Link: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/04/07/517025/Syria-US-air-base-attack

Syria has condemned a US missile attack targeting an army airbase near Homs as a “blatant act of aggression,” Homs Governor Talal Barazi said US missile strikes serve the goals of "armed terrorist groups" and Daesh. Syria has categorically denied carrying out a chemical attack. Russia has said the deaths in Idlib were caused when a Syrian airstrike struck a "terrorist warehouse" used for making bombs with toxic substances.,

Link: http://tass.com/politics/939920

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov: The US strike against Syria’s facilities is an aggression and impairs both the Russian-US relations and the common fight against terrorism, "Putin also sees the strikes on Syria by the US as an attempt to divert the attention of the international community from numerous civilians casualties in Iraq."

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/383782-us-strikes-syria-tomahawaks/

The US has launched 50 to 60 Tomahawk missiles against the Syrian military base near Homs after President Donald Trump ordered the strikes in response for the chemical attack in Idlib, blaming the incident on President Bashar Assad. Calling it a “targeted military strike,” Trump said the Homs airfield was where the chemical gas attack earlier this week originated from.

Link: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/04/06/irs-commissioner-i-do-not-do-my-own-tax-return-because-code-too-confusing/

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said the tax code is “more difficult to understand” than when he went to law school so he does not prepare his own tax returns even though I went to law school and took tax courses, but the code, compared to when I was in law school, is phenomenally more complex and more difficult to understand.

Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-06/nuclear-war-much-more-likely-paul-craig-roberts-dangerous-world-putin-will-not-trust

After a very dubious “chemical attack” in Syria it is clear that war could erupt overnight with any number of middle eastern ‘enemies,’ or with North Korea, Russia or just about anyone else. Combine all the mistrust, aggression and attempts to conflate conflicts into a larger disaster.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/IRS_Seized_%2417_Million_In_Legally_Earned_Cash_From_Business_Owners%2C_Watchdog_Reports/57770/0/38/38/Y/M.html

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report on March 30 that details how IRS investigators seized hundreds of bank accounts from business owners based on nothing but a suspicious pattern of deposits. In more than 90 percent of those cases, the money was completely legal. The audit also found that investigators violated internal policies when conducting interviews, failed to notify individuals of their rights, and improperly bargained to resolve civil cases.

Link: http://www.alternet.org/economy/could-happen-you-revenue-hungry-cities-mess-traffic-lights-write-more-tickets-and-make

As privately operated red-light cameras proliferate across the country, cities and towns shortening yellow lights spike the number of tickets, and thereby increase revenue. The profits come at a social cost, as shorter yellow light times have been associated with an increase in car accidents.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/heavily-armed-u-s-marshals-are-now-evicting-homeowners-in-d-c/

Heavily armed U.S. marshals, whose normal job is to hunt down dangerous fugitives, are being used to evict tenants in the nation’s capital. SWAT-vest-wearing marshals sneaked into Donya Williams’ apartment with guns drawn were evicting Williams because she had not paid the rent on her Washington, D.C., apartment.

Anti-immigration rhetoric as well as confusing travel and electronic bans have dampened foreign interest in U.S. vacations, especially from Mexico. June 2016, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced visa-free travel for Mexicans. tourism to Canada has been skyrocketing, , according to ForwardKeys, a travel trend predicting firm. When visa-free travel was enacted in December, Mexican visitors increased 82%, a "dramatic response" FowardKeys attributes to changes in the law; says bookings to the U.S. down 9%, despite the dollar weakening against the Mexican peso, which usually drives tourism.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/383521-california-sanctuary-state-trump/

The state Senate passed the controversial Senate Bill 54 (SB54) in a 27-12 vote along party lines on Monday. If the bill becomes law, it would make California a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants.

Link: http://www.rense.com/general96/usinvaded.htm

Each year, according to Dr. Steven Camarata, researcher at the Center for Immigration Studies, 500,000 foreigners from all over the world jump America’s southern border with Mexico. The Mexican government aids and abets them. (Source: www.cis.org) Annually, estimates 30 to 40 percent of foreign visitors overstay their visas Each year, America accepts 1,000,000 legal refugee immigrants from 190 countries who cannot or will not provide for their citizens. That’s been ongoing since 1965 when US Senator Teddy Kennedy’s Immigration Reform Act opened the floodgates from the third world into America.flooded the country with 100,000,000 more people within 40 years. Annually, 350,000 pregnant women from all over the world including Mexico, China, India, South America, Africa and dozens more—visit America to birth their babies. Known as “anchor babies”, each mother enjoys US taxpayer subsidized pre-natal care, birthing and postnatal care paid for by US taxpayers. Additionally, once born in the USA, that mother and child enjoy 18 years of housing, food, medical care and education K-12.

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141746092

Venezuelan security forces on Tuesday clashed with protesters on the streets of Caracas as thousands gathered to protest a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to seize power from the legislature; the court reversed the most disputed parts of its ruling on Saturday. The National Guard and the national police arrived about an hour after the demonstration began, firing tear gas, deploying trucks mounted with water cannon. At least eight were hurt.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/04/mom-horrified-finding-police-drone-watching-children-backyard.html

Texas resident Bobbie Sanchez walked out in her backyard last week, a drone — hovering — watching her kids. According to Sanchez, the drone hovered there long enough for her to take multiple photos and to call the Hurst police department to inform them a drone was spying on her children, the Hurst police department said it was them.“They’re watching my children play in the backyard,, Hurst police and fire started using drones earlier this year. They said the day they were over Sanchez’s yard was a training exercise.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/383378-governors-sessions-legal-pot/

Governors in four states that legalized marijuana in some form have written a letter to two Trump administration officials requesting they consult with states before making any changes to regulatory and enforcement systems for the drug. The independent governor of Alaska joined the Democratic governors of Colorado, Oregon and Washington to write a letter to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Monday, asking them to continue the Obama administration’s hands-off policy towards enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that have okayed medicinal or recreational use.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/04/us-just-admitted-isis-hq-blew-actually-innocent-familys-home.html

Five-hundred fifty-eight days after targeting an ostensible headquarters of the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, the United States finally admitted to bombing a family home and killing a university professor and three family members, wounding at least two more.

Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-03/mass-exodus-1-million-people-have-ditched-new-york-2010

The number of people leaving the region — which includes parts of New Jersey, Connecticut, the lower Hudson Valley and Long Island — in one year swelled from 187,034 in 2015 to 223,423 in 2016, while the number of international immigrants settling in the tristate area dwindled from 181,551 to 160,324 over the same period, records show. The nation’s economy is improving, there are more jobs in cheaper places to live, and retirees are choosing to move to warmer climates.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/us/201704041052259290-trump-effect-refugees-arriving-usa-slows/

“With the fiscal year now halfway through, 39,098 refugees had arrived as of March 31, of whom 30,122 arrived before the end of the Obama administration and 8,967 since Trump’s inauguration,” CNS News reports. Illegal border crossing has also been on the decline since Trump took office “General Kelly is doing a great job at the border. Numbers are way down. Many are not even trying to come in anymore,” the president tweeted last month.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/383202-st-petersburg-blast-metro/

A suspected bomb blast inside a train in the St. Petersburg Metro killed eleven passengers and injured dozens of others. The entire Metro system was shut down as bomb squads and rescuers responded to the emergency.

Link: http://www.mintpressnews.com/employees-in-europe-getting-implanted-with-microchips/226517/

What could pass for a dystopian vision of the workplace is almost routine at the Swedish startup hub Epicenter. The company offers to implant its workers and startup members with microchips the size of grains of rice that function as swipe cards: to open doors, operate printers, or buy smoothies with a wave of the hand.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/venezuelas-supreme-court-seizes-then-yields-legislative-power/

Under pressure from both domestic and international sources, Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Supreme Court), at the request of President Nicolás Maduro, on Saturday reversed its recent decision to transfer all legislative powers from the country’s congress to itself.