Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — A chief sponsor of a bipartisan Senate deal to curb the growth of health insurance premiums said Wednesday President Donald Trump called to offer encouragement, a day after the president spoke favorably of the pact but then reversed course.

The mixed signals from the White House have created confusion even as voters face the prospect of dramatic premium spikes absent congressional action. “I think he wants to reserve his options,” Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee told an Axios forum on Wednesday after the president’s call. Alexander said Trump wanted “to be encouraging,” and the senator predicted that his deal would pass “in one form or another” by year’s end.   Continue reading “Health care plan sponsor says Trump offers encouragement”

Mail.com

HONOLULU (AP) — Just hours before President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban was to take full effect, a federal judge in Hawaii blocked the revised order, saying the policy has the same problems as a previous version.

The revised order “suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor,” U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson wrote in his ruling, which prevented the Trump administration from enforcing the travel ban set to go into effect early Wednesday.  Continue reading “Judge: Newest travel ban ‘same maladies’ as previous version”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said a Florida congresswoman “fabricated” an account of the commander in chief telling the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband “knew what he signed up for.”‘

Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson said she was in the car with Myeshia Johnson on Tuesday on the way to Miami International Airport to meet the body of Johnson’s husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, when Trump called. Wilson said she and others heard part of the conversation on speakerphone.   Continue reading “Trump: Lawmaker ‘fabricated’ account of his talk with widow”

Daily Mail

The hero Mandalay Bay security guard who vanished hours before he was due to give interviews with major TV networks will now break his silence on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Jesus Campos, who was shot and wounded in the Las Vegas massacre, disappeared from the public eye last week ahead of several TV interviews, including with Fox News’ Sean Hannity.    Continue reading “Jesus Campos will break his silence on the Ellen DeGeneres show Wednesday”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

As the media continues to lose their collective minds over $100,000 worth of Facebook ads allegedly purchased by Russians during the 2016 election, the Senate Judiciary Committee has finally decided they’re going to take a look into a shady Russian deal that handed Putin 20% of America’s uranium reserves, was approved by the Obama administration during an ongoing FBI investigation into charges of bribery, extortion and money laundering by the Russian buyer and netted the Clintons millions of dollars in donations and ‘speaking fees.”  Here’s more from The Hill:   Continue reading “Senate Launches Probe Into Russian Nuclear Bribery Case That Netted Clintons Millions”

MassPrivateI

The future of privacy in big cities is bleak, cities are now getting paid to convert street lights into spying SmartNodes.

What are SmartNodes?

SmartNodes will soon replace street lights, because they are equipped with cameras, microphones, speakers etc., all-in-one light pole.   Continue reading “Cities are getting paid to turn street lights into spying SmartNodes”

CBS News

The Justice Department (DOJ) will hire a director of asset forfeiture accountability to oversee the DOJ’s asset forfeiture program, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in a memo Tuesday.

But the new director — unlike, say, an inspector general who works to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in a federal agency — won’t be independent of the DOJ. The director will work in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s office.    Continue reading “Sessions announces new position to police asset forfeiture”

Activist Post – by Chris Kanthan

Globalism is just like the mafia, but with lot more complexity and respectability. If you have watched mob films such as The Godfather, you can understand how the world works. For example, in Godfather II, a bunch of mobsters get together in Havana, Cuba, to celebrate Hyman Roth’s birthday. As the birthday cake is symbolically cut into pieces and distributed, Roth tells the group how Cuba will be split up amongst the guests. Extrapolate this scene to the world, you can visualize how the world works.   Continue reading “How Interlinked Corporations Rule The World”

Miami Herald – by Howard Cowen

As Halloween nears, many are considering clown pranks for fright night fun.

At least one sheriff’s office in the state says don’t even think of playing a creepy clown if your aim is mischief.

Volusia County Sheriff’s Office issued a stern warning on its Facebook page Tuesday afternoon.   Continue reading “Dressing as a clown for Halloween? These Florida cops say you’re risking your life”

Mercury News – by Tracy Seipel

Gov. Jerry Brown late Sunday vetoed a bill backed by the cell phone industry that would have made it easier to install microwave radiation antennas.

Senate Bill 649, authored by Sen. Ben Hueso, D-San Diego and co-authored by Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward, proposed to scale back the permitting process for antennas and other equipment in an effort to meet demand for wireless services.   Continue reading “California: Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes bill easing permits on cell phone towers”

Mediaite – by Casey Hopkins

In news that will make the hair on the back of your human-animal hybrid stand up, noted death battler and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is being accused of selling supplements tainted with “potentially dangerous levels” of lead.

This potentially damning finding comes from a new report byNewsweek detailing how the CEH (Center for Environmental Health) recently filed a claim against Jones and InfoWars.   Continue reading “Uh-Oh! Alex Jones Accused of Selling Lead-Tainted Supplements”

Fox News

The legendary Bigfoot and other creatures like it have reportedly been spotted near a Northern California lake, according to a paranormal investigator.

Jeffrey Gonzalez, a self-described paranormal expert, said he heard about the sighting from a local farmer who said he saw the creature and five others running on his ranch near Avocado Lake.   Continue reading “‘Bigfoot’ reportedly sighted in Northern California, pictures go viral”

Yahoo News – AP

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the investigation of the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas (all times local):

11:35 a.m.

A Las Vegas casino company says the security guard who was shot and wounded by Stephen Paddock and disappeared before he was about to give TV interviews is safe and wants people to respect his privacy.   Continue reading “The Latest: Hotel says wounded Vegas security guard is safe”