Breitbart – by Penny Starr

While most Americans were working and looking forward to hot dogs and fireworks on the Fourth of July some Hollywood celebs, media types and political operatives — including some in President Donald Trump’s inner circle — were partying at the tony Southhampton  home of Washington Post owner/editor Lally Graham Weymouth this weekend.

According to Politico’s Playbook — which issued one correction on its piece about misidentifying the Koch brother who attended — a wide range of people were invited — and accepted the invitation — to Weymouth’s annual summer party, Politico Playbook reported on Sunday.   Continue reading “REPORT: Jared, Ivanka, Conway, Dina Powell Spotted at Hamptons Party with Soros, Schumer, Fake News Journos”

RT

An amended version of Florida’s controversial ‘stand your ground’ law, which shifts the burden of proof from the defendant to the prosecutor in self-defense cases, has been ruled unconstitutional by a state judge.

In a 14-page ruling Monday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that the changes lawmakers made to the original self-defense law were “procedural,” meaning, only the state Supreme Court has the authority to craft alterations under the state’s constitution.   Continue reading “Florida’s amended ‘Stand Your Ground’ law ruled unconstitutional”

RT

German police have seized numerous weapons as well as “unknown chemicals” in the house and garage of a man detained on suspicion of planning a “major offense” against the forthcoming G20 meeting in Hamburg.

Local Hamburg police were alerted that a German citizen residing in the northern city of Rostock was preparing a “major offense” against the upcoming G20 summit. Following the tip, police officers raided several houses and a garage in Rostock. Authorities also conducted raids in the northern German towns of Hohenfelde and Bad Doberan.  Continue reading “Hamburg police seize ‘vast arsenal’ from suspect in alleged ‘major’ anti-G20 plot”

Sweet Liberty

PREFACE

My reason for writing this book is very simple: I would like to keep the record straight. I want to put in permanent form the full story of my experiences as a Lend-Lease expediter and liaison officer with the Russians during the war, when I served for two crucial years, from May 1942 to June 1944, both at Newark Airport and at the big air base at Grand Falls, Montana.

I went into the Army as a businessman in my forties and a veteran of World War I. From the First, as my story shows, I worked wholeheartedly on behalf of the Russians because, like everyone else, I considered it my duty to do so. That they were satisfied with my efforts is indicated by the fact that it was Colonel Kotikov, head of the Russian mission at Great Falls, who requested my promotion to Major.   Continue reading “How Wars Are MADE: From Major Jordan’s Diaries”

The Federalist Papers – by Calvin Freiburger

Another illustrious media career crashes and burns.

The Wall Street Journal reports that senior Fox Sports executive Jamie Horowitz has been canned over allegations of sexual harassment.

“Everyone at FOX Sports, no matter what role we play, or what business, function or show we contribute to—should act with respect and adhere to professional conduct at all times. These values are nonnegotiable,” Fox Sports President Eric Shanks wrote in a staff memo announcing Horowitz’s removal as Fox Sports National Networks president.   Continue reading “Another Fox Executive FIRED Over Sex Charges”

Chicago Sun Times

An FBI SUV containing several firearms and tactical gear was found Monday evening, hours after it was stolen on the Near West Side, authorities said.

The 2014 Chevrolet Equinox was found at 7:21 p.m. in the 900 block S. Leavitt, about two blocks away from the FBI offices, according to Chicago Police.   Continue reading “Stolen FBI vehicle containing several firearms found on Near West Side”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

President Donald Trump’s penchant for occasionally saying things that are demonstrably untrue has eroded trust in the president, according to a poll conducted by Marist College for National Public Radio, which showed that only 37% of Americans trust the Trump administration.

But here’s the thing: Americans trust Congress and the news media even less than they trust Trump. According to the polls, only 30% of adults said they trust the media either “a good amount” or “a great deal.”
Continue reading “In America, Nobody Trusts Anything Anymore”

The Oregonian – by Douglas Perry

There is no more terrifying bogeyman in all of Portland.

The beast steals our jobs and our self-respect. It keeps us from buying homes.

It is The Californian.   Continue reading “‘Go back to California!’ graffiti on car, house stuns new arrivals, highlights old tensions in Portland”

The Oregonian – by Everton Bailey Jr. and Olivia Dimmer

As Christopher Neal watched planes fly in and out of the Hillsboro Airport with his wife and young son, a stranger in a gray hoodie caught their eye.

With his hood up and hands in his pockets, the man walked from across Northwest Cornell Road toward a barbed-wire fence leading to airport property, Neal said. The man briefly looked at the family, then back toward the fence.   Continue reading “Police kill gunman who tried to hijack helicopter at Hillsboro Airport”

East Oregon – by Steve Tool

A Wallowa County cattle rancher shot and presumably seriously wounded or killed a wolf June 25 in the act of chasing livestock. It is the first incident of its kind in Wallowa County and the second in Oregon.

The rancher and his wife, who chose to remain anonymous, said they had suffered numerous instances of wolves harassing their cattle. The couple saw a wolf chasing a herd of cows on June 25 on a public land allotment in the Wallowa Mountains.   Continue reading “Wallowa, Oregon rancher shoots wolf as it attacks cattle”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

At least nine people have been injured – several seriously – after a car crashed into a crowd of people in East Boston, with the Boston Globe reporting that according to State Police a car has driven into a group of pedestrians in East Boston.    Continue reading “Multiple Injuries Reported After Car Crashes Into Crowd In East Boston”

Concealed Nation – by Brandon Curtis

SPANAWAY, WASHINGTON — A convenience store owner was sentenced to 8 years in prison for shooting and killing a fleeing thief.

That man, Min Kim, told the judge that he accepted responsibility for what he did.

In March of 2016, suspect Jakeel Mason was shoplifting at Kim’s store and when he was trying to flee, he was shot in the back by Kim.   Continue reading “Man Receives 8 Year Prison Sentence After Shooting And Killing Thief”

Breitbart – by Lucas Nolan

An aspiring YouTube star has killed her boyfriend after shooting him in a video blog gone wrong.

Monalisa Perez, a 19-year od aspiring YouTube star from Minnesota, has been arrested after shooting her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz III in a YouTube stunt gone wrong. In the planned stunt, Ruiz held a hardcover encyclopedia in front of his chest while Perez leveled a .50 caliber gold-plated Desert Eagle pistol at him and pulled the trigger, believing that the encyclopedia would stop the bullet. Of course, the hardcover book did not provide protection, and Ruiz was killed.   Continue reading “YouTuber Shoots Boyfriend in Video Stunt Gone Wrong”

The Daily Caller – by Amber Randall

Chicago saw approximately 52 people shot over the Fourth of July weekend, a slight decrease from last year’s numbers.

Of the 52 people shot over Independence Day weekend, about six people died from their wounds, reports the Chicago Tribune.   Continue reading “Chicago Ends July 4th Weekend With Over 50 People Shot”

Yahoo News

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A tower of human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire after crania of women and children surfaced among the hundreds embedded in the forbidding structure.

Archaeologists have found more than 650 skulls caked in lime and thousands of fragments in the cylindrical edifice near the site of the Templo Mayor, one of the main temples in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, which later became Mexico City.   Continue reading “Tower of human skulls in Mexico casts new light on Aztecs”

USA Today

ASBURY PARK, N.J. — The social media comments on Facebook and other sites were raw, hateful.

The outpouring of invectives was sparked by the arrest last week of 14 residents of Lakewood, N.J., including the rabbi of a congregation, on public assistance fraud charges. The early morning raids ignited a firestorm of anti-Semitism against a municipality of 100,000 that has a majority of Orthodox Jewish residents.

“The allegations and the charges levied against (the defendants) have nothing to do with their religion,” said Joshua Cohen, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, New Jersey Region. “That’s why we’re deeply concerned when we see comments online, whether it’s on newspaper websites or social media, that are anti-Semitic.”   Continue reading “New Jersey welfare fraud arrests spark anti-Semitic sentiment”

Yahoo News

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German discount grocery chain Aldi North is planning to spend more than 5 billion euros ($5.71 billion) to revamp its stores around the world, which would be its biggest investment project ever, German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported, citing company sources.

Aldi and its German discounter rival Lidl have become giants in European retail, upending Britain’s grocery retail market, and are challenging U.S. retailers as well.   Continue reading “Germany’s Aldi to invest 5 billion euros in stores: Bild am Sonntag”

Chicago Sun Times – by Sam Charles

As the deadline to pass a budget before another credit downgrade approached, a federal judge ordered the State of Illinois to make more than $500 million each month in Medicaid payments.

U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow ordered the state to pay $586 million a month for Medicaid vouchers that come in after June 30. On top of that, Lefkow ordered the state to pay another $2 billion toward the more than $3 billion Illinois owes to managed care organizations, which process payments to Medicaid providers, according to court records.  Continue reading “Federal judge orders state to pay $586 million per month for Medicaid”