Who is Q? Behind conspiracy theory erupting at Trump rallies

A grassroots movement "about the covert battles being waged between the deep state and President Trump" finds life on the internet In this Tuesday, July 31, 2018, file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump shout down a CNN news crew before a rally in Tampa, Fla. TAMPA, Fla.

‘We are Q’: Conspiracy cult leaps from the internet to the…

"Tampa rally, live coverage," wrote "Dan," posting a link to President Donald Trump's Tampa speech in a thread on 8chan, an anonymous image board also known as Infinitechan or Infinitychan, which might be best described as the unglued twin of better-known 4chan, a message board already untethered from reality. The thread invited "requests to Q," an anonymous user claiming to be a government agent with top security clearance, waging war against the so-called deep state in service to the 45th president.

Journal Junction for Aug. 1

Joe Manchin has the capability to influence the rejection of Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court but it's a good bet he will not do so. He will indicate that he is comfortable with Kavanaugh doing This is how disgusting it's getting: U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., who is campaigning for Govenor, is his children- one a baby the other a toddler- about the ways of Trump.

Groups Ask Jepsen to Stop Texas Nonprofit From Publishing…

The Connecticut Coalition Against Gun Violence is asking Attorney General George Jepsen to stop a Texas nonprofit from releasing to the public its blueprints for 3D printing guns on Aug. 1. "On that date, anyone with access to a consumer 3D printer can potentially make guns at home, undetectable by metal detectors, untraceable by law enforcement," Jeremy Stein, executive director of CAGV, said. Groups like Connecticut Against Gun Violence and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence worry the guns would be printed without background checks or serial numbers, making them untraceable and undetectable by metal detectors.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Herbst speaks during a…

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Herbst speaks during a Stamford protest earlier this year against proposed highway tolls, increasing gasoline taxes and a new tax on tire sales. Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Herbst speaks during a Stamford protest earlier this year against proposed highway tolls, increasing gasoline taxes and a new tax on tire sales.

Ted Cruz on Alex Jones Facebook ban: ‘Who the hell made Facebook…

Rafael Edward Cruz Senate GOP shoots down talk of impeaching Rosenstein Cruz counters O'Rourke's call for six debates with proposal for five Family separation bills blocked on Senate floor MORE on Saturday pushed back against Facebook for banning conspiracy theorist and InfoWars founder Alex Jones, suggesting the platform was infringing on the First Amendment. "Am no fan of Jones - among other things he has a habit of repeatedly slandering my Dad by falsely and absurdly accusing him of killing JFK - but who the hell made Facebook the arbiter of political speech? Free speech includes views you disagree with," Cruz tweeted.

Senate looms as big test for changes to US fishing laws

Fishermen and environmentalists are at odds over a suite of changes to American fishing laws that was approved by the House of Representatives, and the proposal faces a new hurdle in the Senate. The House passed changes to the Magnuson-Stevens Act, a 42-year-old set of rules designed to protect American fisheries from overharvest, on July 11, largely along party lines.

Veterans Affairs to the forefront

July 23 marked a rare event in the politically and ideologically lacerated chambers of Congress. President Donald Trump's nominee for veterans affairs secretary, Robert Wilkie, won Senate confirmation by a strikingly bipartisan vote of 86 to 9. The VA borrows its mission statement from the penultimate phrase of one of the American history's loftiest documents, Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan."

Trump backs GOP candidates in Michigan’s Senate primary, Ohio…

President Donald Trump on Friday declared his support for Republican candidates in Tennessee, Michigan and Ohio, wading into a pair of races in Midwestern states he won in 2016 and a conservative state in which he remains popular. Trump also said he would ramp up his campaigning for House and Senate Republicans in the coming weeks, noting he has asked White House chief of staff John Kelly and other aides to draft a list of the 25 most competitive congressional races so he can get more involved.

Children’s Meal Program Keeps Expanding In Alachua County

Every year, the USDA Food and Nutrition Service funds a national summer food service program which helps feed children 18 and under during the summer break from school. Alachua County Public Schools is the sponsor for sites in the county with its Food and Nutrition department.

Here’s what really scares soybean farmers about Trump’s trade battle with China

Farmers don't seem to be brimming with relief over the Trump administration's plan to offset the impact of trade tensions with a $12 billion, stopgap trade package nor the European Union's apparent vow to begin snapping up more U.S. soybeans. It all comes down to market share and the fact that for commodity producers, it can be very hard to recover once lost.

Why the Russia-Trump Collusion Conspiracy Theory Isn’t Catching On

The Democrat-led anti-Trump "Resistance" and its numerous media mouthpieces have been promoting their "Russia hacked the election" narrative for two years. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi fired the biggest recent salvo in this campaign after Trump invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Washington.

Why next week could be critical for U.S. newspapers

The U.S. Department of Commerce is expected to decide by Aug. 1 whether to maintain a tariff that newspapers say is crippling their industry. The duties put on groundwood paper from Canada earlier this year has aided the decline of the newspaper industry, which says the new costs could increase the price of newsprint by as much as 30 percent.

Judge orders release of immigrant detained after delivering pizza to Army base

"Although he stayed in the United States unlawfully and is currently subject to a final order of removal, he has otherwise been a model citizen," U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty wrote of Pablo Villavicencio. The Manhattan judge said Villavicencio, who was being held at a New Jersey lockup, can remain in the United States while he exhausts his right to try to gain legal status.