USA Today

The Trump administration can go ahead with a ban on the rapid-fire gun attachments used to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a federal judge ruled late Monday, turning back one of the first legal challenges to the ban.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington rejected challenges to the ban on the rapid-fire attachment known as bump stocks weeks before it was scheduled to go into effect.    Continue reading “Judge says ban on rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’ can go forward, rejects challenge to new rules”

The Daily Journal

A suspended San Francisco police officer accused of a November bank robbery is already facing charges in San Mateo County for allegedly stealing from an elderly man with Alzheimer’s disease, according to officials.

Rain Daugherty, 44, of San Francisco, is due in federal court Friday morning for a hearing on whether he should be granted bail while awaiting trial.   Continue reading “Suspended cop faces San Mateo County elder abuse charge”

Fox News

An English and comparative literature professor in California was reprimanded after an interview quoted him as saying police “need to be killed,” according to reports.

The California Aggie also reported the tweets of UC Davis professor Joshua Clover, who is also a poet:   Continue reading “California professor reprimanded for saying police ‘need to be killed,’ reports say”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday takes up one of the biggest cases of its current term when it weighs whether a cross-shaped war memorial on public land in Maryland is an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion.

The so-called Peace Cross, a 40-foot-tall (12 meters) concrete memorial to 49 men from Maryland’s Prince George’s County killed in World War One, is situated on public land at a busy road intersection in Bladensburg just outside Washington.   Continue reading “In major religion case, Supreme Court weighs Maryland cross dispute”

Tech Dirt – by Karl Bode

When Charter Communications (Spectrum) proposed merging with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks in 2016, the company repeatedly promised that the amazing “synergies” would lower rates, increase competition, boost employment, and improve the company’s services. Of course like countless telecom megamergers before it, little if any of those promises actually materialized.   Continue reading “Charter Spectrum Keeps Mindlessly Jacking Up Its Bullshit Fees”

Tasnim News Agency

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – UN chief Antonio Guterres will unveil Monday a report which accuses Israel of burying radioactive nuclear waste in the Golan Heights, a Syrian territory under occupation for over five decades.

Guterres will submit the report – which is based on Syria’s charges against Israel – to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at the panel’s 40th session, set to open in Geneva Monday and run through March 22.   Continue reading “Israel Burying Radioactive Nuclear Waste in Syria’s Golan: UN”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev told Argumenty i Fakty that the US is deploying military assets to Puerto Rico and Colombia for a future military intervention in Venezuela to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power.

“Showing sarcasm and arrogance towards the Venezuelan people, the United States is preparing a military invasion of an independent state,” Patrushev told the Russian newspaper.   Continue reading “US Deploys Special Forces To Puerto Rico, Colombia Ahead Of Venezuela Invasion, Russia Claims”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump, the House of Representatives on Tuesday brushed aside veto threats and passed legislation to terminate the emergency he declared at the U.S.-Mexico border in order to build a wall there.

By a vote of 245-182, the House passed the resolution, setting up a vote in the Republican-controlled Senate where the resolution’s chances were slimmer, but seemed to be improving.   Continue reading “House passes bill rejecting Trump’s border wall emergency”

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Brandon Turbeville

While the United States has done everything in its power to turn Syria into Libya 2.0, it appears the U.S. is now attempting to turn Venezuela into Libya 3.0. Using many of the same tactics utilized in Syria and Libya, the US is utilizing political pressure, sanctions, and the establishment of a parallel government to weaken and overthrow the Maduro government in Venezuela. Now, however, there is evidence that the U.S. is going further and adding the arming of “rebels” to its toolkit in South America.    Continue reading “NC Based Airline Implicated In Shipping Arms To “Rebels” In Venezuela”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

The White House made clear Monday that if the House Democrats’ push to criminalize private gun sales somehow reached the president’s desk, it would be vetoed.

On Monday, Breitbart News reported that the Democrats plan to vote this week on H.R.8, the legislation criminalizing private gun sales. H.R.8 would not have stopped a single mass shooter from the last decade, but it would criminalize a friend who sells a gun to a lifelong friend without first getting government permission.   Continue reading “White House to Veto Democrat Bill Criminalizing Private Gun Sales”

Breitbart – by Dr. Susan Berry

Senate Democrats failed to protect babies from infanticide when they are born alive following botched abortions.

On Monday, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, S. 311, failed, 53-44, with the requirement of a 60-vote supermajority for approval and only Democrats voting against it.   Continue reading “Senate Democrats Fail to Protect Infants Born Alive After Abortions from Infanticide”

The Hill

A South Dakota bill set to be heard on the House floor would require transgender student athletes to participate on sports teams based on the gender listed on their birth certificates.

House Bill 1225 would override the statewide policy currently in place that allows student athletes to play on sports teams “in a manner consistent with their gender identity,” according to CNN.   Continue reading “South Dakota bill would force transgender students to play on teams based on birth certificate gender”

Sputnik

Earlier, a media investigation found that housing for military families at bases across the US was plagued by serious deficiencies, including faulty construction and poor maintenance, despite the hundreds of millions of dollars paid to private contractors to manage the estates.

Troops and family members at Fort Hood, Texas face deplorable housing conditions and issues including everything from infestations of snakes and cockroaches, to major housing defects such as to lead paint and mold, the Austin American-Statesman has reported, citing a list of public complaints heard at a recent a town hall-style meeting at the base. Continue reading “Troops at Texas Base Fed Up Sharing Moldy Homes With Snakes, Cockroaches”

The Mind Unleashed – by Elias Marat

Most of the food that we eat makes a long and tortuous journey to our tables, often over great distances or from unknown origins.

Whether it’s factory-farmed eggs, processed chicken, fresh fruit from the west coast, seafood from the east coast, or a glass of wine or ice-cold beer, we often assume that what we’re eating is generally healthy or at least won’t harm us if enjoyed in moderation.  Continue reading “Toxic Weed Killer Found in Almost All Beer and Wine Brands … Including Organic”

Activist Post – by Aaron Kesel

A survey on cannabidiol (CBD) usage found that women are more likely than men to use CBD; and once they start using it they quit traditional forms of big pharma painkillers like Tylenol, ibuprofen, and Vicodin, Forbes reported.

Brightfield Group, a cannabis market research organization, and HelloMD, an online community that brings together doctors and cannabis patients, studied 2,400 of HelloMD’s community of 150,000 members by monitoring their usage of CBD products and their overall effectiveness.   Continue reading “Study: More Than Half Quit Using Prescription Drugs After Using Cannabis and CBD Products”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

A shocking new report from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women paints a disturbing picture of law enforcement and their role in sex trafficking. The report found that instead of preventing child and adult sex trafficking, many police officers are participating in it.

The report is titled “Sex Trafficking in Hawaii: The Stories of Survivors,” which detailed the testimonials from multiple victims. One particularly disturbing part of the report was the fact that almost half of all the victims interviewed reported that police officers participated in their abuse and victimization.   Continue reading “Study Finds Nearly Half of Child and Adult Sex Trafficking Victims Were Abused by Police”