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“Wouldn’t it have been nice if we got Osama bin Laden a lot sooner than that, wouldn’t it have been nice?” the president said. “You know, living — think of this — living in Pakistan, beautifully in Pakistan, in what I guess they considered a nice mansion, I don’t know, I’ve seen nicer, but living in Pakistan right next to the military academy. Everybody in Pakistan knew he was there.”
 
CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: Mr. President, thank you for talking with us. DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you Chris, very much. WALLACE: Let’s start with the state of Donald Trump. TRUMP: Right. WALLACE: There are a number of stories out there that you’re angry about the mid-terms, about your treatment in the media, about the way you were treated when you were in Paris. One story even said that you were in a “cocoon of bitterness and resentment.”...
 
Florida’s long-time Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson conceded to Republican challenger Rick Scott Sunday, drawing the hotly contested race to become the next U.S. senator to represent the Sunshine State to a close after 12 days of legal wrangling. According to the Florida Secretary of State's office, Scott led Nelson by approximately 10,000 votes after the state's 67 counties completed machine and manual recounts Nelson, who served three terms in the U.S. Senate, met his match in Scott,...
 
The man who yelled “Heil Hitler, Heil Trump,” during a theater performance of "Fiddler on the Roof" this week reportedly said he made the statements because the production reminded him of his hatred of   President Trump .  Anthony M. Derlunas II, 58, told Baltimore Police that he yelled the slogans because the final scene before intermission reminded him of how much he despises the president,   according to The New York Times.  The Times noted that Derlunas also claimed that the...
 
Sharice Davids raised her arms in victory Tuesday night in Olathe after winning the 3rd Congressional District race.  She defeated incumbent Republican Kevin Yoder.   John Sleezer   jsleezer@kcstar.com Kansas voters made history Tuesday when they selected Sharice Davids to be their next congresswoman. Davids, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, will be the first Native American woman to serve in Congress — a distinction she shared with New Mexico’s Deb...
 
Rep. Eric Swalwell , California Democrat, warned gun owners Friday that any fight over firearms would be “a short one,” because the federal government has an extensive cache of nuclear weapons. After Joe Biggs tweeted that   Mr. Swalwell   “wants a war” over the Second Amendment,   Mr. Swalwell   responded, “And it would be a short war my friend.” “The government has nukes.Too many of them. But they’re legit,” the congressman tweeted. “I’m sure if we talked we could find common...
 
We all know it’s irritating, unsightly and unhygienic, but one case of dog fouling has been logged by police as a racist hate crime. The incident is among numerous alleged hate crimes uncovered by The Mail on Sunday that critics say are so petty they are undeserving of police time and expense.  Further examples in a list of more than 2,500 alleged ‘hate incidents’ logged by the Metropolitan Police in 2015 and 2016 include: An envelope that had been opened and resealed; An...
 
Wisconsin company giving every employee a handgun for Christmas By Own Daugherty, The Hill (Reported by MSN), November 14 2018 © The Hill  Wisconsin company giving every employee a handgun for Christmas A Wisconsin company is giving every employee a handgun for Christmas. The company, BenShot, sells novelty glassware with bullets embedded,  according to the Appleton Post-Crescent . The gift idea is part of an effort to promote personal...
 

The EPA Can’t Wait to Reopen the Mine That Poisoned North Idaho


ender  •  News & Politics  •  11 Comments  •  6 hours ago  By  pj
(Tubbs Hill, Lake Coeur d’Alene. PHOTOGRAPHER: KYLE JOHNSON FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK) For a century, the mines of the Coeur d’Alene Mountains in North Idaho produced much of the heavy metals that made the U.S. a global superpower. Starting in the 1880s, through the rise of industrialization, the introduction of the automobile, and two world wars, a few narrow canyons in the Coeur d’Alenes yielded more than 11 million tons of zinc, lead, and silver, as much as a fifth of U.S....
 
In blunt contrast to the warm reception thousands of migrants received as they made the arduous journey through Central America to Mexico – getting food donations and well wishes from locals – the nearly 3,000 people who reached the Mexican border with California in recent days have been met with   marked hostility . The majority of migrants, who have been on foot for more than a month, are sleeping on a dirt baseball field at an outdoor sports complex in Tijuana by the...
 
Why the most expensive military ever still can’t win a war A friend who used to work in the Pentagon told me about the end of year budget meetings he had to attend. There, military personnel would frantically brainstorm ideas on how to spend the rest of their budgets. If they didn’t spend every cent, next year’s budget would be cut. “Popcorn makers?” someone suggested. “Or perhaps some sort of group outings, to an event or a show.” “Why don’t we return the extra money, since...
 
The man accused of murdering at least 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning appears to be a neo-Nazi who posted online about murdering Jews. Robert Bowers, 46, of Pittsburgh had an account on Gab, a social media site beloved by the far-right. On Saturday morning, shortly before the shooting, Bowers posted an anti-semitic conspiracy theory and what appeared to be a threat of violence. “Screw your optics,” he wrote. “I’m going in.” Shortly thereafter, around 10...
 
Washington (CNN)Conservative lawyer George Conway, the husband of presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, said Friday that his dislike of President Donald Trump's administration balances out his wife's dislike of his vocal opposition to the White House. "I don't think she likes it," he told host Michael Isikoff on the Yahoo News podcast "Skullduggery." "But I've told her, I don't like the administration, so it's even." But Conway said that many beltway couples disagree on politics,...
 

Illegal alien charged with triple murder was a ‘dreamer’


jasper2529  •  News & Politics  •  200 Comments  •  14 hours ago  By  321steve
F ederal officials have confirmed that an illegal immigrant released from jail by a “sanctuary city” and later charged with a triple murder was a “Dreamer” protected from deportation. Luis Rodrigo Perez, a 23-year-old Mexican national, was given two-year   Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals   status in 2012 and 2014. It was unclear if he sought it in 2016. “The illegal alien who murdered three people after he was released from a New Jersey county jail was a DACA recipient in...
 
President Donald Trump will nominate Neomi Rao, administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Speaking at the White House’s Diwali celebration Tuesday, the president said he was slated to make the announcement on Wednesday, but was so delighted by the event he spontaneously decided to reveal Rao’s pending nomination. Diwali is a Hindu religious festival and Rao is Indian-American. “I just...
 
LYNNWOOD, Wash. (WFLA) - A 20-year-old Washington state man was sentenced Thursday to less than three years in prison for raping a high school student as she died from a drug overdose and texting semi-nude photos of her. Superior Court Judge Linda Krese said Thursday she could not sentence Brian Varela to more than 2 years and 10 months because it was the most prison time permitted for someone with no prior criminal record, The Daily Herald reported. Varela had pleaded guilty to...
 
Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar. (AP Photo/Jim Mone,File) Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar told over 1,000 attendees at a campaign event in August that the anti-Israel boycott, divest and sanctions (BDS) movement is “counteractive,” deeming it not “helpful in getting a two-state solution.” The event was held at a Minneapolis area synagogue and attracted members of the Jewish community. She was specifically pressed on BDS based on her history of anti-Israel social media posts,...
 
Disguised 'illegal' voters cost Republicans midterm victories: Trump   AFP   17 hours ago   US President Donald Trump claimed, without providing any evidence, that blatant use of fake voters in disguise had swung close elections (AFP Photo/SAUL LOEB) Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Democrats wearing disguises and voting more than once were responsible for Republican losses in tight congressional elections....
 
The plans by Republican Chairman Bob Goodlatte were immediately criticized by ranking Democrat Jerrold Nadler, who is expected to take over as chairman of the panel next year. “These subpoenas are coming out of the blue, with very little time left on the calendar,” Nadler said in a statement, adding that Comey and Lynch had indicated “months ago” they would be willing to answer questions voluntarily.
 
WASHINGTON    —  Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, announced that the committee passed  S. 1942 , Savanna’s Act, today. “The committee took action to improve tribal access to crime information databases and federal reporting of missing and murdered Native Americans,”  Hoeven said . “This legislation is intended to lead to better data collection and information reported to Congress on a tragic problem that affects many tribal communities across the...
 
By   Alyssa Newcomb Protesters gathered near the site   where Amazon plans to build its New York City office complex   to voice their concern on Wednesday over the multibillion-dollar incentives being awarded to their future neighbor — and the subsequent impact it will have on housing, rent and transportation. “I’m going to literally be the closest business to Amazon. They’re opening up on 44th Road. My barber shop is on 44th Road,” said Shawn Dixon, the owner of Otis & Finn,...
 
Nearly 40 members of two white supremacist gangs in Florida were arrested as the result of a massive drug trafficking sting, authorities announced this week. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida announced Thursday that 39 members of the Unforgiven and United Aryan Brotherhood gangs were charged with various federal firearms and drug violations. Authorities seized more than 100 illegal firearms, a rocket launcher and several pipe bombs as part of the raid, local...
 

Homeowner pulls machete on would-be robbers


spikegary  •  News & Politics  •  12 Comments  •  yesterday  By  bbl-1
Two would-be robbers picked the wrong home in Lynn: The homeowner pulled a machete on them until the police came. Homeowner Evan Luongo said he was listening to meditation music in his room trying to fall asleep at about 8 p.m. Monday when he heard glass breaking and someone inside. He grabbed his machete to investigate and found two teenagers – one with a BB gun and one with a knife -- in his office. Luongo told the pair to give up and get on the floor -- and they did. He then...
 
In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal earlier this week, Marco Rubio wrote that Donald Trump’s brand of nationalism is not a creed that subordinates enlightenment values to zero-sum tribalism — as French president Emmanuel Macron had recently suggested. Rather, the Florida senator argued that the president’s nationalistic ethos was rooted in his deep appreciation for America’s “identity as a nation committed to the idea that all people are created equal, with a God-given right to life,...
 
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of domestic violence, police said. The celebrity attorney was arrested around 2 p.m. Wednesday in the 10000 block of Santa Monica Boulevard based on allegations stemming from an incident that took place in West L.A. on Tuesday, said Officer Jeff Lee, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman. Avenatti has lived in a luxury apartment complex in that section of Century City....
 
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