An advocacy organization that favors a reduction in immigration began airing ads Thursday highlighting what it believes would be the impact an amnesty would have on migration to the United States. Using a chalkboard, the ad explains how immigrants and new citizens become eligible to sponsor members of their extended…
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Steinle Shooter Wants To Overturn His Gun Conviction
The illegal immigrant who was acquitted of Kate Steinle’s murder is seeking a new trial to overturn his conviction on a firearm charge in the same case. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate never technically possessed the firearm that discharged and killed Steinle, and should be given a new trial on that…
Read More4 Big Signs of a Trump Economic Recovery
The economic numbers clearly have improved on President Donald Trump’s watch, with unemployment down and consumer confidence stronger. “We are just getting started,” @POTUS says. “Economic growth has topped 3 percent,” Trump said Thursday at a White House event while addressing his administration’s reduction in regulations. “Two quarters in a…
Read MoreU.S. Government Selling Seized Bitcoins For Big Profits
The United States government has been granted permission to sell off hundreds of units of cryptocurrency seized by law enforcement from a man alleged to have sold counterfeit pharmaceuticals on the dark web. The move to sell off the seized assets was approved by a federal judge in Utah after…
Read MoreThe Trump-Ryan Chat Everyone Wants to Know About
It was Thursday’s news heard around the nation: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan plans to retire after the 2018 congressional elections. The story was the top link on The Drudge Report. It shot across social media. And the president himself called Ryan about it.
Read MorePentagon Alarmed by Uptick in Close Calls with Russia Fighter Jets in Syria
The Pentagon is voicing growing alarm that the risky flying of Russian pilots in Syria could lead to a mishap — or even the nightmare scenario of a US jet shooting down a Russian warplane. Defense officials this week highlighted several recent close calls with Russian planes, including one Wednesday…
Read MoreBrexit Rebel MPs Compromise with UK Govt Over Key Bill
British Prime Minister Theresa May was set to avoid a damaging parliamentary defeat after rebels in her party appeared to strike a compromise over the exact timing of Brexit. The government is trying to pass major domestic legislation to implement Brexit, and had wanted to enshrine the leaving date of…
Read MoreOxford Recognizes Obscure Term ‘Youthquake’ as ‘Word of the Year’ for 2017
“Youthquake” was crowned Friday as Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year 2017, following a five-fold increase in usage. The word is defined as “a significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people”.
Read MoreCommentary: How Mitch McConnell Will Reveal the Best Candidate in Every Primary
by Jeffrey A. Rendall “Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck” — Dalai Lama XIV It’s not surprising after a loss of epic proportions like the one conservatives and Republicans suffered the other night in Alabama that the post-election blame game is being…
Read MoreBoyd-Endorsing Mayor May Help Humboldt, Tennessee Become a New Refugee Resettlement Site
Tysons Foods recently announced the building of a chicken processing plant in Humboldt, bringing with it, 1,500 jobs to Gibson County’s largest city. While GOP gubernatorial candidate Randy Boyd was Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD), business development money began flowing to Gibson County, an investment that…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Sunday, December 17
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing December 17, Sunday Isaiah 9:6 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince…
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