Business Insider – by Christopher Woody

Smugglers have long made use of the expansive US-Mexico border to avoid American authorities posted along the frontier.

But official border crossings in places like El Paso and San Diego are still focal points for illegal narcotics transiting the border headed to points north.

Traffickers have developed a variety of ways to obscure and conceal their wares, but, according to numerous US investigations and the word of a cartel enforcer operating just across the border from Texas, US agents charged with patrolling the border are frequently abetting the trade they’re meant to stop.   Continue reading “‘The agents are bought’: A cartel enforcer says US border agents are on his payroll”

The Daily Caller – by Kaitlan Collins

Though the Democratic nominee was planning to celebrate the outcome of the election with two minutes of pyrotechnics over the Hudson River, the Coast Guard said her had campaign scrapped their plans Monday.

According to TMZ, “Clinton’s camp reached out on Thursday to say it wouldn’t be shooting off the 10″ aerial shells after all.”   Continue reading “Hillary Clinton Cancels Victory Fireworks Show”

Daisy Luther

This entire election has been one for the history books, but as the Marxist sociologist Walter Benjamin said in an essay, “History is written by the victors.” The story of this crazy year will be told by the next person who holds the title of President of the United States.

But, it seems that the present is written by those in control as well.   Continue reading “Deception, Dissonance, Distraction, and the Devolution of America”

Town Hall – by Katie Pavlich

According to a new report from Fox News correspondents Adam Housley and Malia Zimmerman, guards hired through a contractor by the State Department to protect the U.S. consulate in Benghazi were unvetted, local militia members who belonged to terrorist groups Al Qaeda and Ansar al-Sharia.    Continue reading “Report: Benghazi Guards Hired By State Department Were Unvetted, Belonged to Al Qaeda”

CNS News – by Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky

A few weeks ago, we reported on a lawsuit in California brought by a resident and taxpayer against the Board of Regents of the University of California. Earl De Vries claimed that by giving in-state tuition benefits to illegal immigrants at all University of California schools, the regents were in violation of federal law.

A state appeals court heard the case yesterday, and based on reports from those who attended the oral argument, De Vries (and the taxpayers of California) had a good day in court.   Continue reading “College Subsidies for Illegal Immigrants Get Their Day in Court”

KELO Land TV – by Sammi Bjelland

A South Dakota Highway Patrol officer is facing felony theft charges. Brian Biehl is charged with Grand Theft by Law Enforcement Seized Property.

We looked over the court papers to find out what led to his arrest and why Biehl says he did it.

$69,668. That’s how much money Brian Biehl admits he took between May of 2012 and October of this year.    Continue reading “Highway Patrol Trooper Charged With Grand Theft”

The Denver Post – by Eric Lubbers

The “Denver Guardian” is not a real news source and definitely isn’t Denver’s oldest news source.

On Nov. 5, a story began circulating on Facebook (at points gaining 100 shares per minute) with the headline “FBI AGENT SUSPECTED IN HILLARY EMAIL LEAKS FOUND DEAD IN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE,” and hosted at denverguardian.com.   Continue reading “There is no such thing as the Denver Guardian, despite that Facebook post you saw”

Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

In no surprise to anyone paying even marginal attention, the FBI’s clearing Hillary Clinton of wrongdoing in its briefly reopened investigation — however, the time the agency took to reach this conclusion is not only bereft of logic and reason, it constitutes the most hubristic of insults to the public’s intelligence.

In just 691,000 seconds from announcement to conclusion, FBI Director James Comey wants you to believe agents thoroughly examined over 650,000 emails newly ‘discovered’ on Anthony Weiner’s computer — including any threads resulting, as well as all attachments — before deciding Clinton innocent of wrongdoing.   Continue reading “Utter Bulls**t: FBI Wants you to Believe It Examined 650,000 Emails in 691,000 Seconds”

Reuters

Israel on Monday formally rejected France’s invitation to take part in a Middle East peace conference in Paris later this year, saying it was a distraction from the goal of direct negotiations with the Palestinians.

At a meeting in Jerusalem with Israel’s acting national security adviser and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s diplomatic adviser, French envoy Pierre Vimont was informed that Israel wanted nothing to do with the effort to revive talks that last broke down in 2014.   Continue reading “Israel says ‘no’ to Middle East peace conference in Paris”

RT

The US Navy’s newest warship is designed to carry two huge guns that can hit targets 80 miles away – but although that may sound impressive, the Navy has now decided that the necessary ammunition is too expensive.

The Long Range Land-Attack Projectile (LRLAP) is a guided munition capable of hitting targets in “urban canyons of coastal cities with minimal collateral damage,” manufacturer Lockheed Martin said.   Continue reading “US Navy to cancel newest warship ammunition costing $800,000 per round – report”

Mail.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The gunman who killed a federal security officer and wounded three other people during a rampage at Los Angeles International Airport has shown no remorse and clings to the beliefs that led to the violence in 2013, prosecutors said in advance of his sentencing Monday.

Paul Ciancia, 26, faces a mandatory life sentence in federal prison for the attack that crippled the nation’s second-busiest airport and disrupted air travel nationwide. Ciancia “plotted to commit mass murder at one of the nation’s foremost transportation hubs, murdered a beloved public servant in cold blood, seriously injured two other federal officers whom he shot and was attempting to kill, shot and injured a passenger who was traveling to attend a wedding, and terrified hundreds of other passengers and employees at Los Angeles International Airport who feared for their lives and the safety of their families,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald wrote in sentencing papers.   Continue reading “Prosecutor: LA airport gunman lacks remorse, holds to views”

Mail.com

NEAR BASHIQA, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants early on Monday as they advanced from two directions into a town held by the Islamic State group east of the city of Mosul.

The offensive to reclaim the town of Bashiqa is part of the broader push to drive IS out of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city and the militants’ last major urban stronghold in the country. Combat began at dawn with a Kurdish barrage of heavy artillery, Katyusha rockets and mortar rounds slamming into IS positions, providing cover for the advance of armored columns.   Continue reading “Iraqi Kurdish forces advance into IS-held town east of Mosul”

The New American – by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey is again under fire, this time by supporters of Hillary Clinton for permitting the re-opening of the investigation into her use of personal servers to store and send classified material, the second round of a scandal that could prove fatal to the Democratic nominee’s chance to occupy the Oval Office in January.

Republicans had their own go at Comey when he declared after the original investigation of Clinton’s mishandling of classified documents and information that there was insufficient evidence to charge her with any criminal violation.   Continue reading “Is the FBI Constitutional?”