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on October 10, 2015 in World News

Some 300 Criminal Aliens Apprehended In Florida Dragnet

Some 300 Criminal Aliens Apprehended In Florida Dragnet by Caroline May Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it detained more than 300 criminal aliens in Florida during a three-week operation that concluded at the end of September. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ER) officers apprehended 314 criminal aliens in a sweep aimed at netting public safety threats in the Sunshine State. More than a quarter of those criminal aliens apprehended had felony convictions for crimes including murder, attempted murder, child sex crimes, sex offenses, weapons charges and drug violations. Sixteen of the criminal aliens ICE arrested had previously been deported and will… View Article

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on October 10, 2015 in World News

Roseburg, Oregon Protests Obama Visit: ‘Chicago Needs You’

Roseburg, Oregon Protests Obama Visit: ‘Chicago Needs You’ by Lee Stranahan  ROSEBURG, Oregon — As helicopters whirred overhead, bringing President Obama to the southern Oregon community that was the scene of a mass casualty shooting last week at a community college, hundreds of protesters gathered below to voice their objections to the president’s visit. As Breitbart News has been reporting all week, many residents of Roseburg had strong feelings about the president using the UCC shooting to promote his pro-gun control agenda, and many of those residents turned out in force mid-morning on a Friday. The protesters began arriving at… View Article

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on October 10, 2015 in World News

Obamatrade Undermines Intellectual Property, Crushes Freedom of Expression

Obamatrade Undermines Intellectual Property, Crushes Freedom of Expression by Alex Swoyer10 Oct 2015Washington, DC47 The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries contains a chapter on intellectual property rights that could impact freedom of expression, according to The Guardian. This news comes after Breitbart News reported there is a controversial chapter on immigration law within the Trade in Services Act (TiSA), another part of President Obama’s trade pact. “[The] Intellectual property rights chapter appears to give Trans-Pacific Partnership countries’ countries [sic] greater power to stop information from going public,” noted The Guardian, which gathered from WikiLeaks what appears… View Article

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on October 10, 2015 in World News

Apple Reportedly Avoids $59 Billion in Taxes

Apple Reportedly Avoids $59 Billion in Taxes by Ferenstein Wire (Ferenstein Wire) – Big tech companies are safeguarding billions of dollars in offshore tax havens, according to a new study. Apple alone, the biggest offender, is stashing $181 billion in revenue with an estimated tax burden of $59.2 billion. In other words, Apple’s taxes could pay for nearly the entirety of President Obama’s plan for free two-year community college (an estimated $60 billion). The study, conducted by Citizens for Tax Justice and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, looked at public financial filings and found that “nearly 72 percent of… View Article

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on October 10, 2015 in World News

Hillary A ‘Unbelievably Useless, Terrible Candidate,’ ‘Talent-Free Hack’

Andrew Sullivan: Hillary A ‘Unbelievably Useless, Terrible Candidate,’ ‘Talent-Free Hack’ by Ian Hanchett Blogger Andrew Sullivan slammed Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a “talent-free hack,” and openly wondered if “she has any core beliefs” on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time.” Sullivan began by criticising “This unbelievably useless, terrible candidate of Hillary Clinton, who has shown no –.” After host Bill Maher asked Sullivan to explain, he asked, “Have you ever — has she ever given a speech that you were inspired by? Does she have any good retail skills? Is she able to come across on… View Article

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on October 10, 2015 in World News

Hundreds of thousands protest in Berlin against EU-U.S. trade deal

Hundreds of thousands protest in Berlin against EU-U.S. trade deal BERLIN (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Berlin on Saturday in protest against a planned free trade deal between Europe and the United States that they say is anti-democratic and will lower food safety, labor and environmental standards. Organizers – an alliance of environmental groups, charities and opposition parties – said 250,000 people were taking part in the rally against free trade deals with both the United States and Canada, far more than they had anticipated. “This is the biggest protest that this country has seen for… View Article

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on October 10, 2015 in World News

Wikileaks release of TPP deal text stokes ‘freedom of expression’ fears

Wikileaks release of TPP deal text stokes ‘freedom of expression’ fears Sam Thielman in New York Intellectual property rights chapter appears to give Trans-Pacific Partnership countries’ countries greater power to stop information from going public Wikileaks has released what it claims is the full intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the controversial agreement between 12 countries that was signed off on Monday. TPP was negotiated in secret and details have yet to be published. But critics including Democrat presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, unions and privacy activists have lined up to attack what they have seen… View Article

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on October 9, 2015 in World News

Obama weighs expanding background checks through executive authority

Obama weighs expanding background checks through executive authority By Juliet Eilperin In response to the latest mass shooting during his presidency, President Obama is seriously considering circumventing Congress with his executive authority and imposing new background-check requirements for buyers who purchase weapons from high-volume gun dealers. Under the proposed rule change, dealers who exceed a certain number of sales each year would be required to obtain a license from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and perform background checks on potential buyers. As the president heads to Roseburg, Ore., on Friday to comfort the survivors and families of… View Article

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on October 9, 2015 in World News

Merkel Under Pressure Over Refugees as Opposition Spills on to Streets

Merkel Under Pressure Over Refugees as Opposition Spills on to Streets German Chancellor Angela Merkel is coming under severe pressure over her ‘open door’ policy on refugees and migrants as her Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere joined calls for a cap on the number coming into the country. Merkel has been criticized in Germany and outside for encouraging the mass migration which has led to millions moving within Europe and the closure of borders, challenging one of the fundamental principles of the European Union — the freedom of movement. Merkel’s personal popularity has plummeted since the start of the crisis and there… View Article

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