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Six Iranians fighting for the Syrian regime were among those killed in reported Israeli missile strikes in southern Syria this week, a war monitor said Thursday.
Israeli missiles targeted “military positions and intelligence facilities belonging to Iran and [pro-Iranian] militias” in the southern provinces of Daraa and Quneitra early on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Continue reading “6 Iranians among 9 dead in Israeli strike on Syria, monitor says”
The American Trucking Associations on Wednesday asserted that the gap between the number of available, qualified drivers and the number of drivers needed by fleets is widening. The ATA report forecasts what it considers a “driver shortage” will reach 160,000 by 2028, if current trends continue.
ATA estimates there will be a driver shortfall of 59,500 this year, down slightly from its estimate of 60,800 for 2018, but well above the 2017 estimate of 50,700. Continue reading “ATA casts ‘driver shortage’ as worsening”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that all standing agreements with the state of Israel will be suspended indefinitely, following the bulldozing of homes in the occupied West Bank.
President Abbas announced the decision on Thursday afternoon, and said it would take effect by Friday. The move comes in response to the Israeli government’s demolition of homes in Wadi Hummus, a Palestinian community in southeast Jerusalem. Continue reading “Palestine’s Abbas suspends ALL agreements with Israel”
A couple in California taking out the trash over the weekend ended up victims of a “very brutal” attack that was caught on camera, according to officials.
The Stockton Police Department said on Facebook the incident happened Sunday around 11:30 p.m. when the group of unknown assailants attacked the couple in the 900 block of Henry Long Drive in the Weston Ranch area of the city. Continue reading “California couple hurt in ‘very brutal’ attack by group of teenagers outside their home”
CBR – by LD Nolan, June 23, 2019
Former Walt Disney Company executive Michael Laney has been sentenced to 81 months in prison for four counts of first-degree sexual abuse involving a 7-year-old girl.
According to WTKR, Laney, who is 73-years-old, “will have to register as a sex offender and pay a $4,000 fine.” Continue reading “Former Walt Disney VP Sentenced to Prison in Child Sex Abuse Investigation”
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Archive: TWFTT 7-25-19
It is official: The Tea Party is dead. Writing for National Review, Brian Riedl rightly sums it up:
President Trump and congressional leaders are nearing a deal that would raise the discretionary-spending caps by $320 billion over two years and offset less than one-quarter of those costs (and even those offsets would take a decade to materialize). The budget deal would essentially repeal the final two years of the 2011 Budget Control Act and raise the baseline for future discretionary spending by nearly $2 trillion over the decade. Continue reading “The Tea Party Is Dead And So Are The Patriot Movement And The Evangelical Church”
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli Embassy in Finland has been vandalized by neo-Nazi and far right extremists for at least the 15th time in the last year and a half.
The glass front door of the embassy in Helsinki was shattered over the weekend, and images of swastikas and Adolf Hitler were hung in the entrance to the building, Ynet reported. Continue reading “Israeli Embassy in Finland attacked for 15th time in past 18 months”
July 24, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — The Minnesota mother whose son was maneuvered through a “sex change” by county officials has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review her case. She is charging the government with usurping her parental rights when its agents provided her son with transgender services and narcotic drugs against her wishes.
The Thomas More Society petitioned the High Court Wednesday on behalf of Anmarie Calgaro, arguing that Calgaro’s due process rights were “trampled on” when St. Louis County and its referred health providers “ended her parental control over her minor son without a court order of emancipation.” Continue reading “Mom sues county for giving her minor son sex change without her consent”
A deputy in Georgia accidentally shot and killed a police dog Friday when the animal bit him from behind, not realizing the animal was a K-9, the Paulding County Sheriff’s office said.
Cpl. Brandon Kilgore was chasing a suspect in a domestic dispute when his dog, Verro, snuck out of a police car, got mixed up and started pursuing a deputy, grabbing his leg and biting him, the county sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.
Continue reading “Deputy in Georgia shoots and kills canine, not realizing it was a police dog”
India’s government and companies are openly pushing for the U.S. Senate passage of a bipartisan “country caps” bill that would reward 100,000 Indian graduates per year with green cards if they take technology jobs in America.
“I must compliment the U.S. House of Representatives for adopting the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants bill which removes country caps on the H1B visas,” Indian ambassador Harsh Shringla told a D.C. meeting of lobbyists and advocates on Tuesday. Continue reading “India Ambassador Praises House for Outsourcing U.S. College Jobs to Indians”
A federal judge in California on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from imposing restrictions on individuals seeking asylum in the United States, just hours after a judge in Washington had decided to let the rule stand while lawsuits play out in court.
The rule, published in the Federal Register last week, required people seeking asylum to apply first in one of the countries they cross on their way to the U.S. — with certain exceptions. It targeted tens of thousands of Central Americans who have crossed Mexico each month trying to enter the U.S. Continue reading “Federal court blocks Trump asylum rules hours after judge ruled to keep restrictions in place”
Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard
A record 61,000 unaccompanied migrant children have surged over the U.S.-Mexico border and been handed to federal care facilities since October, and there are still over two months left in the fiscal year, according to immigration officials.
The number tops the total for fiscal year 2016, at 59,170 turned over to the Department of Health and Human Services. Continue reading “Record 61,000 migrant children surge over border, $230M spent for snacks, diapers, baby formula”
US President Donald Trump has vetoed three congressional resolutions barring billions of dollars in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which have been committing war crimes in Yemen for over four years.
In veto messages to Congress released by the White House on Wednesday, Trump argued that the bills would “weaken America’s global competitiveness and damage the important relationships we share with our allies and partners.” Continue reading “Trump vetoes trio of congressional bills prohibiting Saudi arms sales”
Attorney General Bill Barr announced Thursday the federal government will be resuming capital punishment.
In the announcement, the U.S. Department of Justice said the decision was made related to “five death-row inmates convicted of murdering, and in some cases torturing and raping, the most vulnerable in our society — children and the elderly.” Continue reading “Federal government resuming executions after 2 decades, names first 5 people to be killed”
AMARILLO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A school district in Texas will begin drug testing students as young as 12 years old who are interested in playing sports or participating in other extracurricular activities.
Testing will begin with the resumption of classes next month at Bushland Independent School District and will be required of students in grades seven through 12 who play in the band, sit on the student council, assemble a yearbook, play chess or participate in other clubs. Students who receive a permit to park at the high school also will be subjected to testing. Continue reading “Texas School District To Drug Test Students As Young As 12”
At first glance, there was nothing unusual about President Trump’s introduction Tuesday at Turning Point USA’s student summit. In many ways, it mirrored the production style that has become synonymous with Trump’s campaign rallies.
Following a 12-minute video illustrating Trump’s rise to the presidency, music blared as the president’s name flashed across a giant screen in a bold shade of red. Trump took the stage and soaked in the raucous cheers from hundreds of young supporters packed inside the Marriott Marquis in Washington. Continue reading “How did Trump end up in front of a presidential seal doctored to include a Russian symbol?”