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Feinstein: "Bad Things Happen" Because of 2nd Amendment
California Democrat senator and dedicated gun-grabber Dianne Feinstein went on the Piers Morgan Show earlier this week and blamed the “gun culture,” the NRA and Wayne LaPierre for mass shootings like Sandy Hook.
After shamelessly exploiting dead children and grieving parents to push her anti-Second Amendment agenda, Feinstein attacked LaPierre, who said last weekend:
I’ve been amazed at how...
Bernanke’s legacy: Fed set to lose $500 billion
Economists predict that the US Federal Reserve could lose half a trillion dollars in just three years thanks to policies enacted by the central bank under Chairman Ben Bernanke.
A study conducted by investment analysts at New York City’s MSCI Inc. suggests that Mr. Bernanke’s efforts to keep the floundering economy in tact on the heels of a recession have proven to be futile and will continue...
Americans denied right to free speech: Analyst
The US has eroded freedom of speech, moral values and human rights for the American people over the past decades, a political activist tells Press TV.
“[US President] Barack Obama came into office as a constitutional professor and we have seen him do more damage to our constitution than even George Bush did,” said Tighe Barry, an activist with the CODEPINK group.
The advocate further criticized...
North Korea admits to have nukes, tips it can strike US mainland
A North Korean missile is displayed during a military parade in Pyongyang.
North Korea says Washington should be ‘acutely aware’ that the US mainland is within the range of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons.
A member of the Korean National Peace Committee said in an article posted on the official website Uriminzokkiri on Wednesday that Washington should be “acutely aware that the US mainland is now...
Obama to threaten Iran with military strike in June 2013
President Barack Obama says the United States could launch an attack on Iran as early as this June, Israeli media reports.
According to a report on Israel’s Channel 10 News that has since been picked up by the Times of Israel, Pres. Obama will use an upcoming meeting overseas to discuss a military strike on Iran. Pres. Obama is scheduled to visit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next month,...
NRA declares government will seize guns
The National Rifle Association claims it has obtained a Justice Apartment memo that notes President Obama’s gun control initiatives would be ineffective without seizing citizens’ assault rifles and requiring a federal gun registration.
It’s not clear how the NRA obtained a memo under the name of one of the Justice Department’s leading crime researchers, but its authenticity has...
UK seeks US backing on Falklands
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and William Hague, the UK Foreign Secretary, in joint press conference in London.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry came under intense pressure by the British authorities on Monday to reveal what stance Washington may choose to take on the dispute over Las Malvinas Islands (the Falklands), local media reported.
On his first foreign trip as Secretary of State, John...
Thousands of gun law protesters rally across US
Thousands of Second Amendment activists across the US took part in a Day of Resistance against President Obama’s gun control measures, calling his plans unconstitutional. Words are not all they’re prepared to use to protect their right to bear arms.
People gathered at dozens of cities and towns across the United States, crowds numbering from a hundred to a thousand people. They were carrying...
Republicans say Obama wants higher taxes
With less than a week before deep spending cuts kick in, Republicans in their weekly address accused President Obama of being ready to plunge the economy into a tailspin to extract higher taxes.
“The fact is: Republicans in Congress, right now, will provide the flexibility to make the necessary spending reductions and address our deficit and debt, instead of going through the sequester. In fact,...
US and China accuse each other of cyber warfare
Security experts in the United States claim that a 12-story office building outside of Shanghai is the headquarters of a sophisticated hacking unit within the Chinese military established to attack computer networks in America and elsewhere.
According to a report published Tuesday morning by a Northern Virginia-based information security company, an elusive squadron of Chinese cyberwarriors operating...
US worried about UK's EU exit
US officials have repeatedly valued Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU), saying they do not want the UK to leave the 27-nation bloc.
Last month, British Prime Minster David Cameron set a deadline to hold a national in-out referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union by the end of 2017.
In his long-awaited speech on Europe in the City of London on January 23, Cameron...
FAA takes major step in expanding drone use in America
US President Barack Obama has approved legislation that is expected to immediately accelerate the use of domestic surveillance drones within the United States.
On Thursday, Pres. Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, a bill that the Federal Aviation Administration’s AnneMarie Ternay describes as containing requirements for integrating unmanned aircraft systems and vehicles such...
High taxes force more Americans to renounce their citizenship
Angry about the latest tax hikes? Each year, thousands of Americans pack their suitcases, rip up their US passports and move permanently overseas to prevent Uncle Sam from taking their money.
In the first three quarters of 2012, more than 1,100 Americans renounced their citizenship and made their homes elsewhere, according to the Federal Register. Available data does not yet include those who left...
Obama signs executive order on cybersecurity
Barack Obama has signed an executive order on cybersecurity aimed at boosting the defense of critical US infrastructure, while also avoiding the criticism over compromising civil liberties that its legislative predecessors suffered from.
The legislative push continues, and will cover the same area and make the increase in security mandatory for the private sector. A new version of the controversial...
CISPA, worse than SOPA, resurrected from the dead
The two US lawmakers responsible for last year’s failed cybersecurity bill known as CISPA are reintroducing the act, and renewed interest from Washington means it might have a fighting chance this time at being signed into law.
Less than ten months after the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act stalled on Capitol Hill after being overwhelmingly approved in the House of Representatives,...