Across the South, it’s snow, ice and record-breaking cold

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 10:53

ATLANTA (AP) — The South awoke Wednesday to a two-part Arctic mess that caused problems as far south as the Gulf Coast. First came a thin blanket of snow and ice, then came below-zero wind chills and record-breaking low temperatures in New Orleans and other cities.

Eric Trump: ‘My Father Sees One Color — Green’ [VIDEO]

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 10:33

Eric Trump gave a tongue-in-cheek response while defending his father from claims of racism on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning.

“He said some things about race and that people are calling him a racist for the last five or six days,” first posed host Brian Kilmeade. “I know you don’t agree with that but is there anything you could bring to this conversation that is important?”

“My father sees one color,” Trump responded. “Green.”

HOUSE REPORT CONCLUDED PAKISTANIS MADE ‘UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS’ TO CONGRESSIONAL SERVERS

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 10:28

House investigators concluded that Democratic IT aides made unauthorized access to congressional servers in 2016, allegedly accessing the data of members for whom they did not work, logging in as members of Congress themselves, and covering their tracks, according to a presentation summarizing the findings of a four-month internal probe.

CONSPIRACY THEORISTS: CNN REFUSES TO BELIEVE DOCTOR WHO SAID TRUMP IS PHYSICALLY FIT

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 10:22

Brian Stelter, who literally rolled his eyes at questions over Hillary’s health, just won’t let it go

Having demonized anyone who questioned Hillary Clinton’s health as she coughed and stumbled her way through the campaign trail as “conspiracy theorists,” CNN is now taking on that very role by refusing to believe a doctor whose tests found Donald Trump to be in perfect physical and mental health.

L.A. County sheriff's deputy is charged with selling drugs and offering to hire other cops to protect dealers

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 08:57

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with operating a large-scale drug trafficking scheme in which he boasted that he hired other law enforcement officers to provide security to dealers and could assault people for his clients, according to court records.

Deputy Kenneth Collins and three other men were arrested by FBI agents Tuesday morning in a sting operation when they arrived to what they thought was a drug deal, according to records unsealed after the arrest.

Counterfeit Cash Making Its Way Around New York City, Cops Say

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 08:51

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There’s something funny about the money making its way around town, but it’s no laughing matter.

Police say phony bills are finding their way into wallets and cash registers across the city. Inside Iggy’s on the Upper East Side, the word ‘FAKE’ is clearly written across a counterfeit 20 dollar bill, but the bar manager wishes it was always that easy to spot one.

Earthquake-causing meteor leaves southeast Michigan residents awestruck

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 08:46

Residents of southeast Michigan were left a bit shaken Tuesday night after a big bright flash lit up the sky and the ground beneath them shook.

A flying saucer? No. A shooting star? Not quite.

The National Weather Service eventually solved the mystery, tweeting "USGS confirms meteor occurred around 810 pm, causing a magnitude 2.0 earthquake."

Soros Vows To Purge ‘Disease’ Of Nationalism

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 08:44

Billionaire globalist George Soros has promised to aggressively ‘fight back’ against the ‘disease’ of nationalism in Europe and America.

Writing for the Financial Times, Soros sent a warning to people “proud” of their country, promising that their “dominant ideology” of nationalism will soon come crashing down around them.

America’s Unhealthiest State Has Highest Vaccination Rate

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 08:41

New figures released by the CDC reveals that America’s unhealthiest State – Mississippi – just so happens to have the highest vaccination rate in the country.

In a Daily Beast Op-ed, Paul Offit – one of the vaccine industry’s biggest cheerleaders – openly admits the new figures are ‘puzzling.’

9 of 12 National Park Service advisers resign, cite differences with Zinke

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 08:37

Jan. 17 (UPI) — A majority of the members of the U.S. National Park Service advisory board resigned this week — citing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s unwillingness to engage with them.

Nine of the panel’s 12 members — a bipartisan panel appointed by former President Barack Obama — signed off on a letter of resignation on Monday.

Two of Top Obama Holdover Bureaucrats Are Stepping Down

JD Wed, 01/17/2018 - 08:33

Two of the top ten Obama holdover bureaucrats Breitbart News reported in February President Trump could fire or remove are stepping down from their State Department refugee roles.
Acting Assistant Secretary of the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Simon Henshaw is stepping down from that position, Reuters reported on Saturday.

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