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New York City‘s chief medical examiner has ruled that disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide by hanging in his prison cell last week.
In a brief statement Friday, Dr. Barbara Sampson said her ruling came following a “careful review of all investigative information, including complete autopsy findings.” Continue reading “New York medical examiner: Jeffrey Epstein’s death was a suicide by hanging”
Peter Fonda, whose counterculture classic Easy Rider helped usher in the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s that paved the way for filmmakers from Martin Scorsese to Quentin Tarantino, has died after suffering respiratory failure due to lung cancer. Fonda, the son of screen legend Henry Fonda, younger brother of Jane Fonda and father of actress Bridget Fonda, was 79. Continue reading “‘Easy Rider’ Peter Fonda dead at 79: ‘Please raise a glass to freedom’”
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) is reconvening his committee a week before the rest of Congress in order to work on gun control.
He also plans to hold a hearing on a possible “assault weapons” ban. Continue reading “Jerry Nadler Ends Recess Early to Pursue Gun Control”
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s system is back online after crashing on Friday evening and causing massive delays at airports across the country.
‘The affected systems are coming back online and travelers are being processed,’ the CBP said in a tweet at 6.37pm ET. Continue reading “US Customs system goes DOWN and causes massive delays and long lines at airports”
SAN FRANCISCO — In a partial victory for President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court decided Friday to remove a nationwide injunction against a new rule that would deny asylum to the vast majority of immigrants at the southern border.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar, a San Francisco-based Obama appointee, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the 10-day-old rule. It made migrants ineligible for asylum if they passed through another country en route to the U.S. and failed to apply for protection in that country.
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Archive: TWFTT 8-16-19
Living Lies – by Neil Garfield
Hat Tip Bill Paatalo
You are right, Bill. You can’t make this stuff up. But somehow judges still don’t want to believe it. How can you be attorney in fact for a nonexistent entity? Continue reading “Law Firm Admits Absence of Creditor”
The internet has been flooded with hilarious memes, after it was revealed President Donald Trump is eyeing up the island of Greenland.
Two sources told the Wall Street Journal that Trump has repeatedly asked his advisers with ‘varying degrees of seriousness’ if it would be possible for the U.S. to acquire the autonomous Danish territory for its resources and geopolitical significance. Continue reading “‘Trump wants to buy Greenland? Let’s make him find it on a map first’”
The Coroner who examined the body of Connor Betts, the 24-year-old man who shot and killed his sister, her boyfriend and seven others, before he himself was shot and killed by police in downtown Dayton earlier this month,was found to have cocaine, Xanax, alcohol and anti-depressants in his system, raising more questions about the role that mental health – and specifically, substance abuse – played in one of the latest high-profile mass shootings, according to the Washington Post. Continue reading “Dayton Shooter Had Cocaine, Alcohol & Antidepressents In His System During Attack”
Common Dreams – by Jake Johnson
Civil liberties groups and privacy advocates raised alarm Thursday after the Trump administration called on Congress to reauthorize an NSA mass surveillance program that was exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The New York Times, which obtained the Trump administration’s request to Congress, reported that “the administration urged lawmakers to make permanent the legal authority for the National Security Agency to gain access to logs of Americans’ domestic communications, the USA Freedom Act.” Continue reading “Alarm as Trump Requests Permanent Reauthorization of NSA Mass Spying Program Exposed by Snowden”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Tinton Falls, NJ — Roberton Fullerton and his daughter Bobbi Rene Fullerton had committed no crime, had harmed no one, and were in their own home when police officers came to the door, ordered them to their knees at gunpoint and shot their two dogs. While apologists continue to claim “if you do nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about,” this case — like so many others before it — proves them entirely wrong. Now the taxpayers of Tinton Falls will be held liable for the officers’ actions in the form of a lawsuit. Continue reading “Innocent Father and Daughter Held at Gunpoint on Knees as Cops Shot Their Dogs—Lawsuit”
This is a big one. It’s so big, in fact, that many people will want to turn their backs on it and pretend it doesn’t and couldn’t exist. But it’s real. It does exist.
No killing of innocent people can be called a “negligible statistic.” But what label do you apply when an entire government stands by and does nothing, while millions of people die? Continue reading “Lone shooters, terrorism, and semantics”
On Thursday Democrat presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren tweeted a video clip in which she pledged “executive action in every corner” for gun control.
Warren said, “40,000 Americans died last year from gun violence.” Warren’s claim is actually a loose reference to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers for 2017–the most recent numbers–which show 39,773 people died in a firearm-related death. Continue reading “Elizabeth Warren Pledges ‘Executive Action in Every Corner’ for Gun Control”
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Friday rejected an offer by Israel to let her travel to the West Bank, saying she would not visit her family there because the Israeli government had imposed “oppressive conditions” to humiliate her.
Tlaib, a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives who has been critical of Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, had planned to make an official visit to Israel along with fellow Democrat congresswoman Ilhan Omar from Minnesota. Continue reading “U.S. Rep. Tlaib refuses Israel’s ‘oppressive conditions’ for West Bank visit”
Authorities are looking to question a tall, thin white man seen pushing a shopping cart near the Fulton Street subway station, where two rice cookers were found Friday morning.
A third rice cooker was found next to a trash can in Chelsea, though an investigation is ongoing as to whether all are connected. Authorities did say all three devices were the same make and model. Continue reading “NYPD Seeks Man With Shopping Cart After 3 Rice Cookers in Manhattan Spark Rush-Hour Scare”
The self-driving freight truck startup TuSimple has been carrying mail across the state of Arizona for several weeks.
UPS announced on Thursday that its venture capital arm has made a minority investment in TuSimple. The announcement also revealed that since May TuSimple autonomous trucks have been hauling UPS loads on a 115-mile route between Phoenix and Tucson. Continue reading “UPS Has Been Delivering Cargo in Self-Driving Trucks for Months And No One Knew”
A pair of suspicious pressure cookers shut down a subway station in lower Manhattan on Friday morning, according to sources and police.
Authorities urged straphangers to avoid the Fulton Street subway station because of the suspicious packages, which were reported by a 911 caller. Continue reading “Pair of pressure cookers shut down Lower Manhattan subway station”
Oath Keepers – by Stewart Rhodes
Public Notice: Oath Keepers Will NOT be Participating in the August 17, 2019 “End Domestic Terrorism” Rally in Portland, OR
I wish I didn’t have to do this, but it must be done. I must make it clear that Oath Keepers will not be participating in the “End Domestic Terrorism” rally scheduled for this Saturday, August 17, 2019, which is being organized by Joe Biggs and the Proud Boys. Continue reading “Oath Keepers Will NOT be Participating in the August 17 Rally in Portland, OR”