Year: 2018

NBC News

In a move apparently designed to appease President Trump’s recent promise to execute narcotics traffickers, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week released a memo urging federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for “dealing in extremely large quantities of drugs.”

Smarting from Sessions’ opposition to state-legal marijuana in places like California, Colorado and Washington state, the new guidelines sent chills through some in the cannabis community.   Continue reading “Legal pot business owners ponder the possibility of death row after Trump administration policy shift”

Fox News – by John R Lott

Congressional Republicans are jeopardizing the Second Amendment rights of 4.2 million senior citizens. At the same time, they have voted to funnel tens of millions of dollars to gun control organizations and support other actions that Democrats will love.

All of this is wrapped up in the giant $1.3 trillion spending bill that the House of Representatives approved Thursday on a 256-167 vote and sent to the Senate.  Continue reading “The Second Amendment rights of more than 4 million Americans are at risk thanks to Republicans in Congress”

The Hill – by Jordain Carney

The Senate rushed to approve a $1.3 trillion government funding bill early Friday morning, sending the mammoth legislation to President Trump‘s desk less than 24 hours before a deadline to avert another government shutdown.

Senators voted 65-32 on the measure, well over the simple majority needed to approve it, despite late drama after the bill easily cleared the House on Thursday afternoon. It now goes to the White House where Trump is expected to sign it.  Continue reading “Senate approves $1.3 trillion spending bill, sending to Trump”

The Daily Caller – by Joe Simonson

The media is getting its pom-poms out for a major anti-gun protest in Washington, D.C., this Saturday, with some networks devoting around-the-clock coverage starting as early as Friday.

Nearly every network will replace the entirety of their normal Saturday programming with live coverage of what is expected to be the largest anti-gun protest in U.S. history, according to press releases from many major news networks.   Continue reading “Media Will Spend Nearly Two Days Giving Anti-Gun Protest Wall-To-Wall Coverage”

Seattle Times – by Daniel Beekman

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and Councilmember M. Lorena González said Wednesday that they plan to propose legislation to require gun owners to lock up firearms left in their homes and vehicles.

The legislation also could increase penalties for people who fail to report lost and stolen guns, they said, describing the move as a response to a widespread gun-violence crisis and to shootings in Seattle.
Continue reading “Seattle officials to propose law requiring owners to lock up guns”

Busy – by TheHoneyBee

“When the Department of Justice is the group urging Congress not to expand criminal law and Congress does it anyway, something is very wrong.” –How the Congress Censored the Internet

The new “Monster Hybrid” FOSTA-SESTA package, was passed 97-2 in the Senate today. The bill is a confusing mishmash of a bill, an act, some major overreach, and the facade of being a solution to #endhumantrafficking. After the Backpage.com scandal and child exploitation showing up on platforms such as Youtube, Twitter and Facebook, how can one be against legislation that thwarts sex trafficking and protects children??? Well, that’s exactly what they are counting on, our ignorance and small, independent platforms being crippled by the fear of committing a federal crime.   Continue reading “Fosta/Sesta Will Destroy Us All”

B’Man’s Revolt – by Tom Mysiewicz

Criticize Israel—cause distress to a Jew anywhere—and wind up in an Israeli prison…or executed?

“To all the Jews in the United States, I want to convey an unequivocal message. We are very sorry, from the bottom of our hearts….We are good Jews, we do not hate you. There was no hatred here…He was motivated solely by the disease.”ⁱ   Quote attributed to father of Michael Kadar.   Continue reading “Dual Loyalist + Hate Charges = Precedent”

Forward – by Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump named as his national security adviser John Bolton, a hawk who has said military strikes may be inevitable as a means of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

The White House announced Thursday evening that H.R. McMaster was leaving the position and that Bolton would take his place by April 9.  Continue reading “Trump Names Pro-Israel Iran Hawk John Bolton As National Security Adviser”

Daily Mail

White House officials said Thursday that President Donald Trump will sign a hotly contested budget bill when lawmakers send it to him, despite the fact that it provides for only 33 miles of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump vowed in April 2017 that his long-promised border wall would be finished by the end of his first term in office.     Continue reading “White House says it can only build 33 miles of new border barriers”

Yahoo News

Being a neophyte in the world of woodworking — I’ve made a shabby but sturdy shed — I can appreciate the value of a good partner who can help measure, cut, hold stuff, and generally be a second pair of hands. The usual drawback with humans is you have to pay them or feed them in return for this duty. So imagine my delight in finding that ETH Zurich is pioneering the art of robot-assisted woodworking!   Continue reading “Hold this beam for me, friend robot, and let us construct a house together”

The Hill

President Trump on Thursday announced he plans to slap tens of billions of dollars in tariffs and penalties on imports from China to try to curb what he described as its efforts to steal intellectual property from U.S. companies.

The president signed a memorandum directing the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the Treasury Department to launch a broad range of actions against China.  Continue reading “Trump says new tariffs, penalties on China could total $60B”