“Do what I say, not as I do,” could be the mantra for Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar when it comes to resettling more than 500 percent more refugees under her proposal since virtually none of them would end up in her neighborhood, according to a report. And one of her motives is to support the big businesses that handle resettlement, according to reports. The Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota wants to skyrocket the number of refugees taken in every year from President Trump’s cap of 18,000 to the Obama-era level of at least 110,000, Breitbart reported. While Minneapolis has resettled thousands of refugees since 2009, almost none live in Marcy-Holmes, where Klobuchar owns a home with her husband. Nearly 85 percent of all residents in Klobuchar’s neighborhood are native-born American citizens and of the less than ten percent of foreign-born residents, half arrived from China, India, Korea, Germany, Thailand, and Malaysia — countries from where only five refugees have been resettled in Minnesota in the last decade and none of whom have been resettled in Minneapolis much less Klobuchar’s neighborhood. Klobuchar is not the only Democratic presidential candidate to call for drastically flooding America with refugees. South Bend, Indiana,…
Read the full storyDay: February 16, 2020
Commentary: Trump’s Big Bet on Career and Technical Education
President Donald Trump has proposed one of the largest increases in funding for career and technical education in recent history.
Read the full storyRoger Stone Requests a New Trial, Citing Revelations About Anti-Trump Juror
Defense lawyers for Roger Stone requested a new trial for the GOP operative Friday in a secret court filing that, according to a source familiar with the matter, focuses on revelations that came out this week about the foreperson of Stone’s jury.
Read the full storyState House Members Participate in ‘Spend a Day in My Wheels’ Wheelchair Challenge
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Ten members of the Tennessee House of Representatives last week participated in a “Spend a Day in My Wheels” Challenge.
Read the full storyCommentary: Governing Takes a Team
Bernie Sanders—a supporter of Cuba’s and Venezuela’s Communist regimes, whose honeymoon idyll was the Soviet Union, passionate and earnest about his beliefs—now appears likeliest to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for president. The number and quality of the young surrogates with whom he has surrounded himself show his seriousness about breaking a lot of America’s eggs to whip up his favorite socio-communist omelet. Were Sanders to be elected, his people—and no others—would take charge of the U.S. government’s every last bit, and place it behind their vision to reshape America and Americans.
Read the full storyJustice Department Sues New Jersey Over Immigration Policy
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the State of New Jersey, Gov. Philip Murphy and Attorney General Gurbir Grewal for refusing to provide information to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) related to the immigration status and release dates of individuals in their custody.
Read the full storyCookeville Hospital Submitted False TennCare Claims, U.S. Attorney Says
Cookeville Regional Medical Center Authority has agreed to pay $4.1 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, announced Don Cochran, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Read the full storyChina’s Coronavirus Death Toll Rises Above 1,500
China’s National Health Commission said Saturday that 143 more people had died from the new coronavirus, bringing the death toll to more than 1,500.
Read the full storyBloomberg Rises to Top, Biden Plummets in Florida Poll
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has risen to the top of a new Florida poll, the latest sign that his Super Tuesday strategy and extravagant campaign spending is proving effective.
Read the full storyMichigan Bill Responds to Student Facing Up to 20 Years in Prison for Posting Picture of Gun Online
A bill making its way through the Michigan House seeks to tighten the state’s definition of terrorism after a Lake Superior State University student was charged for posting a picture of his AR-15 on Snapchat.
Read the full storyHouse DFL Unveils Bill to Use Nearly $500 Million of Budget Surplus for Early Childhood Education
Minnesota House DFLers unveiled their “Great Start for All Minnesota Children Act” this week, a nearly $500 million investment in early childhood education.
Read the full storyAngie Craig Launches ‘Congressional Pet Caucus’
Rep. Angie Craig announced Friday that she has launched a “bipartisan Congressional Pet Caucus” with Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS-01).
Read the full storyOhio Bill Proposal Would Outlaw Gay Conversion Therapy
An Ohio representative introduced a bill this week that would ban anyone under the age of 18 from participating in gay conversion therapy.
Read the full storyConservatives and Left-Leaning Voters Alike Protest Mike Bloomberg During His Nashville Stop
If you were willing to brave the rain to see Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg in Nashville last week then you would have seen two groups of protestors who both dislike Bloomberg, but for different reasons.
Read the full story