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California Muslims Sue Over Hijab Discrimination

May 3, 2016 | 10:41am
Los Angeles (AFP) – Two lawsuits filed in California on Monday claim that Muslim women were discriminated against in separate incidents because of their religion and for wearing the hijab. One of the suits claims that police in Long Beach forcibly removed a suspect’s headscarf while another suit alleges that a group of women were […]

800 Leaked Pages From TTIP Trade Deal Might Doom Treaties Prospects

May 3, 2016 | 10:33am
The U.K Independent is reporting that a massive 800 page leak (sourced to Greenpeace activists) of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) may doom the ongoing negotiations.   Interestingly, the aspect that seems most troubling to Europe has nothing to do with actual economic trade, but rather insufficient climate change rules/regulations. […]  They indicate that the […]

Immigrants Rush to Become US Citizens Just in Case Trump Wins

May 3, 2016 | 10:29am
Tens of thousands of immigrants are rushing to become US citizens for fear of being shipped out if GOP front-runner Donald Trump becomes president — and to try to keep him out of the Oval Office in the first place, immigration advocates and officials said. Naturalization applications spiked by 14 percent in the last half […]

Michael Savage: Obama Will Sabotage Economy on Way Out

May 3, 2016 | 10:28am
  If Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination and defeats likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November, President Obama will sabotage the economy in his final months in office, predicts talk-radio host Michael Savage. “If Trump wins – and I think he will – there will be an economic crash,” Savage told listeners of his […]

U.S. Service Member Killed by ISIS in Iraq

May 3, 2016 | 9:36am
The self-proclaimed Islamic State broke through a line of Kurdish forces in Iraq and killed a U.S. service member Tuesday who were there to advise them, a U.S. defense official told the Daily Beast. U.S. advisers had arrived on Monday morning to assist the Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, in the northern city of Mosul, […]

Obama Administration Moves Forward With Stripping Gun Rights Through Social Security

May 3, 2016 | 9:34am
Late last week President Obama announced a new push for additional federal “smart” gun technology funding. After grabbing headlines and much attention, the move received praise from gun control groups like Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown and criticism from law enforcement, the NRA and the National Shooting Sports Foundation. But an issue flying under the radar in […]

Judge Blocks KY Confederate Monument Removal

May 3, 2016 | 9:25am
A Jefferson County Circuit judge on Monday issued a restraining order to block removal of the controversial Confederate monument near the University of Louisville. Judge Judith McDonald-Burkman issued the order Monday morning against Mayor Greg Fischer and metro government, barring them from moving, disassembling or otherwise tampering with the 70-foot-tall monument.   READ MORE HERE: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2016/05/02/judge-blocks-confederate-monuments-removal/83813954/

Obama Budgets $17,613 for Every New Illegal Minor, More Than Social Security Retirees Get

May 2, 2016 | 2:54pm
President Obama has budgeted $17,613 for each of the estimated 75,000 Central American teens expected to illegally cross into the United States this year, $2,841 more than the average annual Social Security retirement benefit, according to a new report. The total bill to taxpayers: $1.3 billion in benefits to “unaccompanied children,” more than double what […]