Trump Hacked the Media Right Before Our Eyes

Source Let’s get one thing straight: I am not a fan of Facebook. I’m confident that social media is a cancer on our private lives and a source of derangement in our politics. I take it for granted that the tech barons are acquiring the power to tilt elections, and that they’ll be happy to play...

Charlotte Pence reveals she bought a copy of John Oliver's spoof Marlon Bundo book

Source It looks like there’s no hard feelings between John Oliver and Charlotte Pence after the former released a spoof of her new children’s book that quickly shot to number one on Amazon. As previously reported, for a stunt on his HBO series “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver announced he was...

Budget bill in place, lawmakers hope to begin voting quickly

Source WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders have finalized a sweeping $1.3 trillion budget bill that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant "Dreamers," deprives President Donald Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to...

Austin bomber had list of future targets and made a 25-minute 'confession' video

Source PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — Hours after a serial bomber blew himself up as authorities closed in, investigators discovered that the homegrown Texan who terrorized Austin for 19 days left behind a list of future targets and a 25-minute "confession" on his phone, officials said Wednesday. After...

City in California votes to exempt itself from state's sanctuary law

Source A city in California has voted to opt out of the state's so-called sanctuary laws. The city council in Los Alamitos, a city located in Orange County, voted 4 to 1 earlier this week to opt out of the law, CNBC reported. "This is important for us, for our city, for our community,"...

Dozing deputy suspended at school. He was part of beefed-up security after shooting

Source MIAMI - A Broward Sheriff's deputy assigned to protect the very building on the Parkland campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were shot and killed last month was suspended Tuesday for taking a nap in his patrol car.The Broward Sheriff's Office said Moises...

Fifth package bomb goes off in Texas, injures one at FedEx site

Source Serial bomber strikes again.  This time device explodes in a FEDEX facility....... AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 20 (Reuters) - A homemade bomb blew up at a FedEx Corp distribution center early on Tuesday injuring one person, officials said, the fifth explosion in the state this...

Japan prepares to execute up to 13 members of Aum Shinrikyo cult

Source Japan is believed to be preparing to execute as many as 13 members of a doomsday cult in what could become the country’s biggest round of hangings in the past decade. Tuesday marked the 23rd anniversary of Aum Shinrikyo’s sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway, which killed 13...

Rep. Louise Slaughter, who served in Congress for more than 30 years, has died

Source WASHINGTON – Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, a Rochester-area Democrat who represented parts of Buffalo for a decade and who left a legislative legacy on issues ranging from health care to government ethics, died early Friday at George Washington University Hospital. She was 88. Slaughter...

How Do You Destroy the Hopes and Dreams of 92% of People From All Over America?

You beat Tucson.  I mean, besides beating them, you have Buffalo beat them.  And beat them like a red-haired step-child. Only 8% picked Buffalo to win.....that should thin out the bracket pool a bit........ Pinching Ourselves BOISE, Idaho – The moment when I really began to believe it could...