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Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen urged lawmakers to tread lightly when it comes to overhauling the central bank, warning that proposed changes could undermine its ability to support the economy.
In prepared testimony, Yellen will tout the Fed’s own efforts to boost its transparency as a way to discourage lawmakers from pushing their own proposals to bring the Fed under stricter oversight. Continue reading “Yellen urges Congress to be wary of Fed reforms”
Conservative Daily – by Joe Otto
Democrats are pushing for a new executive order that would allow the President to delay and suspend gun purchases indefinitely!
The man behind the massacre in Charleston was able to buy a gun because the FBI dropped the ball with his background check. He had an arrest for drug possession on file but the NICS background check agent couldn’t find evidence of a conviction. Continue reading “Push for New Exec Order: Obama Decides When You Can Buy A Gun”
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel landed in an open area near Ashkelon late Wednesday night. No injuries were reported.
Israeli planes struck Gaza “terror infrastructure” targets in response, the Israel Defense Forces later confirmed. Continue reading “Israel strikes Gaza targets after rocket fired at Ashkelon area”
With the stroke of a pen, Wisconsin’s governor passed a two-year spending bill which also strikes down a key wage protection law. The prevailing wage law ensured government contract workers were paid comparable rates in any given industry.
“With this budget, taxpayers come first,” said Republican Governor Scott Walker announcing the passage of his $72.7 billion biennial budget. Continue reading “Wisconsin governor strips workers’ wage protections”
FLAT GAP, Ky. (AP) — Kevin Johnson stood weeping among the rubble of this devastated town, weighing an impossible decision.
A wake is scheduled Thursday afternoon for his 74-year-old mother, killed when a flash flood destroyed her trailer three days ago and swept her away. But his son, who tried to save her, remains missing. Continue reading “Heartache, fatigue amid search for Kentucky flood victims”
A South Carolina judge on Thursday extended a temporary order sealing court documents and silencing all participants in the Charleston church massacre case until next Wednesday.
The South Carolina Press Association is challenging the gag order by Ninth Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson last week banning the release of documents in the case, including 911 police dispatch calls, coroner’s reports and witness statements. Continue reading “South Carolina judge extends order sealing court documents in church massacre”
Military Times – by Leo Shane III
A pair of California lawmakers want to know why paperwork required to finalize veterans’ disability claims ended up in a Los Angeles shredding bin.
The latest embarrassing episode for the Veterans Affairs Department comes alongside questions surrounding 240,000 deceased veterans on agency medical waiting lists and worries from senators that physician credentialing problems in Arizona may stop cancer treatments for veterans there. Continue reading “Report: Vets’ disability claims ended up in shred bins”
A Houston County grand jury didn’t indict a Dothan police officer who fatally shot a man during an altercation at an animal shelter.
District Attorney Doug Valeska told the Dothan Eagle that the case is now considered closed.
According to Dothan police, Robert Earl Lawrence, 30, was shot during an altercation with a police officer at the Dothan Animal Shelter on Dec. 30, 2014. He later died at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. Continue reading “Alabama police officer who fatally shot sovereign citizen will not be charged”
The Obama administration must be working really hard to see how many criminal illegal aliens they can released. It’s like they’re trying to break a record. In Arizona they released 260 criminal illegals in just three short weeks! Continue reading “DHS Released 260 Criminal Illegal Aliens In 3 Weeks In 1 State”
The controversial military drill spanning seven states known as Jade Helm 15 has officially begun, but with no media allowed to cover the exercises, people have taken to Twitter to speculate on and poke fun at the hysteria surrounding the war games.
Expected to feature more than 1,200 troops from all US military branches, including some 200 Special Operations forces, the drills are scheduled to last until September 15. Little is officially known about the drills, but analysts have suggested they may be simulating scenarios in which American troops engage Islamic State militants in the Middle East as well as other adversaries. Continue reading “Jade Helm military drills begin without media access, Twitter blows up”
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — George H.W. Bush, the oldest living former U.S. president, fell at his summer home on Wednesday and broke a bone in his neck but was doing OK, a spokesman said.
Bush, 91, was hospitalized in stable condition and was doing “fine” after Wednesday’s fall, spokesman Jim McGrath said. McGrath tweeted that the 41st president would be in a neck brace. Continue reading “George HW Bush, 91, falls at Maine home, breaks bone in neck”
A corrections officer escorting an inmate to his cell was beaten to death Wednesday at a far northeast Texas prison, Department of Criminal Justice officials said.
The officer was escorting the inmate from a dayroom at the Telford Unit when he was attacked with an object, prison agency spokesman Jason Clark said. Officials did not immediately identify the weapon. Continue reading “Texas Corrections Officer Killed in Inmate Attack”
Christian Mercenary – by TL Davis
I have been waiting a long time for people in this community to decide that enough is enough and contact me with plans to do something in the face of the continual abuses of the federal government. I don’t know what it takes to motivate resistance. We are witnessing the absolute destruction of our society and I know there are those out there who deplore the changes taking place in our society, but none who are motivated to act.
I know there are those who are thinking locally and who are developing strong communication systems, who are busy building the skills of their tribe. And while that is absolutely commendable and to be honest, one of the systems upon which I will rely when the SHTF, there needs to be more. There needs to be an actual resistance, an actual leader who is willing to stand up, with the weight of those dedicated to liberty and confront the actions being taken in our name. Continue reading “How Long Before You Resist?”
Indian Country – by Simon Moya-Smith
As many as 100 people marched through the streets of Denver on Tuesday to protest the death of a mentally ill Native American man who was shot multiple times by police late Sunday.
A Denver police officer, whose name has not been released, shot Paul Castaway, 35, four times in the torso after officers said Castaway had gotten “dangerously close” with a knife, The Denver Post reported. Continue reading “Police Shoot, Kill Mentally Ill Native American Man; Family Demands Justice”