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  • Mayor Pete Platitude Generator

    02/18/2020 7:07:25 PM PST · by Salman · 13 replies
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  • AG Barr Tells People Close to Him He's Thinking of Resigning

    02/18/2020 7:05:35 PM PST · by hsmomx3 · 271 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 02/18/20 | AP
    Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting over President Trump's tweets about Justice Department cases, an administration official says.
  • Trump aims to be distraction for Democrats on Western U.S. swing

    02/18/2020 7:02:03 PM PST · by mdittmar · 6 replies
    Reuters ^ | February 18, 2020 | Steve Holland
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - President Donald Trump began a four-day Western swing on Tuesday with a fundraiser in Los Angeles, the first stop on a trip aimed at making himself a distraction as Democratic presidential candidates focus on the Nevada caucuses. Buoyed by his acquittal in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial, Trump has campaign rallies planned in Phoenix on Wednesday, Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday and Las Vegas on Friday. All the events are aimed at providing a competing message to the Democrats.
  • Global Surgical Mask Shortage Spells Doom For U.S. Amid Coronavirus Pandemic —

    02/18/2020 6:59:42 PM PST · by Hojczyk · 117 replies
    GP ^ | February 18,2020 | Alicia Powe
    “We make 7 percent of the [global] mask supply,” Bowen explained on Steve Bannon’s “War Room: Pandemic” podcast. “China has steadily been taking away our mask business. In a few years, it will all be owned by China – they sell the mask for less than I can buy the material. “America’s hospitals want to save money. The way America’s hospitals buy products – it’s all rigged. GPO, group purchasing organization, bid these things out. They’re looking for the low price, that’s China. That’s why all this happening.” The United States is also entirely reliant on Chinese manufacturing for nearly...
  • Ex-con accused of slitting tourist’s throat known as local ‘neck slasher’

    02/18/2020 6:49:28 PM PST · by karpov · 12 replies
    New York Post ^ | February 18, 2020 | Tina Moore, Israel Salas-Rodriguez and Tamar Lapin
    The ex-con accused of slitting a French tourist’s throat in a random attack in Harlem is a neighborhood “neck slasher” who’s ducked justice at least twice — infuriating one of his alleged victims, The Post has learned. Khalief Young — who is charged in Friday’s horrific attack on Gabriel Bascou — was busted in June for a Harlem deli slashing, and in October for allegedly pummeling a woman inside his apartment building, according to police sources and court records obtained by The Post. The first case is closed and sealed, and Young was cut loose without bail in the second,...
  • The 50 best reasons to live in New Jersey

    02/18/2020 6:49:19 PM PST · by Coleus · 140 replies
    The Star Ledger ^ | 02.15.20 | Peter Genovese
    There are about 9 million of us living here, and we all can’t be delusional. Apart from those who live here primarily because of job or family, most New Jerseyans live here because they like it here! New York City is a quick PATH or train ride away — why live there? The Shore, the Pine Barrens, beautiful countryside, diners, beaches, the nation’s most diverse city, small towns, great scenic highways — does any state pack as much variety into one compact package as New Jersey? Nope. Here are the 50 best reasons to live in New Jersey, from someone...
  • Dancing in the Moonlight (One of the best 70's one-hit wonders ever!)

    02/18/2020 6:49:05 PM PST · by Old Yeller · 84 replies
    YouTube ^ | King Harvest
    Enjoy all you who are 60 and older.
  • At Douglas MacArthur's waterhole in Morotai, Indonesia

    02/18/2020 6:47:15 PM PST · by Ozguy1945 · 27 replies
    During World War Two, Douglas MacArthur built his young wife a bathroom at Air Kaca in Morotai. The local land owner bestowed a huge honour on me when he asked me to create a memorial there. In response we put up an art display there and planted memorial trees over five years. When I tried to share these efforts and seek replication at important military heritage land in my own neighbourhood of Maribyrnong in Australia, I was accused of harassment, arrested by the police and dragged through psychological hell in a family violence court. When will the madness of modern...
  • After Stonewalling For Days, Sen. Chris Murphy Finally Admits He Secretly Met With Iranian Regime In Munich

    02/18/2020 6:35:05 PM PST · by bitt · 69 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 2/18/2020 | madeline osborn
    Sen. Chris Murphy confirmed The Federalist’s reporting that he privately met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif without State Department knowledge or approval in Munich last week. After Mollie Hemingway first reported the meeting Monday, Murphy did not respond to any media inquiries. Tuesday, he published an account of his trip on Medium, sharing details of his meetings and describing his “mission” to meet with officials of Iran, which he described as “our adversary, responsible for the killing of thousands of Americans.” Murphy also described his “goals” for meeting with Zarif, but admitted that he “cannot conduct diplomacy on behalf...
  • 'Isn’t that called a payoff?': Trump accuses Bloomberg of 'illegal campaign' contributions

    02/18/2020 6:32:52 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 12 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | February 18, 2020 04:42 PM | John Gage
    President Trump accused former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg of trying to buy the presidency and claimed the billionaire was guilty of illegal campaign spending. "What Mini Mike is doing is nothing less than a large scale illegal campaign contribution," Trump tweeted Tuesday. "He is 'spreading' money all over the place, only to have recipients of his cash payments, many former opponents, happily joining or supporting his campaign. Isn’t that called a payoff?" "Mini is illegally buying the Democrat Nomination. They are taking it away from Bernie again. Mini Mike, Major Party Nominations are not for sale! Good luck...
  • Hospital workers launch protests for higher wages, say they can't afford health care

    02/18/2020 6:32:20 PM PST · by yesthatjallen · 6 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02 18 2020 | Tal Axelrod
    Hospital and health care workers are launching union drives and protests across the country to demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) chapter covering Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas told The Guardian that it is putting together a campaign to organize workers advocating to extend a $15 minimum wage beyond Chicago. The group said there are roughly 50,000 low-wage hospital workers in the Chicago metropolitan area, with about 10,000 of those workers represented by the union. “We’re trying to make sure every hospital worker across the city has a voice when it comes to...
  • One man's awesome response to a neighbor's complaint about his Trump flag

    02/18/2020 6:29:35 PM PST · by week 71 · 7 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 2/18/20 | Andrea Widburg
    To date, almost 750,000 people have watched a TikTok video showing a Trump supporter's house festooned with Trump signs and paraphernalia while explaining how that exuberant show came to be. The video's narrator, Harper Lee (@harper334036), pans over the property as she explains what happened, picking up her narrative in midsentence:
  • Ex-con accused of slitting tourist’s throat known as local ‘neck slasher’

    02/18/2020 6:29:01 PM PST · by ConservativeStatement · 9 replies
    New York Post ^ | Feb. 18, 2020 | By Tina Moore, Israel Salas-Rodriguez and Tamar Lapin
    The ex-con accused of slitting a French tourist’s throat in a random attack in Harlem is a neighborhood “neck slasher” who’s ducked justice at least twice — infuriating one of his alleged victims, The Post has learned. Khalief Young — who is charged in Friday’s horrific attack on Gabriel Bascou — was busted in June for a Harlem deli slashing, and in October for allegedly pummeling a woman inside his apartment building, according to police sources and court records obtained by The Post.
  • Queen BANS Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from using lucrative 'Sussex Royal' brand that they hoped to use to build new lives because 'they simply cannot sell themselves as Royals’

    02/18/2020 6:20:12 PM PST · by RummyChick · 111 replies
    DM ^ | 2/18/2020 | Rebecca English
    The Duke and Duchess of Sussex must drop their 'Sussex Royal' label after deciding to step down as working royals. Following lengthy and complex talks, the Queen and senior officials are believed to have agreed it is no longer tenable for the couple to keep the word 'royal' in their 'branding'. Harry and Meghan have spent tens of thousands of pounds on a new Sussex Royal website to complement their hugely popular Instagram feed. They have also sought to register Sussex Royal as a global trademark for a range of items and activities, including clothing, stationery, books and teaching materials....
  • New Marvel superhero film to feature ‘beautiful,’ ‘moving’ homosexual kiss

    02/18/2020 6:13:51 PM PST · by Ennis85 · 88 replies
    LifeSiteNews ^ | February 18th 2020 | Martin Bürger
    The next superhero movie made by Marvel, called The Eternals, will feature a kiss between two men. Actor Haaz Sleiman mentioned that it is important “to show how loving and beautiful a queer family can be.” Sleiman, who came to the United States from Lebanon when he was 21, boasted of the kiss between two men: “It’s a beautiful, very moving kiss. Everyone cried on set.” “I just shot a Marvel film with the first openly gay superhero, The Eternals. I’m married to the gay superhero Phastos, played by Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry, and we represent a gay family and...
  • Woman forced to watch 'Roots' to 'understand her racism,' Cedar Rapids police say

    02/18/2020 6:11:49 PM PST · by yesthatjallen · 50 replies
    The Gazette ^ | February 17, 2020 | Kat Russell
    A Cedar Rapids man who was arrested Monday is accused of holding a woman captive and forcing her to watch “Roots” — a nine-hour miniseries that chronicles author Alex Haley’s family line from the capture and enslavement of his ancestor Kunta Kinte to the liberation of Kinte’s descendants. Robert Lee Noye, 52, forced the woman to sit with him, at a residence in the 700 block of Second Avenue SW and watch the series “so she could better understand her racism,” according to a criminal complaint. When she tried to move, Noye told her to “remain seated and watch the...
  • DHS chief: SWAT-like teams wouldn't be needed if sanctuary cities would help ICE

    02/18/2020 6:08:55 PM PST · by karpov · 7 replies
    The Hill ^ | February 18, 2020 | Justine Coleman
    Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Tuesday that SWAT-like teams would not be needed to back up Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts in so-called sanctuary cities if local officials there would help with immigration enforcement. “What we found in these sanctuary jurisdictions is that local law enforcement does not work with the department,” Wolf told Fox News’s “Fox & Friends.” “So what used to take one or two officers going into a jail setting and picking up an individual that's on a final order of removal, we now have to go into communities with many, many officers.”...
  • Media Not Sure What Trump's Massive Primary Turnout Means

    02/18/2020 6:06:33 PM PST · by CheshireTheCat · 36 replies
    Frontpage Mag ^ | February 17, 2020 | Daniel Greenfield
    Massive primary turnout when there's no contest is one of those ambiguous and inexplicable things. Who can know what it portends except the, you know, massive turnout part.
  • THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The What Dream Event Should You Attend Quiz - Wednesday,February 19, 2020

    02/18/2020 5:59:53 PM PST · by luvie · 71 replies
    The best troops and vets in the world...and their families, too. | LUV W and the Canteen Funsters
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  • Top Democrats demand answers on DHS plans to deploy elite agents to sanctuary cities

    02/18/2020 5:47:14 PM PST · by Libloather · 45 replies
    The Hill ^ | 2/18/20 | Cristina Marcos
    Top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Homeland Security committees are demanding documents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding plans to send elite law enforcement units typically assigned to the southern border to take part in arrest operations in sanctuary cities across the country. In a letter to acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Monday, the Democratic lawmakers demanded a "full briefing" within a week as well as documents by March 2 listing details such as the cities where the specially trained officers are expected to be deployed and the duration of their assignment. "The committees have...