End of the American Dream – by Michael Snyder

The healthcare system in the United States is deeply broken, and it is causing massive financial pain for millions of American families.  Previously, I have published articles where I talked about how medical bills are the primary factor in two-thirds of all personal bankruptcies in the United States, and that Americans had to borrow a whopping 88 billion dollars last year to cover medical costs.  Continue reading “Shocking New Study Finds That 137 Million Americans Suffered “Medical Financial Hardship In The Past Year””

National Motorists Association

Editor’s Note: Over the years, the NMA has received occasional contact from law enforcement officers who have complained about department policies, sometimes crafted to avoid direct violation of state anti-ticket-quota laws, which force officers to write a predetermined number of citations during each work shift. The following commentary recently submitted to us by “Officer Frank” is perhaps the most heartfelt and eloquent that we have seen on the topic. These are his words, altered only to protect his identity and location.   Continue reading “Officer Frank Discusses “Required Contacts” (Traffic Stops & Ticket Quotas)”

Courthouse News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is proposing that all gun owners be licensed by the federal government, a process that would include an interview and safety training.

National licensing is one of more than a dozen specific proposals in a sweeping gun control agenda the U.S. senator from New Jersey released on Monday. It’s his second policy rollout in three weeks as he tries to break through the crowded Democratic primary field.  Continue reading “Cory Booker Proposes National License for All Gun Owners”

AP

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An executive for the company proposing the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada’s oil sands into the U.S. says it has missed the 2019 construction season due to court delays.

TransCanada executive vice president Paul Miller made the statement during a Friday earnings call with analysts. The company also announced it was changing its name to TC Energy Corp.  Continue reading “TransCanada changes name, pushes back Keystone XL construction plans”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling “indications and warnings” from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with “unrelenting force” to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.

With tensions already high between Washington and Tehran, a U.S. official said the deployment has been ordered “as a deterrence to what has been seen as potential preparations by Iranian forces and its proxies that may indicate possible attacks on U.S. forces in the region.”However, the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States was not expecting any imminent Iranian attack.  Continue reading “U.S. deploying carrier, bombers to Middle East to deter Iran: Bolton”

Who What Why – by Glenn Daigon

In late March, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation making it easier for authorities to block gun sales to people who cannot legally buy guns but lie about their status on background checks — i.e. “lie and buy.”

The NICS (National Instant Criminal Background System) Denial Notification Act would require federal authorities to tell state law enforcement within 24 hours when those purchasing guns falsify their records in order to close their purchase.  Continue reading “Bipartisan Plan Could Block Hundreds of Thousands of Gun Sales”

Activist Post – by Matt Agorist

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (TRI) Warning that the government must not be given the power to criminalize speech it deems distasteful or annoying, The Rutherford Institute has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the prosecution of a Texas man who faces up to one year in jail and a $4000 fine for sending emails to police criticizing them for failing to respond to his requests for assistance.

In an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court, Rutherford Institute attorneys argue that the prosecution of Scott Ogle for sending complaints to a sheriff’s office, including one email stating that officials were “pissing” on the Constitution, violates the First Amendment’s safeguards for freedom of speech and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.  Continue reading “Man Arrested, Facing a Year in Prison for Telling Police They are “Pissing on the Constitution””

LA Times

The atmosphere of incongruity that pervaded this week’s annual Milken Institute Global Conference was practically palpable.

The gathering of billionaires, hedge fund managers and other financial industry professionals who converged on the Beverly Hilton hotel largely had a particular end in mind: how to increase their alpha, which, not to get too complicated, means improving their investment returns.

Continue reading “Reform capitalism or face revolution, billionaires are told at Milken Conference”

Old-Thinker News – by Daniel Taylor

Operating from Dublin, Ireland Facebook is set to counter “…actors that want to manipulate public debate” in the upcoming EU elections.

The New York Times Reports,

“Modeled after the “war room” that the Silicon Valley company created before last year’s midterm elections in the United States, the people inside are tasked with washing Facebook of misinformation, fake accounts and foreign meddling that could sway European voters.”

Continue reading “Facebook’s Ireland War Room Prepared to Block “Misinformation” in EU Election”

The College Fix – by Graham Piro

‘Glorifies slavery, genocide, colonization, manifest destiny’

A Northern California public school district may remove a mural of George Washington from the halls of George Washington High School due to concerns that it’s offensive and demeaning to Native Americans and African-Americans.  Continue reading “High school may erase mural of George Washington: ‘traumatizes students’”

The Jerusalem Post

The White House has proclaimed April 28 to May 5 Holocaust Remembrance Week, US President Donald Trump announced last  weekend.

“On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and during this week of solemn remembrance, we honor the six million Jewish men, women, and children who were brutally murdered by the Nazi regime,” Trump said in a declaration. “We also remember the Roma and Sinti, persons with disabilities, Poles and Slavic ethnic groups, Soviet prisoners of war, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and persons who were targeted based on their sexual orientation, all of whom were targeted and killed by the Nazis and their collaborators.”  Continue reading “White House proclaims Holocaust Remembrance Week”

ABC 13 News

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County District Attorney’s Office will determine whether a sheriff’s deputy should be charged with a crime for knocking a man to the ground after encouraging the man to slap him.

The deputy involved did not have his body camera on at the time, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. ABC13 Eyewitness News obtained video that was recorded on another deputy’s body camera.  Continue reading “Deputy knocks 61-year-old man to ground outside IHOP”

ABC News

Two workers were pronounced dead and two colleagues were missing Saturday after an explosion rocked a manufacturing plant outside Chicago, authorities said.

One of the deceased did not succumb to injuries from the incident, Waukegan Fire Marshal Steve Lenzi said in a press release. The cause of death will be determined by the Lake County coroner.  Continue reading “2 dead, 2 missing in ‘ground-shaking’ plant explosion in Illinois”

Reuters

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States may review its ties with countries it deems as being anti-Israel after what a U.S. envoy said on Sunday was a shift in policy toward equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a March speech that anti-Zionism – opposition to Israel’s existence as a homeland for the Jewish people – was a form of anti-Semitism, or hostility toward Jews, that was on the rise worldwide and that Washington would “fight it relentlessly”.  Continue reading “U.S. may review ties with countries deemed anti-Israel: envoy”

Fox News

A police officer who was shot Saturday night during a traffic stop in Mooresville, N.C., has died, according to reports.

K9 Officer Jordan Harris Sheldon, 32, a six-year veteran of the Mooresville force, was slain shortly after 10 p.m., not far from Highway 150, Charlotte’s WSOC-TV reported.  Continue reading “Police officer slain in North Carolina during traffic stop; suspect also dead”