Washington Post

Mark Kelly, a former astronaut and husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, announced Tuesday that he is moving forward with a U.S. Senate bid, a move that could create a marquee race next year in Arizona.

Kelly, a Democrat, is challenging Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), who was appointed late last year by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) to the seat long held by former senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died last year after a battle with brain cancer.   Continue reading “Former astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Gabby Giffords, announces Senate bid in Arizona”

MassPrivateI

The die has been cast, whether it is digital drivers licenses, digital license plates, license plate readers or facial recognition cameras. Everyone from private corporations to law enforcement follows the same script; offer Americans customer loyalty rewards programs in exchange for the loss of their privacy.

Surveillance politics and law enforcement regularly tout license plate readers as a necessary extension of public safety at the expense of our privacy. But now things have gotten out of control as a recent Quartz headline warned “In just two years, 9,000 of these cameras (ALPR) were installed to spy on your car.” Continue reading “Customer loyalty rewards programs used to convince the public to accept 9,000 private license plate readers”

The Intercept – by Ryan Grim

A DEBATE ABOUT the power in Washington of the pro-Israel lobby is underway, after Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., responded sharply to reports that Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was targeting both Omar and fellow Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from Michigan.

Omar quoted rap lyrics — “It’s all about the Benjamins baby” — to suggest McCarthy’s move was driven by the lobby’s prolific spending. Asked specifically who she was referring to, Omar responded, “AIPAC!” Continue reading “Pro-Israel Lobby Caught On Tape Boasting That Its Money Influences Washington”

The Organic Prepper – by Dagny Taggart

New Mexico has a new governor, and she really doesn’t like guns.

Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, was sworn into office on January 1, replacing pro-gun Republican Susana Martinez.

In early December, the National Rifle Association (NRA) warned the citizens of New Mexico to expect “unprecedented attacks” on their Constitutional rights.   Continue reading “Sheriffs in New Mexico Vow Not to Enforce 6 Absolutely OUTRAGEOUS New Gun Control Bills”

Reason – by Elizabeth Nolan Brown

New members of Congress clash with GOP leader over Israel. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is calling for Democrats to sanction two freshmen members for their sass on Israel. McCarthy told Democrats they must “take action” against Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both elected last fall and the first two Muslim women in Congress. If Democrats don’t do something, said McCarthy, “I think you’ll see action from myself”—though it’s not clear what he could actually do.

McCarthy is mad over (separate) comments Omar and Tlaib have made about Israel. He said their comments were more offensive than Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) sticking up for white nationalism.   Continue reading “Critiquing Israel Policy Worse Than White Nationalism, Says GOP Leader”

AOL

WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican lawmakers emerged from a series of meetings Monday night and announced they had reached a deal to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year and to avert another government shutdown, according to CNN.

Talks between four lawmakers — two Senators and two members of the House — produced a preliminary agreement, with details to be announced Tuesday.   Continue reading “‘Preliminary agreement’ reached to avert shutdown”

Huffington Post – by Mary Papenfuss

A new study of the intensifying concentration of wealth in the United States reveals that the 400 richest people in the nation — just .00025 percent of the population — own more than the 150 million adults in the bottom 60 percent, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.

The information on the richest Americans, in a working paper by University of California at Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman, comes as pressure appears to be mounting among American taxpayers to increase taxes on the country’s ultra wealthy.

Continue reading “400 Richest Americans Own More Than 150 Million Of The Nation’s Poorest: Study”

Dallas News

A West Texas ranch that’s one of the largest in the state has sold to an El Paso oilman.

Paul Foster — CEO of El Paso-based Franklin Mountain Capital — paid $32.5 million for the 37,000-acre KC7 Ranch in the foothills of the Davis Mountains.

The iconic ranch is near Interstate 10 in Reeves and Jeff Davis counties.   Continue reading “El Paso billionaire completes $32.5 million West Texas ranch buy”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has apologized over Twitter, saying in a statement that she is “grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes,” and that her intention “is never to offend my constituents or Jewish Americans as a whole.”

She added, however, that she reaffirms “the problematic role of lobbyists in our politics, whether it be AIPAC, the NRA or the fossil fuel industry.”    Continue reading “Rep. Ilhan Omar Apologizes To Jewish Americans, Thanks Colleagues For Educating Her On “Anti-Semitic Tropes””

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

House Democrats plan to move legislation criminalizing private gun sales out of committee and get it to the floor for a vote this week.

On January 8, Breitbart News reported that House Democrats introduced the legislation, dubbed H.R. 8, in honor of the eighth anniversary of the January 8, 2011, attack on Gabby Giffords.   Continue reading “House Democrats Plan Vote to Criminalize Private Gun Sales This Week”

Sun News

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and a coalition of farmers have denounced the recent approval for release of Bt cowpea (beans) for cultivation and demanded a rejection of the application for field trials of a cassava clone.

A press statement released and signed by HOMEF Director, Nnimmo Bassey, stated that “the protein produced by this transgene has toxic effects on human liver cells and induces alterations in immune systems of laboratory animals.”   Continue reading “Newly-released GM beans toxic to human liver cells, body warns”

The Technocratic Tyranny – by Vicki Davis

On August 14, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the La Paz Treaty for border environmental cooperation with Mexico (TIAS 10827).  The treaty created an international zone over the border creating geographically defined region under management of the Mexican and American EPA agencies.  1983 was also the year of the meeting in Bangkok, Thailand that initiated the Uruguay Round of trade trade talks.  With the benefit of hindsight, the positioning towards a common market of the Americas is obvious.  Participation in a common market organization the way this was done is a treasonous subversion of national sovereignty. Continue reading “Grand Theft Country: Treason by Treaty”

The Frederick News-Post

Walter B. Jones Jr., a North Carolina congressman who so enthusiastically supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq that he argued for the french fries and French toast served in House cafeterias to be called “freedom fries” and “freedom toast” — a jab at France for its opposition to the war — but who later underwent a dramatic change of heart and emerged as a prominent Republican critic of the war, died Sunday, on his 76th birthday.

His office confirmed the death in a statement. It had announced on Jan. 26 that the 13-term lawmaker had entered hospice care, his health having declined after a fall in which he broke his hip. Jones had been granted a leave of absence in late 2018 for an unspecified illness.   Continue reading “Walter Jones, ‘freedom fries’ congressman who became Iraq War critic, dies at 76”

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NRA-ILA

Following California’s lead, Hawaiian lawmakers are seeking to use money gleaned from Aloha State taxpayers to fund their anti-gun propaganda efforts. HB 1541 would establish the Hawaii Gun Violence Prevention Center, a public and privately funded “interdisciplinary” effort to analyze “gun-related violence and its prevention.”

Research into violence perpetrated with firearms isn’t in itself a bad thing. However, the explanatory portion of the Hawaii legislation gives away the game. The bill laments that, “In 1996, Congress passed the Dickey Amendment, with a provision which prevents the use of federal money for gun violence research and prevention,” adding “As a result of this effective ban on gun violence research, funding for gun violence prevention research has declined dramatically.”   Continue reading “Aloha to Tax dollars: Hawaii Lawmakers Propose Public-funded Anti-gun Firearm Factoid Factory”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Just when frustrated residents of New Jersey, one of the most heavily taxed states in the US, thought Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy had already brought the state into the ninth circle of taxation hell with new taxes to save the state’s ailing pension system, middle class voters in one of the least affordable states in the country have now been given one more thing to complain about: A tax on the rain.   Continue reading “NJ Voters Furious As Governor Murphy Prepares To Sign ‘Rain Tax’ Into Law”

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 only the year — politicians have been working overtime to limit your right to bear arms. These laws are all a reaction to the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida and, like most politicians always do, they are not letting this tragedy go to waste.

Since the tragic shooting in Florida last February, the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence has recorded a whopping 55 new gun control measures in 26 states—in just the first six months of the year.   Continue reading “Unprecedented Gun Confiscation Hits US as Thousands Of Guns Seized from Innocent Citizens”

Middle East Monitor

Former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman does not rule out that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will retire from politics if he is indicted over corruption charges before the general election in April.

“Although it’s fair to say that the decision is taken to bring charges against Benjamin Netanyahu before the election, his chances of forming a government will be zero,” Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonoth quoted Lieberman as saying.   Continue reading “Lieberman: Israel PM to ‘retire’ if indicted over graft”