NPR – by Bill Chappell

A federal grand jury has indicted James Matthew Bradley, Jr., on five counts related to the discovery of dozens of immigrants who were crammed into a semi’s trailer in a Walmart parking lot during hot weather in San Antonio last month.

Ten immigrants died; Bradley is charged with crimes ranging from conspiracy to transport and harbor undocumented aliens for financial gain resulting in death to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. If convicted, the charges could result in life imprisonment or death.   Continue reading “Driver Faces 5 Charges — And Potential Death Penalty — Over Immigrants’ Deaths”

Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children – by Faye Higbee

Hennepin County in Minneapolis, MN, allowed the Antifa Flag to be raised over city hall in place of the Hennepin County flag as a “gesture of solidarity” with the folks in Charlottesville. Which is a poor way of doing it – Antifa is a violent, anarchist, terrorist organization.   Continue reading “Hennepin County Flag Replaced by Antifa Flag”

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Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Oregon — A wise person once said that insanity can be defined by doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. If we apply this definition to the war on drugs, then every proponent of it needs to be locked in a psychiatric hospital. Not only has kidnapping and caging people for possessing arbitrary substances not worked — but it’s made it far worse.

Using government force, ie the police, to curb addiction has had disastrous results. Not only has the drug war given the United States the world record for the largest prison population but it’s also given rise to one hellish police state. Luckily, however, a very small group of bureaucrats has been able to chip away at the drug war, by slowly rolling back the laws which allow it to continue.   Continue reading “Oregon Sets Major Precedent—Will No Longer Treat Drug Possession as a Felony”

The Daily Sheeple

A recent picture taken of the government’s handiwork while painting a road in Michigan is the source of laughs for many.

A photo was taken of the humorous stunt and it looks like it was created for a meme. It depicts a dead opossum with a yellow line painted on its back. And indeed, it does make quite a meme:   Continue reading “Without The Government, Who Would Paint The Roadkill?”

CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago pastor has asked the Emanuel administration to remove the names of two presidents who owned slaves from parks on the South Side, saying the city should not honor slave owners in black communities.

A bronze statue of George Washington on horseback stands at the corner of 51st and King Drive, at the northwest entrance to Washington Park.

Bishop James Dukes, pastor of Liberation Christian Center, said he wants the statue gone, and he wants George Washington’s name removed from the park.   Continue reading “Pastor Wants Presidents’ Names Removed From Washington, Jackson Parks Over Ties To Slavery”

The Federalist Papers – by Robert Gehl

The governor of Oregon signed Democrat (and even Republican) supported gun control legislation that would allow authorities to strip firearms from law-abiding citizens.

The bill, signed Wednesday by Gov. Kate Brown, would permit state authorities to seize the firearms of anyone who has been determined as a threat to themselves or others – without any judicial process at all.

The intent is to reduce the number of gun-related suicides, which has been on the rise recently in the state, but Second Amendment advocates were incensed.   Continue reading “Oregon Governor Signs Gun Confiscation Bill Into Law”

Politico

The nationwide debate over the removal of monuments to the Confederacy is coming to the U.S. Capitol.

While President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the preservation of “our beautiful statues and monuments” honoring Confederates, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) plans to craft legislation that would remove the Capitol’s statues lionizing supporters of the slave-holding era and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called for their elimination.   Continue reading “Pelosi, Booker push for removal of Capitol’s Confederate statues”

Yahoo News

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A white van jumped the sidewalk Thursday in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas district, injuring several people as it plowed into a summer crowd of tourists and residents, police said. The El Pais newspaper said police were treating the crash as a terror attack.

Quoting unnamed police sources, El Pais said the two perpetrators of the crash were holed up in a bar in Tallers Street. There was no immediate police confirmation of the report.   Continue reading “Van plows into crowd in Barcelona; police view it as terror”

Herald Sun – by Ray Gronberg

DURHAM – A vandal or vandals defaced the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee near the entrance of Duke Chapel.

The incident happened sometime overnight, Duke University spokesman Keith Lawrence said, adding that the campus police are investigating.

Lawrence declined to speculate about how the damage was inflicted. Parts of Lee’s face had been chipped off, including all of his nose.    Continue reading “Vandals strike statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Duke University”

RT

Japan wants to bolster its missile defense with the US Aegis Ashore system in light of North Korean threats, local media reported. Tokyo also plans to increase its number of Aegis-equipped destroyers.

The Japanese Defense Ministry will include costs related to the Aegis Ashore system when drafting a budgetary request for the 2018 fiscal year, NHK reported.   Continue reading “Japan aiming to boost missile defense with US Aegis Ashore system – media”

Mail.com

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator provoked an angry backlash from lawmakers by wearing a burqa in Parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign for a national ban on Islamic face covers.

Pauline Hanson, leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation minor party, sat wearing the black head-to-ankle garment for more than 10 minutes before taking it off as she rose to explain that she wanted such outfits banned on national security grounds.   Continue reading “Anti-Muslim Australian senator wears burqa in Parliament”

Mail.com

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came under mounting pressure Thursday to speak out against President Donald Trump’s response to the racially charged violence and anti-Semitic outpouring in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Netanyahu’s near silence on the march staged by anti-Semitic white nationalists — and Trump’s assertion that “both sides” were responsible for the violence — appears to reflect the Israeli leader’s desire to remain in the good graces of the embattled U.S. president.  Continue reading “Israeli leader criticized for response to Charlottesville”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Japanese defense chiefs and top diplomats were meeting in Washington Thursday to discuss North Korea amid mixed messages from the Trump administration on how to deal with the nuclear and missile threat.

Japan is a key U.S. ally and potential target of North Korean aggression. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are hosting Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and Foreign Minister Taro Kono at the State Department.  Continue reading “US, Japan discuss North Korean threat”

NPR – by Bill Chappell

Shortly after President Trump posted a link for tickets to a rally in Phoenix, the city’s mayor issued a statement asking the president not to come, saying, “our nation is still healing from the tragic events in Charlottesville.”

Mayor Greg Stanton continued, “If President Trump is coming to Phoenix to announce a pardon for former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, then it will be clear that his true intent is to enflame emotions and further divide our nation.”

Stanton, a Democrat, is in his second term as Phoenix’s mayor, having won re-election last November.   Continue reading “Phoenix Mayor Asks Trump To Delay Visit, Hoping For ‘More Sound Judgment’”

Tucson.com – by Joe Ferguson

U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Arizona, announced in a six-minute YouTube video that he will be leading a counter protest outside the Phoenix Convention Center on Tuesday, Aug. 22, while President Donald Trump talks to supporters inside. 

The Tucson Democrat called the President “unhinged” following the President’s comments about the violence in Charlottesville.

Continue reading “Grijalva to lead counter protest when Trump visits Phoenix on Tuesday”

Fox 10 News

PHOENIX – President Donald Trump will hold a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center next week.

The rally has been confirmed by Donald Trump’s campaign and will take place on August 22 at 7:00 p.m.

The announcement of the rally in Phoenix came after news of a possible visit were reported last Friday. It also came, just a day after Trump blamed “both sides” for weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators.   Continue reading “President Trump to hold rally at Phoenix Convention Center”

The Daily Wire – by Micheal Qazvini

Social justice warriors are never satisfied. If you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile. After demanding that southern states take down statues of Confederate figures, the activist Left is now targeting an iconic American president featured on Mount Rushmore.

On Monday, more than 200 SJW zealots held a protest inside the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to take down the supposedly “racist” statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt. The protest’s organizers, NYC Stands with Standing Rock and Decolonize This Place, also called for Columbus Day to be renamed Indigenous People’s Day.   Continue reading “Leftist Activists Demand New York Museum Take Down Statue of ‘Racist’ Theodore Roosevelt”