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Hillary Clinton posted a photo of herself shaking hands with a potential voter to her Twitter account, but it was quickly removed after her followers became upset, and it’s likely due to the interesting tattoo he had on his arm.

The Democratic front-runner for the 2016 presidential election was at a campaign stop in New Hampshire on July 3, walking the streets and meeting likely voters outside of an ice cream parlor, BuzzFeed reported. During her walk, her campaign said that she met and shook hands with quite a number of people, but one in particular caused an issue.   Continue reading “Hillary Clinton Shakes Hands With Voter & Deletes Picture, Tattoo Says It All”

Activist Post – by Amanda Warren

Did I just hear and see what I think I did?

A recent Live Leak cell phone video demonstrates an officer schooling another cop about citizen rights and personal liberty.

The only thing we know so far is that it happened on the 4th of July, where police are gathered in the street over something to do with fireworks. He wants the others to leave someone and their home alone. Perhaps the situation was so asinine and in need of no force, that one officer just couldn’t take it anymore.   Continue reading “Watch This Officer School Another Cop About Civil Liberties”

Yahoo News

Medicare said Wednesday it plans to pay doctors to counsel patients about end-of-life care, the same idea that sparked accusations of “death panels” and fanned a political furor around President Barack Obama’s health care law six years ago.

The policy change, to take effect Jan. 1, was tucked into a massive regulation on payments for doctors. It suggests that what many doctors regard as a common-sense option is no longer seen by the Obama administration as politically toxic. Counseling would be entirely voluntary for patients.   Continue reading “Medicare to Cover End-of-Life Counseling”

MassPrivateI

A report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) titled “Local Police Departments, 2013: Equipment and Technology” shows a massive increase in police surveillance of Americans.

According to the BJS report, 17 percent of America’s police departments use automated license plate readers to spy on Americans.  About 1 in 6 local police departments used automated vehicle license plate readers in 2013, including a majority of those serving a population of 25,000 or more.   Continue reading “Nearly half of America’s police departments use public surveillance cameras to spy on Americans”

The Intercept – by George Joseph

Extensive records from SWAT team raids in northeastern Massachusetts released today by the American Civil Liberties Union corroborate what police reform advocates have long insisted: that “Special Weapons And Tactics” units spend a majority of their time responding to low-risk situations that do not require SWAT’s quasi-military approach.   Continue reading “New SWAT Documents Give Snapshot of Ugly Militarization of U.S. Police”

Investors Business Daily – by Paul Sperry

Under a sweeping new federal housing mandate, the Obama administration threatens to withhold funding for cities and counties that fail to remove local zoning laws and other potentially “discriminatory barriers” that restrict low-income housing in wealthy neighborhoods.

More than 1,200 municipalities will be impacted by the highly contested rule, which the Housing and Urban Development Department put into effect Wednesday.   Continue reading “Obama Administration Mandates Diversity In Suburbs”

Mail.com

SAN DIEGO (AP) — For nearly a century, an urn containing the ashes of a Civil War-era Medal of Honor recipient remained in an unmarked grave with other unclaimed remains at a San Diego cemetery.

Thanks to efforts to locate all those awarded the nation’s highest military award, the cremated remains of Army Sgt. Charles Schroeter were found and will be re-buried Thursday at Miramar National Cemetery.   Continue reading “Civil War-era soldier to be buried at national cemetery”

Mail.com

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A young woman convicted in a 50-mile crime spree that left one Utah sheriff’s deputy dead and another wounded was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

State Judge Darold McDade handed down 18-year-old Meagan Grunwald’s term following emotional testimony about the January 2014 chase from the injured lawman. Utah County Sheriff’s Deputy Greg Sherwood told the judge that after he was shot in the head and fighting for his life in his police cruiser, Grunwald drove past him without stopping to help.   Continue reading “Utah woman convicted in deputy’s death gets 30 years to life”

Fox News – by Lynne Russell

The United States of America is a great country. You can debate absolutely anything, whether or not it has merit, and whether or not it’s any of your business.

But guns? There’s nothing to debate. Throw out all the numbers and expert opinions. I’ve got your expert right here, and it’s called EXPERIENCE.     Continue reading “‘Nothing to debate’: Second Amendment, legal gun in my purse saved our lives”

Detroit Free Press – by Niraj Warikoo

Federal agents have raided the Southfield offices of the Michigan Jewish Institute, a university that has come under questioning because of its finances and use of Pell grants.

Agents executed a search warrant Tuesday, Catherine Grant, a spokeswoman for the federal Department of Education’s office of the Inspector General, told the Free Press. The institute is tied to the local chapter of the Chabad-Lubavitch, an Orthodox Jewish group with a growing campus in West Bloomfield.   Continue reading “Federal agents raid Jewish Institute in Southfield”

What skewed reporting!

WTOP

WASHINGTON — A confrontation is drawing near over the labeling of genetically modified foods.

Sixty-four countries require that genetically modified foods be labeled, and three states — Vermont, Connecticut and Maine — have done the same. At least 15 other states are considering such requirements.   Continue reading “Competing proposals seek to address fears of genetically modified food”

The Federalist – by Tom Nichols

There’s a basic difference in the traditions of political science between “authoritarians” and “totalitaritarians.” People throw both of these words around, but as is so often the case, they’re using words they may not always understand. They have real meaning, however, and the difference between them is important.

Continue reading “The New Totalitarians Are Here”

KATU

PORTLAND, Ore. – The former owners of a Gresham bakery found guilty of discriminating against a lesbian couple have now been told to pay their big fine by Friday.

Melissa and Aaron Klein have been ordered to pay the couple $135,000 for refusing to bake a cake for their wedding.

The decision from Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian also slaps a cease-and-desist order on the Kleins, banning them from advertising their beliefs. The couple contends the ruling is too broad and violates their First Amendment rights.   Continue reading “Sweet Cakes owners told to pay fine or face lien on home”

Wall Street Journal – by Gregor Stuart Hunter

Chinese shares made their biggest daily gain in six years Thursday, restoring confidence in Beijing’s suite of attempts to rescue its struggling stock market.

The Shanghai Composite rose 5.8% to 3709.33, after losses in eight of the last 10 trading days. The smaller Shenzhen market rose 3.8%. Still, both indexes have lost around a third of their value in the past month. The small-cap ChiNext board, which has shed some 38% from its June highs, rose 3%.   Continue reading “China Stocks Make Biggest Daily Gain in Six Years”

ABC News

The South Carolina House has approved a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, and the flag could be removed within days.

The move early Thursday came after more than 13 hours of debate.

The House approved the Senate bill by more than a two-thirds margin. The bill now heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Nikki Haley, who supports the measure.   Continue reading “South Carolina House Approves Bill to Remove Confederate Flag”

ABC News

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Wednesday that in order to grow the economy “people should work longer hours” — a comment that the Bush campaign argues was a reference to underemployed part-time workers but which Democrats are already using to attack him.

During an interview that was live-streamed on the app Periscope, Bush told New Hampshire’s The Union Leader that to grow the economy, “people should work longer hours.”   Continue reading “Jeb Bush: People Need to Work Longer Hours”

CNBC – by Chris Morris

Dennis Hof, owner of the Bunny Ranch chain of brothels in Nevada, wants to go to Washington.

The business owner and star of the HBO series “Cathouse” said he has formed an exploratory committee to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by the powerful Democrat Harry Reid. The senator said he is retiring and will not seek re-election in 2016. Hof recently joined the Libertarian Party and said he would run as one if he commits to a run.   Continue reading “Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hof considers US Senate run”

Curry Coastal Pilot – by Jane Stebbins

If the citizens of Cedar Valley — illegally sprayed with herbicides in October of 2013 — felt invalidated and ignored after a settlement with the aerial sprayer was announced last week, they were even more stunned Tuesday when State Sen. Jeff Kruse (R) denounced their characters, as well.

His statement came during the third hearing of House Bill 3549 — the so-called baby buffer bill — that would require pilots to avoid homes and schools when they spray poisonous chemicals.   Continue reading “Citizens “illegally sprayed with herbicides” denounced by Sen. Kruse”

RT

The United States Air Force is taking steps to update the Cold War-era B61 nuclear bomb to Mod 12 ‒ or twelfth iteration ‒ completing tests with a mock up version of the weapon in Nevada’s Great Basin Desert.

The B61 has been a top weapon in the US nuclear arsenal since its development at the height of the Cold War in 1963. The intermediate-yield thermonuclear weapon can be delivered by a supersonic aircraft. It is designed to cause a two-stage radiation implosion, but it is a “gravity bomb” – which just means that it’s unguided.   Continue reading “US Air Force drops (expensive) mock nuclear bomb in Nevada”