Mint Press News – by Alison Weir

With news reports focusing on recent deaths in Israel and Gaza, it’s valuable to enlarge the time period being examined. Israeli soldiers have been shooting Gazan men, women, and children every week for over the past year.

Israeli forces have killed approximately 290 Gazans and have injured over 29,000 since Gazans began their weekly Great March of Return protests on March 30th.  A few additional Gazans died during this time period from earlier wounds inflicted by Israeli forces.  Continue reading “The Media’s Israel-Centric Reporting of the Death Toll in Gaza”

Breitbart – by Neil Munro

The White House’s draft immigration plan includes valuable border security reforms, but it also shifts the migrant inflow from blue-collar jobs towards white-collar college jobs, so sharpening workplace competition for a wide range of American graduates.

The bill would neither increase nor reduce total legal immigration, now at roughly 1.1 million per year. But it would reallocate green cards for family chain-migrants — such as immigrants’ parents, adult children, and siblings – towards “merit-based” slots for migrants with the job skills most sought by U.S. employers.  Continue reading “White House Immigration Plan Would Steer New Migrants into U.S. College Jobs”

Gold Goats & Guns – by Tom Luongo

It’s getting tiresome watching Donald Trump’s bipolar presidency. It seems he can’t let a day go by without making some massive announcement to raise tariffs, threaten sanctions or overthrow a government.

Every 24 hours is another exercise in chasing the Trump Reality Show around. Every lull in the perpetual news cycle has to be seized upon to create more chaos so he can validate his insanity.  Continue reading “Economic Warfare Man Strikes Again”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under the Trump administration, has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The CFPB’s proposal would change Regulation F to direct Federal rules overseeing the activities of debt collectors. The CFPB’s new proposal would allow debt collectors to call consumers as frequently as seven times per week and be permitted to start sending emails and texts.  Continue reading “New Rule Could Allow Debt Collectors To Spam 49 Million Americans With Emails And Texts”

Driving – by Alex Reid

A man in Missouri is fighting a legal battle against his homeowners association’s (HOA) attempt to foreclose on his house because, it says, his truck has “severe body damage” and violates HOA rules by being parked in his driveway, CBS News reports.

Longtime classic car-lover Andy Lipka owns a beautiful 1965 Ford F-250. The bodywork on the truck shows some honest wear, but under the skin, the vehicle runs and drives perfectly. Continue reading “Missouri HOA threatens foreclosure because homeowner’s truck looks old”

TeleSur

A multilateral military treaty between Honduras, Israel, and the United States will see the deployment of 1000 Israeli soldiers at Honduras. They will train the Armed Forces of Honduras (FFAA) and National Police (PN).

The main mission of the troops is to train for border protection to stop migrants fleeing Honduras to the U.S., especially children.  Continue reading “1,000 Israeli Soldiers To Arrive in Honduras to Train Troops, Police on Border Protection”

The Mind Unleashed – by Emma Fiala

For many, a trip to Disney World is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, with some planning their trips years in advance. Sometimes, even a small change in plans—like a delayed flight or a thunderstorm—can result in a big loss when it comes to both money and fun.

For one great-grandmother, her trip to the most magical place on earth turned into a nightmare. Continue reading “Great-Grandmother Arrested at Disney World for Having CBD Oil in Her Purse”

Reuters

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan intelligence agents detained opposition leader Juan Guaido’s congressional deputy on Wednesday, using a tow truck to drag his vehicle away with him inside, prompting the U.S. government to warn of “consequences” if he was not released.

The SEBIN intelligence agency seized Edgar Zambrano, vice president of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, which Guaido heads, in the first arrest of a lawmaker since Guaido tried to spark a military uprising last week to bring down President Nicolas Maduro’s government.  Continue reading “Deputy of Venezuela’s Guaido arrested and dragged away by tow truck”

ABC News

The Trump administration has seized a North Korean cargo ship used to supply coal to the isolated nation in violation of international sanctions, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

The seizure of the vessel, detained last month in Indonesia, comes at a delicate moment between the two countries. It was announced hours after the North Koreans fired two suspected short-range missiles in an apparent sign of trouble for nuclear disarmament talks.  Continue reading “US seizes North Korean cargo ship for violating sanctions”

Yahoo News

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (Reuters) – Two teenage students accused of fatally shooting one classmate and wounding eight in a suburban Denver school made separate court appearances on Wednesday, a day after their arrest on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

Douglas County District Judge Theresa Slade, who presided over both proceedings, ordered the two suspects to remain held without bond pending their next court hearings, set for Friday, when formal charges are expected to be filed.  Continue reading “Two students arrested in Colorado school shooting make first appearance”

Breitbart – by Warner Todd Huston

Former vice president and current Democrat candidate for president, Joe Biden, feels the United States has an “obligation” to give free health care to illegal aliens.

The leading Democrat candidate made his pronouncement at a campaign stop in Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday.  Continue reading “Joe Biden Claims U.S. ‘Obligation’ to Give Illegal Aliens Free Health Care”

Fox News

Students in Colorado stormed out of a vigil Wednesday night for the victims of this week’s school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch after two Democratic politicians took the stage and called for gun control, according to local news reports.

The two Democrats who spoke at the vigil were Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, who is running for president, and Rep. Jason Crow, whose congressional district includes STEM. Continue reading “Colorado students walk out of school shooting vigil after politicians take the mic”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

More than 168,000 illegal immigrants have been released into the US this fiscal year – a number sure to surge as the border crisis worsens, according to Nathalie R. Asher, acting chief of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deportation branch.

In Wednesday comments to Congress, Asher added that according to the results of a pilot program, 87% of released immigrants fail to show up for their court hearings, resulting in judges ordering them deported in absentia, according to the Washington Times, which adds that tracking them down has been a daunting task for officials.  Continue reading “Border Crisis: Most Arrests In 12 Years; Over 168,000 Released Into US; Measles, Chickenpox Found”

Chuck Baldwin

Evangelical leaders, Christian leaders, the Religious Right, TV evangelists: Call them what you will. So many of them have lost all claim to the high road. They have not only lost their integrity and honesty, many of them are nothing more than self-aggrandizing spiritual prostitutes. They have become little more than pandering, groveling, bootlicking toadies for political potentates—one political potentate in particular: President Donald Trump.  Continue reading “Evangelicals’ Blind Idolatry Of Donald Trump Continues Unabated”

Eric Peters Autos

If you don’t wan’t your dog to run away, you leash him. The government doesn’t want you to run away, either – but has a different kind of leash in mind.

The commuter tax.

It’s called the mileage tax but like so many things being pushed down our throats the term used doesn’t describe what’s actually meant.  Continue reading “The Commuter (and Privacy and Other Things) Tax”