A 20-year-old man in southern Oregon has filed a lawsuit against Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart after he says they refused to sell him a rifle. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Tyler Watson’s lawsuit filed Monday claims he faced age discrimination when he tried to buy a rifle in February at a store owned by Dick’s in […]
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Probe Finds Deadly Niger Mission Lacked Proper Approval…
Victory in Sight for Democrats Defying Warren on Bank Bill…
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are poised to pass a bill this week that would relax key banking regulations, steamrolling opposition from outspoken liberals like Sen. Elizabeth Warren who have built their careers calling for tougher oversight of Wall Street. A core group of moderate Democrats is brushing off an escalating opposition campaign by […]
Trump Administration Can Withhold Grant from California over ‘Sanctuary’ Concerns…
The Trump administration will not immediately have to award California a grant being withheld over concerns the state is a sanctuary for people in the country illegally, a federal judge said Monday. The amount of money at issue – $1 million – was relatively small and was at this point only delayed, not denied, U.S. […]
Illegal Immigrants with Sex, Robbery Convictions Among Those Who Evaded Arrest after Oakland Mayor’s Warning…
A Democratic mayor’s warning to illegal immigrants of an incoming ICE raid in northern California may have led to a number of illegal immigrants with violent and sex-related convictions evading capture and deportation. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tweeted out an impending warning of the four-day raid last week, alerting targeted individuals to the imminent arrests, […]
Syria Sitrep – Afrin, Idlib and East-Ghouta…
After a slow start the Turkish and Jihadi attack on the Afrin canton in north-west Syria is making some progress. Despite intimate knowledge of the terrain and years of preparation the local Kurdish forces of the YPK have little chance to withstand. Turkish air and artillery support for the attacking force opponents is overwhelming the […]
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Florida Senate Rejects Ban on Assault Weapons, Votes to Arm Teachers…
The Florida Senate rejected a proposal to ban assault weapons, and voted for a measure to arm some teachers, weeks after 17 people were killed in the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history. An amendment that would have banned assault weapons attached to a wider bill failed on Saturday in a largely party-line vote, […]
NRA Called ‘terrorist organization’ in Billboard Funded by Former Clinton Staffer…
A new controversial Florida billboard is targeting the National Rifle Association as a “terrorist organization.” The anti-NRA billboard is funded by Claude Taylor, a former White House staffer for President Bill Clinton, through MAD DOG PAC, a political action committee that also erected billboards calling for President Trump’s impeachment in states across the country. The […]
State Dept to Permanently Cut Staff at Embassy in Cuba after Mysterious Attacks…
The State Department said Friday that the U.S. would permanently reduce the number of people at the U.S. embassy in Cuba, after mysterious attacks that triggered an emergency withdrawal of U.S. officials. “On Monday, March 5, a new permanent staffing plan will take effect,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert’s office said Friday. “The embassy will […]
Trump vs. California Feud Escalates to All-Out Warfare…
The Trump administration’s simmering feud with California has turned into all-out warfare over immigration after Oakland’s mayor warned illegal immigrants this week of looming sweeps — leading Homeland Security’s deportation chief to accuse her of endangering her city and his officers. Analysts said there was no comparison in recent memory for the sort of bad […]
Pelosi Slams ICE for Arresting ‘Hard-Working, Law-Abiding,’ ‘Patriotic’ Illegal Aliens…
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi today attacked the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency for arresting more than 150 illegal aliens in Northern California whom Pelosi described as “hard-working, law-abiding” and “patriotic.” San Francisco, where Pelosi’s congressional district is located, is a “sanctuary city” that will not cooperate with the federal government in the enforcement of […]
STUDY: Mystery Illness Struck ‘Widespread Brain Networks’ of U.S. Embassy Staff in Cuba…
New research has cast doubt on the claim US diplomats in Havana were the victims of a sonic weapon attacks. Some 21 embassy staff in Cuba were affected by a mystery illness in August last year. Diplomatic staff were reportedly the victims of targeted attacks on their homes and hotel rooms in the Cuban capital. […]
STATE PROPAGANDA: State Department Committs $40 Million for “Information Wars”…
The Pentagon will allocate $40 million into an inter-agency unit housed at the State Department to counter online propaganda and disinformation campaigns conducted by foreign nations, in an effort to respond “aggressively” to attacks. The program was announced by the State Department this week in conjunction with the US Department of Defense, which will allocate […]
ICE: Oakland Mayor Who Warned Illegal Criminals of Raid ‘No Better Than a Gang Lookout’…
Acting ICE director Thomas Homan harshly criticized Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf Wednesday for warning illegal immigrants that the agency was planning a detention operation. “What she did is no better than a gang lookout yelling police when a police cruiser comes to the neighborhood except she did it to entire community of the this is […]
“War Is Coming to Southern Lebanon” – Lindsey Graham Warns Israel Is Planning an Invasion
Along the Israeli-Lebanon border, it’s about to get 2006 all over again. At least that’s what Senator Lindsey Graham told reporters late Tuesday at a press conference with Democratic Sen. Chris Coons – with whom he sponsored a bipartisan immigration bill that ultimately failed to garner enough support from their fellow lawmakers. The press conference […]
State Dept. Launches $40M Offensive Against Foreign Propaganda…
The State Department is launching a $40 million initiative to crack down on foreign propaganda and disinformation amid widespread concerns about future Russian efforts to interfere in elections. The department announced Monday that it signed a deal with the Pentagon to transfer $40 million from the Defense Department’s coffers to bolster the Global Engagement Center, […]
Trump Tells Pentagon to Plan for Military Parade on Veterans Day…
President Donald Trump wants to hold his proposed military parade on Veterans Day, a date that would increase significance to the first public U.S. military procession since the Gulf War’s end. Trump directed Pentagon planners to organize a Nov. 11 parade in the nation’s capital, according to an unclassified memo National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster […]
Tough New Sanctions on North Korea…
In announcing new sanctions Friday against North Korea, President Trump made it clear that the communist nation will pay a big price for stockpiling nuclear weapons and long-range missiles that pose a threat to the U.S. and other countries. The president spoke to the Conservative Political Action Conference about the tough new sanctions designed to […]
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My First Day as CIA Director by Ray McGovern…
Now that I have been nominated again – this time by author Paul Craig Roberts – to be CIA director, I am preparing to hit the ground running. Last time my name was offered in nomination for the position – by The Nation publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel – I did not hold my breath waiting […]
The Problem is America: The Malignant Cultural Hegemony by Phil Butler…
What is wrong with the American people? After several years of horrific policy toward the waking world, democracy’s standard bearers seem to be drowning in a lake of selfishness. Distracted, apathetic, or simply dumbed and numbed by unrelenting propaganda, the most admired society on Earth has turned to a wriggling mush of diverging ideals. I […]
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