Skip to main content

US softens position on Israeli settlements - The Boston Globe

posted onNovember 19, 2019
by admin
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the U.S. is softening its position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a series of Trump administration moves that weaken Palestinian claims to statehood. Pompeo repudiated a 1978 State Department legal opinion that held that civilian settlements in the occupied territories are “inconsistent with international law.” The move angered Palestinians and immediately put the U.S.

Deval Patrick defends decision to enter 2020 race at last minute - The Boston Globe

posted onNovember 19, 2019
by admin
Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick defended his right to join a stage with 13 other Democratic presidential candidates, telling Harry Reid and other prominent Nevada politicians that he wouldn’t be running if he didn’t see a path to the White House. “I am not running to be president of the Democrats, I am running to be president of the United States,” Patrick told the crowd at the so-called First in the West dinner at Las Vegas’s Bellagio casino, where Reid, the former Senate majority leader, received an award. Patrick, who just stepped down as a managi

GOP divided over impeachment trial strategy | TheHill

posted onNovember 18, 2019
by admin
Divisions among Senate Republicans are muddying their strategy for a potential impeachment trial.  As lawmakers await any articles from the House, they’re throwing out their own ideas on what the Senate proceeding should look like.  But Republicans disagree over the length of a trial and who should be asked to testify — two issues that will need to be worked out as part of negotiations on the rules of the trial.  Sen.

Conservatives seek to stifle new 'alt-right' movement steeped in anti-Semitism | TheHill

posted onNovember 18, 2019
by admin
A fringe group of far-right activists have been disrupting conservative and pro-Trump events in recent weeks, drawing rebukes from mainstream Republicans who are eager to separate the party from white nationalists and alt-right racists. A small but vocal group of young men led by 21-year-old broadcaster Nicholas Fuentes received national attention this week after heckling MORE at an event in California, where he was promoting his new book “Triggered.” Fuentes and others on the far right have been publishing calendars of events held by Turning Point USA founder Charlie

Trump attacks Pence aide who called Ukraine call 'inappropriate' | TheHill

posted onNovember 18, 2019
by admin
MORE railed against Jennifer Williams, a career foreign service officer and staffer to Vice President Pence, after she told lawmakers in closed-door testimony that Trump's July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the center of the impeachment inquiry was “inappropriate.” “Tell Jennifer Williams, whoever that is, to read BOTH transcripts of the presidential calls, & see the just released ststement from Ukraine,” the president tweeted Sunday afternoon.

Lawmakers spar over upcoming Sondland testimony | TheHill

posted onNovember 18, 2019
by admin
MORE's testimony in the House's impeachment inquiry, with Democrats saying Sondland's upcoming appearance will show that Trump solicited a bribe and Republicans disputing his statements about a quid pro quo. Sondland is scheduled to testify in front of the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.  Rep.

Illegal Alien Accused of Killing Father of Three in Drunken Hit-and-Run

posted onNovember 18, 2019
by admin
Heriberto R. Perez-Velasquez, a 31-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, hit and killed 59-year-old Mark Knapp in Weedsport, New York, on November 10, according to the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office. Police said Knapp was driving his tractor to get it washed when Perez-Velasquez was drunk driving and hit the father of three.

Defense: 'Sleep Deprivation' Made Illegal Confess to Killing Mollie Tibbetts

posted onNovember 18, 2019
by admin
In August 2018, Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 25-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was charged with Mollie Tibbetts’ murder after police said he admitted to confronting and chasing down the young woman. Following a nationwide search, Tibbetts’ body was found in a cornfield in Poweshiek County, Iowa. The illegal alien lived in a region of Iowa that was surrounded by sanctuary cities, as Breitbart News 

GOP Sen. Mike Rounds Pushes EB-5 Visa Bill to Aid Chinese Migrants

posted onNovember 18, 2019
by admin
The giveaway for the wealthy Chinese lenders is buried on page 85 of Rounds’ draft bill, which offers a “parole” shortcut around the backlog of Chinese who are now waiting in line for EB-5 green cards: This parole language gives a citizenship shortcut to the foreigners who lend money to the U.S. real-estate industry in exchange for green cards via the EB-5 program.