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Italy Rejects Two More NGO Migrant Ships; Merkel Scrambles To Keep Job As German Lawmakers Revolt
Italy demanded on Saturday that the Netherlands recall two NGO-operated migrant transport ships flying the Dutch flag, after Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini warned that they would not be allowed to dock in Italian ports.
The ships are currently sitting off the coast of Libya.
“They should know that Italy no longer wants to be an accomplice in the business of illegal immigration and therefore...
Trump Wants Congress to Release Names of Sex Freak Lawmakers Named in Sexual Harassment Suits
President Trump wants the names of Congressmen who have settled sexual harassment cases to be released to the public.
Congress has a rampant sexual harassment problem. In fact the problem is so bad that female lawmakers and aides keep a ‘creep list’ of men who are notorious for lewd behavior.
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) recently told MSNBC’s Chuck Todd that taxpayers have paid over $15 million...
Former FBI Official Reveals DOJ Refused to Prosecute Lawmakers Leaking Classified Intel
Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a stern warning to leakers Friday. He announced the Department of Justice is exploring ways to crackdown on the media for publishing sensitive information.
A stunning report from The Daily Beast reveals the DOJ refused to prosecute lawmakers who leaked classified information, despite recommendation from the FBI.
Daily Beast reports:
The Justice Department currently...
Lawmakers Ringing Alarm Over Possible Saudi Influence on European Muslims
Swiss lawmakers have expressed growing concerns regarding lack of transparency over the country’s mosques and Muslim organizations’ funding. The parliamentarians fear foreign influence, citing the problem of Islamic radicalization in Europe.
Swiss parliamentarians have raised the alarm over possible foreign influence on the country’s mosques and called attention to lack of transparency...
EU Parliament Orders UK to pack their Bags and Leave ASAP
According to reports, European Parliament has adopted a resolution urging the United Kingdom to immediately invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty on leaving the EU.
European lawmakers called for the immediate activation of a process in the European Union’s founding law to formalize the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU in a non-binding resolution passed Tuesday.
“The European Parliament…...
Obama Enslaves America To Muslim World - Forever!
A shocking report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared by the Ministry of Economic Development (MoED) for the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation (PFRF) is warning that a newly passed secretive law signed by US President Barack Obama last week virtually ensures the total enslavement of the American people to the Muslim world—“forever”.
According to this report, this secretive new law...
Florida Lawmakers Put Off Vote on Fracking Chemicals Bill
The Florida House passed a bill to study and regulate fracking, as well as prevent local governments from banning the oil and gas drilling practice Monday.
The Florida State Senate opted to avoid a vote on a bill that would require oil and gas companies to publish for public use the chemicals used in hydraulic drilling, also known as fracking.
The bill, passed by the Florida House of Representatives...
US blows through $18 trillion Debt Limit
On Monday, the US reached its legal debt limit of $18 trillion, more than the country’s entire GDP. Lawmakers will either have to again lift it, or attempt to cap spending.
As of March 12, the US Treasury reported federal debt at $18,114,324,000,000.00 in its daily treasury statement. This figure is above the statutory debt limit, which was extended by Congress through March 15 this year.
Treasury...
US State of Michigan protests Canadian nuclear waste project
Bruce Nuclear Plant on Lake Huron
A Canadian proposal that calls for a nuclear waste storage facility less than a mile away from the Great Lakes is coming under heavy fire from Michigan lawmakers and environmental groups, who are now attempting to stop the project.
Under a plan crafted by energy supplier Ontario Power Generation (OPG), the company would construct a “deep geologic repository” (DGR),...
Only 5% believe that US congressmen deserve re-election
Just 5 percent of US voters think most members of Congress have done a good enough job to deserve re-election, according to a new poll.
Ratings of the US Congress remain overwhelmingly negative, with the vast majority of voters disillusioned with lawmakers and political parties, a new poll shows.
Just 12 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing while 80 percent disapprove, according...
Maryland lawmakers eye cutting off water, power to NSA headquarters
A group of lawmakers in Maryland has introduced a bill that would deny state support to the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Ft. Meade, Md., which might see electricity and water supplies cut to the intelligence nerve center.
Eight Republicans from the 141-member Maryland House of Delegates introduced the legislation that would deny the NSA “material support, participation or assistance...
Kerry warns Congress against anti-Iran sanctions
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Congress that any new sanctions against Iran will be viewed as “bad faith” and can “destroy the ability to” reach an agreement.
“Our hope is now that no new sanctions would be put in place for the simple reason that if they are, it could be viewed as bad faith by the people we’re negotiating with, [and] it could destroy the ability to be able...
Greek opposition leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos arrested
Leader Of Golden Dawn Nikolaos G. Michaloliakos, has been arrested with at least 3 or 4 other members of parliament. The arrests have been made on grounds that Golden Dawn is a “Criminal Organization” In Greece right now, all nationalists are organizing a protest of this illegal and unprecedented decision.
It has already begun, the international usurers have stepped up their full scale attack...
Brazil lawmakers demand answers on US spying, urge boycott
As Brazil awaits Washington’s response on reports that US spy agencies also conducted surveillance on Brazilian companies and citizens, its lawmakers are urging the nation’s president to cancel her October visit to the White House.
Brazilian politicians have called on President Dilma Rousseff to adopt a tough position against Washington and cancel her official meeting with US President Barack...
NDAA 2013 - Indefinite detention without trial is back
Lawmakers in Washington have stripped an amendment from next year’s National Defense Authorization Act that could have kept the government from indefinitely detaining US citizens without charge or trial.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Michigan) told reporters on Tuesday that an amendment to the 2013 defense spending bill approved only two weeks earlier had been removed. That...