Day: October 25, 2017

African-American Leaders Defend Colorado Baker Amid Supreme Court Gay Wedding Cake Battle

(Worthy News) – A group of African-American rights activists have spoken out in defense of Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop as his religious freedom case will be argued before the United States Supreme Court in December.

Three conservative African-American public policy groups — the Frederick Douglass Foundation, Star Parker’s Center of Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) and pro-life activist Ryan Bomberger’s Radiance Foundation — launched a new website titled WeGotYourBackJack.com in support of Phillip’s First Amendment right.

Dean Nelson and other conservative African-American leaders participate in a press conference outside of the United State Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 23,207 to announce their support of Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips.
The website was announced at a press conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Monday in which a handful of African-American activists and leaders spoke in defense of Phillips. [ Source: Christian Post (Read More…) ]

African-American Leaders Defend Colorado Baker Amid Supreme Court Gay Wedding Cake Battle

(Worthy News) – A group of African-American rights activists have spoken out in defense of Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop as his religious freedom case will be argued before the United States Supreme Court in December.

Three conservative African-American public policy groups — the Frederick Douglass Foundation, Star Parker’s Center of Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) and pro-life activist Ryan Bomberger’s Radiance Foundation — launched a new website titled WeGotYourBackJack.com in support of Phillip’s First Amendment right.

Dean Nelson and other conservative African-American leaders participate in a press conference outside of the United State Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 23,207 to announce their support of Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips.
The website was announced at a press conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Monday in which a handful of African-American activists and leaders spoke in defense of Phillips. [ Source: Christian Post (Read More…) ]

African-American Leaders Defend Colorado Baker Amid Supreme Court Gay Wedding Cake Battle

(Worthy News) – A group of African-American rights activists have spoken out in defense of Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop as his religious freedom case will be argued before the United States Supreme Court in December.

Three conservative African-American public policy groups — the Frederick Douglass Foundation, Star Parker’s Center of Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) and pro-life activist Ryan Bomberger’s Radiance Foundation — launched a new website titled WeGotYourBackJack.com in support of Phillip’s First Amendment right.

Dean Nelson and other conservative African-American leaders participate in a press conference outside of the United State Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 23,207 to announce their support of Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips.
The website was announced at a press conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Monday in which a handful of African-American activists and leaders spoke in defense of Phillips. [ Source: Christian Post (Read More…) ]

African-American Leaders Defend Colorado Baker Amid Supreme Court Gay Wedding Cake Battle

(Worthy News) – A group of African-American rights activists have spoken out in defense of Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop as his religious freedom case will be argued before the United States Supreme Court in December.

Three conservative African-American public policy groups — the Frederick Douglass Foundation, Star Parker’s Center of Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) and pro-life activist Ryan Bomberger’s Radiance Foundation — launched a new website titled WeGotYourBackJack.com in support of Phillip’s First Amendment right.

Dean Nelson and other conservative African-American leaders participate in a press conference outside of the United State Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 23,207 to announce their support of Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips.
The website was announced at a press conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Monday in which a handful of African-American activists and leaders spoke in defense of Phillips. [ Source: Christian Post (Read More…) ]

Russia veto puts an end to Syria chemical weapons probe

Russia veto puts an end to Syria chemical weapons probe

(Worthy News) – Russia vetoed Tuesday a US-drafted resolution that would have extended by a year an investigation of who is behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria.

It was the ninth time Russia has used its veto power at the Security Council to block action targeting its Syrian ally.

Russia opposed renewing the mandate of the joint UN-Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) panel before it releases a report on a sarin gas attack in Khan Sheikhun expected on Thursday. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

GOP Sen. Jeff Flake won’t seek re-election in 2018

GOP Sen. Jeff Flake won’t seek re-election in 2018

(Worthy News) – U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., facing a tough primary fight, announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election next year — while taking a parting shot on the Senate floor at President Donald Trump for behavior he called “reckless, outrageous, and undignified.”

Without mentioning the president by name, Flake accused the Republican Party of having “given in or given up on the core principles in favor of a more viscerally satisfying anger and resentment … but anger and resentment are not a governing philosophy.”

Flake has had a tumultuous relationship with the Trump administration. In August, he criticized the president’s immigration policy in a New York Times opinion piece. The president tweeted in response that Flake was “WEAK on borders, crime and a non-factor in the Senate.” [ Source: Fox News (Read More…) ]

Government Collects $3.3 Trillion in Taxes in Fiscal Year 2017; Runs $666 Billion Deficit

Government Collects $3.3 Trillion in Taxes in Fiscal Year 2017; Runs $666 Billion Deficit

(Worthy News) – The federal government collected approximately $3.3 trillion in taxes in fiscal year 2017, but the federal government still ran a $666 billion deficit during that time, according to the latest monthly Treasury Department statement.

Treasury receipts include tax revenue from individual income taxes, corporate income taxes, social insurance and retirement taxes, unemployment insurance taxes, excise taxes, estate and gift taxes, customs duties, and other miscellaneous items.

The 2017 fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, 2016, and runs through Sept. 30, 2017. During this time, the amount of taxes collected by the federal government totaled $3,314,894,000,000. [ Source: Washington Free Beacon (Read More…) ]

Trey Gowdy targeting James Comey in new Clinton probe

Trey Gowdy targeting James Comey in new Clinton probe

(Worthy News) – Rep. Trey Gowdy plans to grill former FBI Director James Comey about his decision-making as part of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s decision to re-examine the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

“Have to, won’t we?” the South Carolina Republican told the Washington Examiner when asked about interviewing Comey.

Gowdy chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which has opened a joint investigation with the Judiciary Committee in order to review the Justice Department’s handling of the politically charged investigation. Gowdy is particularly concerned that “the decision to charge or not charge [Clinton] was made before all the witnesses were interviewed,” but he emphasized that the investigation topics are structured in a nonpartisan way. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]

GOP investigates Russian granted US entry by Obama administration while under FBI investigation for bribery

GOP investigates Russian granted US entry by Obama administration while under FBI investigation for bribery

(Worthy News) – The Obama administration awarded a visa allowing a top Russian nuclear executive to enter the United States after the FBI had already gathered substantial evidence he was involved in a racketeering scheme involving bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering, court records show.

The records show TENEX executive Vadim Mikerin was engaged in illegal conduct as early as the fall of 2009, yet he was allowed to enter the country by the Obama administration with a L1 temporary work visa when he arrived in December 2011.

Milkerin’s visa was renewed in August 2014, just months before he was arrested and charged with extortion, the records show. He and his company applied for the visa in summer 2011, records show. [ Source: The Hill (Read More…) ]

Iraq readies for final offensive on Islamic State near Syrian border

Iraq readies for final offensive on Islamic State near Syrian border

(Worthy News) – Iraqi forces are about to launch an offensive to recapture the last patch of Iraqi territory still in the hands of Islamic State, the military said on Wednesday.

“Your security forces are now coming to liberate you,” said leaflets dropped by the Iraqi air force on the western border region of al-Qaim and Rawa, according to a statement from the Joint Operations Command in Baghdad.

The militant group also holds parts of the Syrian side of the border, but the area under their control is shrinking as they retreat in the face of two sets of hostile forces – a U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led coalition and Syrian government troops with foreign Shi‘ite militias backed by Iran and Russia. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]