CBS News

Senators Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, are urging the FAA to investigate after a CBS News report found that mechanics are being pressured to ignore potential safety issues and “short-cut the critical work they perform.”

Markey and Blumenthal sent a letter to Acting FAA Administrator Daniel Elwell citing the CBS News report and urging the FAA to provide answers to a variety of questions. The lawmakers want to know just how many complaints the FAA has received about airlines pressuring maintenance workers and whether or not the FAA has investigated the reports uncovered by the eight-month-long CBS News investigation.   Continue reading “Senators call for FAA probe after CBS News report on mechanics being pressured to ignore safety issues”

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Daily Mail

More than 50 celebrities, politicians, and media organizations could face a lawsuit from the teen at the center of the Covington Catholic High School controversy.

Lawyers representing Nick Sandmann, the teen in a Make America Great Again hat seen smirking at Native American activist Nathan Phillips in the video, sent preservation letters out on Friday.    Continue reading “Alyssa Milano, Elizabeth Warren and Jim Carrey are among 50 individuals and media organizations sent letters by lawyers for teen at center of viral Covington Catholic video preparing for potential libel lawsuits”

Breitbart – by John Binder

The pro-mass immigration Koch brothers’ network of billionaire, donor class organizations is backing a Republican-Democrat coalition that would allow for the swift outsourcing of middle-class American jobs to mostly Indian nationals.   Continue reading “Billionaire Kochs Back GOP/Dem Plan to Outsource Middle Class American Jobs”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Just south of Tampa, Fla., students at the Manatee School for the Arts (MSA) roam the hallways past an armed combat veteran who is constantly looking out for threats. By the end of February, another one will be manning a guard shack at at the school’s entrance.

39-year-old Harold Verdecia, a former infantryman in the US army who completed tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, patrols the hallways of Manatee strapped with a 9mm Glock 19X and a Kel-Tec “Bullpup” rifle, according to the Herald Tribune.    Continue reading “Florida School Arms Up; Hires Two Former Combat Veterans To Prevent Mass Shootings”

The Hill

President Trump on Monday notched a rare victory in the California-based federal appeals court by winning a dispute over the construction of certain barriers along small stretches of the U.S. border with Mexico.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court ruling that sided with the Trump administration in a lawsuit challenging its authority to waive environmental and public participation laws to expedite the border construction projects. Continue reading “Appeals court sides with Trump in border wall prototype dispute”

Henry Makow

A curious but very credible Internet document called “The Mardi Gras Secrets”states that Illuminati agents poisoned and killed Presidents William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) and Zachary Taylor (1784-1850). They also poisoned James Buchanan in 1857 but he survived. All three were obstructing Illuminati- House of Rothschild plans for the US Civil War (1860-1865).

The document also describes the Illuminati role in the murders of Abraham Lincoln (1865) and Senator Huey Long (1935). We know they also killed Presidents Garfield (1881), McKinley (1901) and Kennedy (1963) and probably Warren Harding (1923) and possibly FDR (1944).   Continue reading “Rothschilds Murdered at Least Seven US Presidents”

UTMB Newsroom

GALVESTON, Texas – Counter to a lot of public opinion, having a mental illness does not necessarily make a person more likely to commit gun violence. According to a new study, a better indicator of gun violence was access to firearms.

A study by researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston looked into the association between gun violence and mental health in a group of 663 young adults in Texas. Their results were published in the journal Preventive Medicine.   Continue reading “Mental illness not to blame for gun violence study finds”

Bored Panda – by Rokas L

Opposition to vaccines goes as far back as 1772 when Reverend Edmund Massey in England called them “diabolical operations” in his sermon, “The Dangerous and Sinful Practice of Inoculation.” But even now, after vaccines heavily contributed to decreasing rates of common childhood diseases and have even wiped out some diseases that were common in the past (such as smallpox, rinderpest) and have nearly eradicated malaria and polio, some people still fight against them. Recently, 14-year-old Beth from Canada posted a conversation she had with her anti-vaxx mom after getting vaccinated at school in fear of suspension.   Continue reading “Teen Goes Against Anti-Vaxx Mom And Gets Vaccinated At School, Mom Has A Major Meltdown”

Washington Post

Mark Kelly, a former astronaut and husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, announced Tuesday that he is moving forward with a U.S. Senate bid, a move that could create a marquee race next year in Arizona.

Kelly, a Democrat, is challenging Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), who was appointed late last year by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to the seat long held by former senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died last year after a battle with brain cancer.   Continue reading “Former astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Gabby Giffords, announces Senate bid in Arizona”

MassPrivateI

The die has been cast, whether it is digital drivers licenses, digital license plates, license plate readers or facial recognition cameras. Everyone from private corporations to law enforcement follows the same script; offer Americans customer loyalty rewards programs in exchange for the loss of their privacy.

Surveillance politics and law enforcement regularly tout license plate readers as a necessary extension of public safety at the expense of our privacy. But now things have gotten out of control as a recent Quartz headline warned “In just two years, 9,000 of these cameras (ALPR) were installed to spy on your car.” Continue reading “Customer loyalty rewards programs used to convince the public to accept 9,000 private license plate readers”

The Intercept – by Ryan Grim

A DEBATE ABOUT the power in Washington of the pro-Israel lobby is underway, after Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., responded sharply to reports that Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was targeting both Omar and fellow Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from Michigan.

Omar quoted rap lyrics — “It’s all about the Benjamins baby” — to suggest McCarthy’s move was driven by the lobby’s prolific spending. Asked specifically who she was referring to, Omar responded, “AIPAC!” Continue reading “Pro-Israel Lobby Caught On Tape Boasting That Its Money Influences Washington”

The Organic Prepper – by Dagny Taggart

New Mexico has a new governor, and she really doesn’t like guns.

Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, was sworn into office on January 1, replacing pro-gun Republican Susana Martinez.

In early December, the National Rifle Association (NRA) warned the citizens of New Mexico to expect “unprecedented attacks” on their Constitutional rights.   Continue reading “Sheriffs in New Mexico Vow Not to Enforce 6 Absolutely OUTRAGEOUS New Gun Control Bills”

Reason – by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

New members of Congress clash with GOP leader over Israel. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is calling for Democrats to sanction two freshmen members for their sass on Israel. McCarthy told Democrats they must “take action” against Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both elected last fall and the first two Muslim women in Congress. If Democrats don’t do something, said McCarthy, “I think you’ll see action from myself”—though it’s not clear what he could actually do.

McCarthy is mad over (separate) comments Omar and Tlaib have made about Israel. He said their comments were more offensive than Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) sticking up for white nationalism.   Continue reading “Critiquing Israel Policy Worse Than White Nationalism, Says GOP Leader”

AOL

WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican lawmakers emerged from a series of meetings Monday night and announced they had reached a deal to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year and to avert another government shutdown, according to CNN.

Talks between four lawmakers — two Senators and two members of the House — produced a preliminary agreement, with details to be announced Tuesday.   Continue reading “‘Preliminary agreement’ reached to avert shutdown”

Huffington Post – by Mary Papenfuss

A new study of the intensifying concentration of wealth in the United States reveals that the 400 richest people in the nation — just .00025 percent of the population — own more than the 150 million adults in the bottom 60 percent, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.

The information on the richest Americans, in a working paper by University of California at Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman, comes as pressure appears to be mounting among American taxpayers to increase taxes on the country’s ultra wealthy.

Continue reading “400 Richest Americans Own More Than 150 Million Of The Nation’s Poorest: Study”

Dallas News

A West Texas ranch that’s one of the largest in the state has sold to an El Paso oilman.

Paul Foster — CEO of El Paso-based Franklin Mountain Capital — paid $32.5 million for the 37,000-acre KC7 Ranch in the foothills of the Davis Mountains.

The iconic ranch is near Interstate 10 in Reeves and Jeff Davis counties.   Continue reading “El Paso billionaire completes $32.5 million West Texas ranch buy”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has apologized over Twitter, saying in a statement that she is “grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes,” and that her intention “is never to offend my constituents or Jewish Americans as a whole.”

She added, however, that she reaffirms “the problematic role of lobbyists in our politics, whether it be AIPAC, the NRA or the fossil fuel industry.”    Continue reading “Rep. Ilhan Omar Apologizes To Jewish Americans, Thanks Colleagues For Educating Her On “Anti-Semitic Tropes””