Americans for Tax Reform – by Max Velthoven, John Kartch, Ryan Ellis

Since taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama has formally proposed a total of 442 tax increases, according to an Americans for Tax Reform analysis of Obama administration budgets for fiscal years 2010 through 2015.

The 442 total proposed tax increases does not include the 20 tax increases Obama signed into law as part of Obamacare.   Continue reading “Obama has Proposed 442 Tax Hikes Since Taking Office”

Ben Swann – by Annabelle Bamforth

Colorado Springs, CO- Colorado Springs English teacher Pauline Hawkins is resigning from teaching at Liberty High School, and she posted her resignation letter publicly on her blog. Hawkins blasted Common Core standards as the main motivator for leaving her position.

In her letter, posted at paulinehawkins.com, she wrote about why she will no longer be teaching. Hawkins did not mince words in pointing out the effects that Common Core is having on teachers.   Continue reading “Colorado Springs Teacher Denounces Common Core In Resignation Letter”

RINF – by Mike Head

Seizing upon spreading protests and building occupations in eastern Ukraine in response to February’s Western-backed putsch in Kiev, the Obama administration is escalating its accusations, threats and provocations against Russia.

In the clearest sign of intensifying US involvement in the Ukraine crisis, the White House admitted—after vehement denials—that CIA Director John Brennan flew into Kiev over the weekend. Brennan arrived, under a false name, for discussions on how to further exploit the crisis that the US and its allies deliberately triggered by orchestrating the February coup.   Continue reading “CIA director in Ukraine as Washington steps up threats against Russia”

chelsea-in-blueMinuteman News

Chelsea Clinton has opened the doors to a career in political service, saying she’s not able any longer to completely rule out a run for some sort of public office.

Ms. Clinton, 34, said she’d consider anything from mayor to senator, The Daily Mail reported. And that’s quite a switch from years past, when she basically and bluntly said no to any question about a career of political service.   Continue reading “Now Chelsea Clinton Says SHE May Run For Office”

Reuters / Shannon StapletonRT News

A software company that promises to help Americans avoid the annual misery of filing their IRS returns has, in fact, spent years trying to convince lawmakers to make sure filing taxes remains difficult, thus protecting its business, a new report found.

Every year Americans spend an estimated $2 billion and 225 million hours preparing their tax returns by April 15. The process can include obtaining information from a bank or employer, intensive financial disclosures, and, for many Americans, an appointment with a professional accountant who is qualified to evaluate how much money the state and federal government is due.   Continue reading “TurboTax maker spending millions to kill simplified IRS tax filing”

The main headquarters of the FBI, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, is seen in Washington (Reuters / Gary Cameron)RT News

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database of facial recognition records is expected to contain 52 million images by 2015, according to a new report that is likely to reinvigorate civil liberty advocates concerned about the agency’s data collection.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) obtained internal documents as a result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the bureau’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) program.   Continue reading “FBI facial records could contain 52 million images by next year”

Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFPRT News

Dozens of twitter users have sent threats to American Airlines after a 14 year-old Dutch girl tweeted the air company telling them she was a member of Al-Qaeda and that she was “going to do something really big,” on June 1.

One user, @ShyyLicious, said “I have a bomb under the next plane to take off,” another, @ddlovatosteddy, said “I’m gonna bomb your 737 jet,” while @nonfreak tweeted “release her or I’ll bomb your HQ. You gonna arrest me now?” All the threats were hoaxes.   Continue reading “Teenager creates twitter storm after terror tweet”

An overpass is crowded with cars amid the heavy haze in Beijing February 23, 2014. (Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon)Gee, and here I thought the current weather problems we’ve been having 
were all due to chem-trails, HAARP, and Fukushima radiation!

RT News

Increasing levels of pollution in Asia are strengthening storms over the Pacific Ocean, a study has revealed. Scientists warned these changes could have a radical knock-on effect on climate systems around the world if left unchecked.   Continue reading “Asian pollution fueling storms across Northern Hemisphere – study”

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Ukrainian troops have seized an airfield in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, said anti-government protesters. Four people were killed and two injured, activists added. At the same time Slavyansk is being raided by the Ukrainian military.

Kramatorsk

Ukrainian troops approached the military airfield in armored personnel carriers between the eastern cities of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, the people’s militia located at the airfield told RIA Novosti on the phone.   Continue reading “Military storm airfield, town in eastern Ukraine, wounded reported – protesters”

Wang Cheng, Jiang Tianyong, Tang JitianMail.com

BEIJING (AP) — His head covered in a black hood, lawyer Tang Jitian recalls being taken into a room and hearing the sound of a rope being pulled. The handcuffs behind him were jerked upward and soon he was dangling in the air.

“I got hoisted with my head facing down, feet off the ground and butt in the air,” Tang said in an interview with The Associated Press. “Five or six people were hitting me and kicking me. All I heard was ‘thud, thud, thud,’ throughout.”   Continue reading “Chinese lawyers say they were tortured by police”

Steven Dean Gordon, Franc CanoMail.com

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Two convicted sex offenders dutifully checked in with police every month and wore their GPS trackers around the clock — the rules of parole that are designed to tip off authorities if a freed felon backslides.

Yet for at least two months last fall, authorities claim, Franc Cano and Steven Dean Gordon were raping and killing at least four women — and probably a fifth — in the seedy prostitution hangouts of Orange County.   Continue reading “Police: Suspected killers wore GPS devices”

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The executive director of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association says his sources inside the federal government warn that Washington’s weekend retreat in a dispute over grazing land in Nevada was only a move to distract attention and diffuse tensions, because a raid on the family’s ranch still is planned.

And there probably would be violence involved, said Richard Mack, the former sheriff of Graham County, Ariz.   Continue reading “Sheriff: Feds strategize for ‘raid’ on ranch”

millerVeterans Today – by Dr. Kevin Barrett

Sunday, on the eve of Passover – just as the feds were backing down from their standoff in Nevada – some idiot shot and killed three people outside a Jewish Community Center and a Jewish Retirement Home in Kansas City. Reports say that none of the victims were Jewish.

The suspect, a professional “notorious anti-Semite” and federal informant named Frazier Glenn Miller, reportedly was screaming “heil Hitler” as he was hauled off by police.   Continue reading “Reports: Idiot Jew-hater kills two Methodists and a Catholic in KC”

Reuters – by RICHARD BALMFORTH AND THOMAS GROVE

Russia declared Ukraine on the brink of civil war on Tuesday as Kiev said an “anti-terrorist operation” against pro-Moscow separatists was under way, with troops and armored personnel carriers seen near a flashpoint eastern town.

Twenty-four hours after an Ukrainian ultimatum expired for the rebels to lay down their arms, witnesses however saw no signs yet that Kiev forces were about to storm state buildings in the Russian-speaking east that armed militants have occupied.   Continue reading “Russia says Ukraine close to civil war as Kiev begins offensive”

Gregg Lemler, vice president of transmission operations for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., listens to questions at a news conference in San Francisco, Thursday, April 10, 2014. PG&E offered a $250,000 reward on Thursday for information leading to an arrest and conviction in an attack nearly a year ago on phone lines and the power grid in Silicon Valley. Photo: Jeff Chiu, AP / APSF Gate – by GARANCE BURKE

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. offered a $250,000 reward Thursday for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a startling attack mounted nearly a year ago on telephone lines and the power grid in Silicon Valley.

The nighttime, coordinated attack on April 16, just a day after the Boston Marathon bombings, involved snipping AT&T fiber-optic lines to knock out phone and 911 service in the area and firing shots into a PG&E substation.   Continue reading “PG&E offers $250K reward in California grid attack”