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Some 167 national, state and local Jewish organizations, including the major umbrella bodies of the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform streams, have called on the US government to meet the refugee resettlement admissions goal for this year.
The goal for fiscal year 2019 is 30,000, a historically low figure. Continue reading “Jewish groups urge Trump administration to restore higher refugee quotas”
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Archive: TWFTT 8-9-19
Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan
“We need strong immigration laws, but we want to allow millions of people to come in because we need them,” Trump told reporters Wednesday on the White House lawn. Continue reading “Trump: ‘We Want to Allow Millions of People to Come in’ Legally”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Homestead, FL — Homestead police officer Lester Brown, 51, appears to have somewhat of an anger management problem which has finally landed him behind bars. On Wednesday, Brown was forced to surrender himself to police after video showed him smash a handcuffed man’s face into a wall — for no reason — causing him to bleed profusely. Continue reading “Cop Finally Arrested After Beating Handcuffed Woman, Smashing Handcuffed Man’s Head In”
The school district claims he wasn’t punished. But it dragged him out of class for the day and warned him not to correctly identify the biological sex of a classmate again.
Liberty Counsel said an Ohio school district backed down after the religious liberty law firm warned that it could not punish a sixth grader for disagreeing with classmates who said a boy with gender dysphoria was actually a girl. Continue reading “Sixth grader dragged out of class for saying gender-confused boy ‘is a boy’”
A new Netflix documentary titled, “The Devil We Know,” tells the story of DuPont’s decades-long cover-up of the harm caused by chemicals used to make its popular non-stick Teflon™ products. The film shows how the chemicals used to make Teflon poisoned people and the environment—not just in Parkersburg, West Virginia, where DuPont had a Teflon plant, but all over the world. Continue reading “‘The Devil We Know:’ How DuPont Poisoned the World with Teflon”
Though the stories reported from the Gaza Strip are horrible, it can feel far from Louisville, insulated in the middle of the United States. But not for Louisville native Josh Roberts. The 27-year-old enlisted in the Israeli Defense Force and is now a soldier in the Holy Land. Instead of running from this dangerous land, he ran to it, and now finds himself in the middle of this conflict. Continue reading “Louisville native Josh Roberts joins Israeli Army, writes public letter home”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) indicated an “assault weapons” ban and other gun controls would be “front and center” when the Senate reconvenes in September.
The Courier-Journal reports that McConnell was a guest on the Louisville, KY, Terry Meiners Show where he said, “What we can’t do is fail to pass something,” adding, “The urgency of this is not lost on any of us.” Continue reading “Mitch McConnell: ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban ‘Front and Center’ in Senate”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
As politicians and anti-gun rights activists continuously chant, “we don’t want to take your guns,” behind the scenes — in just months — politicians have been working overtime to limit and remove your right to bear arms. These laws all started as a reaction to the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida last year and with every shooting since, they have sped up. And, like most politicians always do, they are not letting these tragedies go to waste. The problem has gotten so out of control that one US Congressman thinks there may be nothing we can do to stop the gun grabbers from abolishing the entire Second Amendment. Continue reading “US Congressman Warns of Political Conspiracy to Overturn the 2nd Amendment In Its Entirety”
About 40,000 migrants who have reached the US border with Mexico are on waiting lists for an initial attempt to seek asylum or are waiting for a court hearing in the US after being sent back, AP reported.
The figure, based on Mexican government calculations, represents a dramatic increase since the start of the year. Continue reading “40,000 migrants waiting at US border with Mexico – report”
Nancy Pelosi and a delegation of Democrat lawmakers are currently in Central America visiting future voters.
Pelosi promised the people of Guatemala economic opportunity and security. Continue reading “Pelosi and Democrats Are Currently Campaigning in Central America — Promise Economic Opportunity and Security for Guatemala”
Guns America – by Jordan Michaels
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody stood her ground on Monday when asked whether in the wake of the weekend’s mass murders she’d reconsidered her opposition to a constitutional amendment banning “assault weapons” that could appear before voters on the 2020 ballot.
Calling the proposal “far-reaching” and “misleading,” she explained that the ban’s language would go far beyond the guns commonly used in mass murders to include firearms like those her grandfather gave her father and his brother 60 years ago. Continue reading “Florida Attorney General Calls Proposed Assault Weapon Ban ‘Far-Reaching’ and ‘Misleading’”
New York City police officers made headlines last month when videos hit social media showing people repeatedly dumping water on cops in the streets and chucking a bucket at an officer’s head — and police either didn’t react or simply trudged off.
Joseph Imperatrice, an NYPD sergeant and founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC, told Fox News that the cops were “bullied” and resorted to “walking away with their tail between their legs.” It all made him “sick to my stomach,” he said while adding that “this is how cops get killed.” Continue reading “Last month, water was dumped on humiliated NYPD officers. Now concrete, bottles are thrown at them.”
Common Dreams – by Eoin Higgins
Police in Boston Tuesday night reportedly destroyed three wheelchairs belonging to homeless city residents in a garbage truck compactor as part of a crackdown targeting the city’s transient population.
“Operation Clean Sweep” began August 2 after a county corrections officer was allegedly struck during a fight involving a number of people on “Methadone Mile,” a stretch of the city near Massachusetts Ave. and Melnea Cass Boulevard where there are a number of clinics and treatment centers. The area has a high homeless population, many of whom have been the target of the operation in the five days and counting it has continued. Continue reading “‘Heartbreaking’ Scene on Boston Streets as Police Destroy Wheelchairs Belonging to Homeless Residents”
The following is my recent argument with yet one more market analyst who can’t see straight, even when his article overall was admitting it was time to bail out of stocks. Correcting the market mantras that dominate the bullheaded is partly why I am here.
I’m not going to call this one out of the herd by name because sometimes his writing is sensible. It is the group-think herd mentality of the bulls, which he expresses, that I am challenging. His writing is in quotes and my responses to his way of thinking follow each quote. Continue reading “When will we win? Chinese trade victory is a mirage”
If you enjoyed the global corporatocracy’s original War on Islamicist Terror, you’re going to love their latest spinoff, The War on White Supremacist Terror. It’s basically just like the old War on Terror, except that this time the bad guys are all white supremacists, and Donald Trump is Osama bin Laden … unless Putin is Osama bin Laden. OK, I’m not quite sure who’s Osama bin Laden. Whatever. The point is, the Terrorists are coming! Continue reading “The War on White Supremacist Terror”
Breitbart – by Charlie Speiring
President Donald Trump again indicated Friday that Republicans to lead the way to expand background checks for Americans purchasing firearms.
“I think that Republicans are going to be great and lead the charge along with the Democrats,” Trump said. Continue reading “Donald Trump: Republicans Can ‘Lead the Charge’ on Expanding Background Checks”
As clashes between Hong Kong police officers and protesters escalate, authorities recently announced they would be utilizing a new tagging tactic that stains skin and clothes, making it easier for authorities to identify law-breaking demonstrators.
In a video posted to Facebook Sunday, Hong Kong Police Force Superintendent Louis Lau Stu-Pong informed the public that area police now have a “portable spraying device” that dispenses a dye or “liquid color” to help them distinguish problematic protesters from the normal public. Continue reading “Hong Kong Police Force Introduces Liquid Dye to Mark, Track Protesters”
The Federalist – by Jesse Kelly
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”—H.L. Mencken
Name the civil liberty that has ever been returned to the citizens after government took it away. Let me save you some time: It does not exist. Governments take away liberties and never return them outside of a political revolution. Continue reading “We Don’t Need Red Flag Laws, We Need More Good Americans To Get Guns”