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  • Statement on coverage of Seth Rich murder investigation [FOX News retraction]

    05/23/2017 11:28:57 AM PDT · by GIdget2004 · 53 replies
    Fox News ^ | 05/23/2017 | Fox News
    On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich. The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting. Upon appropriate review, the article was found not to meet those standards and has since been removed. We will continue to investigate this story and will provide updates as warranted.
  • Florida concealed weapons permit site hacked

    05/23/2017 12:06:33 PM PDT · by NautiNurse · 18 replies
    WBBH NBC-2 Naples ^ | May 22, 2017 | Nestor Mato
    LEE COUNTY, Fla. - If you're a concealed weapon permit holder, your information could be in danger after a statewide hack. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says the data breach affects more than 16,000 people and some social security numbers may be at risk. "It's a little nerve-racking to know that it happened here in Florida," said Evelyn Greenway. Officials say people with concealed weapons licenses who renewed online may have had their names accessed. An additional 469 others have been notified their social security numbers may have been hacked. "Somebody knows this house has weapons in...
  • State Dept. Redacts Big Chunks of $22.8 Mil Contract to Resettle Muslim Refugees

    05/23/2017 11:00:52 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 28 replies
    Judicial Watch ^ | May 23, 2017
    The U.S. government spends billions of dollars to “resettle” foreign nationals and transparency on how the money is spent depends on the agency involved. Judicial Watch has been investigating it for years, specifically the huge amount of taxpayer dollars that go to “voluntary agencies”, known as VOLAGs, to provide a wide range of services for the new arrivals. Throughout the ongoing probe Judicial Watch has found a striking difference on how government lawyers use an exemption, officially known as (b)(4), to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to withhold records. All the cases involve public funds being used to resettle...
  • Salman Abedi, 22, Is Identified as Manchester Arena Bomber

    05/23/2017 10:35:59 AM PDT · by reaganaut1 · 62 replies
    New York Times ^ | MAY 23, 2017 | KATRIN BENNHOLD, STEVEN ERLANGER and CEYLAN YEGINSU
    MANCHESTER, England — A 22-year-old British man whose parents had emigrated from Libya was identified by the police on Tuesday as the bomber who carried out Britain’s deadliest terrorist attack since 2005, an explosion that killed 22 people and injured 59 others at Manchester Arena. The man, Salman Abedi, lived in a house just 3.5 miles from the arena, where he detonated a homemade bomb in a public concourse around 10:30 p.m. on Monday as a concert by the American pop star Ariana Grande was ending and as crowds of teenagers had begun to leave, many for an adjacent train...
  • The West has Failed to Defend its Most Innocent and Precious

    05/23/2017 10:27:33 AM PDT · by LSUfan · 30 replies
    Terror Trends Bulletin ^ | 23 May 17 | Christopher W. Holton
    Yesterday, 22 May, Jihadists struck again in Great Britain, this time in Manchester at the famed Manchester arena. In this latest attack, Western civilization has been exposed. We Westerners have failed to protect the most innocent and precious among us, our little girls. Make no mistake, in Jihadi circles our inability to protect this segment of our population is being viewed with ridicule and disdain today, further emboldening a barbaric, pitiless enemy.
  • Awesome: Clint Eastwood Takes on Political Correctness

    05/23/2017 6:45:25 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 28 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | May 23, 2017 | Cortney O'Brien
    Conservative Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood has no problem voicing his political opinions, something we learned from his infamous empty chair skit during the 2012 Republican National Convention.He is still boldly speaking his mind as of this week, this time at France’s prestigious Cannes Film Festival.“It was far-out at that time, so I brought it to [director] Don [Siegel], and he liked it,” Eastwood recalled Sunday during a visit to the Cannes Film Festival. “A lot of people thought it was politically incorrect. That was at the beginning of the era that we’re in now with political correctness. We are killing ourselves, we’ve...
  • Trump may mull naval blockade, no-fly zone against N. Korea: expert

    05/22/2017 11:11:21 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 11 replies
    The Korea Herald ^ | May 23, 2017 | Yonhap News Agency
    The Donald Trump administration may push for naval blockades or the imposition of a "no-fly" zone against North Korea should it succeed in developing an intercontinental ballistic missile, an expert here said Tuesday. Trump would view it as a red line for the nuclear-armed communist nation, according to Shin Beom-chul, a professor at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy in Seoul. In case of the North's successful development of ICBMs, "Taking military actions against Pyongyang will be the most appealing option on the table from Trump's perspective," he said in a paper released to media ahead of a security forum to...
  • Coulter: If Trump Doesn't Keep His Promises, Dems Will Win Big in 2018 & Impeach Him

    05/22/2017 11:27:37 AM PDT · by Rennes Templar · 132 replies
    Fox News ^ | May. 22, 2017
    Ann Coulter was one of President Donald Trump's most outspoken supporters during the 2016 election, but so far she's been underwhelmed by his presidency. On "Varney & Co." today, Coulter said that the American people elected Trump to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, enforce immigration laws, end NAFTA and end our role as the world's police. "Unfortunately, we're not getting what we voted for," Coulter said. She acknowledged, however, that much of the "vicious and violent" criticism of Trump is unfair. "Both political parties for years and years have been pushing whatever Wall Street and the elites want....
  • President Trump Tells Netanyahu He Didn't Mention Israel in Oval Office Meeting With Russians

    05/22/2017 9:38:46 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 18 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | May 22, 2017 | Katie Pavlich
    During his visit to Jerusalem on Monday, President Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nentanyahu he did not mention Israel during a recent Oval Office meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. "I never mentioned the word or the name Israel," President Trump said. The comments come after President Trump allegedly shared classified Israeli intelligence on ISIS with Lavrov and Kislyak, leading to the severe endangerment of an Israeli spy. The White House does not deny the intelligence was shared, arguing the President has the authority to share or declassify any information he's sees...
  • World Leaders In Awe Of Trump While American Media Continues To Attack Him

    05/22/2017 9:04:37 AM PDT · by Helicondelta · 36 replies
    dcwhispers.com ^ | May 22, 2017
    The tone was different from the moment Donald Trump stepped off AF1. There was no deep bow no groveling for favor, no talking down to America while visiting foreign shores. For those who understand Islamic culture, the response has been both immediate and in stark contrast to the welcome given to Mr. Trump’s presidential predecessor. Donald Trump demands the world respect the United States and on his first foreign trip as POTUS, the world is doing just that. The Saudis gave Trump a welcome fit for a king and while there, POTUS Trump secured an American-made arms deal of nearly...
  • AP: Flynn to take 5th rather than testify at Senate hearing

    05/22/2017 8:02:16 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 25 replies
    Hotair ^ | 05/22/2017 | Ed Morrissey
    It seems that the Senate Intelligence Committee couldn’t cut a deal with Michael Flynn after all. The Associated Press reports this morning that the former national security adviser will refuse to provide any testimony, and will invoke the Fifth Amendment instead: BREAKING: AP Source: Michael Flynn to decline Senate Intel committee subpoena, invoke 5th Amendment later today.— The Associated Press (@AP) May 22, 2017 Last week, the AP ended up with some egg on its face when it relied on Senate Intel chair Richard Burr’s contention that Flynn had decided to “defy” a subpoena. It turned out that Flynn’s...
  • The Russian Narrative is Dead

    05/22/2017 4:18:59 AM PDT · by junkbond · 101 replies
    Twitter ^ | Julian Assange
    WikiLeaks has never disclosed a source. Sources sometimes talk to other parties but identities never emerge from WikiLeaks. #SethRich
  • President Trump gives masterful speech (msm does not carry it)

    05/22/2017 4:09:11 AM PDT · by NYer · 47 replies
    American Thinker ^ | May 22, 2017 | . Marsolo
    It was refreshing to see President Trump speak to the leaders of the Muslim countries in Riyadh honestly and directly about the problems of Islamist terrorism. He told them in plain words that they have to drive out the terrorists from their mosques and countries. He reminded them that terrorists, such as ISIS, kill more Muslims than others. President Trump spoke bluntly. The Muslim countries must take care of the terrorists: “It is a choice between two futures -- and it is a choice America CANNOT make for you. A better future is only possible if your nations drive out...
  • Circus Icon Ringling Bros. Says Goodbye After 146 Years

    05/22/2017 1:54:04 AM PDT · by Hillarys Gate Cult · 94 replies
    NBCNews.com ^ | May 21 2017, | Daniella Silva
    UNIONDALE, New York — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus folded up its Big Top for the last time on Sunday night in New York, as emotional performers, wistful crowd-goers and ecstatic protesters said farewell to an institution in American live entertainment after nearly a century and a half. The circus gave the final performance of "The Greatest Show on Earth" to a sold-out crowd at Nassau Coliseum, showing off its death-defying stunts and exotic animals for the last time after 146 years.
  • Chaffetz: we will jail White House leakers

    05/21/2017 6:37:59 PM PDT · by Kevin in California · 52 replies
    Jason Chaffetz is a big time talker and never any action. So I’ll take his claim on the Sunday news shows today that when White House leakers are found, he wants to throw them in jail. Yea, umm, it’s a felony.
  • Ted Cruz Asked Stephen Colbert to ‘Humanize’ Him

    05/21/2017 4:36:58 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 61 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 21, 2017 | Lindsey Kupfer
    Former GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz once went on “The Late Show” and asked Stephen Colbert if he could “humanize” him. Colbert was explaining to an audience at New York mag’s Vulture Festival on Saturday that audiences can “smell a prepared answer” from a politician. “I don’t want to betray my guest because there’s what happens on-camera and off-camera, but I guess it’s okay because I don’t think [Ted Cruz] understood what he was asking,” the 53-year-old host said.
  • A Meme Is Born: Donald Trump Touches Glowing Orb with Middle East Leaders

    05/21/2017 4:10:30 PM PDT · by mandaladon · 150 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 210 May 2017 | EZRA DULIS
    President Donald Trump broke the Internet once again during the inauguration of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology Sunday in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. To signify the official start to the facility’s operations, Trump touched a brightly lit globe with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Egypt’s president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. An awkward-looking Saudi TV screen grab quickly went viral, with the Internet quickly dubbing the object “the Trump orb.”
  • Full text of Donald Trump’s speech in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    05/21/2017 2:21:22 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 81 replies
    Face Book ^ | May 21, 2017
    Donald J. Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 6 hrs · I want to thank King Salman for his extraordinary words, and the magnificent Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for hosting today’s summit. I am honored to be received by such gracious hosts. I have always heard about the splendor of your country and the kindness of your citizens, but words do not do justice to the grandeur of this remarkable place and the incredible hospitality you have shown us from the moment we arrived. You also hosted me in the treasured home of King Abdulaziz, the founder of the Kingdom who...
  • Report: China cripples CIA operations, kills informants

    05/21/2017 11:50:10 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 32 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | May 21, 2017
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Chinese government "systematically dismantled" CIA spying operations in China starting in late 2010 and killed or imprisoned at least a dozen CIA sources over the next two years, The New York Times reported Saturday. The newspaper cited 10 current and former U.S. officials, who described the intelligence breach as one of the worst in decades. They spoke on condition of anonymity. The report said U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies scrambled to stem the damage, but were bitterly divided over the cause of the breach. Some investigators were convinced there was a mole within the CIA,...
  • Charting the Liberal Media Leaks: No Valid Sources, Many Invalidated, Possibly Just Made Up Lies

    05/21/2017 10:24:28 AM PDT · by Mozilla · 29 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | 5/21/17 | Jim Hoft
    Per an analysis of a dozen of the most recent so called ‘leaks’ being reported and repeated by the liberal mainstream media (MSM) involving President Trump, the probability that these ‘leaks’ are just plain lies is very high. An analysis of the most recent leaks clearly shows that the leaks are being reported by very biased liberal MSM outlets that were adamantly opposed to the election of President Trump. These ‘leaks’ in all cases are not supported with any names of so-called sources. Former FBI Director James Comey reportedly made some statements in the ‘leaks’ but to this date he...