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Is this a sign of what is coming for the rest of the nation? In Martin County, Kentucky times are very tough right now. Thanks to severe budget cutbacks, there are only two paid law enforcement officers covering a deeply impoverished 231-square-mile area that sits right in the heart of America’s raging opioid crisis. Needless to say, Martin County Sheriff John Kirk feels greatly outnumbered by the thieves, sexual predators and drug dealers that he has to contend with on a daily basis, and he recently issued a very ominous warning to the citizens of his county… Before making a...

Northern California serial killer Juan Corona, who murdered at least 25 men before police apprehended him in 1971, is dead.

Naked Florida Man Bikes Backwards on Miami Highway IT’S NUDE CYCLING SEASON IN THE SUNSHINE STATE. BY MATT BEVILACQUA Mar 5, 2019 A man was spotted biking naked backwards on a highway in Florida. He rode a fixie and wore a headband, neon pink shoes, and little else. The rider is known locally and was previously caught riding nude last summer. Last August we had the, uh, pleasure of learning about a Florida man known for biking while naked on an interstate in Miami. Well, not entirely naked: He donned a headband, neon pink socks (to match his bar tape...

A naked sex offender attacked a woman outside Dallas City Hall on Friday afternoon, then told officers he was high after smoking K2 for the first time, police say. Jomonathan Watts, 32, remained in custody Wednesday at the Dallas County jail on a felony charge of attempted sexual assault and misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure, unlawful restraint and assault causing bodily injury. His bail is set at $18,000. Officers were called just before 5 p.m. Friday to 1500 Marilla St., where security guards had detained Watts after he reportedly pushed a woman into a flowerbed, then held her down while...

Senator Rand Paul has announced that, despite supporting improvements in border security, he will vote against President Trump’s emergency declaration on the grounds that it’s an abuse of executive power — and he’s absolutely right. “Every single Republican I know decried President Obama’s use of executive power to legislate,” Paul wrote in an opinion piece for Fox News. “We were right then.”

An American journalist and his assistant have been detained and taken into custody by Venezuelan military counterintelligence forces on Wednesday morning, making him the latest reporter allegedly targeted by President Nicolás Maduro's administration. Cody Weddle, a Caracas-based reporter who has been covering the political uncertainty in Venezuela for WPLG Local 10 News in Miami, and his assistant, Carlos Camacho, a Venezuelan citizen, were detained after their respective residences were raided by officials. "The [State Department] is aware of and deeply concerned with reports that another U.S. journalist has been detained in Venezuela by Maduro, who prefers to stifle the truth...

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House Democrats found themselves in an increasingly chaotic week as they rushed to address charges that Rep. Ilhan Omar is making anti-Semitic remarks on Twitter, only to find they can't agree on the wording of a resolution condemning those remarks. Comments from Omar, D-Minn., prompted Democrats to prompted leaders to write a resolution aimed at countering an emerging narrative that a wing of the new Democratic majority is anti-Semitic. But the resolution won't name her, and late Tuesday, Democrats came under new pressure to add language condemning anti-Muslim remarks. That demand forced Democrats to retreat from their plan to vote...

In a meeting with Democratic colleagues, Pelosi was reportedly confronted by a number of members of Congress for not reaching out to the party in regards to Omar’s comments on Israel. In the meeting, Pelosi was challenged for getting her talking points from MSNBC by freshman Connecticut Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes, according to Politico. “Well if you’re not going to listen to me, I’m done talking,” Pelosi reportedly said, before putting down her microphone and walking out of the room. After the meeting Pelosi reportedly told a Politico reporter that she did not believe Omar’s comments were “intentionally anti Semitic”...

There are about a thousand lessons to be learned from a flawed MIT study on Uber drivers supposedly making $3.37 per hour; on NPR’s eagerness to run unquestioning a story that raised blaring questions; and of course on AOC’s just boundless font of knee-jerk ignorance. The lack of common sense and the most basic understandings of economics in the media and in Congress is a sight to behold — if you have a strong stomach. First, NPR ran a story entitled “Uber, Lyft Drivers Earning A Median Profit Of $3.37 Per Hour, Study Says” in which it explained the study...

"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek revealed in a YouTube video Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Trebek said in the video he was given the health update this week. "Now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I’m going to fight this, and I’m going to keep working," he said. "And with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease."

This year’s EU election will be the “last chance” to kill populism, Guy Verhofstadt has warned, calling for sovereignty-destroying “reform” which would transfer national powers to Brussels. In an interview with five influential establishment newspapers from across the continent on Tuesday, the veteran MEP and Brussels’ Brexit coordinator gave his backing to the vision of a federal EU superstate unveiled by Emmanuel Macron earlier this week..... “The union envisioned by [the French president] is a Europe that can stand on its own two feet, in a world of great powers in which EU nations would not be able to protect...

ShareTweet Democrat congressman Jerry Nadler, leading the investigative charge against President Donald Trump, has a son whose firm is trying to get access to Trump documents for their clients in numerous lawsuits against President Trump. “Congressman Jerry Nadler has a big conflict,” our source tells Big League Politics in Washington, D.C. “His son (Michael Nadler) got a job with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in 2018. That’s convenient because Jerry Nadler and the Democrats just won control of the House in 2018. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher hire Jerry’s son and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher are the main Nemesis against Trump...

Fashion model and Jexodus spokesperson Elizabeth Pipko explained her movement’s plans to help young Jews reject partisan Democrat and left-wing politics during a Tuesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak. “Jexodus is a totally genuine grassroots movement started by young millennials who are just trying to galvanize young Jews across the country and get them involved in what’s happening in politics,” said Pipko, “seeing what’s going on in both parties, and also getting them involved in voting in 2020.”...Pipko noted the importance of entering “the belly of the beast” — left-wing platforms such as...

The Washington Post's fact-checker sharply critiqued former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her claims on Sunday concerning voter suppression in Wisconsin and Georgia in the 2016 presidential election. “Clinton made several factual errors, offered questionable claims about a couple of studies, and ended up giving a misleading assessment of her loss,” Salvador Rizzo wrote in his column. The Post gave Clinton “Four Pinocchios.” “I was the first person who ran for president without the protection of the Voting Rights Act, and I will tell you, it makes a really big difference,” Clinton said Sunday in Selma, Ala., commemorating “Bloody...

A roughly 13-foot, 700-pound alligator was recently found in an irrigation ditch, officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said this week. The massive reptile was found in the ditch near Lake Blackshear, Melissa Cummings, a spokeswoman for the Georgia DNR, told Fox News on Saturday. “It’s a testament to Georgia’s alligator-management program that alligators can grow to this size,” she said, separately telling First Coast News that "the only way these animals get this large is by avoiding humans." The animal’s size apparently led many who saw its picture on social media to think the image was a...

A federal prosecutor laid out for a judge this week a plot where agricultural corporations and Juan Pablo Delgado -- the man at the defense table -- profited from a plot to supply them with a cheap, illegal labor force, leaving hundreds of migrant workers caught in the middle. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Woods said, in some cases, employees who couldn't legally work in the country were made to work in the dark as punishment for not working fast enough, were threatened with deportation and were forced to do cramped, painful work while Delgado made millions. Woods said he conspired...

When Democrats across the country recently condemned the “ballot harvesting” election fraud on display in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, Republicans who have spent years fighting the practice found themselves saying “I told you so.” Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez praised the North Carolina election board’s decision last week to throw out the results that delivered a win for Republican Mark Harris and mandate an election do-over to determine the true winner. “Calling for a new election in #NC09 was the right decision,” Perez tweeted. “Americans shouldn’t have to wonder if their votes will be counted. We need to...

DISCLAIMER: I'm a newb...please forgive any etiquette oversights. These next few days are a fortunate time to look at the real-time hatch and growth of wild Bald Eagles. Time frame to fledge is only 5 months! The kids grow up so fast... Now check this out...the nest is located near a fish spawning-hatchery so you can very often see live fish brought to the nest (by the parents of course) to feed the young. Awesome stuff for school age children's report projects. >>The nest is huge...over 1000 lbs! Hope you enjoy..

The Michigan Democrat aims to introduce the resolution in the coming weeks. Rep. Rashida Tlaib announced plans during a news conference Wednesday to file an impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump. The Michigan Democrat aims to introduce the resolution in the coming weeks, a staffer told Roll Call. The move will be one of the first official congressional actions concerning impeachment of the president. “For me, as a member of Congress, it’s so important that I make sure that I check this president ... it’s really important that the president of the United States is investigated,” Tlaib told CNN. The...