RT

A “shocking” 91 percent of young American voters would like to see an independent candidate on the November ballot to challenge presumptive candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, a new poll shows.

According to a Data Targeting survey, 55 percent of Americans polled between May 12 and 15 favor having an independent presidential candidate to consider this year, in addition to the two traditional party choices.   Continue reading “Nearly every young American voter wants an independent candidate on the ballot – poll”

Mail.com

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — All seven crew members made it out safely when their B-52 crashed on Guam shortly after takeoff, the U.S. Air Force said. No injuries were reported. The plane aborted on takeoff and caught fire at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday Guam time, Pacific Air Forces public affairs said. It crashed on the flight line of the base.

“We are thankful that the air crew are safe,” Brig. Gen. Douglas Cox, 36th Wing Commander, said in a news release. “Because of their quick thinking and good judgment in this emergency situation, the aircrew not only saved their lives but averted a more catastrophic incident.”   Continue reading “All 7 crew members safe as B-52 crashes on Guam”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — Two-thirds of Americans would have difficulty coming up with the money to cover a $1,000 emergency, according to an exclusive poll released Thursday, a signal that despite years of recovery from the Great Recession, Americans’ financial conditions remain precarious as ever.

These financial difficulties span all income levels, according to the poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Seventy-five percent of people in households making less than $50,000 a year would have difficulty coming up with $1,000 to cover an unexpected bill. But when income rose to between $50,000 and $100,000, the difficulty decreased only modestly to 67 percent.   Continue reading “Poll: Two-thirds of US would struggle to cover $1,000 crisis”

Reuters

Two Chinese fighter jets carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, drawing a rebuke from Beijing, which demanded that Washington end surveillance near China.

The incident, likely to increase tension in and around the contested waterway, took place in international airspace on Tuesday as the U.S. maritime patrol aircraft carried out “a routine U.S. patrol,” a Pentagon statement said.   Continue reading “Chinese jets intercept U.S. military plane over South China Sea: Pentagon”

Reuters

“He’s a magician, he’s a magician,” the partisan crowd chanted as a beaming Benjamin Netanyahu strode into his party headquarters a little over a year ago to declare a come-from-behind victory in Israel’s election.

Now, with the expected entry into his right-wing government of ultranationalist Avigdor Lieberman as defense minister, it looks like Netanyahu, in his fourth term as premier, has pulled off another piece of political sleight of hand worthy of a “House of Cards” script.   Continue reading “Netanyahu pulls off coalition surprise to upend Israeli politics”

“That the judicial power of the United States, will lean strongly in favor of the general government, and will give such an explanation to the constitution, as will favor an extension of its jurisdiction, is very evident from a variety of considerations.”

From the 11th essay of “Brutus” taken from The New-York Journal, January 31, 1788.

The nature and extent of the judicial power of the United States, proposed to be granted by the constitution, claims our particular attention.   Continue reading “Anti-Federalist Paper No. 80 – The Power Of The Judiciary (Part 2)”

Professional Troublemaker – by Jonathan Corbett

In March I wrote Part I of my journey to see if the rumors are true that it’s impossible for the average citizen to get a license to carry a handgun in New York City.  Part I described the application, $430 filing fee, and then the follow-up where the City asked for more than 2 dozen additional pieces of documentation, all of which I provided but could not seem to get in touch with the NYPD officer assigned to investigate my application.   Continue reading “Is It *Really* Impossible To Get A Gun License in NYC? (Part II)”

AllGov – by Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press

The Justice Department urged a federal judge to keep some records sealed in a criminal proceeding linked to a former business associate of Donald Trump. Among prosecutors’ reasons: To avoid media attention.

The case is related to Felix Sater, a former Mafia informant and one-time business associate of Trump. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan unsealed more than 200 documents related to Sater.   Continue reading “Justice Dept. Wants to Keep Media Eyes off Court Records on Former Trump Associate’s Mafia Informant Work”

New York Times – by Declan Walsh

CAIRO — Egypt and Greece mounted a marine search-and-rescue operation in the southern Aegean Sea early Thursday for an EgyptAir passenger jet with 66 people on board that suddenly disappeared over the Mediterranean shortly before it was due to land in Cairo.

The reason for the plane’s disappearance was unclear, but the developments touched off fears about terrorism and investigations in Egypt, Greece and France, where the plane took off. Aviation security in Egypt has been under intense scrutiny since a bomb brought down a Russian airliner over the Sinai Peninsula in October, killing all 224 people on board, and France has tightened airport security after a series of terrorist attacks last year.

Continue reading “EgyptAir Flight Disappears Over Mediterranean”

Rense.com

U. S. Code Title 18 Section 2071 – stored wire and electronic communications and transnational records access.

Former United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey tells MSNBC that not only is Hillary Clinton’s private email server illegal, it “disqualifies” her from holding any federal office, such as say, President of the United States”.    Continue reading “Ex AG Mukasey – Hillary Disqualified From Holding Fed Office”

The Village Voice – by RC Baker

The meticulous line work in Mark Lombardi’s huge, hand-drawn chart about the 1991 BCCI bank collapse is interrupted by a pattern of rusty drips: The sprinkler system in the artist’s studio went off a week before the 12-foot-wide piece was to be exhibited at P.S.1 in 2000. Although the reddish splatters add a vibrant expressionism to the surface, Lombardi couldn’t view this accident as a serendipitous enhancement the way Duchamp accepted the cracks that careless truckers left in The Large Glass. Lombardi worked feverishly on a pristine copy for the exhibition, replicating his signature lines, arrows, circles, and lettering, which graphically enmeshed Arab sheiks and U.S. officials in a web of fraud. Then, during the run of the show, he hanged himself.     Continue reading “Mark Lombardi’s World Conspiracy, Corruption, and Vatican Hit Men”

Breitbart – by Matthew Boyle

NEW YORK CITY, New York — Donald J. Trump, the billionaire businessman and presumptive 2016 GOP presidential nominee, told Breitbart News that he is shocked that San Francisco’s local government would entertain the possibility of expanding its sanctuary status for illegal aliens after what happened to Kate Steinle last year.

“Sanctuary cities are a disaster,” Trump said when questioned. “They’re a safe-haven for criminals and people that should not have a safe-haven in many cases. It’s just unacceptable. We’ll be looking at sanctuary cities very hard.”   Continue reading “Donald J. Trump to San Francisco: Sanctuary Cities ‘Unacceptable,’ A ‘Disaster’ Creating ‘Safe-Haven for Criminals’”

Rense – by Stephen Lendman

Farcical primary season thankfully ends in June. As expected, Sanders took Oregon on Tuesday.

Clinton won Kentucky by a margin so thin it’s fair to suggest another primary theft. Earlier she stole Iowa, Nevada and Arizona.    Continue reading “Hellary Closer To Getting The Neocon War Party Nomination”

Breitbart – by Caroline May

The United States is home to vastly more immigrants than any other country in the world, but its immigrant population is less diverse than many other nations, with more than a fourth of foreign-born residents originating from a single country: Mexico.

In a new compilation of immigration facts, the Pew Research Center examines U.S. migration patterns compared to the rest of the globe — highlighting that, with 46.6 million immigrants as of 2015, the U.S. “by a wide margin” has the most foreign-born people living within its borders.   Continue reading “Nearly 1-in-5 Global Migrants Live in the U.S., Most in the World”

ABC News

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, on Wednesday unveiled a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices — most of them male — to replace the late JusticeAntonin Scalia should Trump be elected president.

Under consideration are Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado, Raymond Gruender of Missouri, Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, Joan Larsen of Michigan, Thomas Lee of Utah, William Pryor of Alabama, David Stras of Minnesota, Diane Sykes of Wisconsin and Don Willett of Texas.   Continue reading “Trump Releases Names of Potential Supreme Court Picks”

Fox News Latino

EL PASO, TEXAS –  Shelters and churches in El Paso, Texas are preparing to receive as many as 350 Cuban immigrants a day — and there is concern the demand will be overwhelming.

They will come through the Santa Fe International Bridge that connects with Ciudad Juarez, where in recent weeks planeloads of Cuban migrants have been flown from Panama, Costa Rica and other Central American countries that don’t want them there.   Continue reading “Texas shelters, churches fear sudden influx of Cuban migrants will overwhelm them”