Daily Mail

The federal judge overseeing Paul Manafort’s sentencing handed down a sentence of just 47 months after the former Trump campaign chair pleaded for leniency from his wheelchair but did not express remorse.

The four-year sentence is well below what prosecutors were seeking – and years below what top prosecutors and litigators had been predicting.   Continue reading “Paul Manafort gets just 47 MONTHS in jail for tax and bank fraud”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update2: Following days of infighting over the rebuke of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for criticizing pro-Israel politicians, the House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution on Thursday to condemn all forms of bigotry.

The final vote tally was 407-23-1.  Continue reading “House Passes Anti-Bigotry Resolution After Anti-Semitism Push Splits Party”

FEE – by Carey Wedler

Legislators in Hawaii, which has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the United States, moved this week to bring their concerns about the Second Amendment to the national level.

In Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) No. 42, introduced Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers assert that  Continue reading “Lawmakers in Hawaii Propose Repealing Second Amendment”

Ammo.com

Prior to 1968, most adults in the United States could purchase a firearm without state interference. Guns were available in local retail stores, as well as mail-order catalogs, and as long as you hadn’t been convicted of a felony and you had the funds, there weren’t any questions asked.

Things are different now. Depending on where in America you are and what type of gun you want to buy, there’s a good chance you’ll need to pass a NICS-mandated background check to complete your purchase.   Continue reading “Gun Background Checks: How the State Came To Decide Who Can and Cannot Buy a Firearm”

AlJazeera

The last refugee children held in an Australian-funded camp on the remote Pacific nation of Nauru have departed for the United States, according to campaigners.

The Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) said on Wednesday that 19 refugees, including four children, were on board a flight from the island.   Continue reading “Refugees, including children, leave Nauru for the US”

Hide Out Now

A Christian university in Minnesota, the University of Northwestern St. Paul, refused to host a Christian, pro-life speaker after condemning her views as too radical.

The school did not expound on which of the speaker’s views were considered controversial.   Continue reading “Christian university rejects Christian, pro-life speaker’s appearance because her views are too radical”

Investment Watch – by DCG

I’ve blogged about the homeless crisis in Seattle that is exacerbated by bureaucrats who do not punish the homeless for their criminal activities. See the following examples:   Continue reading “Resident in liberal utopia of Seattle who has been targeted by homeless: “Our community is just falling apart””

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Middle East Eye

The traces of a black eye are still visible on Abdel Qader Abu Srour’s face as he takes his medication with his morning coffee.

The father of two is tired. After four days in custody, he has just been released from an Israeli prison. “They kept me in solitary confinement for the first two days in a freezing cell with no blankets, nothing hot to drink, and no medical care,” he tells Middle East Eye.  Continue reading “By force or forgery: How settlers claim Palestinian homes”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

An illegal immigrant from Mexico allegedly yelled “f*ck you” shortly before assaulting an El Centro Sector Border Patrol agent with a broken lawnmower blade. The agent was seated in her patrol vehicle near the border fence when the attack began and sustained minor injuries.

A Calexico Station agent patrolling the border fence in the town of Calexico, California, observed a man approaching her marked duty vehicle on Tuesday morning. As the man came closer, he allegedly shouted “f*ck you!” and produced a broken lawnmower blade. He then threw it through the closed window of her patrol car striking the agent, according to a criminal complaint obtained from the FBI by Breitbart News.   Continue reading “Migrant Gang Member Allegedly Yells ‘F-You’ Before Assaulting Border Patrol Agent with Lawnmower Blade”

Yahoo News

A Pennsylvania billboard has sparked an outcry and accusations of racism — but the man who put it up insists that he’s simply trying to strike up a “conversation” about race.

As Pittsburgh’s WPXI reports, the controversial digital billboard stands on Route 422 outside Worthington, Pa. Its changing screen features multiple messages. One reads “whites have rights,” while another features a photo of actor Jussie Smollett, who is being investigated for an alleged hate crime hoax.   Continue reading “‘Whites have rights’: Outrage over billboard attacking Jussie Smollett and Rep. John Lewis”

Times of Israel

WASHINGTON —  Support for Israel in the American public is at its lowest point in a decade, according new Gallup poll released Wednesday, with a whopping decline among self-identified Republicans who said they sympathized more with Israelis than Palestinians.

Whereas 65 percent of Americans said they were “more sympathetic” to Israel over the Palestinians in 2018, 59% said the same in 2019, marking a six point drop. That decline is the biggest over a one-year period in the history of the poll, which began in 2001. The number of Americans who said they sympathized more with the Palestinians, however, went unchanged over the last year, remaining at 21 percent.   Continue reading “New poll: Americans’ support for Israel falls to lowest point in a decade”

Life News – by Micaiah Bilger

A grieving Alabama father won an initial victory this week in a lawsuit challenging the abortion facility that aborted his unborn child.

Ryan Magers is suing the Alabama Women’s Center in Huntsville after his girlfriend aborted their unborn baby there against his will. On Tuesday, Madison County Judge Frank Barger granted Magers’ petition to represent the estate of his child, “Baby Roe,” and, as a result, sue the abortion facility on behalf of his late child, according to Vice NewsContinue reading “Judge Lets Father Sue Abortion Clinic For Aborting His Baby Without His Consent”

Quartz – by Jeff Nesbit, December 8, 2017

Two decades ago, the US intelligence community worked closely with Silicon Valley in an effort to track citizens in cyberspace. And Google is at the heart of that origin story. Some of the research that led to Google’s ambitious creation was funded and coordinated by a research group established by the intelligence community to find ways to track individuals and groups online.   Continue reading “Flashback: Google’s true origin partly lies in CIA and NSA research grants for mass surveillance”

Axios – by David Nather

For 20 years, Harris Poll has been measuring the reputations of the most high-profile American companies. This year, for the first time, people mentioned the U.S. government as a “company” that they think about — and they hate it.

Why it matters: The fact that people would bring it up unprompted — and then give it the lowest score of the 100 companies on the list — suggests that Americans aren’t just unimpressed with their government. They think it’s a toxic waste dump.

Continue reading “America’s least favorite company is the U.S. government”