Waco Tribune-Herald – by Tommy Witherspoon

A former Waco police officer who claimed he acted in self-defense when he grabbed a handcuffed suspect by the throat after a 2016 traffic stop was convicted on two misdemeanor counts Thursday.

A six-person jury in 19th State District Court deliberated about 90 minutes before finding George Neville guilty of assault and official oppression, both Class A misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in the county jail and a $4,000 fine.

Continue reading “Former Waco PD officer convicted in 2016 choking incident”

Electronic Frontier Foundation – by Jennifer Lynch

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly building what will likely become the largest database of biometric and biographic data on citizens and foreigners in the United States. The agency’s new Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) database will include multiple forms of biometrics—from face recognition to DNA, data from questionable sources, and highly personal data on innocent people. It will be shared with federal agencies outside of DHS as well as state and local law enforcement and foreign governments. And yet, we still know very little about it.   Continue reading “HART: Homeland Security’s Massive New Database Will Include Face Recognition, DNA, and Peoples’ “Non-Obvious Relationships””

Fox News

President Trump won on the promise to strengthen U.S. immigration policy, but Rep. Steve King of Iowa, says a group of Republicans are plotting with Democrats to force votes on bills that would offer amnesty for every illegal immigrant who entered America as minors.
Continue reading “King: Group of Republicans plotting with Dems for amnesty”

Left Hook – by Dean Henderson

(Excerpted from Chapter 6: The City of London: Illuminati Agenda 21: The Luciferian Plan To Destroy Creation)

Also known as the Crown, the one square mile City of London is contained within London proper and is a separate entity from both London and the UK. It has its own mayor, committeemen, and aldermen. To be an alderman, one has to be a “Freeman”- code for Freemason. The world’s biggest Freemason lodge is contained within the City. Thus, all the perverted regalia its managers wear.   Continue reading “The City Of London”

Information Clearinghouse – by Marjorie Cohn

In a little noticed but potentially monumental development, the House of Representatives voted unanimously for an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (H.R. 5515) that says no statute authorizes the use of military force against Iran.

The amendment, introduced by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota), states, “It is the sense of Congress that the use of the Armed Forces against Iran is not authorized by this Act or any other Act.”   Continue reading “In Unanimous Vote, House Says No Legal Right to Attack Iran”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Making illegal or banning arbitrary substances does nothing to curb their use. In fact, as the increasingly deadly opioid crisis illustrates, it makes matters far worse. What does help to foster improvement, however, is when the state reverses prohibition. The most recent state to figure this out is Pennsylvania, who just added opioid addiction to the list of conditions for which it will allow people to obtain marijuana.

Of course, total legalization would be ideal. However, this move by Pennsylvania lawmakers shows that the science can no longer be denied and bureaucrats have to finally admit it.   Continue reading “State Finally Looks at Science, Approves Use of Marijuana to Treat Opioid Addiction”

Yahoo News

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of the former leader of a corrupt Baltimore police unit (all times local):

12:05 p.m.

A leader of a corrupt Baltimore police unit has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake handed down the punishment Thursday to former Gun Trace Task Force leader Sgt. Wayne Jenkins.  Continue reading “Ex-leader of corrupt police unit gets 25 years”

Reuters

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are transferring into federal prisons about 1,600 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, officials told Reuters on Thursday, in the first large-scale use of federal prisons to hold detainees amid a Trump administration crackdown on people entering the country illegally.

An ICE spokeswoman told Reuters five federal prisons will temporarily take in detainees awaiting civil immigration court hearings, including potential asylum seekers, with one prison in Victorville, California, preparing to house 1,000 people.   Continue reading “U.S. sending 1,600 immigration detainees to federal prisons”

Yahoo News

A crocodile in Australia has eaten a small dog that had taunted it for a decade and was famous for chasing the eleven-foot reptile into the water.

To the horror of guests at a riverside lodge who had gathered to watch the spectacle, the saltwater crocodile did not scurry towards the water as the dog ran at its head.   Continue reading “Crocodile eats beloved terrier that spent a decade taunting it”

The Great Recession

Europe’s many fault lines are spreading once again, bringing the endless euro crisis saga back in 3-D realism. Italy gained a new anti-establishment government last week, even as Spain elected a new Socialista government that could crack Catalonia off from the rest of Spain. All of Europe fell under Trumpian trade-war sanctions and threatened their own retaliation. And Germany’s most titanic bank got downgraded to the bottom of the junk-bond B-bin.   Continue reading “Return of the Euro Crisis: Italy Quakes, Rest of the World Shakes and Merkel’s Empire Breaks”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 6, 2018) – Last week, the California Senate passed a bill that would establish limited state-chartered banks to serve the cannabis industry. Final passage of this legislation would remove a major federal roadblock in front of the developing marijuana industry in the state and further nullify federal prohibition of cannabis.

Sen. Bob Hertzberg, (D-Van Nuys), along with a bipartisan coalition of nine cosponsors, introduced Senate Bill 930 (SB930) in January. The legislation would create a self-contained banking system for the cannabis industry in California.   Continue reading “California Senate Passes Bill to Create Banking Alternative for Cannabis Industry, Bypass Federal Reserve”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The driver of a Tesla Inc Model X car using Autopilot did not have his hands on the steering wheel in the six seconds before a fatal crash in California in March, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.

The NTSB said in a preliminary report the 38-year-old driver, who died in hospital shortly after the crash, had been given two visual alerts and one auditory alert to place his hands on the steering wheel during the trip.  Continue reading “Fatal Tesla Autopilot crash driver had hands off wheel: U.S. agency”

RT

Orb memes and supernatural conspiracies are back with a vengeance after Benjamin Netanyahu and Emmanuel Macron were pictured grasping a strange glowing sphere between them.

The bizarre moment comes a year after an uncannily similar photo, featuring US President Donald Trump, Saudi King Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, sparked witchcraft conspiracies across social media.   Continue reading “Return of the orb: Why are Netanyahu and Macron clasping glowing globe?”

Daily Mail

A young couple built a 560sqft ‘earthship’ home using reclaimed and re-purposed materials with wooden walls reinforced by car tires in the Santa Cruz Mountains for just $10,000.

The surprisingly spacious interior has a minimalist look and natural light floods the living areas through large windows where discarded colored bottles provide a stained-glass effect.   Continue reading “The $10,000 recycled home: Young couple used tires, bottles and parts from an old barn to create their dream home that is completely self-sufficient”

American Trucker – by Jason McDaniel

JACKSONVILLE, FL. The Shell Starship ended its 2,300-mile trip from San Diego, CA, to Jacksonville, FL, on Tuesday with a presentation highlighting the tractor-trailer’s efforts to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.

But, as Shell’s Chris Guerrero pointed out, the real journey is only beginning.   Continue reading “The ‘real journey’ is just beginning for Shell’s Starship truck”

Breitbart – by John Binder

A bipartisan group of Senators is slamming Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for recently allowing U.S. businesses to import an additional 15,000 low-skilled foreign workers to the country.

In a letter to Nielsen on Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) blasted her latest move that allows businesses to import thousands of low-skilled foreign workers to the U.S. to take blue-collar American jobs through the H-2B visa program, as Breitbart News reported.   Continue reading “Senators Slam DHS Secretary Nielsen for Allowing Businesses to Import More Low-Skilled Foreign Workers”