center neighborhood opened fire on a home intrusion suspect while talking to a police dispatcher on a 911 call.

Seattle PI reported that the homeowner could be heard opening fire about 4 minutes into the 911 call.  Continue reading “Homeowner Shoots Intruder During 911 Call”

ABC News

An F-16 crashed at March Reserve Air Force Base in Southern California on Thursday afternoon, hitting a warehouse located right by the runway.

Maj. Perry Covington, a public affairs officer, said the building was on fire, but it was contained by the sprinkler system. The pilot ejected and was OK, Covington said. Continue reading “F-16 crashes into building near runway at March Reserve Air Force Base in Southern California”

KBTX

COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) – Technology is the way of the future, and the U.S Army is staying ahead of the game. Army Futures Command got a peek into what could be headed their way soon at the Texas A&M RELLIS Campus Thursday morning.

“We are building the future right now,” said Geoffrey Howe with Howe & Howe Technologies.  Continue reading “Army preparing for future battlefields with unmanned vehicles”

Caitlin Johnstone

Journalist Whitney Webb recently tweeted a 2010 video clip I’d never seen before featuring US National Security Advisor John Bolton defending the use of deception in advancing military agendas, which highlights something we should all be paying attention to as Trump administration foreign policy becomes increasingly Boltonized.

On a December 2010 episode of Fox News’ Freedom Watch, Bolton and the show’s host Andrew Napolitano were debating about recent WikiLeaks publications, and naturally the subject of government secrecy came up.  Continue reading “That Time John Bolton Said It’s Good To Lie About War”

Daily Mail

Police fined a pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tried to cover his face when he saw a controversial facial recognition camera on a street in London.

Officers set up the camera on a van in Romford, East London, which then cross-checked photos of faces of passers-by against a database of wanted criminals. Continue reading “Police FINE pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tries to cover his face from facial recognition camera on the streets of London”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Red Bluff, CA — Henry Lane, 42, was in need of serious mental health help last month as he was seen banging on the door of a closed store. However, instead of mental health help, Lane got several Red Bluff police officers who chased him down and killed him. Body camera footage showing the cops execute the mentally ill man was just released this week.  Continue reading “Horrific Body Cam Shows Cops Publicly Execute Man for Holding a Flimsy Stick”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Albuquerque, NM — All too often we hear the police state apologist crowd tell those who advocate for police accountability that if people “don’t do anything wrong, they have nothing to worry about.” However, all too often, this is proven wrong as entirely innocent people are beaten, shot, or killed by cops and they did nothing wrong. As the following case illustrates, being entirely innocent is no defense from police kicking in your door and forcing their K-9 to tear you to shreds. Continue reading “Cops Break Into Innocent Man’s Home, Hold Him at Gunpoint, Force K-9 to Shred Him”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Saudi Arabia on Thursday blamed Iran for ordering an attack early this week on two Aramco pipeline booster stations, a strike that was intended as part of a broader sabotage campaign to disrupt world oil supplies, according to Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih.

The drone attacks came one day after a string of attacks on two Saudi oil tankers and two other vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, and caused the temporary closure of a vital east-west pipeline traversing the kingdom, since reopened.  Continue reading “Saudis Claim Iran Ordered Aramco Pipeline Drone Attack”