Month: January 2018

Washington Post – by Paul Schwartzman

The emailed response from the Guggenheim’s chief curator to the White House was polite but firm: The museum could not accommodate a request to borrow a painting by Vincent van Gogh for President and Melania Trump’s private living quarters.

Instead, wrote the curator, Nancy Spector, another piece was available, one that was nothing like “Landscape With Snow,” the 1888 van Gogh rendering of a man in a black hat walking along a path in Arles, France, with his dog.   Continue reading “The White House asked to borrow a van Gogh. The Guggenheim offered a gold toilet instead.”

Fox News

Authorities in Colorado have identified one suspect in the shooting death of an Adams County sheriff’s deputy late Wednesday.

Dreion Martise Dearing, 22, was booked on charges of first-degree murder of a peace officer, first-degree murder after deliberation, and second-degree burglary, Fox 31 Denver reported.   Continue reading “Suspect identified in shooting death of Colorado sheriff’s deputy”

Fox News

As Congress faces a deadline to deal with the DACA program, a story in Washington state is revealing how divisive the issue of illegal immigration is.

Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee recently learned the state’s Department of Licensing was sharing information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It prompted Inslee to put up his own wall to block any future cooperation and protect those in the country illegally.   Continue reading “Washington state gov warns driver licensing bureau not to help ICE”

This will likely happen in other countries, maybe already has.

We Believe In Israel

We Believe in Israel and the Israel Britain Alliance have published a list of the 216 General Election candidates who have signed their Pledge for Israel.   Continue reading “Candidates sign pledge for Israel”

The Hill

President Trump said Wednesday he plans to discuss a $1.7 trillion infrastructure package during next week’s annual State of the Union address.

During a White House meeting with mayors from across the country, Trump said his administration is “working to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure by stimulating a $1 trillion investment, and that will actually, probably, end up being about $1.7 trillion.”  Continue reading “Trump to announce $1.7 trillion infrastructure package at State of the Union”

WGN TV

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Donald Trump is proposing to provide a path to citizenship for 1.8 million younger immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. The plan is likely to get a mixed reaction on Capitol Hill.

Senior White House officials are offering a preview of Trump’s immigration framework, casting it as a compromise that could pass the Senate.  Continue reading “Pres. Trump proposes path to citizenship for 1.8 million”

Breitbart – by Charlie Spiering

President Donald Trump said he would be willing to revisit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal — if a better deal can be reached.

“I would do TPP if we were able to make a substantially better deal,” he said, calling the Obama-era trade proposal a “terrible deal.”

Trump made his remarks during an interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen while visiting the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.   Continue reading “Trump Open to Revisiting TPP if He Can ‘Make a Substantially Better Deal’”

The Hill

Breitbart News rolled out a new line of attack aimed at President Trump on Wednesday after Trump announced that he was open to a path to citizenship for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

In a headline Wednesday, the typically pro-Trump right-wing news outlet labeled the president “Amnesty Don” in an article that accused him of “breaking his immigration commitment.”  Continue reading “Breitbart labels Trump ‘Amnesty Don’ over DACA plans”

Forward – by Nathan Guttman

Florida is one of 20 U.S. states that have already enacted measures to confront companies that boycott Israel.

Now, the Tallahassee Democrat is reporting that state legislatures are poised to toughen the already existing anti-BDS law, making it even harder for companies to do business with Florida if they chose to boycott Israel.   Continue reading “Florida Moves To Pass Tougher Anti-BDS Laws”

1. Money cannot buy happiness – but it’s far more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle.

2. Forgive your enemy – but remember the asshole’s name.

3. If you help someone when they’re in trouble – they will remember you when they’re in trouble again.   Continue reading “5 things to remember in life.”

Campus Reform – by Anthony Gockowski

Emory University will now require every member of its Campus Life staff to undergo “several” mandatory trainings on “cultural humility and social justice.”

According to an email obtained by Campus Reform, the Campus Life Executive Leadership Team is “developing a new competency focused on cultural humility and social justice,” and will thus offer “several mandatory professional development programs in 2018” on the topic.   Continue reading “University makes staffers take ‘cultural humility’ training”

Jon Rappoport

If you worked for a federal agency that was killing people at the rate of 100,000 a year, every year, like clockwork, and if you knew it, wouldn’t you feel compelled to say or do something about it?

At the FDA, which is, in fact, killing Americans at that rate, no one has ever felt the need to step forward and speak up.   Continue reading “Why the FDA should be charged with murder”

KSTP 5 News – by Jay Kolls

Continue reading “Sources: FBI Investigating Woman Charged with Arson at St. Catherine”

WND

A middle-age Swedish woman who took an 18-year-old Afghan refugee into her home as her lover refused to report the young man to police when he sexually assaulted her daughter, 12, reported the Swedish news site, FriaTider.

“I was afraid he would be sent back to Afghanistan,” said the unidentified woman, who works in a residential-care home for children and teens.   Continue reading “#MeToo feminist shields refugee-lover who abused daughter, 12”

Natural News – by Isabelle Z

As Big Pharma and the medical establishment continue to convince people they have various medical conditions and need medications to function or even survive, we’re seeing rises in the use of everything from antidepressants to statins. However, a new report from the CDC is shedding light on one disturbing trend in particular: a sharp spike in the number of child-bearing aged women who take medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.   Continue reading “ADHD drug use has skyrocketed 345% among young women in 12 years according to the CDC, increasing birth defects”

Breitbart – by Victoria Friedman

The Church of England has rejected a proposal for a new service to mark a congregant’s sex change – but has given the nod to using an existing ‘reaffirmation’ baptism service, instead.

The decision by the Anglican House of Bishops to reject proposals for the development of a new special service to mark gender transitions was criticised by LGBT activists within the church.   Continue reading “Church of England Sneaks Transgender ‘Re-Baptism’ into Liturgy”