Tesla ‘on Autopilot’ slams into parked fire truck on California freeway. UPDATE: Driver was Drunk

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 10:19

A Tesla Model S reportedly on “Autopilot” smashed into the back of a fire truck parked at a freeway accident scene Monday morning, authorities said.

The union representing Culver City firefighters whose truck was hit around 8:30 a.m. on Interstate 405 in Culver City tweeted that the Tesla driver said he had been using Tesla’s Autopilot system, which performs automated driving tasks.

8.2 Alaska Earthquake Sparks Tsunami Warning In Alaska & Hawaii. UPDATE: Warning Canceled

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 10:13

The coast of Alaska has been hit by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake, triggering a tsunami warning in Hawaii and Alaska.

Tremors along the Ring of Fire increased dramatically in the last 24 hours.

The earthquake occured 175 miles (281.6 km) southeast of Kodiak City in Alaska at a depth of 12 miles (19.3 km) at 9.31am GMT (12.31am local time) on Tuesday, sparking the alert, according to the US National Tsunami Warning Center

Pictures: Globalist Davos Summit Buried in Snow as Elites Gather to Discuss Global Warming

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 10:08

The annual meeting of globalist elites at the Swiss ski resort Davos got off to an unintentionally ironic start this week as delegates including 60 heads of state and hundreds of top business leaders found themselves severely delayed by snow storms.

Not even the favoured elite means of transport to avoid traffic problems that beset ordinary people was available as the World Economic Forum summit opened, as the severe snow storm closed even the town’s helicopter pads.

CA Assemblyman Travis Allen: ‘Arrest Ca A. G. Xavier Becerra

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 10:06

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Huntington Beach, CA Assemblyman Travis Allen argued his state’s attorney general Xavier Becerra should be arrested for breaking federal law.

Last week, Becerra threatened employers in California with legal penalties for helping federal immigration officials crack down on illegal immigration.

Illegal Alien Uber Driver Charged with Four Rapes in Sanctuary State of California

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 10:01

Illegal alien Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez is suspected of sexually assaulting four women; the district attorney says there could be more.

Dem Sen. Merkley: Trump Not Caving on Amnesty Because He’s ‘Terrified of Breitbart Wing

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 09:58

Sen Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said over the weekend that President Donald Trump is afraid to make concessions on immigration and amnesty issues because he fears the populist “Breitbart wing” of the Republican Party.

‘I Wouldn’t Use Vanity Fair Much Other Than A Coaster:’ Sarah Sanders Laughs At John Kelly Departure Report

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 09:49

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders denied a Monday Vanity Fair report that President Donald Trump may oust chief of staff John Kelly over tensions, in a Fox News appearance Tuesday morning.

Trump Goes After FBI For Losing Partisan Agents’ Text Messages

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 09:44

President Donald Trump drew attention to the FBI’s recent disclosure that they “failed to preserve” text messages exchanged between anti-Trump employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, calling the development “one of the biggest stories in a long time” in a Tuesday morning tweet.

Trump Bestows Brutal Nickname On CNN’s Jim Acosta

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 09:41

President Donald Trump took aim at CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta in an early Tuesday morning tweet.

Even Crazy Jim Acosta of Fake News CNN agrees: “Trump World and WH sources dancing in end zone: Trump wins again…Schumer and Dems caved…gambled and lost.” Thank you for your honesty Jim! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2018

Sarah Sanders: Missing FBI Texts ‘Absolutely Outrageous’

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 09:39

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders strongly reacted to the FBI’s failure to preserve months worth of text messages between agents assigned to investigate President Donald Trump, in a Tuesday interview on Fox News.

Report: FBI Director Threatened To Resign Over Pressure To Fire McCabe

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 09:37

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is feeling the pressure from President Donald Trump to get FBI Director Christopher Wray to fire deputy director Andrew McCabe, but Wray is threatening to resign if McCabe is ousted from the bureau, Axios reports.

Sessions reportedly told White House Counsel Don McGahn about Wray’s reaction to his pressuring, and McGahn advised Sessions that the matter was not worth having Wray resign.

GOP LAWMAKERS RAISE CONCERNS OVER ‘SECRET SOCIETY’ IN FBI AGENTS’ TEXTS

JD Tue, 01/23/2018 - 09:24

House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Monday raised concerns that the two FBI agents who privately exchanged text messages disparaging President Trump mentioned a “secret society” shortly after the Republican candidate won the election.

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