Ted ‘Poopy Pants’ Nugent Is Now The Victim Of Parkland Kids. Boo Hoo
Poor, poor Ted. He's used to being stroked, and you can tell he can't quite believe the backlash he inspired by saying the kids leading the March for Our Lives are "soulless."
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Trump’s Census Whitewash
The featured image under 'Immigration' at the White House website has nothing to do with what made America great-its immigrants-but with the heavily armed policing of the border. The Declaration of Independence's idea of all men being created equal was almost accurate in so far as the wording is concerned: if you were a man, if you owned property and if you were white, you were pretty much set.
Lawmakers Determined To Get Guns In Schools
Right now the NRA and their supporters are using the Parkland shooting as an opportunity to get multiple people carrying guns into schools all around the country. I've been watching legislative sessions and Town Halls in Kansas, Tennessee and Florida where lawmakers are voting to create and fund armed teachers programs.
EPA to roll back Obama-era fuel economy standards
Environmental regulators announced on Monday they will ease emissions standards for cars and trucks, saying that a timeline put in place by President Barack Obama was not appropriate and set standards "too high." Automakers applauded Monday's decision, arguing that the current requirements would have cost the industry billions of dollars and raised vehicle prices due to the cost of developing the necessary technology.
Namibia:Judge Orders Training for Home Affairs Officials
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration must design a training programme for its officials whose duties include the enforcement of the Immigration Control Act, Windhoek High Court judge Shafimana Ueitele has ordered. The ministry's permanent secretary and chief immigration officer must also design programmes that would help the ministry monitor the detention of alleged illegal immigrants in Namibia, and should have training programmes on the Immigration Control Act in place by no later than the end of September this year, judge Ueitele further ordered in a judgement delivered last Thursday.
String of abuses clouds future of Saipan visa program
A push to save and expand a controversial visa program unique to the Northern M... . FILE - In this June 8, 2016 file photo, Del.
Is Saudi Crown Prince’s ‘Recognition’ of Israel anything New or Positive?
Former Israeli prison guard at the notorious Ktzi'ot Prison camp for Palestinians and now editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, Cpl. Jeffrey Goldberg, breathlessly reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman told him that both the Jews and the Palestinians have a right to their own state.
United will fly Guam-based troops’ pets despite suspension
United Airlines will resume flying servicemembers' pets off Guam until the end of the month despite a worldwide suspension of its pet shipment service, the carrier announced Tuesday. "Effective April 3, we are allowing an exception to our suspension of new PetSafe reservations for members of the military and their spouses, and State Department Foreign Service personnel and their spouses, who wish to travel with or ship their pets out of Guam between April 3 and April 30," United said in a statement posted on its website.
Trump in call proposed Putin visit, Russia says
President Donald Trump in a March phone call proposed meeting Vladimir Putin at the White House, the Kremlin said Monday, a fresh revelation about a conversation that stirred controversy over Trump's friendly tone toward the Russian leader. After the March 20 phone call -- in which Trump congratulated Putin on a re-election victory in a vote widely criticized as not free and fair -- Trump told reporters that the two leaders had talked about a possible meeting to discuss Syria, Ukraine, North Korea and "the arms race."
Ruling: Officer who shot immune
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for an Arizona police officer who shot a woman outside her home in Tucson. The court's decision was unsigned and issued without full briefing and oral argument, an indication that the majority found the case to be easy.
Trump again slams Justice Department
President Donald Trump again criticized the Justice Department on Monday, saying the agency's production of documents to Congress is an "embarrassment to our country!" Trump made the statement after tweeting about unrelated topics, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the news media and Amazon. "So sad that the Department of 'Justice' and the FBI are slow walking, or even not giving, the unredacted documents requested by Congress," Trump wrote, putting "Justice" in quotation marks.
Teachers in two states shut schools over pay
Thousands of teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky walked off the job Monday morning, shutting down school districts as they protested cuts in pay, benefits and school funding. The state Capitol in Kentucky filled with teachers protesting pension changes and demanding increased school funding.
DACA ‘dead,’ Trump insists
President Donald Trump declared on Monday that a program shielding a group of young people from deportation -- which he moved to scrap last fall -- is "dead," and then blamed Democrats for failing to salvage the protections. "DACA is dead because the Democrats didn't care or act, and now everyone wants to get onto the DACA bandwagon," Trump said in one of a series of morning tweets on the matter.
Urban gardens need to be given more consideration
With a greater frequency of extreme weather events occurring around the world, Secure Your Food program director Derek Melting Tallow says it is time for cities like Lethbridge to begin thinking about emergency management in a different way. "Extreme weather events are occurring at such a frequency and intensity that it is affecting food production worldwide," he says.
Figures: Caravan Organizers Vow to Continue March to US Border, Plan Crossing from Baja California
Hours after it was reported that the Mexican government was putting an end to the illegal migrant caravan headed through Mexico to the United States, organizer Pueblos Sin Fronteras claimed the caravan would continue. Principalmente de Honduras y Guatemala, migrantes se detienen en algunos puntos de la carretera del #Istmo para pedir apoyo a los automovilistas y poder continuar su camino a Tijuana para cruzar a los EEUU Para lograr el #AmericanDream #Oaxaca #CaravanaMigrante #viacrusis pic.twitter.com/0eetUfXywe Migrantes centroamericanos continAoan su camino en la Caravana Migrante 2018 con la intenciA3n de lograr el sueA o americano y se detuvieron en Tapanatepec para pedir cooperaciA3n a los automovilistas para continuar su camino.
How Trump’s Presidency Will Be Judged
President Donald Trump is briefed by Rodney Scott, head of the San Diego Sector Border Patrol, on wall prototypes on March 13, 2018. On many issues - naming Scalia-like judges and backing Reagan-like tax cuts - President Trump is a conventional Republican.
Connecticut Congresswoman Won’t Seek Re-Election Over Harassment Scandal
Elizabeth Esty, a Democratic Congresswoman from Connecticut, won't seek reelection in November, saying she mishandled a 2016 investigation into allegations that her former chief of staff harassed and abused a colleague. Ms. Esty, 58 years old, on Monday apologized for what she said were mistakes in her response to misconduct by her ex-chief of staff, Tony Baker.
Kasich Renews Ohio Membership In Bipartisan Governorsa Group
Republican Gov. John Kasich restored Ohio's membership in the National Governors Association as he seeks to shore up credibility for bipartisan deal-making that could bolster a 2020 bid for president.
Don’t expect Trump’s new hawks to save the war in Syria
The conventional wisdom in Washington these days says that Secretary of Defense James Mattis is the one man who can save the nation from war. The new secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is a hawk's hawk.
Two Elwood Firefighters Killed After Two Planes Collide At Marion Airport
Two Elwood firefighters were killed when two planes collided at the Marion Municipal Airport Monday afternoon, according to the Grant County coroner. According to the Federal Aviation Administration , the planes involved were a single-engine Cessna 150 and a Cessna 525 Citation Jet.