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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s challenge to the release of eight years of his tax returns for a New York state criminal probe, saying on Monday that he could not grant such a “categorical and limitless assertion of presidential immunity.”
Trump’s lawyers notified the judge that they will immediately appeal the ruling. Continue reading “Judge tosses out Trump challenge to tax return turnover”
Big League Politics – by Jose Nino
During a chilling exchange during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on banning assault weapons, Dr. RaShall Brackney, Chief of the Charlottesville Police Department, stated that she supports a ban on a broad range of guns.
While fielding a question on potentially banning hunting rifles, she said, “I believe any weapon that can be used to hunt individuals should be banned.” Continue reading “Charlottesville Police Chief Wants to Ban All Guns”
Daily Caller – by William Davis
Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris re-iterated her support for a mandatory gun buyback program Wednesday, saying a government under her leadership may confiscate “as many as 10 million” guns.
The 2020 presidential candidate was asked by MSNBC host Craig Melvin how she would get existing “assault weapons” off the streets, noting that the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban did not include a confiscation program. Continue reading “Kamala Harris Says She Might Confiscate ‘As Many As 10 Million’ Guns”
Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns
Passaic, NJ — In an ongoing dispute between EMS companies, the local police, and Orthodox Jews, a senior police officer, Juan Nieves of the Passaic Police Department, threatened to arrest a man for filming him as he arrested the man’s mother for obstruction of justice. Continue reading “Cop Threatens to Arrest Rabbi if He Posts Video of Him Arresting Grandma for No Reason”
Breitbart – by Jack Montgomery
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that EU governments can order Facebook to take down content worldwide after an Austrian politician was insulted online.
Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, a leading figure in Austria’s left-progressive Greens Party, was branded a “lousy traitor of the people” and a “corrupt oaf”, among other things, in an Austrian news article concerning her party’s support for a minimum income for refugees which was shared on a Facebook user’s personal page, according to court documents. Continue reading “Global Censorship: Court Rules EU Govts Can Take Down Content Worldwide After Politician Insulted”
Minnesota Daily – by Natalie Rademacher
Textbooks in hand, members of the student group Students for a Democratic Society held a sit-in outside University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel’s office Friday morning.
The students are calling for the University to disarm the University Police Department and increase the diversity of the student population. The sit-in is part of a broader campaign by the student group this year to demand action by the University. Continue reading “Students host ‘study-in’ outside Gabel’s office”
The number of elderly people taking antidepressants has more than doubled in two decades – despite no increase in the numbers with depression.
A major British study also reveals that the majority of over-65s who take the drugs do not have depressive symptoms. Continue reading “Number of elderly on anti-depressants doubles in 20 years”
Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have taken a turn for the worse, hitting a big snag over product commitments for U.S. factories, a union official wrote in an email to members.
The letter from UAW Vice President Terry Dittes casts doubt on whether there will be a quick settlement in the contract dispute, which sent 49,000 workers to the picket lines on Sept. 16, crippling GM’s factories. Continue reading “GM Workers Strike Continues as Negotiations Hit Snag Over Commitments to U.S. Factories”
New York Post – by Yaron Steinbuch
US troops on Monday began pulling out of positions along the border in northeast Syria ahead of an expected invasion by Turkey, according to US-allied Kurdish forces.
The Kurdish militia in Syria said a Turkish attack could reverse gains made against Islamic State. Continue reading “US troops begin withdrawal from Turkey’s border in Syria”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The federal government has opened 725,000 acres in Central California to oil and gas drilling on land that has been off-limits since 2013.
The Bureau of Land Management issued its final decision Friday to allow oil and gas leases on plots that are mostly in the Central Valley, but also include parts of the Central Coast. The area includes parts of Monterey, San Benito and Fresno counties, and would allow for 32 new gas and oil development wells to be added. Continue reading “US government opens 725,000 acres in California to oil, gas drilling”
After years in the shadows overseeing espionage, kill programs, warrantless wiretapping, entrapment, psyops and other covert operations, national security establishment retirees are are turning to a new line of work where they can carry out their imperial duties. Continue reading “Spooks Turned Spox: US Media Now Filled With Former Intelligence Agents”
The past few months have witnessed deepening relations between China and Iran. With the United States waging a trade and economic war against both countries, high-ranking diplomatic, military and trade officials from Beijing and Tehran have met repeatedly in recent months. Continue reading “Turning eastward: Iran and China strengthen ties in the face of western pressure”
LONDON (AP) — Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died Sunday at age 80, his family said. Continue reading “Ginger Baker, Cream’s Iconic Drummer, Dies at 80”
Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack told CBS News that his company destroyed $5 million worth of “assault-style rifles” to keep them out of private hands.
Dick’s announced a halt to “assault-style rifles” two weeks after the February 14, 2018, Parkland high school shooting. Continue reading “Dick’s Destroyed $5 Mil. Worth of ‘Assault Rifles’ to Keep Them ‘Off the Street’”
“Racism is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.”
— Albert Einstein, 1946
“The Germans as an entire people are responsible for these mass murders and must be punished as a people if there is justice in the world and if the consciousness of collective responsibility in the nations is not to perish from earth entirely.”
— Albert Einstein, 1944
“I get most joy from the emergence of the Jewish state in Palestine. It does seem to me that our kinfolk really are more sympathetic (at least less brutal) than these horrid Europeans.”
— Albert Einstein, 1919
PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. authorities said Wednesday they completed drug-trafficking busts in Oregon that involved an international network of couriers, dealers and stash-house operators who smuggled methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine worth about $15 million from Mexico to Portland.
Federal, state and local law enforcement conducted raids and arrested 20 people, U.S. Attorney Billy Williams said. Ten people were already in custody in the case, and 11, including the two suspected top leaders, remained at large after being indicted. Continue reading “Feds bust Mexico-to-Oregon drug ring; 20 arrested”
