Month: May 2017

Bloomberg

President Donald Trump has decided not to immediately move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a senior White House official said, violating a campaign promise but avoiding a provocation that could drive Palestinians away from peace talks.

The official said the administration considers its discussions with both the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority to be promising, with the Palestinians in particular agreeing to talk without preconditions. The official asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.   Continue reading “Trump Rules Out Moving Israel Embassy to Jerusalem for Now, Official Says”

Banyan Hill – by Ted Bauman

How do I despise thee, O Congress? Let me count the ways.

Don’t take my word for it: 75% of Americans disapprove of the job our representatives are doing. It’s things like this that explain why:   Continue reading “Congress Is Coming After Your 401(k)”

Reuters

Police arrested 21 members and associates of street gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, in Los Angeles on Wednesday in pre-dawn raids that were the culmination of a three-year probe, officials said.

Federal prosecutors indicted 44 people, including those taken into custody on Wednesday and others already in jail, on charges ranging from murder to extortion. The indictment also names 12 senior leaders of MS-13 in Los Angeles as defendants.   Continue reading “Dozens charged in largest-ever Los Angeles raid against MS-13 gang”

Yahoo News

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel sought Wednesday to contain the fallout from Donald Trump’s sharing of its intelligence with Russia after the move cast a further shadow over the US president’s visit to the country next week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump spoke by phone on Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the premier’s office said, while stressing that they only discussed next week’s trip during the 20-minute conversation.  Continue reading “Israel seeks to contain fallout from Trump intel sharing”

Middle East Eye

Israel wants the White House to explain why a US diplomat preparing President Donald Trump’s visit to Jerusalem said Judaism’s Holy Western Wall in the east side of the city is part of the occupied West Bank, an Israeli official said on Monday.

Israel considers all of Jerusalem as its indivisible capital, a claim that is not recognised internationally, and the Western Wall – the holiest prayer site for Jews – is part of territory it captured in the 1967 Middle East war.   Continue reading “Israel wants US to explain official’s Western Wall comment”

The Hill – by Joe Fabian

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is among the candidates President Trump is considering for FBI director, the White House said Wednesday.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump is meeting in the afternoon with the ex-Connecticut senator and three other possible replacements for ousted FBI Director James Comey at the White House.   Continue reading “Will Netanyahu have total control over the FBI? Trump considering dual citizen Israeli-American Joe Lieberman for FBI director – Oy!”

The Daily Wire – by Frank Camp

On the evening of February 27, 2009, a man broke into former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings’ vehicle and stole her agency-issued 9 mm handgun as well as ammunition and several other items which were stored in a duffle bag, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

“Although the vehicle’s remote was used to lock the vehicle, the doors were not physically [checked] to ensure the locks [had] engaged,” internal-affairs manager Dwain L. Rivers wrote in the four-page report. “Chief Demings accepts full responsibility and does not wish to contest the sustained finding.”

Continue reading “Democratic Rep. Val Demings Tells Facebook Commenter: ‘My First Amendment Right Is Different From Yours’”

The Daily Sheeple – by Lily Dane

The skies sure seem to be unfriendly lately.

The latest air travel incident occurred on a Monday night flight from Jamaica to Toronto.  Continue reading “Man Attacks Air Canada Crew with Coffee Pots and Threatens to Take Down Plane, Flight Makes Emergency Landing”

Daily Caller – by Jonah Bennett

In a briefing Monday, the Department of State admitted that the alleged crematorium in the Syrian prison used to incinerate prisoners could actually just be a warmer part of the building.

The State Department stated Monday based on international and local NGO reports that the alleged crematorium used to burn the bodies of hundreds of hanged prisoners at a prison run by the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad may not be a crematorium at all.   Continue reading “State Department Admits Assad ‘Crematorium’ Could Just Be A Warmer Part Of The Building”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

As the quest to unearth just what Trump told Russian foreign minister Lavrov continued, an unexpected development emerged on Wednesday morning, when none other than Russian president Vladimir Putin said that Trump did not share any classified information or state secrets to foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, and to prove it he was ready to hand over a transcript of the talks between Putin and Lavrov to Congress if the White House requests it.   Continue reading “Putin Ready To Give Congress Transcript Of Trump-Lavrov Conversation To Prove No Secrets Were Revealed”

Breitbart

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the soldier who was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison for giving classified materials to WikiLeaks, said Wednesday that she’s excited about what lies ahead, just hours after she walked free after serving seven years behind bars.

“I’m figuring things out right now — which is exciting, awkward, fun, and all new for me,” Manning said in an emailed statement. She tweeted a picture of her feet in tennis shoes — with the caption “First steps of freedom!!” — after walking away from the Fort Leavenworth lockup in Kansas.   Continue reading “Newly freed Chelsea Manning: ‘I’m figuring things out’”