Fox News 8

PARKLAND, Fla. — As the community of Parkland, Florida —  and the entire nation– attempt to comprehend the “pure evil” actions of a school shooter, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the funeral expenses for the school shooting victims would be covered by the state.

“We will pay for the funeral expenses of these poor victims and we’ll do everything we can to help their families. The state of Florida, we will pay for counseling for the surviving victims. We will pay for students who need counseling,” Bondi said during a news conference Wednesday evening.   Continue reading “Florida Attorney General: ‘We will pay for the funeral expenses of these poor victims’”

Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas

PARKLAND, Fla. (INTELLIHUB) — According to a senior at Stoneman Douglas High School who appeared on The Alex Jones ShowThursday, United States Secret Service personnel were on the ground at the school several weeks before the shooting to change security protocols.

Jalen Martin told the Texas talk show host that a teacher of his had confirmed that indeed the Secret Service was present at the school a few weeks prior.   Continue reading “Parkland student: ‘Secret Service was present, changed school security policy, several weeks before shooting’”

Philip Levine

February 15, 2018

Honorable Joe Negron
President, The Florida Senate

Honorable Richard Corcoran
Speaker, The Florida House of Representatives

Dear President Negron and Speaker Corcoran:

Today, Florida is once again living through a nightmare that could have been prevented. Floridians woke up this morning to images and stories of school children being terrorized by a 19-year old who came to his former high school with one purpose: to bring mass harm to his peers.   Continue reading “Letter from Philip Levine, Former Mayor of Miami Beach to Florida Legislature”

AOL

Carly Novell is a 17-year-old senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and was one of the fortunate ones on Wednesday afternoon: She survived the Parkland, Florida, shooting that devastated her school and took the lives of 17 of her classmates and bystanders.

It was the 18th school shooting this year alone.
Continue reading “Student survivor hid in closet almost 70 years after grandfather hid from shooter”

The Organic Prepper

Do you feed your dogs wet food? If so, you need to check your labels because 4 major brands have been recalled by the manufacturer, J.M. Smucker Company.

According to a message sent to retailers, the foods could contain a drug that is used in euthanasia.   Continue reading “These Dog Foods Have Been Recalled Because They May Contain EUTHANASIA DRUGS”

The Hill

President Trump on Wednesday said he in favor of a 25-cent gas tax hike to pay for his infrastructure plan.

He told lawmakers and senior White House officials that he endorses a gas tax hike, sources familiar with the meeting told Axios.

Sen. Tom Carper (Del.), the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, was in the meeting and confirmed in a statement that the president backed a 25-cent increase.    Continue reading “Trump says he backs 25-cent gas tax hike to pay for infrastructure”

NBC News

Three people, including a police officer, were injured after authorities say a driver tried to enter the secure campus of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade on Wednesday morning and someone opened fire.

Gunshots were fired during the incident, but officials say they do not believe any of the injuries resulted from gunfire.   Continue reading “3 Hurt After Driver Tried to Enter NSA Campus”

Breitbart – by Joel B Pollak

Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday morning that school shootings such as those that occurred in Parkland, Florida on Wednesday could be prevented by allowing local law enforcement to intervene with troubled individuals.

“All of law enforcement is deeply concerned about this trend of violence in schools and other, similar places,” he said, noting that he had discussed the issue with an organization of local law enforcement officials Thursday morning.   Continue reading “Jeff Sessions: Recognizing ‘Signals and Signs’ Could Prevent Shootings”

RT

Gold prices have edged up on the back of a tumbling US dollar which, according to analysts, has set the stage for a new bull market for the precious metal. Experts project higher gold prices in the near-term.

The yellow metal was trading at $1,354.65 an ounce as of 10:20 GMT on Thursday, after enjoying its best trading day on Wednesday since June 24, 2016.   Continue reading “Plunging US dollar boosts gold’s safe-haven demand”

RT

It is no secret that Palestinian trust in Washington as an impartial broker and mediator in future peace talks with Israel has been shredded.

And given the Trump administration’s reckless, not to mention illegal, decision to declare Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2017, who can blame them?   Continue reading “Washington no more: Palestine turns to Moscow for future Israel talks”

Mail.com

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister announced Thursday he has submitted a resignation letter after the worst anti-government protests in a quarter-century, saying he hoped the surprise decision would help planned reforms succeed and create a “lasting peace.”

“I want to be part of the solution,” Hailemariam Desalegn said in remarks carried by the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation. “I believe that the public’s demands and questions should be met and answered.” It was not immediately clear whether lawmakers had accepted the resignation.   Continue reading “Ethiopia’s prime minister submits resignation after protests”

Mail.com

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Two of the three people who were in a sport utility vehicle that was stopped and fired upon when it tried to enter the National Security Agency campus without authorization have been released, an FBI spokesman said Thursday.

NSA police turned over the other person to the Howard County Sheriff’s Office, because he was wanted on allegations of being behind on child support payments, said Dave Fitz, the spokesman for the FBI’s Baltimore field office.   Continue reading “2 freed after shots fired at SUV in NSA campus confrontation”

James Fetzer

It was bad enough when the purported Douglas High School shooter showed up wearing a MAGA hat to create a cartoon simple enough for most American’s to “get it”: This is what Trump means by “Making America Great Again”! But State of the Nation (14 February 2018) has done the nation a valuable service by exposing the most ludicrous elements of another in a seemingly endless series of fabricated shootings, this time, like Sandy Hook, at another school, only not a CT elementary but a FL high school, where the shooter has been reported to have been speaking with another student at the time the shooting was taking place:  
Continue reading “A “False Flag” for Valentine’s Day: Suppressing “False Flags on Five Fronts””

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

A tragedy in Florida unfolded Wednesday afternoon when a psychotic former student terrorized a high school and the nation as he walked into the school and began shooting and killing students. The terrorist shooter killed 17 people.

It is no surprise that the hashtag #GunReformNow is already trending on Twitter as politicians and advocacy groups alike—like every time before—begin milking this tragedy for their political agenda.   Continue reading “In 3 Years, Cops Have Killed 450% More Citizens Than 4 Decades of Mass Shootings COMBINED”