Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In an unexpected statement made by the former COO of Goldman Sachs and current director of Trump’s National Economic Council, Gary Cohn told a private meeting with lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday evening that he could support legislation breaking up the largest U.S. banks – a development that could provide support to congressional efforts to reinstate the Depression-era Glass-Steagall law – and impact if not so much his former employer, Goldman Sachs, whose depository business is relatively modest, then certainly the balance sheets of some of Goldman’s biggest competitors including JPM and BofA.   Continue reading “Gary Cohn Backs Reinstating Glass-Steagal, Breaking Up Big Banks”

Conservative Base – by Jim-Kouri

Despite New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proclamation that NYC is a ‘sanctuary city,’ the New York Police Department (NYPD has told federal immigration officials about immigrants facing deportation who are due to appear in criminal court.  Now apparently the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is telling the nation they don’t recognize de Blasio’s authority to create a sanctuary for criminal aliens. And on Tuesday they gave Mayor de Blasio a demonstration of their resolve.   Continue reading “Immigration Cops to Mayor de Blasio: New York Is No Sanctuary from ICE Raids”

The Hill – by Jordain Carney

The Senate voted Thursday to move forward with Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination after Republicans took a historic step that lowers the vote threshold for high court nominees to a simple majority.

Senators voted 55-45 to end debate on Gorsuch’s nomination, setting up a final confirmation vote for Friday. Thanks to a procedural move that changed Senate rules earlier Thursday, a simple majority was needed to move forward.   Continue reading “Senate goes ‘nuclear’ to advance Trump Supreme Court pick”

New York Post – by Danielle Furfaro and Natalie Musumeci

A disturbing online video shows a straphanger wedged between subway doors from the neck up as passersby casually walk past her on the platform.

The woman found herself caught in between the doors of a No. 4 train at around 12:45 p.m. Tuesday as the train reached the end of the line at the Woodlawn station in the Bronx, transit sources said.   Continue reading “Riders ignore woman with head trapped between subway doors”

Market Watch – by Quentin Fottrell

More than seven years after the Great Recession officially ended, there is yet more depressing research that at least half of Americans are vulnerable to financial disaster.

Some 50% of people is woefully unprepared for a financial emergency, new research finds. Nearly 1 in 5 (19%) Americans have nothing set aside to cover an unexpected emergency, while nearly 1 in 3 (31%) Americans don’t have at least $500 set aside to cover an unexpected emergency expense, according to a survey released Tuesday by HomeServe USA, a home repair service. A separate survey released Monday by insurance company MetLife found that 49% of employees are “concerned, anxious or fearful about their current financial well-being.”   Continue reading “Half of US working families are living paycheck to paycheck”

If you say I am a slave and not free, I say to you, I am free whether caged or chained because I have in my heart and soul the ability to say “No” and mean it, even if men with guns come and take my life.

Live free till the end of life and your soul will live free forever.

RT

Iraq has plans to boost its crude oil production by 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 5 million bpd by the end of this year, regardless of its participation in OPEC’s production cut deal.

Iraq is the cartel’s second-biggest exporter of crude and has been the most disinclined of all parties to the agreement since its inception, with a lot of observers expecting it to be the first one to cheat.   Continue reading “OPEC’s №2 producer goes rogue, plans 600,000 bpd oil output increase”

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BALTIMORE (AP) — A proposed plan to overhaul Baltimore’s troubled police force faces public scrutiny Thursday despite the Department of Justice’s efforts to delay the hearing. A judge on Wednesday denied an attempt to delay the public airing, calling the request by President Donald Trump’s administration a “burden and inconvenience.”

The Justice Department asked for the delay earlier this week, saying it needed time to review the plan and determine whether the proposal would hinder efforts to fight violent crime. U.S. District Judge James Bredar said the hearing would go on as scheduled Thursday.   Continue reading “Plan to overhaul Baltimore’s police goes before the public”

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s new president on Thursday declared the country a war zone and replaced its military and intelligence chiefs while instructing the army to prepare a new offensive against al-Shabab extremists.

The shakeup is an attempt to improve the worsening security situation as the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab steps up deadly bombings in the capital since President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was elected in February. A car bomb blast on Wednesday at a Mogadishu restaurant killed at least seven people.  Continue reading “Somalia leader declares country a war zone, replaces chiefs”

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MILFORD, Pa. (AP) — The trial of an anti-government sharpshooter charged with killing a Pennsylvania police trooper in a 2014 ambush at their barracks is set to resume hours after the suspect was taken to the hospital.

Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin tweeted that Eric Frein’s trial is expected to resume at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Defense attorney Michael Weinstein says Frein was taken to the hospital around 8 a.m.   Continue reading “Trial to resume in barracks ambush trial after suspect falls”

Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

Rumors of war are percolating in Washington D.C., and if the Trump administration is not extremely careful it may find itself fighting several disastrous wars simultaneously.  Just one day after threatening North Korea with war, Donald Trump has committed to taking military action against the Assad regime in Syria.  Trump is blaming the chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib province on Tuesday on the Syrian government, and he is pledging that the United States will not just sit by and do nothing in response.  Unfortunately for all of us, military contingents from Russia, Iran and Hezbollah are mixed in among the Syrian forces, and so any strike on the Syrian military could potentially spark World War 3.   Continue reading “Donald Trump Has Just Committed The United States To A Disastrous War In Syria”

NBC Turn to 10 – by Matt Reed and Jared Pelletier

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — A suspended Woonsocket police officer was being held at the ACI as a parole violator after allegedly assaulting a Woonsocket high school student.

A police report obtained by NBC 10 News noted that Patrick Cahill was arrested March 27 at Woonsocket High School. He’s accused of putting a student in a headlock and then punching the student in the face before throwing him to the ground.   Continue reading “Suspended Woonsocket officer accused of assaulting student”

The Daily Caller – by Christian Datok

Ron Paul claimed on Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Liberty Report” that all signs point toward Tuesday’s chemical attack in Syria being a false flag operation.

“Before this episode of possible gas exposure and who did what, things were going along reasonably well for the conditions,” the former Texas congressman stated. “Trump said let the Syrians decide who should run their country, and peace talks were making out, and Al Qaeda and ISIS were on the run.”   Continue reading “‘FALSE FLAG’ — Ron Paul Says Syrian Chemical Attack ‘Makes No Sense’”

ABC News – by Erica Werner, AP

A Senate showdown is at hand over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, and it could change the Senate and the court for years to come.

The confrontation will play out Thursday as 44 Democrats and independents try to block the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch by denying Republicans the 60 votes needed to proceed to final passage.   Continue reading “Showdown at hand over Trump’s Supreme Court nominee”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey

HELENA, Mont. (April 5, 2017) – Today, the Montana House passed a bill that would take big steps towards making the state a sanctuary for gun rights by prohibiting state enforcement of most federal acts restricting firearms, magazines or ammunition. If signed into law, it would effectively stop any such federal acts in practice within the state.   Continue reading “Montana House Passes Bill to Help Create a Gun Rights Sanctuary State”