WSWS – by Andre Damon

The Obama administration is pushing ahead with its plans to slash pension benefits for up to one million participants in “underfunded” multiemployer pension funds as part of its drive to make defined-benefit pensions a thing of the past for all US workers.

The White House campaign, carried out in a conspiracy with the major trade unions and multinational corporations, takes place in the wake of the 2013–2014 bankruptcy of Detroit, which set a precedent for slashing the legally protected pension benefits of retirees.   Continue reading “White House pushes ahead with plan to slash pensions for up to one million retirees”

RT

A prominent Black Lives Matter activist has taken his own life in front of Ohio’s Statehouse. MarShawn McCarrel was the founder of Pursuing Our Dreams, a mentorship program, as well as the creator of a homeless outreach program called Feed the Streets.

McCarrel’s family believes his mental health may have been compromised by the emotionally draining work he had undertaken, the New York Daily News reports.   Continue reading “Black Lives Matter activist commits suicide outside Ohio Statehouse”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors will return to court as they consider whether a rookie police officer who shot an innocent man in a dark public housing stairwell accidentally discharged his weapon, as he says, or whether he acted out of recklessness and did little to help the dying victim, as the prosecution contends.

New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang faces up to 15 years in prison if he’s convicted on manslaughter and other charges in the death of 28-year-old Akai Gurley, who was taking the stairs down with his girlfriend rather than wait for an elevator at the Brooklyn complex.   Continue reading “Jury to decide fate of NY officer in stairwell shooting case”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The administration of President Barack Obama is vowing to press ahead with efforts to curtail greenhouse gas emissions after a divided Supreme Court put his signature plan to address climate change on hold until after legal challenges are resolved.

Tuesday’s surprising move by the court is a blow to Obama and a victory for the coalition of 27 mostly Republican-led states and industry opponents, who call the regulations “an unprecedented power grab.”   Continue reading “Obama vows to press ahead on Clean Power Plan after setback”

Mail.com

SAN DIEGO (AP) — For nearly 50 years, Sirhan Sirhan has been consistent: He says he doesn’t remember fatally shooting Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in a crowded kitchen pantry of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

The Jerusalem native, now 71, has given no inkling that he will change his version of events at his 15th parole hearing on Wednesday in San Diego. He is serving a life sentence that was commuted from death when the California Supreme Court briefly outlawed capital punishment in 1972.   Continue reading “Parole hearing set for Robert Kennedy killer Sirhan Sirhan”

WISH TV

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sister Mary Benedicte wants to focus on feeding the hungry lined up outside a soup kitchen in a gritty part of San Francisco.

But the city’s booming economy means even seedy neighborhoods are demanding higher rents, threatening to force out an order of nuns who serve the homeless.   Continue reading “Nuns who help homeless face eviction in San Francisco”

HSLDA

What should you do if a local portfolio reviewer asks you to bring your child with you to an annual homeschool portfolio review? The best answer for almost everyone is, “no thank you.” Here’s why.

The homeschool regulation COMAR 13A.10.01.01.E which says a parent “shall agree to permit” a portfolio reviewer to “observe instruction” is unconstitutional. The Fourth Amendment prohibits government agents from coming into your home without a warrant. A portfolio reviewer who might seek to come into your home (where instruction normally occurs) would have no warrant. Nor would she have grounds for a warrant. Forcing you to allow a government agent into your home to observe instruction violates your Fourth Amendment rights.   Continue reading “Protect Your Right to Keep Kids Home during Portfolio Review”

Activist Post – by Derrick Broze

In April 2015, 20-year-old John T. Booker Jr. was arrested after he attempted to build a bomb made with inert materials provided by the FBI. Booker, also known as Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, believed he was building a 1,000-pound car bomb to attack Fort Riley, Kansas.

Booker was unaware that the bomb was fake and the two men he believed were working with Daesh (ISIS) were actually FBI informants. Booker recently plead guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted destruction of government property by fire or explosion and now faces 30 years in prison.   Continue reading “Yet Another Person Guilty Of Terrorism After Being Set Up By The FBI”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

Apparently, the Johnson Space Center doesn’t like Jesus being mentioned, according to a complaint filed on behalf of Christians who work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The Johnson Space Center Praise and Worship Club was told by NASA attorneys to not use the name of Jesus in announcement that they put into the Space Center newsletter.   Continue reading “NASA Bans Jesus”

Reuters

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday will ask the state legislature for another $195 million to restore safe drinking water in Flint and help residents affected by lead-contaminated water, a spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.

The new funding request is in addition to $37 million that has already been appropriated this year by the Republican-led legislature, said Snyder spokesman Dave Murray.   Continue reading “Michigan governor says to request another $195 million for Flint water”

Reuters

U.S. President Barack Obama proposed a $4.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2017 on Tuesday in a final White House budget that met immediate Republican resistance for its cost and reliance on tax hikes to fund domestic priorities.

Obama, a Democrat who leaves office next January, sought to outline his fiscal and political vision for the country with proposed investments in infrastructure, cyber security, education, and job growth.   Continue reading “Obama proposes $4.1 trillion spending plan in final White House budget”

NTEB – by Geoffrey Grider

As increasing numbers of devices connect to the internet and to one another, the so-called internet of things promises consumers increased convenience – the remotely operated thermostat from Google-owned Nest is a leading example. But as home computing migrates away from the laptop, the tablet and the smartphone, experts warn that the security features on the coming wave of automobiles, dishwashers and alarm systems lag far behind.   Continue reading “NSA Chief Says Gov’t Will Use Smart Home Devices To Track People”

Fox News

An animated film designed as a lesson in “racial discourse” for students at a Virginia high school has led to backlash from community members who’ve taken issue with not-so subtle references to so-called white privilege throughout the video.

“They are sitting there watching a video that is dividing them up from a racial standpoint. It’s a White guilt kind of video,” Don Blake, whose granddaughter attended the assembly where the video was shown, told told WWBT. “I think somebody should be held accountable for this.”   Continue reading “‘White guilt’ video shown to high school students irks community”

Four Winds

The US Admiralty Courts exist because the US is still under Martial Law from the 1860s

Abraham Lincoln declared martial law during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Martial law has not been lifted yet from his declaration of martial law, over a hundred years ago. Any time US corporate entities in power want to do something that is illegal under the Constitution, they simply go ahead with it under the principle of the martial law declared by Lincoln. That is how US Presidential Executive Orders are presented. They are Executive Orders based on martial law that has not been lifted. Continue reading “The US is still under Martial Law from the 1860s”

Haaretz – by Lior Zaltzman, The Forward

When Marc Daniels sells you his campaign yarmulkes at $10 dollars a pop, it’s not just the religious headgear he wants you to take. What he’s selling, he tells me on the phone, is the Jewish principle of “tikkun olam.”

The yarmulkes, which he recently sold at the Iowa caucuses, come in red or blue, with the name of each presidential candidate emblazoned in both Hebrew and English. But inside the yarmulkes, which sometimes come paired with packets of sunflower seeds, is a message about sowing seeds of peace and rooting out weeds of hatred.   Continue reading “The Yarmulkes That Cross U.S. Party Lines”

Fox News

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday abruptly halted President Obama’s controversial new power plant regulations, dealing a blow to the administration’s sweeping plan to address global warming.

In a 5-4 decision, the court halted enforcement of the plan until after legal challenges are resolved.   Continue reading “Supreme Court puts Obama’s power plant regs on hold”