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Trump to send border patrol tactical teams to sanctuary cities

The Trump administration is sending officers from a special operations unit of the Border Patrol to assist in raids by Immigration Customs and Enforcement in so-called sanctuary cities.

The officers from BORTAC, the Border Patrol’s version of a SWAT unit, will deploy to New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and various other cities whose local governments forbid law enforcement from working with federal immigration officials, the New York Times reported on Friday. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Lawrence Payne confirmed the initiative.

February 15, 2020

New Republican bill would punish states that grant driver’s licenses to illegal aliens

The bill is called the “Stop Greenlighting Driver Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act” and would end funding to those states from a program that issues federal criminal justice funding from the Department of Justice.

The bill was introduced to the Senate by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.).

February 15, 2020

Cambridge academic says human race must become extinct to save the planet

In her new book The Ahuman Manifesto, Professor Patricia MacCormack argues that the only way to prevent ecological disaster is to begin “gradually phasing out reproduction.”

February 15, 2020

Survey finds people who identify as left-wing more likely to have been diagnosed with mental illness

A new survey of more than 8,000 people has found that those who identify with left-wing political beliefs are more likely to have been diagnosed with a mental illness.

Ann Coulter’s “liberalism is a mental disorder” catchphrase has become something of a clichéd meme, but the data appears to support it.

February 15, 2020

Appeals court strikes down Arkansas Medicaid work requirement approved by Trump administration

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar has acted in an “arbitrary and capricious manner” when he approved Arkansas’s plan to add work and community engagement requirements to Medicaid.

February 15, 2020

Mike Bloomberg wants Hillary Clinton as a running mate?

Mike Bloomberg is considering making Hillary Clinton his running mate, a source close to his campaign has told Drudge Report.

Polling found the Bloomberg-Clinton combination would be a formidable force to take on Trump in the race for the White House, the source said.

February 15, 2020

Bloomberg is paying influencers to post memes for his 2020 bid

Mike Bloomberg has been paying a handful of social media influencers to post satirical memes about him for his Democratic presidential bid.

February 15, 2020

Latest blow against campus censorship offers huge win for pro-life movement

It’s a big win for free speech: A lawsuit between a pro-life student group and a university has finally been resolved after a federal judge ruled that the university had discriminated against the group, and a settlement was reached.

February 15, 2020

CA schools to halt PE tests for 2 years over fear of ‘fat shaming’

California students would get a break from physical fitness tests, which include timed 1-mile runs, for three years under a proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Newsom argues the tests can lead to body shaming and bullying of transgender and special education students, said H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the governor’s Department of Finance.

February 8, 2020

Sheila Jackson Lee blames Russians for Iowa Caucus disaster

Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas suggested Wednesday that the Russians were behind the vote-reporting app crashing during Monday’s Iowa Democratic caucuses.

February 8, 2020

Censored.tv banned from Instagram and Facebook

Censored.tv, formerly FreeSpeech.tv, founded by Vice co-founder and Proud Boy founder Gavin McInnes, has been banned across all Facebook-owned platforms, namely Facebook and Instagram.

The platform, which has roughly 15,000 monthly subscribers, is popular for its hosts, who have mostly been banned from popular platforms like Twitter and YouTube—including Gavin McInnes, Milo Yiannopolous, Joe Biggs, Laura Loomer, and Soph.

February 8, 2020

YouTube pledges to remove ‘manipulated’ election-related videos

Youtube announced this week that it will begin removing election-related videos that are “manipulated or doctored” with the aim of influencing voters.

The move is part of an effort by the Google owned company to be a “more reliable source” for news and to promote a “healthy political discourse”.

February 8, 2020

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