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Trump registered eight companies in Saudi Arabia during campaign

The Hill Reports: President-elect Donald Trump registered eight companies during his presidential campaign that appear to be tied to hotel interests in Saudi Arabia, according to a report in The Washington Post. Trump registered the companies in August 2015, shortly after launching his presidential bid, according to The Post. The companies were registered under names … Continue reading

Obama calls for “basic truthness test” for media

President Barack Obama called for “thruthness tests” and a “curating function” for the media in remarks at an innovation conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Thursday. He said the answer was not censorship, but that some sort of function that determines reliability and accuracy was needed. His remarks lament the proliferation of alternative media outlets, and … Continue reading

NYC Democratic Election Commissioner, “They Bus People Around to Vote”

In this new video released by Project Veritas, James O’Keefe exposes what everyone except Hillary Clinton supporters have known to be true. There is a lot of voter fraud. In the video, NYC Democratic Commissioner of the Board of Elections Alan Schulkin is caught on hidden camera at a United Federation of Teachers holiday party … Continue reading

NOT A CONSPIRACY: FBI’S COMEY HAS BEEN COVERING THE CLINTONS’ A**ES FOR DECADES

(UR) — On Thursday, the Daily Caller broke the story that the FBI, who previously refused to recommend charges be brought against Hillary Clinton amid her email scandal, is now investigating the Clinton Foundation with the support of U.S. attorneys in New York. The Clinton Foundation’s main offices are in New York, and the move … Continue reading

Cash Strapped New Jersey Town Proposes Traffic Ticket Blitz to Raise Money

Plenty of cities and towns operate speed traps as thinly disguised revenue generating schemes. But few cities come right out and say it. Paterson, New Jersey, with a population of about 146,000, has proposed a plan to generate $3 million in new annual revenue by increasing the number of traffic tickets it’s police department issues … Continue reading

Julian Assange implies murdered DNC staffer was killed for leaking emails

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange implied in an interview that a murdered Democratic National Committee staffer was the source of a trove of damaging emails the rogue website posted just days before the party’s convention. Speaking to Dutch television program Nieuswsuur Tuesday after earlier announcing a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Seth … Continue reading

House uprising thwarts change to Patriot Act

Finally, some good news! The Hill’s Cristina Marcos reports: The House failed to pass legislation on Monday to enhance a provision of the Patriot Act that encourages banks to tip off federal authorities to suspected cases of terrorist financing. Many libertarians warned of potential privacy violations if the measure went into effect, which helped prevent … Continue reading

World’s 400 Richest People Lose $127 Billion on Brexit

It’s a hardknock life for the richest people in the world. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index showed a crushing $127 billion loss on Friday in the wake of the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union. The index tracks the wealth of the 400 richest people in the world. Read more at Bloomberg.com

Government Watch Lists

In 1963, Martin Luther King was a gun owner on an FBI watch list.https://t.co/xN8vQDQAnJ — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 22, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Developing: Senate compromise on gun control bill focuses on FBI lists

Four gun control measures were defeated in the Senate on Monday; two from Democrats and two from Republicans. The focus of the debate between the two sides has been on who is affected by new restrictions on fire arms purchases, with the Democrats pushing for broader restrictions for a larger number of people on various … Continue reading