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SAN ANTONIO— A U.S. Office of Special Counsel report released Monday found that Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro violated the Hatch Act, which restricts the political activity of some federal employees, during an April interview with Yahoo News. Castro's statements during the interview, according to a OSC news release, mixed his "personal political views with officials agency business despite his efforts to clarify that some answers were being given in his personal capacity." The department found he violated the act by "advocating for and against presidential candidates while giving a media interview in his official capacity on April...

While watching Nick with my granddaughter, we were exposed to THIS commercial / propaganda. I now BLOCK them on my cable line-up.

Members of the New England Police Benevolent Police Association hold up signs pledging support for the GOP frontrunner Amid the chaos of the Nevada caucus were people dressed in the traditional hoods and robes of the Ku Klux Klan, holding up signs pledging their support for Donald Trump. The members of the New England Police Benevolent Police Association — a controversial group that endorsed Trump in December — were photographed by a number of attendees outside the Cimarron-Memorial High School location in Las Vegas. “KKK in parking lot of Cimarron HS during Republican caucus. They keep saying take our country...

The week in review, in case anybody needs one.

Hundreds wait patiently at Greyhound station POSTED TODAY, 10:24 PM UPDATED TODAY, 10:24 PM LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo Greyhound bus station has become a refuge for hundreds of undocumented immigrants from Central America. Many sit patiently as they await the arrival of their bus, and their ticket to be with family and friends across the U.S. Marlene Castillo and her son, Javier, are from Nicaragua. After several days in Border Patrol detention centers they were released and happy to be out of the system. "First we were in McAllen, that's where they took us first. Then we were brought...

Here is a ready-made flyer that can be used in Mississippi in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate. Democrats AND Republicans have my permission to use it as they please.

If you do a web news search with the term "criminal conspiracy", the first hit shows Scott Walker's picture accompanied by a news story about the partisan attack on the Governor of Wisconsin. The fact that the case went nowhere and is completely FALSE is not displayed in the search results, therefore the end result is that the person reading it ASSUMES he is guilty of something and the liberal media has, in effect, successfully smeared their intended target. This is my attempt to fight back. It is my hope that when an LIV does a search of criminal...

Obama says the new power plant rule will shrink power prices.Source - ABC News. The EPA Admits Climate Rule Will Raise Electricity Prices.Source- Daily Caller.

<p>BERLIN (AP) — A herd of dairy cows nearly lifted the roof off their barn in central Germany when methane released by the animals caused an explosion.</p> <p>Police in Hesse state said in a statement that a static electric charge apparently triggered the detonation, and a spurt of flame, on Monday at a farm in Rasdorf. The roof was slightly damaged and one cow suffered light burns. No people were hurt.</p>

<p>HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man is accused of threatening to kidnap, murder and burn U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and his father and also to "blow up" the sun if he wasn't paid $3 million.</p> <p>Nick Gates was being held Tuesday in the Harris County jail on a $10,000 bond. He's charged with making a terroristic threat.</p>

Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who is set to stand trial this summer on charges of massacring 13 soldiers and wounding 32 others at Ft. Hood, told a military judge today that he was 'fighting for the Taliban.' Hasan told a military judge at Ft. Hood today that he was 'fighting for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Mullah Omar is their leader.' Read more: http://radio.woai.com/articles/woai-local-news-119078/hasan-i-was-fighting-for-the-11353191/#ixzz2VGivJiQc

Mother Jones Magazine, in the wake of obtaining a scandalous recording of a political planning session, has demanded the resignation of Senator McConnell for lax security practices. "By allowing us to place an illegal wiretap device in his office, Senator McConnell has demonstrated his disregard for security at his offices."

AUSTIN — For former Vice President Al Gore, the world is spinning out of control — but he says his outlook remains optimistic. He appeared Saturday at the SXSW Interactive Festival, held at the Austin Convention Center, to discuss his latest book, “The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change,” which argues that the planet is being abused, technology is amiss and special interest groups have control of the government. “The book is scary,” said Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walter Mossberg, who moderated the session.

Caption opportunity.