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Trump makes 6 false claims during his ‘social media summit’ – CNN

Friday, July 12, 2019

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Trump, ‘not backing down’ in effort to count citizens amid census fight, announces executive order – Fox News

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Video Trump orders federal departments, agencies to provide citizenship records: We will leave no stone unturned President Trump outlines new steps to determine how many citizens and non-citizens make up the U.S. population. President Trump, speaking at the White House on Thursday, announced that he would “immediately” issue an executive order to get an accurate count of non-citizens and citizens in the United States — a measure Trump said would be…

Jeffrey Epstein: the state of New York protected Epstein — not his victims – Vox.com

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta has faced criticism for making a “sweetheart deal” with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that cut a serious prison sentence on sex trafficking charges down to just 13 months in a private wing of a Palm Beach jail. But he is not the only criminal justice official who failed Epstein’s victims. Acosta held a press conference in Washington Wednesday, aiming to defend himself from critics…

Why those ICE raids are being announced in advance – Fox News

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Video ICE reportedly ready to begin operation to arrest, deport 2,000 illegal immigrants The New York Times reports that raids are set to begin; Mark Meredith reports alongside border officials in Hidalgo, Texas. Starting Sunday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is expected to resume its previously announced plan to apprehend thousands of illegal immigrants across the country. The reinvigorated effort comes just weeks after President Trump tweeted that ICE was preparing to kick off…

Alcohol sales up in Cameron ahead of Tropical Storm Barry – KPLC

Thursday, July 11, 2019

CAMERON PARISH, La. (KPLC) – When KPLC called area grocery stores checking on supplies ahead of Tropical Storm Barry, we also asked whether alcohol sales were up.

Democrats smeared all opposition to Obama as racist; now AOC is playing the race card against Pelosi – Washington Examiner

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Nancy Pelosi tried to scold the “Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse” this week, and boy, did it escalate quickly. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has responded by accusing the speaker of — what else? — racism. Considering Democrats spent the entire Obama era claiming that all opposition to their agenda constituted racism, it really could not have happened to a nicer party. Pelosi spoke privately with members of her caucus this week, admonishing…

House Judiciary committee authorizes subpoenas for Trump officials – AOL

Thursday, July 11, 2019

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to authorize subpoenas targeting current and former Trump administration officials, as lawmakers seek documents from them as well as their testimony. The panel voted along party lines 21-12 to approve a resolution that authorizes subpoenas for 12 people who are witnesses sought in the panel’s investigation into potential obstruction and abuse of power by President Donald Trump. Separately, the resolution also…

Bizarre art, porn and dolls: Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s New York house of horrors – Fox News

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Video Jeffrey Epstein’s opulent New York mansion said to contain bizarre, disturbing art The extravagant home of financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reportedly contains a plethora of odd and disturbing art pieces, including a collection of prosthetic eyeballs and a painting of Epstein in a prison yard. Epstein has been arrested on charges of sex trafficking, and authorities have found a collection of pornography believed to contain images of…

Trump Turns to Executive Action to Press Citizenship Question on Census – The New York Times

Thursday, July 11, 2019

WASHINGTON — President Trump is planning to take another step in his ongoing battle to place a question about citizenship on the 2020 census by announcing an executive action in the Rose Garden on Thursday, according to a senior administration official familiar with the decision. Mr. Trump said on Twitter that he would hold an afternoon news conference on the issues of “census and citizenship” days after his attorney general,…

Pelosi urges Dems to help counter Trump’s planned ICE raids – POLITICO

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Congress By SARAH FERRIS and TED HESSON 07/11/2019 11:20 AM EDT Updated 07/11/2019 01:25 PM EDT 2019-07-11T01:25-0400 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday warned her caucus about President Donald Trump’s planned immigration raids this weekend, urging members to spread information about undocumented immigrants’ legal rights. Speaking to a closed-door whips meeting, Pelosi urged members to spread the party’s “know your rights” campaign, according to two people in the room. Democrats…

Trump expected to announce executive action on census – CNN

Thursday, July 11, 2019

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U.S. Prepares to Arrest Thousands of Immigrant Family Members – The New York Times

Thursday, July 11, 2019

For weeks last month, the ICE director at the time, Mark Morgan, signaled that agents would escalate efforts to round up families. Days before the operation was to begin, Mr. Trump forecast the plan on Twitter, blindsiding ICE agents whose safety officials feared would be compromised as a result. In early June, the Department of Homeland Security’s acting secretary, Kevin K. McAleenan, told Mr. Morgan to call off the operation….

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats tried, failed to seize British oil tanker in Persian Gulf, senior US defense official says – Fox News

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Video Report: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard unsuccessfully tried to seize British ship United Nations General Assembly president Maria Fernanda Espinosa discusses tensions with Iran on ‘The Story.’ Five Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gunboats tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf Wednesday but backed off after a British warship approached, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News. The British warship was said to have been less than 5…

HURRICANE WATCH from Cameron east to Mississippi River – KPLC

Thursday, July 11, 2019

The current projected track would mean no surge or major wind issues for Southwest Louisiana, but until a definite track is nailed down, that threat cannot be totally discounted. Hopefully today, with an actual storm developing and a center of low level circulation to lock in on, we’ll have a better feel for exactly where this storm will make landfall on Saturday, but if recent trends from the past two…

AOC ups ante in feud with Pelosi, suggests speaker is ‘singling out’ newly elected ‘women of color’ – Fox News

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Video Speaker Pelosi clashes with leftist freshmen representatives Richard Fowler, Guy Benson and Howard Kurtz weigh in on the growing divide in the Democratic Party and who is really controlling the narrative. The public spat between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, got a lot nastier on Wednesday, with the freshman congresswoman suggesting that the speaker is “singling out” her and her colleagues based on their race. Pelosi has worked…

Oil price jumps above $60 ahead of storm in Gulf of Mexico – Channel3000.com – WISC-TV3

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Marianna Massey/Getty Images Grand Isle, Louisiana, ahead of Tropical Storm Karen on Oct. 4, 2013. Marianna Massey/Getty Images Grand Isle, Louisiana, ahead of Tropical Storm Karen on Oct. 4, 2013. Related content (CNN) – US oil has surged above $60 a barrel amid concerns that Tropical Storm Barry could derail crude production in the Gulf of Mexico. US oil futures for August delivery settled 4.5% higher at $60.43 on Wednesday,…

Iranian boats ‘tried to intercept British tanker’ – BBC News

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Image copyright Reuters Image caption HMS Montrose is reported to have driven off the Iranian boats Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf – before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said. HMS Montrose, a British frigate escorting the tanker British Heritage, was forced to move between the three boats and the tanker, a spokesman said. He described…

Democrats distract with ‘kids in cages’ because they don’t care to fix the real illegal immigration problem – Washington Examiner

Thursday, July 11, 2019

House Democrats on Wednesday will hold a hearing titled “Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border.” It will once again be an attempt to divert attention from the real reason why migrants kids are dying at the southern border. The root of each and every death at the border is traced to a belief, on the part of hundreds of thousands of Central Americans, that they can and should…

Ken Cuccinelli: Deportation raids ‘absolutely going to happen’ – Washington Examiner

Thursday, July 11, 2019

President Trump’s threatened deportation raids are “absolutely going to happen,” says senior Department of Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli. “There are approximately 1 million in this people with deportation orders,” the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told reporters on the White House driveway. “Of course, that isn’t what ICE will go after in this, but that’s the pool of people that have been all the way through…