ICE arrests hundreds of immigrants in 'sanctuary cities' around the nation, California

Via Billy

Immigration officials on Thursday announced hundreds of arrests in an operation targeting communities where police and elected officials have refused to fully cooperate on enforcing federal immigration laws.

ICE said it arrested 167 people in and around Los Angeles, a region in which several cities and counties have been tagged by justice officials as being so-called sanctuaries — a loosely defined term used to describe local governments that restrict police from assisting immigration authorities in identifying and detaining people suspected of being in the country illegally.

Arrests were also made in San Francisco and San Jose. Overall, ICE said it arrested nearly 500 people across the country over the last few days.

More @ LA Times

Extra security placed near Ray Lewis statue after petition urges its removal

Via Billy

Extra security has been added near the statue of retired Ravens star Ray Lewis at M&T Bank Stadium after he joined current players Sunday in kneeling during the national anthem, provoking calls to remove the likeness.

As of mid-afternoon Wednesday, more than 36,000 people had signed an online petition on change.org that advocates for the removal of the Lewis statue “because of his refusal to stand during the National Anthem.

“That song honors our country and our veterans who fought for it,” the petition reads. “To kneel during it is disrespectful, regardless of what you are protesting.”

More @ The Baltimore Sun

The Subtle Racism of Non-Accountability

Via Billy

Having an honest and frank discussion about race in America is not only long overdue, but it has proven over and over to also be nearly impossible. Once the conversation focuses on the fact that many of the problems facing the black community are self-inflicted, the name calling and the denial begins. Accusations of racism quickly follow any discussion about what the black community needs to do to repair itself from within.

And Americans certainly can’t expect politicians to lead such a conversation since they are the worst offenders of the subtle racism of non-accountability. Whichever side of the aisle you find them, politicians simply won’t delve into the core issues which contribute to causing much of what ails the black community in America. They are gutless wonders unwilling and incapable of honestly discussing any difficult issues, other than tossing around clichés and platitudes. Taking a firm position on such a contentious issue as race in America is beyond their thought processes.

More @ Townhall

Lessons from the Vietnam War: The Establishment Media Misinformation Campaign Continues

Via Mike

If you watch or purchase Ken Burns’ Vietnam War series, I recommend also reading general background material produced by veterans rather than establishment academics, and then viewing Burns’ series with healthy skepticism. -Mike Scruggs

I am a Vietnam combat veteran and former Air Force intelligence officer and Air Commando.

To my knowledge, I am one of only two people to survive bailing out of a burning A-26K (aka B-26K) at only 700 feet altitude at night. At my best count, about one-third of the A-26 aircrew members during the Vietnam War were KIA (killed-in action). I was fortunate to suffer only five months in Air Force hospitals doing physical therapy. I got some medals, but the one I most identify with is the simplest common denominator—the Vietnam Service Medal—that shows I belong to a special band of brothers and sisters whose sacrifice and patriotism is largely unheralded and sometimes misrepresented. I have an emotional identity with them and my own record and service, of course, but I also have a strong attachment to the truth. Therefore, I am doubly concerned when uninformed, misinformed, or Marxist agenda-driven media distorts the truth and thereby slander my former comrades in arms.

More @ The Tribune

Filed Under 'Don't Worry': NFL player: Don't come to the game if our protest upsets you

Via Billy

NFL players are sounding off about fans who are mad at them for kneeling during the National Anthem.

What they're saying is revealing.

The Tennessean:

    Don't come to the game.

More @ American Thinker

The Round of the Future: 6.5 Creedmoor cheaper then .308?

The 6.5 Creedmoor isn’t a new round, it was introduced in 2007 by Hornady. But this will be remembered as the year it began its dominance in the marketplace. In reference to .308, I think the words of Winston Churchill say it best. “This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning.”

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Trump: NFL owners 'afraid' to take action against kneeling players

Via Billy

President Trump, in an exclusive interview with "Fox & Friends," said that NFL owners are “afraid” to act against their players protesting the national anthem at games across the country. 

“The NFL is in a box and they have to do something about it,” Trump told Fox News' Pete Hegseth, in the interview aired Thursday morning. 

“I think they’re afraid of their players, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said.

More @ Fox

UNC Charlotte Offers 345 Diversity and Social Justice Courses

Via Cousin Colby

 

Breitbart

The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, offers a staggering 345 courses on the topic of diversity and social justice.

The University of North Carolina, Charlotte released a list of their “Diversity Courses” that spans 21 pages and covers academic disciplines such as Religious Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Languages and Culture Studies, and Africana Studies.

Although it’s unclear why UNC Charlotte needs so many “Diversity Courses,” Associate Dean Shawn Long says that the topics discussed in such courses are beneficial to all of the members of the school’s community.

“When we consider the concept of diversity, broadly speaking, we mean that lives, perspectives and practices are enriched when we actively engage in discourse and are inclusive in our actions around complex ideas and issues,” Long explained.

A class entitled “Transfeminism,”  offers students the opportunity to explore the intersection of “trans and feminist studies” and to “explore feminist perspectives within trans studies–such as intersectionality–and consider the contours and legacy of feminist transphobia.”

Another course, “Queer Culture in America,” focuses on the liberation of queen Americans and the evolving definition of what it has meant to be queer in America over time. The course description says the course focuses on the “construction of Queer identity” in the late 20th and 21st centuries.

Queer is a word that is packed with cultural misconceptions, political discourse, and individual liberation in a time period where what used to be “Gay” is moving forward into new territories. Contemporary Queer Culture will focus on the construction of Queer identity in late 20th and 21st century American culture and how this category helps to eliminate old ideas while it simultaneously makes additional room for others. This class will look at anti-assimilationist, radical Queer activists and activism as a way to open up discussion about new social discourses and space, and as a way to critique the current state of Queer community and politics.

The list illustrates a developing trend of an excessive focus on social justice-themed courses in academia.

Hillary’s Former Secret Service Agent Calls Her An ‘Obnoxious, Rude, Fraud’

 

File this one under ‘Water Also Wet.’

Dan Bongino, a former secret service agent who worked to protect former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and worked in some capacity with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has something to get off his chest.

In a now viral tweet, Bongino lambasted Hillary, managing to squeeze five specific insults into a 140-character message.

More @ The Political Insider

64 percent of Americans agree with Trump about NFL — study

Via John

 Remington was one of the few pollsters to correctly predict Trump’s presidential victory. 

Most Americans stand with President Donald Trump and his criticism of the NFL for allowing protests, a study reveals.

Some 64 percent of Americans believe NFL players should stand and be respectful during the playing of the national anthem, according to a survey of 1,633 respondents conducted by Remington Research Group on Sept. 25.

More @ Chicago Sun-Times