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DoD Inspector General Exposes Pentagon Contractor’s 9,400% Profit On Half-Inch Pin [VIDEO]
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TransDigm Group Inc. sold the Pentagon “drive pins” for $4,361 each – should only cost $46, a 9,400% gain in excess profits, according to the Inspector General US Department of Defense’s audit labeled “For Official Use Only” obtained by Bloomberg.
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Trump Admin Backs Off Plan To Dump Illegals In Florida – What About San Diego?
Following immense backlash from state lawmakers, the Trump administration is backing off a plan to send thousands of migrants to South Florida. But, in addition to the two Florida counties, San Diego will receive hundreds of migrant families from South Texas. The Border Patrol said that it was also considering distributing apprehended border-crossers to Detroit, Miami and Buffalo, New York.
Read moreBorder Crisis: Most Arrests In 12 Years; Over 168,000 Released Into US; Measles, Chickenpox Found
“Unauthorized border crossings have more than doubled in the past year, and they are on pace to exceed 1 million on an annual basis”
Read moreOver 1% Of Guatemala, Honduras Have Crossed US Border In Last Eight Months: DHS
Over 1% of the populations of Guatemala and Honduras have entered the United States since September, according acting Homeland Security chief Kevin K. McAleenan, who added that the figure includes 3% of one Guatemalan county alone.
Read moreTrump Threatens To Dump Migrants In Sanctuary Cities
The White House is considering transferring immigrants detained at the southern border to Democrat-controlled “sanctuary cities.” After reports surfaced that the idea was brought up twice and shot down by attorneys from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), President Trump tweeted on Friday that his administration is “indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only,” adding “The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy – so this should make them very happy!”
Read moreCalifornia’s Background Check Law Had No Impact on Gun Deaths, Johns Hopkins Study Finds
A joint study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of California at Davis Violence Prevention Research Program found that California’s much-touted mandated background checks had no impact on gun deaths, and researchers are puzzled as to why. The findings—which run counter to the conventional wisdom that gun control saves lives—have received almost no media attention.
Read more‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Cities, Counties, & States Spring Up Across The Country
A growing number of states, counties, cities, and towns are declaring themselves “Second Amendment Sanctuaries” and are refusing to enforce gun-control laws that infringe on the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Read moreNumbers Don’t Lie: Trump’s Free Speech Executive Order Could Cost Colleges Billions
In light of President Trump’s executive order directing government agencies to restrict and remove federal research funding from universities that infringe on students’ rights to free speech, Campus Reform compiled existing government data to determine exactly how much federal research money is doled out each year. And, to some states, it could mean billions lost.
Read moreRecycle Crisis Sweeps Across America After China Halts Plastic Waste Imports [VIDEO]
China has cut plastic shipments from the U.S. by 99.1% causing recycling and waste companies to now slap municipalities with higher service fees. China’s ban on imported plastic leaves fewer options to recycle. Some shipments had been diverted to Canada, but it looks like most plastic waste will end up in landfills.
Read moreTrump Wins: Supreme Court Rules Convicted Illegals Can Be Detained And Deported
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration Tuesday, allowing federal officials to detain and deport illegal immigrants after they have served their time in the U.S. for other crimes.
Read moreFamilies Are Crossing Southern U.S. Border In Record Numbers
Undocumented immigrants travelling in family units have been crossing the Southern U.S. border in record numbers. The number of families arrested has pushed total border apprehensions to an 11-year high in February.
Read moreTrump Signs First Ever Veto Upholding Border Emergency Declaration [VIDEO]
President Trump has vetoed the Senate resolution, his first since taking office.
Read moreMale-Only Draft “Unconstitutional”: Federal Court Paves Way For Women’s Compulsory Military Service
US District Judge Gray Miller of the Southern District of Texas wrote in his ruling that the “time has passed” on continued debate for women in the military, regardless of if the controversial issue of women serving in combat “may have justified past discrimination.”
Read moreCovington High School Student Files $250 Million Defamation Suit Against Washington Post
After an investigation conducted by the Covington Diocese turned up no evidence that 16-year-old high school student Nicholas Sandmann confronted Native American activist Nathan Phillips during a March for Life rally at the Lincoln Memorial last month, seemingly confirming that the mainstream press was incorrect to pillory the white, MAGA-hat wearing teen for a confrontation that never actually happened, lawyers for Sandmann filed the first of what are expected to be many defamation lawsuits demanding compensatory and punitive damages for leading an Internet mob that vilified Sandmann and his peers.
Read moreGovernment Shutdown Looms As Border Wall Talks Break Down…Again [VIDEO]
Just two weeks after the longest government shutdown on record, and following 48 hours of narrative-molding declarations that a border security deal was “imminent” or “expected before the end of the weekend”, The Hill and Bloomberg now report that talks to avert a second government shutdown over border wall funding have broken down and Republicans and Democrats have stopped communicating for now.
Read moreTrump Scores Major Victory As “Delinquent” NATO Members Boost Contributions By $100 Billion
NATO states have agreed to increase their defense spending by $100 billion over two years after President Trump went on a fiery tirade last July – calling on “delinquent” countries to boost their contributions by 2% to 4% of GDP. According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance heard Trump’s call “loud and clear” and that member nations are “stepping up,” according to the Telegraph.
Read more“5,000 Troops To Colombia” To Quell Venezuela Crisis? John Bolton Flashes Notepad Contents At Briefing
During a Monday White House press briefing national security adviser John Bolton was photographed carrying a notepad — presumably as he was fresh out of a national security meeting — and one of the things which appears to be handwritten on the pad is “5,000 troops to Colombia”.
Read moreArmy Struggles To Reach Generation Z, Tries Recruiting At Video Game Tournaments
Army recruiters are having a challenging time convincing Americans born between 1995 and 2005 to sign up and serve. The situation is so dire that Army Recruiting Command has turned to e-Sports video game tournaments.
Read moreTrump Makes History: Government Shutdown Will Be Longest On Record
The partial government shutdown, that is currently in its 21st day, will surpass what was the longest shutdown that ended in December 1995. Thus becoming the longest in American history.
Read moreWatch President Trump Addresses Nation’s Border Security (& Dems Respond) [VIDEO]
Many watched with anxious anticipation as President Trump took to the Oval Office – after a trip to the Southern border – where he gave a major policy speech about his plans for border security and his promised wall.
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