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Activists for black lives release plans to "Shut Down Graceland" by: Zach Crenshaw Updated: Aug 15, 2016 - 8:39 AM Loading It's been the summer of protests, and now another one is planned. The Coalition of Concerned Citizens, including Black Lives Matter protesters and others groups announced their plan to "Shut Down Graceland." Protest leaders say the mass demonstration is planned for 6:00 PM Monday. They said they specifically chose Graceland because it is Elvis week and they know it will raise awareness. >>RELATED: City leaders release statement on planned protest at Graceland Leaders say they also chose Graceland because...

More than 50 people were shot over another violent weekend in Chicago, a level of violence that has marked many of the summer weekends this year and has pushed the total number of people shot in the city to more than 2,600. The number of people shot during all of last year was 2,988. Between Friday evening and early Monday morning, at least 52 were shot and nine of them were killed, according to police. The weekend before, 49 people were shot, nine of them fatally. And the weekend before that, 52 people were shot, seven of them fatally. The...

This story dropped late last week, but I held off on addressing it for a few reasons. Let's run through some of those caveats:  First, the substance of the report rests on the assertions of a single source -- who goes unnamed, and who is vaguely identified as a "former senior law enforcement official."  Journalistically, this is very thin.  Second, the piece's central claim appears to fly in the face of CNN's very recent reporting that the Justice Department had shot down requests from three FBI field offices to open a probe into the Clinton Foundation.  Third, the story comes from a conservative-leaning outlet,...

<p>MCRAE, Ga. — Authorities in south Georgia say a man accused of fatally shooting a police officer has been arrested.</p> <p>The Telfair County Sheriff's Office said in a statement on its website that 24-year-old Royheem Delshawn Deeds was in custody. The website of the Nassau County Sheriff's Office in Florida says Deeds was booked into jail just before 3 a.m. Monday.</p>

When Officer Steve Dunham met the 7-year-old, the boy was offering to sell his teddy bear.The little guy must have seemed industrious, standing in front of the CVS at the busy intersection of Second and Main in Franklin, Ohio, trying to hawk his toy on July 7. Most children don’t want to part with their stuffed animals. In this boy’s case, it was a lone source of comfort, but he was desperate.He hadn’t eaten in days.Perhaps if he sold the small bear for enough money, he could walk across the street and get a kid’s meal at Subway. At the...

Scandal: The Daily Caller reports that the FBI now has multiple investigations underway into the nefarious dealings of the Bill and Hillary's favor bank, also known as the Clinton Foundation. If true, this investigation could succeed where others have been stonewalled or blocked by the Clinton machine. Is Hillary Clinton going to be held to account for her corrupt dealings between the State Department and the Clinton Foundation? That question just became highly relevant again. According to the Daily Caller, this investigation — unlike the politically neutered FBI probe into Clinton's reckless use of a private email server while Secretary...

rest of title:......Son as Donald Trump’s Rise Terrifies World Elite[snip]The fact that Alex Soros, who was inspired in his own progressivism by his controversial father, has unfettered access to Kaine—Hillary Clinton’s running mate—is unsurprising. The Clinton apparatus has long come under scrutiny for their closeness with high dollar donor class figures, some of which has prompted federal law enforcement to fight for an official criminal investigation into the “Clinton Cash” narrative—one the Department of Justice (DOJ) under Attorney General Loretta Lynch (has reportedly shut down). That being said (reports have surfaced) that the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of...

Savvy Pennsylvania politicos have begged to differ. Chris Matthews, the liberal MSNBC host who comes from Pennsylvania, vehemently opposes requiring ID at polling places. But he agrees that voter fraud is a Philadelphia tradition. In 2011, on his show Hardball, he explained a common scheme: People call up, see if you voted or you’re not going to vote. Then all of a sudden somebody does come and vote for you. This is an old strategy in big-city politics. . . . I know all about it in North Philly — it’s what went on, and I believe it still goes...

The attacker has been identified as Simon S. (More than that we will never know) A pixelated Photo of him is at the link. He is described as a loner and one who was often bullied.

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If you wonder why America is in the grips of a heroin epidemic that kills two hundred people a week, take a hard look at the legalization of pot, which destroyed the profits of the Mexican cartels. How did they respond to a major loss in revenue? Like any company, they created an irresistible new product and flooded the market. The scariest part: this might not have happened with El Chapo in charge.

Two suspects are on the run after a shooting and knife attack in Cologne city centre, it is reported. A man was seriously injured in the assault on Flandrishe Street this morning, according to the German newspaper, Koelner Express.

George Soros is the closest thing to a real life Bond villain that I have come across. Fabulously wealthy, secretive, and pulling the strings and calling the shots of governments all over the world. He uses nonprofit organizations (so-called NGOs – Non Governmental Organizations) as tax sheltered means of accomplishing his political and financial goals (the two are closely intertwined – this is a man widely believed to have made over a billion dollars from a run on the British Pound). Now, thanks to the massive hack of his files over a period of years, we are starting to get...

And, agree with him or not, he has always been good about admitting when that happens. In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, Beck, who’s also the founder of The Blaze, a multi platform news and entertainment network, has been promoting the notion that all lives matter. But, he’s not convinced it’s such a good concept anymore. Beck discussed the need for conservative to launch a new political party in an interview with NPR Saturday, adding that it’s important for conservatives to appear to all races, income groups and nationalities. “I think it’s important for us to appeal to...

ITEM---The New York Times report of 2015 detailed Secy Clinton’s assistance to a Russian cartel that hoped to acquire one-fifth of U.S. uranium reserves. State Department sign-off was followed by a $500,000 speaking fee for Bill Clinton, and a $2.35 million donation to the Clinton Foundation. Neither, according to the Times, was disclosed as required by the ethical agreement Hillary Clinton signed......no direct evidence of quid pro quo. But there are enough of these eyebrow-raising examples that it should attract the attention of federal investigators. And it likely would if Bill Clinton weren’t a former president and Hillary Clinton the...

Sunday on CBS Miami’s “Facing South Florida With Jim DeFede,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said she couldn’t guarantee the money the Obama administration gave to Iran as part of the nuclear deal wouldn’t go to financing terror attacks. DeFede asked, “Can you guarantee that none of that money will end up financing Hamas, Hezbollah, the Taliban in sticks against Israel?”

First off, police do not believe this was a “hate crime,” but Islamic supremacists never let the facts get in the way of exploiting a bogus narrative. Secondly, the shooter was a person of color. So much for the racism charges. But look at the NY Daily News headline: “That’s not what America is about,” said local resident Khairul Islam, 33. “We blame Donald Trump for this . . . Trump and his drama has created Islamophobia.” A high-ranking police source said the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force would investigate, but it was “too early to say” what the motive...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Police say a man was shot Sunday night during a prayer vigil for a teen killed at the same Indianapolis gas station the night before. Indianapolis police were called to the Conoco gas station in the 4100 block of 16th Street around 9:20 p.m. Sunday. Officers found a 53-year-old man shot inside a vehicle. He was taken to Sidney & Lois Eskanazi Hospital in critical condition. A 16-year-old boy was killed at the same location Saturday night. Police have not released suspect information for either shooting.

<p>HOUSTON (AP) Houston police say two children were found dead under a neighbor's house and that their mother told an acquaintance she drowned them in a bathtub.</p> <p>Houston police spokesman Kese Smith said Sunday the 30-year-old mother was in custody but not yet charged.</p>

(CNN)Donald Trump on Monday will lay out his strategy for defeating radical Islamic terrorism, painting the fight as an ideological struggle on par with that of the Cold War. In Ohio, the Republican presidential nominee will lay out proposals to combat ISIS and prevent terrorist attacks in the US, including banning individuals from countries with heavy terrorist footprints where the US government cannot adequately vet visa applicants and increasing cooperation with willing Middle Eastern allies, a senior Trump campaign official said. Trump is also set to make clear in his prepared remarks that the US will abandon any ambitions for...