Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Donald Trump Eyes Nukes to Eradicate Terror and other top stories.

  • Donald Trump Eyes Nukes to Eradicate Terror

    Donald Trump Eyes Nukes to Eradicate Terror
    The president’s shills say he’s keeping his campaign promises. Remember just how apocalyptic those promises were.Let’s step back and take a calm look at President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel to America by residents of seven predominantly Muslim countries and giving preference to religious minorities in those countries, specifically Christians. As the libertarian Cato Institute has pointed out, since 1975 the number of Americans slain here by people from those seven countries is..
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  • Police kill man whose stabbing rampage injured 3 on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood

    Police kill man whose stabbing rampage injured 3 on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood
    Los Angeles police fatally shot a man in a Hollywood fast-food restaurant Tuesday, just moments after the man stabbed three others in an apparently unprovoked attack.The assailant — described only as a man in his 30s — stabbed a bicyclist about 2 p.m. along the north side of Sunset Boulevard near Ivar Avenue, said Sgt. Frank Preciado, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department. The attack occurred on a popular corridor along Sunset Boulevard, near the ArcLight Cinemas, Amoeba Music and ..
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  • Businesses, think tanks look to influence Donald Trump with economic message on immigration

    Businesses, think tanks look to influence Donald Trump with economic message on immigration
    Their appeal to the famous negotiator: Think about the economy. In just over a week of his presidency, Trump has already issued a handful of executive orders regarding immigration, including Friday's directive banning entry to the US of nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries. The order also prompted a swift backlash from a range of businesses. Tech companies and their executives, including Facebook, Apple, Google, Lyft, Netflix and Twitter, issued rebukes of Trump's actions and pledged ..
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  • Senator: Army Corps to proceed with Dakota pipeline easement

    BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven says the Acting Secretary of the Army has directed the Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with an easement necessary to complete the Dakota Access pipeline. Hoeven issued a statement Tuesday after he says Acting Army Secretary Robert Speer informed him of the decision. Hoeven said he also spoke with Vice President Mike Pence. A spokesman for the U.S. Army did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday night. Hoeven spokesman Don Cant..
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  • Why Betsy DeVos is the most polarizing education secretary nominee ever

    Why Betsy DeVos is the most polarizing education secretary nominee ever
    Emily Kane opposes Betsy DeVos’s nomination to be education secretary during a protest in front of Sen. Pat Toomey’s office on Jan. 24, 2017. (Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via Associated Press)d President Barack Obama had two education secretaries who were highly divisive in the education world. In fact, the man who ran Obama’s Education Department for seven years, Arne Duncan, became so controversial that members of two teachers unions — long supporters of Democrats — approved resolu..
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  • Democrats block confirmation votes for Sessions, Price and Mnuchin

    Democrats block confirmation votes for Sessions, Price and Mnuchin
    Democrats intensified their opposition to President Trump on Tuesday by further delaying the confirmations of several of his Cabinet nominees, prompting a bitter showdown with Republicans who accused them of paralyzing the formation of a new administration. First, Democrats boycotted a Senate committee scheduled to take two votes, one on Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, and the other on Steve Mnuchin, his choice to lead the treasury. Then, they..
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  • Gorsuch Pick For Top Court Fulfills Trump Campaign Pledge, Confirms Democrats' Fears

    Gorsuch Pick For Top Court Fulfills Trump Campaign Pledge, Confirms Democrats' Fears
    President Donald Trump shakes hands with Judge Neil Gorsuch after nominating him to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House Jan. 31 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump shakes hands with Judge Neil Gors..
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  • EU chair labels Trump a 'threat' as Europeans debate US ties

    EU chair labels Trump a 'threat' as Europeans debate US ties
    By Alastair Macdonald | BRUSSELS BRUSSELS Donald Trump has joined Russia, China and radical Islam as a threat to the European Union, EU leaders were told on Tuesday by the man chairing a summit where they will debate relations with the United States. European Council President Donald Tusk, a conservative former premier of Poland, wrote to EU national leaders to lay out themes for discussion when they meet in Malta on Friday to discuss the future of their Union as Britain prepares to leave..
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  • Trump pledges beefed up cybersecurity but doesn't sign order

    Trump pledges beefed up cybersecurity but doesn't sign order
    President Donald Trump, accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, right, speaks during a meeting on cyber security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press) By Catherine Lucey and Tami Abdollah | AP By Catherine Lucey and Tami Abdollah | AP January 31 at 5:19 PM WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to strengthen the government’s ability to protect its computer networks, but then canceled pla..
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  • Dems escalate anti-Trump offensive

    Dems escalate anti-Trump offensive
    From Washington State to Washington DC, Democrats across the country are stepping up what some call "The Resistance" to President Trump, moving across political, legal, bureaucratic, legislative, and civil disobedience fronts to frustrate the newly elected president's agenda. Just moments after Trump announced his choice of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court Tuesday night, some Democrats vowed to do everything in their power to kill the nomination (even as others calculated the cost of an ultim..
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