Month: May 2016

Fox News

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday suspended his presidential bid for the Republican nomination following a crushing defeat by Donald Trump in the Indiana primary.

Cruz told dismayed supporters the path to victory had been closed.

“I’ve said I would continue on as long as there was a viable path to victory; tonight I’m sorry to say it appears that path has been foreclosed,” Cruz told a somber crowd in Indianapolis.   Continue reading “Cruz drops out of presidential race following major defeat by Trump in Indiana”

Reuters

President Barack Obama is set to declare the first national monument recognizing the contributions of the U.S. gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, the Washington Post said on Tuesday.

The monument would designate a sliver of green space and part of the surrounding Greenwich Village neighborhood in New York City as the birthplace of America’s modern gay liberation movement, the Post said, without citing a source. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.   Continue reading “White House may create monument to gay rights: Washington Post”

Reuters

FBI requests for customer records under a secretive surveillance order increased by nearly 50 percent in 2015, according to a U.S. government transparency report published this week.

Internet and telecommunications companies in 2015 received 48,642 requests, up from 33,024 reported in 2014, for data via so-called National Security Letters (NSLs). The NSL is a tool used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to gather phone numbers, email and IP addresses, web browsing histories and other information.   Continue reading “Requests for data rise sharply under secretive U.S. surveillance orders”

Judicial Watch

To make public-sector jobs more accessible to convicts, President Obama has issued a new order prohibiting federal agencies from asking candidates about criminal history when applying for positions. It’s part of the commander-in-chief’s mission to reduce barriers to reentry and employment for incarcerated individuals once they leave jail. The new measure, announced in a Friday media dump, will affect tens of thousands of federal government positions funded with taxpayer dollars.   Continue reading “Obama Orders Fed Agencies to Stop Asking Job Applicants about Criminal History”

US News – by Steven Nelson

The Supreme Court announced Monday it would not intervene to allow release of phone records from the late “D.C. madam” Deborah Jeane Palfrey, despite one of her former attorneys claiming the records are “very relevant” to the presidential election.

Though he has repeatedly threatened to release the records if courts do not modify a 2007 restraining order, Montgomery Blair Sibley tells U.S. News he’s not quite sure what he now will do.   Continue reading “Supreme Court Won’t Release D.C. Madam Records”

Liberty Fight – by Martin Hill

GOP Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia today vetoed HB 589, a bill that would have allowed college students to carry concealed weapons on campus.

The liberal republican, who took office in 2011, began by quoting the second amendment but added his own twist, opining “It would be incorrect to conclude, however, that certain restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms are unconstitutional.” He concluded “From the early days of our nation and state, colleges have been treated as sanctuaries of learning where firearms have not been allowed. To depart from such time-honored protections should require overwhelming justification.”   Continue reading “Republican Georgia Governor Vetoes Campus Concealed Carry Bill – Full Text of His Twisted Logic”

New York Daily News – by VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS, STEPHEN REX BROWN

For two decades, Sheldon Silver served as one of the most powerful men in New York State. On Tuesday, a judge ordered he serve the next 12 years in prison.

The allegedly adulterous ex-State Assembly Speaker, convicted of twin corruption schemes that earned him $4 million, was slammed by was slammed by Manhattan Federal Court Judge Valerie Caproni as being one of the most corrupt elected officials the state has ever seen.   Continue reading “Sheldon Silver sentenced to 12 years for corruption schemes that netted him $4 million”

The Blaze – by Jason Howerton

Connecticut lawmakers have passed legislation to permit law enforcement to confiscate guns and ammunition from anyone accused of domestic abuse. The bill is headed to the desk of Gov. Dannel Malloy and he’s expected to sign it.

Under the legislation, suspects would have 24 hours after being accused to surrender all firearms.   Continue reading “Connecticut Governor to Sign Gun Confiscation Bill — Here Are the Key Details”

WIAT – by Brittany Bivins

The border between the United States and Mexico is nearly 2,000 miles long. It passes through four states in the US, including California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Along this often remote and hostile line, federal border patrol agents are responsible for ensuring the security of the border on the United States’s side.

They face a tough fight. Every year, more than a million pounds of illegal drugs pass over the border of Arizona and Mexico into the United States. Unlike states like California and Texas, where the majority of illegal activity involves human trafficking, Arizona is ground zero for the war against drug smuggling, according to federal officials.
Continue reading “Border Keepers: Alabamians travel 1600 miles to suppress drug trade, illegal immigration”

Natural News – by Sarah Landers

According to a heartbreaking report by All Self Sustained, an elderly man was threatened with a knife last month by a man and a woman in a home invasion – the pair were looking to steal food.

71-year-old Luis Rosales answered the door of his New Jersey apartment in the afternoon and was confronted by a man and woman who were armed with an eight-inch kitchen knife. The pair forced themselves inside, threatening Rosales with death if he made too much noise.   Continue reading “As the economic collapse accelerates, home invasions for FOOD start appearing in the press… hungry people raiding homes incite NJ chaos”

There will be no broadcast of The Word From the Trenches today, I have a doctor’s appointment.

We will be back tomorrow.

RT

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has lost its second legal battle in a row over its talcum powder, which has been alleged to cause cancer. The company must now pay $55 million to a woman who says she got ovarian cancer after using the product.

Less than four months after losing a $72 million case in the same St. Louis, Missouri, courthouse, Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $5 million in compensation and $50 million in punitive damages to Gloria Ristesund.   Continue reading “Johnson & Johnson loses second ovarian cancer case, must pay $55mn”

Mail.com

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition fighters on Tuesday shelled government-held parts of Aleppo, killing at least 12 people, as the army claimed it was repelling a wide offensive by the rebels in the country’s largest city. Activists, meanwhile, said government forces were also shelling rebel-held parts of the city, killing two people and wounding several.

The escalation came as the diplomatic focus moved to Moscow where the U.N. envoy for Syria started talks in efforts to restore a piecemeal cease-fire that would also include the contested northern city.   Continue reading “Violence in Syria’s Aleppo kills more than a dozen people”

Mail.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A serial killer preying on vulnerable young black women on the rough streets of South Los Angeles eluded police for two decades until someone rifling through a dumpster in 2007 noticed red fingernails poking out of a garbage bag.

Inside was the body of Janecia Peters, providing clues connecting her slaying to nine others and eventually leading to the arrest of a suspect in the “Grim Sleeper” slayings. A prosecutor displayed charts, diagrams, photos and DNA test results to jurors Monday to make her case that Lonnie Franklin Jr. was a killer hiding in plain sight, shooting and strangling women — many prostitutes — and dumping their bodies in alleys not far from his home.   Continue reading “Prosecutor: Same gun, same DNA in ‘Grim Sleeper’ slayings”