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While the Gulf Coast continues to deal with the devastating impacts of Harvey, emergency managers in the United States have another tropical threat to monitor by the name of Irma.
Far across the Atlantic, just west of the Cabo Verde Islands, Irma has strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane as of Thursday afternoon. Irma became a tropical storm at midday on Wednesday. Continue reading “Irma may become Category 4 hurricane while tracking across Atlantic; Will it affect the US?”
A new letter from Senators Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham reveal testimony from new witnesses suggesting that former FBI Director James Comey had already started drafting documentation exonerating Hillary Clinton long before interviewing key witnesses, including Hillary herself.
According to the letter, which is based on testimony from James Rybicki, Comey’s Chief of Staff, and Trisha Anderson, the Principal Deputy General Counsel of National Security and Cyberlaw, Comey began drafting a statement to announce the conclusion of the Hillary investigation in April or May 2016, well before he had interviewed up to 17 key witnesses. Continue reading “New Evidence Reveals Comey Exonerated Hillary Before Key Witness Interviews”
WASHINGTON – While Congress readies a multi-billion dollar aid package to rebuild the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the White House announced Thursday that President Donald Trump will donate $1 million of his own money to disaster relief.
“He would like to join in the effort that a lot of the people that we’ve seen across the country do, and he’s pledging one million dollars of personal money to the fund,” said White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Continue reading “Trump to ‘personally’ donate $1 million for Hurricane Harvey relief”
Truth Stream Media – by Melissa Dykes
Remember 1984? In Orwell’s dystopic vision of the future, there was a huge difference between “truth” — what actually is — and “facts” — what a consensus has been led to believe.
Now the search engine giant Google will be delisting and censoring content that doesn’t follow “well-established” scientific, medical, or historical “facts”. Check out the company’s newly updated quality raters guidelines. Continue reading “Google’s New Policies are Straight out of Orwell’s 1984”
The Sleuth Journal – by Dr. Edward F. Group III
Pau d’arco is an herb found in the rainforests of the Amazon and in South and Latin America. Pau d’arco bark has been used by indigenous Latin populations for centuries to address a spectrum of health problems and today its strong resistance to harmful organisms is still appreciated. Pau d’arco is commonly used to support indications of allergies, liver problems, and candida and yeast infections. Continue reading “The Harmful Organism Cleansing Benefits of Pau D’Arco”
Common Dreams – by Julia Conley
Disturbed by the use of their city’s name in an anti-LGBTQ document signed by more than 180 conservative Christian leaders, hundreds of Nashville residents have signed a counter-argument to clarify the true values of the Tennessee city.
Residents Corey Pigg, Melissa Greene, and Matthew Paul Turner were inspired to write a statement that represented a city “where everyone is loved, known, and valued regardless of their gender or sexual orientation,” after the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood released a document on Tuesday called “the Nashville Statement,” which argues against the acceptance of gay, lesbian, and transgender people. Continue reading “Accurate Nashville Statement’ Embraces LGBTQ With Love to Counter Bigoted Hate”
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, a Republican, signed a ‘sanctuary state’ bill into law that prohibits police from making an arrest based solely on the fact that they are in the country illegally. They must have a court order for that. The Governor says the bill is a two-page compromise from a 40-page bill filled with additional restrictions on police. Compromise or not, former supporters are saying that Rauner is the best Democrat Governor the state has ever had. –GEG
Continue reading “Illinois governor signs ‘sanctuary state’ bill into law”
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Lawmakers from across the country are trying to build support in Congress to pressure President Donald Trump to allow nearly 300,000 immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador to stay in the country, adding to a growing pile of requests facing a White House that is trying to reduce, not expand, legal immigration.
Both Republicans and Democrats in the House are collecting signatures on a letter to acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke that calls on the administration to extend protections for people these lawmakers say are now part of the community. Continue reading “Lawmakers pressure Trump to let Central Americans stay in the US”
ADELANTO >> Outside a desert jail Wednesday evening, there were tears. Embraces.
Six months after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez while he took his daughters to school one February morning, he was a free man.
On Wednesday, an immigration judge ordered him to be released on $6,000 bond, bail was posted and he was released from the Adelanto Detention Center. Continue reading “Undocumented dad detained by ICE since February released, reunites with family”
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Attorney General Jeff Sessions told local police departments they could once again have access to free grenade launchers and large-caliber weapons cast off from the U.S. military, law enforcement groups checked another item off their wish lists.
Seven months into President Donald Trump’s administration, police groups are reveling in what they see as newfound support from the federal government. The administration, which touts a “law and order” agenda, has revived a controversial program that lets local police seize cash and property with federal help and pulled back on federal scrutiny of local law enforcement. Continue reading “In Trump, local law enforcement sees a steadfast ally”
New York Times – by Matthew Haag
The mayor of Houston imposed a curfew in his city on Tuesday, ordering nearly everyone off the streets from midnight to 5 a.m. in an effort to stop “small-scale looting” and other crimes following prodigious flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey. Houston has a population of 2.3 million people spread across nearly 670 square miles, making the curfew among the largest and most expansive in United States history.
In times of natural disasters or violent unrest, American cities have imposed curfews to try to bring order during chaos. The following curfews were some of the largest or most significant in the country’s history.
Continue reading “Houston Curfew Follows Many in Big Cities Facing Disaster or Unrest”
Tens of thousands of German residents in Frankfurt are being told to evacuate by Sunday morning for authorities to defuse a World War II-era bomb.
A Frankfurt police spokesperson said as many as 70,000 people could be affected, according to The Local Germany, which would make it Germany’s largest evacuation since World War II. Continue reading “Frankfurt Orders 70,000 To Evacuate To Defuse WWII Bomb”
app.com – by Russ Zimmer, June, 2015
Brad Kieserman, the point person for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s investigation into allegations that superstorm Sandy homeowners were cheated by their flood insurers, is stepping down.
Kieserman, who had been elevated to head of FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program earlier this year, is departing for an executive position with the Red Cross. A FEMA spokeswoman confirmed the impending exit to the Asbury Park Press. It was first reported by Newsday. Kieserman’s last day will be June 13. Continue reading “FEMA losing head of Sandy insurance fraud probe”
As Americans are opening their wallets and donating to relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, one of the most prominent charities is the American Red Cross.
But donors might be surprised to learn the Red Cross won’t, or can’t say, what percentage of their dollars will go directly to helping the victims of the storm.
Dating back to 2014, NPR and Pro Publica have reported that the Red Cross misstated how donor dollars are spent. Continue reading “Red Cross Exec Doesn’t Know What Portion Of Donations Go To Harvey Relief”
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Earlier this week, we wrote about Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions bringing back the Defense Department’s 1033 program, which helped militarize local police forces with surplus military equipment. We’ve been covering all sorts of problems with the 1033 program over the years, and people like Radley Balko have written entire books on the problem. And the previous ban on the 1033 only put a fairly narrow limit on the practice of militarizing police — but now even those modest limits are gone.
What’s truly incredible, however, is the complete nonsense being used to justify this. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave a speech about this on Monday, in which he trotted out his standard misleading and out-of-context stats, falsely claiming that there’s some massive new crimewave across the country, when there’s really just been a tiny bump after decades of decline in crime rates (the use of percentages by Sessions shows the he likely knows the absolute numbers are so meaningless that he has to mislead with percentages working off a small base). Continue reading “Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Hurricane Harvey Is Proof We Need To Militarize Our Police Forces”