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  • Federal appeals court upholds block on Trump's travel ban

    05/25/2017 11:24:07 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 56 replies
    CNBC ^ | 05/25/17 | CNBC
    Thousands of people attend an anti-Donald Trump travel ban protest outside Hatfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia U.S., January 29, 2017. Appeals court declines to reinstate Trump travel ban 18 Mins Ago | 00:42 A federal appeals court has largely upheld the nationwide block of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting travel from several predominantly Muslim countries. The ruling came from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. It upholds the suspension of a revised version of the executive order that the Trump administration crafted to better hold up to legal scrutiny than an earlier version.
  • Back to Videos Secretary Of State: U.S. Policy Is To Have Assad Leave Peacefully

    04/06/2017 1:47:25 PM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 14 replies
    Real Clear Politics ^ | 04/06/17 | Tim Haines
    Back to Videos Secretary Of State: U.S. Policy Is To Have Assad Leave Peacefully "Through A Political Process" Posted By Tim Hains On Date April 6, 2017 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday that the U.S. seeks to remove Bashar Assad as Syria's president through "a political process," not through war despite reports to the contrary. "The process by which Assad would leave is something that I think requires an international community effort, both to first defeat ISIS within Syria, to stabilize the Syrian country, to avoid further civil war, and then to work collectively with our partners around...
  • Three People Killed, Two Injured When Truck Slams Into Pella Wal-Mart

    12/01/2016 10:46:41 AM PST · by winoneforthegipper · 18 replies
    WHO13 ^ | 12/01/16 | staff
    ELLA, Iowa — Officials with the Iowa State Patrol say three people were killed and two were injured when a pickup truck barreled through the front doors of the Wal-Mart in Pella Thursday morning. The 911 call came in at 9:54 a.m. about a truck that drove through the meat and grocery area of the Wal-Mart. Officials say it appears the incident was not intentional. They are continuing the investigation and have not released the names of the victims. The store is closed and people are being asked to avoid the area. A spokesperson for Walmart released the following statement...
  • Palin under consideration to head Veterans Affairs: report

    11/30/2016 11:02:44 AM PST · by winoneforthegipper · 129 replies
    the Hill ^ | 11/30/16 | REBECCA SAVRANSKY
    Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is under consideration to serve as the secretary of Veterans Affairs in Donald Trump's administration, ABC News reported.
  • Presidential Ballot PA: 46% Trump 46% Clinton - Harper Polling

    11/04/2016 12:04:41 PM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 102 replies
    Harper Polling ^ | 11/04/16 | staff
    With signs of the race trending Trump in the waning days of the campaign, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are tied in the Keystone state (46-46%, 2% Johnson, 1% Stein, 4% Undecided). Clinton has a steady lead with women (49% Clinton-44% Trump) while Trump has expanded his advantage with men (43-49%, 9/22: 42-44%). Independents prefer Trump (26-46%) but self-identified Moderates choose Clinton (57-31%). Q: If the election for President were held today, who would you vote for: Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump, Libertarian Gary Johnson OR Green Party candidate Jill Stein?
  • Veritas videos pulled?

    10/20/2016 11:20:21 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 37 replies
    facebook ^ | 10/20/16 | self
    No videos are currently available to view. Neither tape one or tape two of this week's releases.
  • Podesta Emails - Part Deux

    10/10/2016 7:25:48 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 52 replies
    Wiki Leaks ^ | 10/10/16 | staff
    WikiLeaks series on deals involving Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta. Mr Podesta is a long-term associate of the Clintons and was President Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff from 1998 until 2001. Mr Podesta also owns the Podesta Group with his brother Tony, a major lobbying firm and is the Chair of the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington DC-based think tank.
  • Wikileak DNC Email Dump part Deux

    09/13/2016 4:00:23 PM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 255 replies
    twitter ^ | 09/13/16 | dnc
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  • Man in Munich arrested for hassling perpetrator shooting (translated title)

    08/04/2016 6:20:43 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 24 replies
    AD NEW ^ | 08/04/16 | staff
    Google Translation: Man in Munich arrested for hassling perpetrator shooting A 57-year-old German was in the aftermath of the shooting held in Munich last week because of the berating of the offender. Thomas Salbey saw the shooting happen from his balcony. Loud cursing he hurled a beer bottle to the head of the offender. Later he was arrested himself for defamation. After the massacre at the mall OEZ (Olympia Einkaufszentrum) in Munich, the 57-year-old Salbey gave also some with invectives and insults interspersed interviews to a journalist, who took everything. With nine deaths were shooting in Munich. The Iranian-German perpetrator...
  • Melania Trump's Speech Writer Offers Resignation

    07/20/2016 9:52:21 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 79 replies
    ZeroHedge ^ | 07/20/16 | Tyler Turden
    Following calls yesterday for the Trump campaign to "fire someone," over the Melania-speech-plagiarism debacle, Meredith McIver - the Trump staff-writer responsible for the 'passages' from Michelle Obama's speech - has offered her resignation... but Donald Trump rejected it as an "innocent mistake.". McIver's statement notes "no harm was meant" to Michelle Obama.
  • Armed man, hostage situation in a hotel in Bollène, France

    07/19/2016 7:05:25 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 27 replies
    Alert One Breaking News ^ | 07/19/16 | staff
    Armed man, hostage situation in a hotel in Bollène, France. SWAT on the site
  • BREAKING NEWS: Reports of a nationwide military martial law declared by Turkish Army.

    07/15/2016 12:58:47 PM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 1,263 replies
    Alert One ‏@2008alerts BREAKING NEWS: Reports of a nationwide military martial law declared by Turkish Army. 12:52 PM - 15 Jul 2016
  • JUST IN: #Dallas shooting suspect, ID'd as Micah Johnson

    07/08/2016 7:29:47 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 122 replies
    CBS ^ | 07/08/16 | staff
    JUST IN: #Dallas shooting suspect, killed during police standoff, ID'd as Micah Johnson
  • Live update: Hostage situation, shooting at Gulshan -[Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh]

    07/01/2016 10:12:55 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 87 replies
    dhaka tripbune ^ | 07/01/16 | staff
    Several police officials have been wounded in the apparent terrorist attack, at least 20 civilians, mostly foreigners, held hostage inside the restaurant, according to witness accounts -
  • Omar Mateen Police Raid Father's House

    06/13/2016 12:41:02 PM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 42 replies
    TMZ ^ | 06/13/16 | Staff
    A massive police presence descended upon Omar Mateen's Florida family home Sunday afternoon, hours after authorities ID'd him as the killer in the Orlando nightclub massacre ... and TMZ has obtained the first photos showing police combing the property for clues. Cops -- some of them wearing leather gloves -- can be seen searching the trunk of a Mercedes SLK 230 and loading numerous boxes into police vehicles. Check out the photos ... you also see police speaking with Omar's father, Seddique.
  • ‘White powder’ incident at NY federal building

    06/10/2016 7:56:56 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 19 replies
    RT ^ | 06/10/16 | staff
    Hazardous material teams and emergency service units are responding to an incident at New York City’s government complex, where two people were exposed to “white powder.” NYC Fire Wire ‏@NYCFireWire Manhattan *HazMat* Box 0152- 26 Federal Plaza. Bn-1 has a white powder incident with 2 civilians exposed. HazMat 1 & ESU responding
  • Trump Is Right: The Shame of Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell

    06/07/2016 10:31:12 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 56 replies
    American Spectator ^ | 06/07/16 | Jeffrey Lord
    The race-driven San Diego La Raza Association is exactly what’s wrong with the legal system. The GOP Establishment is in full flight. No Abraham Lincolns here. In a shameful haste to embrace identity politics, the latter the political descendant of slavery and segregation, Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have stunningly given thumbs up to a judge who has made no bones about injecting his ethnic heritage into his role as a lawyer and judge. In a broadside against Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who presiding over the case against Trump University (a case in itself riddled with bad...
  • Port Authority says unspecified threat made to plane due to land at EWR this hour.

    06/02/2016 10:14:36 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 22 replies
    WCBS Twitter ^ | 06/02/16 | staff
    #BREAKING Port Authority says unspecified threat made to plane due to land at EWR this hour. 219 people onboard flight from London. 3 retweets 0 likes
  • Bomb threats close 26 schools across Britain(yesterday it was a robocall on US schools.

    05/24/2016 8:19:44 AM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 10 replies
    UKmail ^ | 05/24/16 | Anthony Joseph
    Bomb threats close 26 schools across Britain on GCSE exam day as one chilling call warns 'shrapnel will take children's heads off' Thousands of schoolchildren evacuated after a series of anonymous calls One warned of a bomb on school grounds that would 'children's heads off' Many students were pulled from school grounds in middle of their exams
  • Schools nationwide could be victim of bomb threat robocall

    05/23/2016 1:21:08 PM PDT · by winoneforthegipper · 8 replies
    KTV11 ^ | 05/23/16 | KKTV11
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) Schools across the country might have fallen victim to robocall bomb threats Monday afternoon. In southern Colorado, a bomb threat was called into several schools in a matter of minutes. Liberty Point Elementary in Pueblo West and The Colorado Springs School in Colorado Springs were both evacuated around noon. There are reports of schools in Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Wyo., and Madison, Wisc., who were also targets of bomb threats, that led to evacuation of its schools. Sergeant Joel Kern of Colorado Springs police said it was investigating the possibility of the calls coming from a...