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Anyone who claims that law enforcement, liquor, beer and wine companies are independent will be ‘hard pressed’ to explain this one. (pun intended.)
Approximately 25 seconds into the video below, MADD spokeswoman Rosalind Donald admits ‘they’re getting the people in place to take care of drugged driving’. Continue reading “Police & liquor companies claims drunk driving is decreasing and drugged driving is increasing”
Courthouse News – by Derek Fleming
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – Gun enthusiasts on Friday filed a federal challenge to one of California’s recently signed “gunpocalypse” bills, with four civil rights groups and seven individuals claiming the ban on the possession of high-capacity magazines violates their Second Amendment rights.
The measure, Senate Bill 1446, is one of several gun-related bills passed by the California Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown last year. While lawmakers in 1999 prohibited the sale, manufacture or importation of high-capacity ammunition magazines – but let those who owned them before that point keep them – SB 1446 will force gunowners who possess “grandfathered” magazines to turn them in for destruction or face legal consequences when it takes effect July 1. Continue reading “Calif. Gunowners Call Magazine Ban Unconstitutional”
WASHINGTON — After the U.S. Embassy in Kabul in March froze the interview process for Afghans who had supported U.S. forces due to a lack of visas, a bipartisan effort secured 2,500 more visas in the compromise spending bill up for consideration this week.
The special immigrant visa (SIV) program was established in 2008 to allow Afghans who had helped the coalition as interpreters to find safe haven in the U.S. The visa criteria were later expanded to Afghans who provided “at least one year of faithful and valuable service” in support of U.S. government operations.
Continue reading “Compromise Spending Bill Includes 2,500 More Visas for Afghans in Program”
Post and Courier – by Maya T. Prabhu
COLUMBIA — Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen wants to stop the General Assembly from enacting a law that would allow gun owners to carry their guns concealed or openly without having to get a permit, and he’s enlisted area residents to help him get the job done.
The department on Monday shared its official opposition for open carry of guns on social media and asked residents to call state senators and urge them to vote against it. An open-carry bill was approved by the S.C. House earlier this month. Continue reading “Charleston police ask South Carolina Legislature to oppose bill that would allow open carry of guns”
A jury is recommending charges against seven Milwaukee County Jail staffers in connection with the death of an inmate whose water was shut off and never turned back on. Sheriff David Clarke, a possible Trump administration add-on, is not part of the group.
On Monday, following a six-day inquest that heard from jail officials and included the county prosecutor’s evidence related to the dehydration death of Terrill Thomas, a Milwaukee County jury determined there to be probable cause for “abuse of a resident of a penal facility,”according to the Associated Press. Continue reading “Milwaukee jury urges criminal charges against county jail officials over inmate dehydration death”
Since the start of OPEC’s production cuts, oil market analysts and experts have been focusing on how US shale would respond to the relatively higher and stable oil prices, possibly eating up some of the cartel’s global market share while the cuts last.
The market share war is also going on a micro level within OPEC itself – a diverse group of producers, with each pushing and pursuing their own agenda in every meeting and collective decision. This time around it is no different. Continue reading “OPEC deal backfires: Saudis lose market share to Iran, Iraq”
SEATTLE (AP) — Tens of thousands across the country peacefully chanted, picketed and protested Monday against President Donald Trump’s immigration and labor policies on May Day, despite a small pocket of violent unrest in the Pacific Northwest.
Peaceful protesters flocked to the streets in Chicago. At the White House gates, they demanded “Donald Trump has got to go!” But police shut down a protest in Portland, Oregon, that they said had become a riot, after marchers began throwing smoke bombs and other items at officers. Police said they made more than two dozen arrests as a group of anarchists wearing black bandanas and ski masks grew unruly, reportedly breaking windows at businesses, setting fires on downtown streets and damaging a police car. Continue reading “Arrests made as thousands rally in US for and against Trump”
A student at the University of Texas Austin attacked his fellow undergraduates Monday with what authorities described as a “Bowie-style hunting knife,” killing one and injuring three others.
UT Austin Police Chief David Carter identified the suspect as 21-year-old Kendrex J. White, who was taken into custody without incident near a gymnasium. Continue reading “UT Austin stabbing spree: 1 killed, 3 others wounded, suspect in custody”
The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder
Why do things never seem to change no matter who we send to Washington? It seems like for decades many of us have been trying to change the direction of this country by engaging in the political process. But no matter how hard we try, the downward spiral of our nation just continues to accelerate. Just look at this latest spending deal. Even though the American people gave the Republicans control of the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives, this deal very closely resembles “an Obama administration-era budget”. It increases spending even though we have already been adding more than a trillion dollars a year to the national debt, it specifically forbids the building of a border wall, it fully funds Planned Parenthood, and there are dozens of other concessions to the Democrats in it. As I previously warned, these “negotiations” were a political rout of epic proportions. Continue reading “Why There Will NEVER Be A Political Solution To America’s Problems”
Introductory Note — Benjamin H. Freedman was one of the most intriguing and amazing individuals of the 20th century. Mr. Freedman, born in 1890, was a successful Jewish businessman of New York City who was at one time the principal owner of the Woodbury Soap Company.
He broke with organized Jewry after the Judeo-Communist victory of 1945, and spent the remainder of his life and the great preponderance of his considerable fortune, at least 2.5 million dollars, exposing the Jewish tyranny which has enveloped the United States. Continue reading “Benjamin Freedman”
Police in Istanbul fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a group of May Day demonstrators on Monday, a Reuters witness said, as authorities detained more than 200 people at protests around the city.
Protests for May Day, the international workers’ holiday, are an annual occurrence in Turkey and have in the past been characterized by widespread police actions against demonstrators. Continue reading “Turkish police fire tear gas at May Day demonstrators in Istanbul”
MILWAUKIE, Ore. – A man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl while she was sleeping in her bed at a Milwaukie apartment has been arrested.
Santiago Martinez-Flores, 48, was arrested in Southern California, near the border with Mexico, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading “Man accused of sexually assaulting 9-year-old girl arrested near Mexico border”
Washington (CNN)Maine’s Republican governor has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Democratic attorney general for allegedly refusing to represent his administration in court.
Gov. Paul LePage, an outspoken politician like his ally, President Donald Trump, said Monday that his office had filed a complaint in a county court that details Attorney General Janet Mills’ “abuse of power by refusing to legally represent the executive branch in law court.” Continue reading “Maine governor sues his state’s attorney general”
WASHINGTON — Congress extended protections to 44 states that have legalized medical marijuana in its proposed $1 trillion spending bill that funds the government through September.
The language prevents the Justice Department from using any of its funding to “prevent” those states from “implementing their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.” Continue reading “Congress’ spending bill protects medical pot states”
The Daily Wire – by Joseph Curl
While Leonardo DiCaprio was marching around in Washington, D.C., at a global warming event on Saturday (he no doubt flew in on his private plane, burning fossil fuels and murdering the environment along the way), protesters in Denver couldn’t join in the fun.
No, they weren’t all too stoned to march. A spring snowstorm dumped a foot of snow across the region, and the blizzard forced organizers to move the event to Sunday.
Twitter, of course, had a field day. Continue reading “Denver Cancels Saturday’s Global Warming March After Storm Dumps Foot of Snow”
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Archive: TWFTT 5-1-17
NEW ORLEANS – An illegal immigrant once in federal custody but was released is now accused of raping and murdering a New Orleans mother in her home.
Irwin Gomez-Colon, a 31-year-old illegal immigrant from Honduras, is facing second-degree murder charges after he allegedly raped, strangled, and stabbed Nancy Yahaira Gonzalez Rodriguez to death, according to WWL-TV. Continue reading “Released Illegal Immigrant Accused of Raping, Murdering New Orleans Mother”
DALLAS – DALLAS — At least one firefighter and one civilian were shot when a gunman opened fire in East Dallas late Monday morning.
The injured firefighter underwent surgery at Baylor University Medical Center and is in critical condition. Sources say he has “coded three times.” The civilian’s condition hasn’t been released. Continue reading “Firefighter, civilian shot in East Dallas; search underway for suspect”