The Hill – by Sarah Ferris

House GOP leaders on Wednesday announced that they will begin restricting contentious amendments on spending bills, a move that critics say violates the party’s commitment to regular order.

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) used most of a conference meeting Wednesday morning to outline the party’s new strategy to unjam the appropriations process. For remaining spending bills, all amendments will be approved by the House Rules Committee before the debate reaches the floor.   Continue reading “Ryan changes rules for spending bills”

My AJC – by Christian Boone and Craig Schneider

A call to 911 reporting gunshots that apparently never occurred led to the shooting of an innocent man early Wednesday morning in Stockbridge.

William Powell, 63, is in serious condition at Atlanta Medical Center after being shot by a Henry County police officer. According to the officers, Powell ignored orders to put down his handgun. One of the officers then fired at the homeowner, striking him in the neck.   Continue reading “GBI: Officers respond to wrong house, shoot homeowner”

Tech Dirt – by Mike Masnick

Yesterday we wrote about an already troubling attempt by Senator John Cornyn to attach adangerous amendment to the Senate’s ECPA reform bill that would massively expand what kinds of electronic communications the FBI has access to (as we noted, the FBI already pretends it has access to this very info, so really this law would be papering over the FBI’s illegal collection of this info). But there’s another amendment, put forth by Senator Jeff Sessions, that is just as, if not more, troubling. It’s basically creating a massive loophole in the 4th Amendment, saying that any and all basic oversight can be tossed out the second the FBI declares the situation to be an “emergency.”   Continue reading “Senator Jeff Sessions Looks To Blast A Giant Hole In The 4th Amendment For ‘Emergency’ Response”

Ready Nutrition – by Jeremiah Johnson

ReadyNutriton Guys and Gals, this article deals with preparation on a different slant: something you may be able to do in your home state to protect you from “Big Daddy” the Federal Government.  Remember, preparation is not only for ELE’s (Extinction Level Events) or an apocalyptic cataclysm.  I would venture to put forth that when one loses their home, this is an apocalyptic event in itself.  One of the things that you may be able to use to prevent this “capture” of your home by the Federal and State government is a Homestead Declaration, and I encourage all of you to pursue this simple avenue if it is available, as I have here in Montana.   Continue reading “Protect Your Property with a Homestead Declaration”

The Newspaper

Residents of Sheridan, Colorado want the public to decide whether or not photo enforcement is used in their community. After being twice denied access to the ballot by city officials, proponents of the referendum decided this time to sue the mayor and city council, accusing them of dirty tricks. .

“We knew we were dealing with people who weren’t dealing from the top of the deck,” initiative sponsor Paul Houston told TheNewspaper. “Which is why we have to go to an Arapahoe County district court judge to get any justice.”   Continue reading “Colorado Residents Fight To Save Anti-Camera Referendum”

BabaMail

Dog owners will often place signs around the property to warn visitors or the poor postman of their pooch’s presence. Most dogs are pretty friendly of course, but that doesn’t stop these creative owners from putting their own twist on the concept of the ‘Beware of the Dog’ sign, with hilarious results! Some of these would definitely be relevant to my home…   Continue reading “‘Beware Dog’ Signs by Funny Owners”

ABC News

Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire in central Tel Aviv Wednesday night, killing three people and wounding at least five others, Israel police said.

Tel Aviv district police commander Moshe Edri said there was shooting in two locations close to the popular open-air Sharona market   Continue reading “Palestinian Gunmen Kill 3 in Tel Aviv, 5 Wounded”

CNN

A federal judge Tuesday agreed to stay his order that the Obama administration turn over immigration records of over 50,000 people and require Justice Department lawyers attend ethics courses.

In a one-page order, Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas said he will hear a challenge to his controversial order on August 22.

Continue reading “Judge postpones order to turn over immigration records”

The Organic Prepper

When the US government steps outside of the apple pie and baseball narrative of the American dream and issues warnings to prep, you’d better pay strict attention and start upping your preparedness game.  (Whether you believe that the threat to prep for is manufactured to engineer consent or not is, while an interesting debate, entirely beside the point of this article.)   Continue reading “The US Government Has Recently Issued 2 Alarming Warnings to Prep…But Is Anybody Listening?”

Gov’t Slaves

(OKLAHOMA CITY)  You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture.

That’s where police can seize your property and cash without first proving you committed a crime; without a warrant and without arresting you, as long as they suspect that your property is somehow tied to a crime.

Now, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money in your bank account or on prepaid cards.   Continue reading “Civil Forfeiture in Oklahoma now allows bank seizure using your credit cards”

WCVB

BOSTON —A simulated “large-scale terrorist attack” will be staged at Fenway Park this weekend.

On Sunday, the Boston Police Department, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security, the US Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center and Fenway Park will practice and prepare for an active shooter situation.   Continue reading “Fenway wants volunteers for mock ‘wide-scale’ terror attack”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The former aide to Hillary Clinton who set up her private email server confirmed in a court filing Tuesday that the Justice Department had granted him limited immunity from prosecution, but filed copies of the deal under seal and asked a judge to keep them out of public view.

The filing from Bryan Pagliano came in response to a judge’s directive to disclose details of the immunity agreement, which Pagliano said he entered into after cooperating in December with the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into Clinton’s server.   Continue reading “Ex-Clinton staffer files immunity agreements under seal”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A group of companies and gun-rights advocates say Facebook is “actively suppressing their posts,” thereby diminishing their visibility in Americans’ social media networks.

“Content that would normally reach our nearly one million followers has steadily dropped to a fraction of what it once was, despite our page’s continual growth of new followers,” said a statement from Rob Russo, the social media manager for Alien Gear Holsters, one of the companies now pushing back against Facebook.   Continue reading “Facebook Suppressing Pro-Gun Postings, Say Gun Rights Advocates”

Courthouse News – by Emma Gannon

LITTLETON, Colo. (CN) — After a Wal-Mart shoplifter fled into stranger’s home to avoid arrest, police in suburban Denver destroyed the house in a 19-hour attack with tear gas, flash-bangs and 72 chemical bombs, leaving it “a mass of debris and destroyed belongings,” the family says in a lawsuit against the police.

Leo Lech and his family sued Greenwood Village, its Police Chief John Jackson and his entire force, particularly the SWAT team, on June 3 in Arapahoe County Court.   Continue reading “Home Leveled in Police Siege on a Shoplifter”