Two Nigerian immigrants to be charged for Jussie Smollett ‘hate crime’…
Jussie Smollett has SCRUBBED his Twitter & Instagram accounts of ANY references of the hoax attack...
February 15, 2019
Beto O’Rourke Says He Would ‘Absolutely’ Take the Border Wall in El Paso Down…
February 15, 2019
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes referenced a tweet from Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) which showed that illegal crossings had dropped significantly since the border wall was built in El Paso. He asked O’Rourke if he would take down the wall.
“Yes, absolutely,” Rep. O’Rourke replied. “I’d take the wall down.”
“You think if there was a referendum here in this city that would pass?” Hayes followed up.
“I do,” O’Rourke replied.
China cancels trade talks with UK in protest over defence…
February 15, 2019
Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua has cancelled trade talks with Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond after defence secretary Gavin Williamson threatened to deploy a warship in the Pacific, The Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.
Hu was due to hold trade talks with Hammond this weekend, it said. The newspaper said Hu cancelled the talks in protest at Williamson’s speech on Monday.
Former teacher indicted in Missouri for allegedly producing child pornography with 3 minor victims…
February 15, 2019
William Derek Williams, 39, of Cameron, Missouri, was charged with three counts of producing child pornography, involving three different minor victims, from Jan. 1, 2013, to Sept. 6, 2018. Williams is also charged with one count of possessing child pornography. He formerly worked a high school language arts teacher, and more recently as a part-time high school multimedia teacher at the time of the alleged offense.
The charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
Tennessee Proposes Bill to Treat Gold and Silver as Money to Directly Fight Federal Reserve Monopoly …
February 15, 2019
Bills introduced in the Tennessee legislature would define gold and silver specie as legal tender and eliminate sales taxes levied on it. Passage of these bills would pave the way for Tennessee residents to use gold and silver in everyday transactions, a foundational step for the people to undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.
Sen. Steve Southerland (R-Morristown) introduced Senate Bill 978 (SB978) on Feb. 6. Rep. Rick Eldridge (R-Morristown) introduced the House companion bill (HB1323) the same day. Titled the Tennessee Legal Tender Act, the legislation would make gold and silver legal tender in the state, meaning it would be recognized as a medium of exchange for the payment of debts and taxes. Practically speaking, gold and silver specie would be treated as money, putting it on par with Federal Reserve notes in Tennessee.
French schools to change ‘mother & father’ to ‘parent 1 and 2’ under new law
February 15, 2019
The new naming convention is ostensibly aimed at ending discrimination against same sex parents but critics argue that it “dehumanises” parenthood and may lead to rows over who gets classified as ‘Parent 1.’
The amendment, passed Tuesday as part of a wider plan to build a so-called “school of trust,” will also enforce mandatory school attendance for all three-year-olds.
YouTube star ‘Furry Potato’ is shot while live-streaming near LA synagogue; security guard arrested…
February 15, 2019
A transgender YouTube personality who goes by the name “Furry Potato” was shot outside a Los Angeles synagogue on Thursday after arguing with a security guard, according to police reports and social media footage.
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In the footage, Perez appears to roam around the synagogue for about 30 minutes while a security guard questions her. The guard advises her not “to do anything crazy over here,” before going back inside the synagogue.Perez then films the guard standing behind the gate, zooming in and out on the guard's firearm and uniform but not saying anything. After several minutes, a shot is fired and the footage gets shaky. Perez runs away from the scene while shouting a string of expletives and claiming to have been shot in a leg. The guard appears again, pointing his finger and admonishing Perez: “That was a warning shot!”
EATING THEIR OWN! Gov Cuomo blames Occasional-Cortex for Amazon leaving NY…
February 15, 2019
"[A] small group [of] politicians put their own narrow political interests above their community -- which poll after poll showed overwhelmingly supported bringing Amazon to Long Island City -- the state's economic future and the best interests of the people of this state," Cuomo said in the statement... "The New York State Senate has done tremendous damage. They should be held accountable for this lost economic opportunity."
Wikileaks wants Iceland to arrest Pompeo…
February 15, 2019
Editor of #WikiLeaks, @khrafnsson wants the US Secretary of State Pompeo, visiting Iceland today, to be arrested "in the name of democracy, freedom and human rights". He says Pompeo has repeatedly threatened @WikiLeaks employees. https://t.co/AAHqIx5Yrv pic.twitter.com/8E4WYgIsa7
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 15, 2019
ICE Homeland Security Investigations execute federal search warrant and arrest 26 illegals at local market…
February 15, 2019
Special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations executed a federal warrant during a worksite enforcement operation at a San Diego market today. During the operation, 26 individuals working at the market were determined to be in the United States without authorization. They were temporarily taken into custody and released pending the outcome of their immigration case.
Today’s operation is related to an ongoing worksite enforcement investigation that was initiated during an I-9 audit – one of the most powerful tools ICE uses to ensure that businesses are complying with U.S. employment laws.
Facebook uses its apps to track users it thinks could threaten employees and offices…
February 15, 2019
Facebook maintains a list of individuals that its security guards must "be on lookout" for that is comprised of users who've made threatening statements against the company on its social network as well as numerous former employees.
The company's information security team is capable of tracking these individuals' whereabouts using the location data they provide through Facebook's apps and websites.
More than a dozen former Facebook security employees described the company's tactics to CNBC, with several questioning the ethics of the company's practices.
Watch: Trump Declares National Emergency Over Border Funding…
February 15, 2019
CBP Officers Seize $60K of Meth…
February 15, 2019
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville on Friday arrested a Mexican national Saturday after seizing more than 19 pounds of methamphetamine.
Officers referred a 35-year-old Mexican male for a secondary inspection of his Ford truck as he applied to enter the United States from Mexico early Saturday morning. A CBP canine alerted to an odor it is trained to detect, leading officers to the discovery of nearly 20 packages of meth within the vehicle’s backseat and quad cab door. The drugs are worth an estimated value of more than $59,000.
Senate passes bill to make lynching a federal crime
February 15, 2019
The bill, introduced by Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), makes lynching punishable as a hate crime.
The bill previously passed the Senate in December, but it did not clear the then-GOP controlled House before the end of the 115th Congress. It passed on Thursday by a voice vote.
Booker said that "lynching is not a relic of the past," pointing to the attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago.