History for June 14

History for June 14 - On-This-Day.com
Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811, Burl Ives 1909, Gene Barry 1921


Pierre Salinger 1925, Donald Trump 1946 - Real estate developer, television personality, Traylor Howard 1971 - Actress ("Monk," "Two Guys and a Girl")



1775 - The Continental Army was founded by the Second Continental Congress for purposes of common defense. This event is considered to be the birth of the United States Army. On June 15, George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief.


1777 - The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the national flag of the United States. The Flag Resolution stated "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." On May 20, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed June 14 "Flag Day" as a commemoration of the "Stars and Stripes."


1834 - Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his reaping machine.


1893 - Philadelphia observed the first Flag Day.


1940 - The Nazis opened their concentration camp at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland.


1940 - German troops entered Paris. As Paris became occupied loud speakers announced the implementation of a curfew being imposed for 8 p.m.



1951 - "Univac I" was unveiled. It was a computer designed for the U.S. Census Bureau and billed as the world's first commercial computer.


1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.

‘OUR NATION IS AT WAR…’ – Ted Cruz releases BLISTERING statement on Orlando terror!! » The Right Scoop -

‘OUR NATION IS AT WAR…’ – Ted Cruz releases BLISTERING statement on Orlando terror!! » The Right Scoop -:

"“Enough is enough. What we need is for every American – Democrat and Republican – to come together, abandon political correctness, and unite in defeating radical Islamic terrorism. “ISIS doesn’t just target soldiers. They don’t just target Republicans. Or Jews. They also target Christians and fellow Muslims. They target each and every one of us. As we saw this morning, they target the gay and lesbian community. Their objective, which they broadcast worldwide, is to murder or forcibly convert every single American. 

“For all the Democrats who are loud champions of the gay and lesbian community whenever there is a culture battle waging, now is the opportunity to speak out against an ideology that calls for the murder of gays and lesbians."

The British people have risen at last - and we're about to unleash chaos

The British people have risen at last - and we're about to unleash chaos | Daily Mail Online:
"PETER HITCHENS:
The British people have risen at last - and we're about to unleash chaos 
I think we are about to have the most serious constitutional crisis since the Abdication of King Edward VIII.
I suppose we had better try to enjoy it.
If – as I think we will – we vote to leave the EU on June 23, a democratically elected Parliament, which wants to stay, will confront a force as great as itself – a national vote, equally democratic, which wants to quit.
Are we about to find out what actually happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
I am genuinely unsure how this will work out.
I hope it will only destroy our two dead political parties, stiffened corpses that have long propped each other up with the aid of BBC endorsement and ill-gotten money..."

QuickTake Q&A: Why Puerto Rico’s Debt Became a National Issue

QuickTake Q&A: Why Puerto Rico’s Debt Became a National Issue - Bloomberg:
"Puerto Rico, like other U.S. territories, doesn’t normally get front-burner attention in Washington. But its huge debt has become a pressing issue for Congress, the Supreme Court and the municipal-bond market.
As a territory, Puerto Rico enjoyed certain advantages as it accumulated its debt.
As a territory, it’s now fighting limits on what to do about it.
1. What’s happening?
Puerto Rico, already delinquent on its debt payments, can’t afford a $2 billion bill due on July 1. With an eye on that deadline, the House of Representatives is considering legislation that would enable restructuring of Puerto Rico’s debt, delay lawsuits against the territory and create a federal control board to oversee its finances.
2. How did we get here?
Puerto Rico’s $70 billion in debt, amassed from years of borrowing to cover deficits as the economy contracted, exceeds that of every U.S. state government except California and New York. After stating in 2015 that it was unable to pay its borrowings, Puerto Rico’s government began talks with creditors, turned to Washington for help and enacted a law allowing it to suspend payments through January 2017 on a wide swath of bonds..."
Read on and prepare to pay...more!

Clintons' Close Campaign Pals Are On Some Very SUSPICIOUS Payrolls... Banks With Terror Ties?

Clintons' Close Campaign Pals Are On Some Very SUSPICIOUS Payrolls... Banks With Terror Ties?:

"With the Clintons and their friends, it’s always wise to follow the money.

And when it comes John and Tony Podesta — two politically connected brothers who have known and operated closely with the Clintons for more than 20 years — that’s doubly true.

But even the most cynical of Clinton critics might be surprised at how close the couple that could return to the White House has come to major money with international terrorist ties."

Orlando Shooting -- Islamic Terrorism Should Be a Focus of U.S. Immigration Policy

Orlando Shooting -- Islamic Terrorism Should Be a Focus of U.S. Immigration Policy | National Review
No, We Are Not ‘Doing Everything We Can’
The lie at the heart of our national-security argument 
"One of the great problems we face in our ongoing confrontation with Islamic fundamentalism is that our enemies are rational and we are not.
It is a mistake — one that we insist on repeating — to tell ourselves that the jihadists and ISIS groupies who perpetuate terrorist spectaculars such as the attack on the Pulse nightclub outside Orlando are irrational, that they are mentally disorganized lunatics of the familiar-enough sort exemplified by Jared Lee Loughner and John Salvi, who may or may not believe themselves to be acting in the service of a particular cause.
...Lunacy is not what we are seeing with domestic jihadists.
What we see instead is the pursuit of specific cultural and political ends through acts of violence directed at symbolically important soft targets.
We speak of “lone wolf” jihadists as though this phenomenon were somehow independent of the wider Islamist project.
It is not.
The model of “leaderless resistance” in the service of terrorist projects is not new, and it has not been employed by the Islamists at random.
Leaderless resistance has long been a part of the thinking of neo-Nazi groups such as Brüder Schweigen, and the Islamists have had a great deal of opportunity to develop that approach in various insurgencies around the world.
Equally important, the emergence of the Internet as a worldwide medium for political communication and cultural expression has provided 21st-century terrorists with opportunities that were far out of the reach of their mimeograph- and fax-dependent predecessors a generation ago.
If Omar Mateen turns out, as expected, to have had little or no substantive contact with organized Islamist groups, that fact will demonstrate the success of their communication strategy rather than the limitations of their reach..."

Afghanistan Migration Surging into America; 99% Support Sharia Law

Afghanistan Migration Surging into America; 99% Support Sharia Law - Breitbart:
"Law enforcement sources have identified the gunman in the Orlando terror attack as Omar Mateen, the child of Afghan migrants, according to CBS News.
Between 2001 and 2013, the U.S. permanently resettled nearly 30,000 Afghan migrants on green cards.
According to Pew, nearly all Muslims in Afghanistan (99%) support sharia law as official law.
As legal immigrants, these migrants will be granted lifetime resettlement privileges will be given automatic work permits, welfare access, and the ability to become voting citizens.
Between 2001 and 2013, the United States permanently resettled 1.5 million Muslim immigrants throughout the United States.
In the next five years, without changes to our autopilot visa dispensations, the U.S. will permanently resettle a Muslim population larger than the entire population of Washington D.C..."

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Paperback version of Clinton's 'Hard Choices’ omits her former TPP trade pact support | Fox News

Paperback version of Clinton's 'Hard Choices’ omits her former TPP trade pact support | Fox News:

"A total 96 pages were trimmed from the hardback version. Publisher Simon & Schuster said a “limited number of sections” were cut to “accommodate a shorter length for this edition," according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, which reported on the changes shortly after the paperback edition was released in April.

“That Clinton's own memoir is reinventing itself for the general election shows the lengths she will go to mislead the American people," Republican National Committee spokesman Michael Short told DailyMail.com, which along with The International Business Times earlier this week picked up on the changes and reported them."

New, high-pay jobs for America!-----Plasma donation center coming to Saginaw Township's Green Acres Plaza

Plasma donation center coming to Saginaw Township's Green Acres Plaza | MLive.com:
"SAGINAW TWP, MI — A plasma donation center is coming soon to Saginaw Township's Green Acres Plaza.
The new CSL Plasma location is under construction at 4510 State, a space formerly occupied by Fashion Bug and vacant since about 2007.
A "coming soon" sign posted near the entrance directs job seekers to www.cslplasma.com to learn more about employment opportunities and prospective plasma donors to call 866-CSL-6800.
...In addition to helping others, donors can be paid up to $400 each month, according to a frequently asked questions page on the site..."

Orlando Jihadist Was Radicalized By Prison Trained Black Panther Marcus Dwayne Robertson

Here We Go – Orlando Jihadist Was Radicalized By Prison Trained Black Panther Marcus Dwayne Robertson… | The Last Refuge:
"Oh boy, all the dots are connecting quickly now….
We suspected this would happen.
This is going to make the White House very uncomfortable because it connects the Muslim/Islamist elements of the •Black Lives Matter, •Fuck The Police, and •New Black Panthers… connections we have been outlining for five years.
Orlando Jihadist Omar Matten was radicalized by New Back Panther Party Member, Marcus Dwayne Robertson, who is a known advocate of radical Islam in Florida and was formerly famous for being a bodyguard for the Blind Sheik.
Marcus Robertson (above left) is a severely anti-gay Muslim activist, and has an on-line radicalization class known as “Fundamental Islamic Knowledge Seminary.”
CTH readers will also know the names of other participants in his studies such as Eric Sheppard Jr and the “F**k The Flag” movement.
Fortunately Fox News is covering the angle:
(Via Fox News) The gunman who murdered at least 50 people in a Florida nightclub early Sunday morning was a follower of a controversial gang leader-turned-bank robber who was released from prison last year despite warnings from prosecutors that he would recruit people to carry out violent acts, sources told FoxNews.com.
Omar Mateen, whose bloody siege inside a packed Orlando gay nightclub ended when SWAT teams stormed the building and killed him, was a radical Muslim who followed Marcus Dwayne Robertson, a law enforcement source said.
“It is no coincidence that this happened in Orlando,” said a law enforcement source familiar with Robertson’s history of recruiting terrorists and inciting violence.
“Mateen was enrolled in [Robertson’s online] Fundamental Islamic Knowledge Seminary...”

Native Americans Team Up to Expose Elizabeth Warren’s LIES About Her ‘Heritage’

Native Americans Team Up to Expose Elizabeth Warren’s LIES About Her ‘Heritage’ | Top Right News
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is one of the top contenders to be Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s running mate.

This despite how Warren claimed she was a Cherokee Native American, which gave her affirmative action preferences for entry to Harvard, scholarships and high-paying job offers. Many have called this out as outright fraud — but for some reason, nobody has done anything about it.

Now Warren has inserted herself into the 2016 election season — attacking Donald Trump every time she gets a chance via social media.

Well, the members of the Cherokee Nation created a video to call out Warren over her lies, and it’s powerful.

Hopefully, you will share this after watching, and this needs to go viral. If Warren wants to jump in the race, everything is up for grabs, agreed?

Remember Ted Cruz? He's Still Trying To Get The Nomination

Remember Ted Cruz? He's Still Trying To Get The Nomination:

"In yet another double-back, flip-flop, reversal from the Cruz camp, New Jersey Campaign Director Steve Lonegan is openly advocating for a ridiculous revolt among already pledged delegates to denounce Trump.

“‘I would love to see a revolt,’ he told CNN. ‘It’s time for the Republican Party to get some backbone and stand up against this guy.’"

Orlando Killer Worked For Company Transporting Illegal Immigrants Inside US; Was Interviewed By FBI 3 Times

Orlando Killer Worked For Company Transporting Illegal Immigrants Inside US; Was Interviewed By FBI 3 Times | Zero Hedge:
"In a surprising discovery, the Palm Beach Post first reported that according to state records, Orlando shooter Omar Mateen - who as we reported earlier was licensed as a security guard and also holds a firearms license - was employed by the US subsidiary of G4S plc, a British multinational security services company, whose US-headquarters are located in Jupiter, Fla, and which also happens to be the world's largest security company by revenue.
...In other words, Mateen who according to preliminary reports, had been on a terrorist watchlist, and who still managed to obtain weapons thanks to his various licenses and permits just last week, was employed by one of the world's largest security companies, where he may have had extensive clearances well above his pay grade, not to mention access to sophisticated military weapons and equipment.
But where it gets more disturbing is that as Judicial Watch reported several days ago, in a post titled, "DHS Quietly Moving, Releasing Vanloads Of Illegal Aliens Away From Border", border patrol sources said that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was quietly transporting illegal immigrants from the Mexican border to Phoenix and releasing them without proper processing or issuing court appearance documents.
...And this is where the Mateen-G4S link emerges: as JW reported previously, a security company contracted by the U.S. government is driving the OTMs from the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector where they were in custody to Phoenix, sources said.
The firm is the above mentioned G4S, the world’s leading security solutions group with operations in more than 100 countries and 610,000 employees.
...Outraged Border Patrol agents and supervisors on the front lines say illegal immigrants are being released in droves because there’s no room to keep them in detention.
“They’re telling us to put them on a bus and let them go,” said one law enforcement official in Arizona.
“Just move those bodies across the country..."

AM Fruitcake

History for June 13

History for June 13 - On-This-Day.com
Winfield Scott 1786 - United States Army General, James C. Maxwell 1831 - Scottish theoretical physicist and mathematician, Walter Alvarez 1911 - Physicist, inventor


Paul Lynde 1926 - Comedian, actor, Richard Thomas 1951 - Actor ("The Waltons"), Tim Allen 1953 - Comedian, actor ("Home ")


1777 - The Marquis de Lafayette arrived in the American colonies to help with their rebellion against the British.


1825 - Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. Hunt then then sold the rights for $400.


1912 - Captain Albert Berry made the first successful parachute jump from an airplane in Jefferson, Mississippi.


1920 - The U.S. Post Office Department ruled that children may not be sent by parcel post.


1943 - German spies landed on Long Island, New York. They were soon captured.


1966 - The landmark "Miranda v. Arizona" decision was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision ruled that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional rights before being questioned by police.


1983 - The unmanned U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system. It was launched in March 1972. The first up-close images of the planet Jupiter were provided by Pioneer 10.


1989 - The Detroit Pistons won their first National Basketball Association title. They beat the L.A. Lakers in four games.

Orlando Shooter's Father Supports Taliban | The Federalist Papers

Orlando Shooter's Father Supports Taliban | The Federalist Papers:

"So we got a father who supports terrorists and a son who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS …

Can someone please explain to me again why we let them into the country in the first place!?"

Select Committee Subpoenas Assistant Secretary of Defense Stephen Hedger | Select Committee on Benghazi

Select Committee Subpoenas Assistant Secretary of Defense Stephen Hedger | Select Committee on Benghazi:

“This Pentagon political appointee claimed in an official letter to the committee the Department of Defense could not find a requested witness, despite expending ‘significant resources’ searching for him. This witness is still on active duty and confirmed Thursday the Air Force knew exactly who he was – a drone sensor operator who was operating over Benghazi on the night of the attacks. Mr. Hedger will now have the opportunity to detail exactly what ‘resources’ he ‘expended’ and how. I look forward to him explaining the serious questions that have arisen with respect to this matter, including whether they are related to incompetence or deliberate concealment of the witness from a congressional inquiry.”

In his April 28 letter to Chairman Gowdy that was leaked to the press, Hedger stated he “would appreciate a meeting with you at your nearest convenience to discuss these issues[.]”"

BREAKING: Media REFUSES to Report 1 Shocking Fact About Orlando Massacre

BREAKING: Media REFUSES to Report 1 Shocking Fact About Orlando Massacre:

"This is being described in the press as either a “shooting” or, at the very most, “domestic terror” — as if this was just a guy with a hair-trigger temper, not a coordinated terror attack.

One thing that’s also not being mentioned is that this seems to be Islamic terrorists striking at the gay community. Previously, liberals have called Christians who opposed gay marriage bigots while never leveling that charge at Muslims, many of whom have called for death for members of the gay community."

Wayne State drops math as general ed requirement

Wayne State drops math as general ed requirement:
"The move means students won't have to take math class to graduate unless their major requires it.
Wayne State University has subtracted mathematics from the list of classes all students must take to graduate.
Up until now, students had to take one of three different math classes before they could earn their degree.
Now, depending on their major, students may be able to squeak through college without taking math.
The university is leaving it up to the individual departments to decide whether math will be a required part of a degree's curriculum.
That means the nursing program will be responsible for setting one level of math students must pass in order to graduate, while the journalism department could set a completely different standard..."

OHP Uses New Device To Seize Money During Traffic Stops

OHP Uses New Device To Seize Money During Traffic Stops - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |:
"OKLAHOMA CITY - You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture.  
That's where police can seize property and cash without first proving a person committed a crime; without a warrant and without arresting them, as long as they suspect that the property is somehow tied to a crime.
Now, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money on prepaid cards.
It's called an ERAD, or Electronic Recovery and Access to Data machine, and OHP began using 16 of them last month.
Here's how it works.
If a trooper suspects a person may have money tied to some type of crime, the highway patrol can scan and seize money from prepaid cards.
OHP stresses troopers do not do this during all traffic stops, only situations where they believe there is probable cause.
"We're gonna look for different factors in the way that you're acting,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. John Vincent said.
“We're gonna look for if there's a difference in your story.
If there's someway that we can prove that you're falsifying information to us about your business."
Troopers insist this isn't just about seizing cash.
"I know that a lot of people are just going to focus on the seizing money. 
That's a very small thing that' s happening now.
The largest part that we have found ... the biggest benefit has been the identity theft," Vincent said.
"If you can prove can prove that you have a legitimate reason to have that money it will be given back to you.
And we've done that in the past," Vincent said about any money seized.
State Sen. Kyle Loveless, R-Oklahoma City, said that removes due process and the belief that a suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
He said we've already seen cases in Oklahoma where police are abusing the system..."

Despite Clinton claims, 2012 email had classified marking | Fox News

Despite Clinton claims, 2012 email had classified marking | Fox News:

"But a 2012 email released by the State Department appears to challenge that claim because it carries a classified code known as a “portion marking” - and that marking was on the email when it was sent directly to Clinton’s account.

The “C” - which means it was marked classified at the confidential level - is in the left-hand-margin and relates to an April 2012 phone call with Malawi's first female president, Joyce Banda, who took power after the death of President Mutharika in 2012."

Are Civil Forfeiture Laws Basically Legalized Robbery?

Are Civil Forfeiture Laws Basically Legalized Robbery? | Intellectual Takeout
"A few years ago, The New Yorker published an article (“Taken”) detailing civil asset forfeiture abuses in America.
Sarah Stillman, a staff writer at the magazine and a visiting scholar at NYU, chronicled several examples of citizens stripped of cash, cars, and even homes even though they had not been charged with a crime.
The abuses were so egregious I found them difficult to believe.
Take the case of Jennifer Boatright, a waitress at a bar in Houston bar-and-grill.
She, her boyfriend, and her two children were driving down U.S. 59 near the Texas-Louisiana border when they were pulled over for driving in the left lane for a short while without passing.
Authorities asked to search the vehicle.
Permission was granted. No drugs were found, but some cash was, as was “a marbled-glass pipe that Boatright said was a gift for her sister-in-law.”
They were given a choice: 1) face felony charges of money laundering and child endangerment, “in which case they would go to jail and their children would be handed over to foster care,” or sign over the cash.
Which would you choose?
And there is the case of James Morrow, a factory worker who sliced chicken for a living. Via the New Yorker:
In August, 2007, [Tenaha, Texas] police pulled Morrow over for ‘driving too close to the white line,’ and took thirty-nine hundred dollars from him.
Morrow told Guillory that he was on his way to get dental work done at a Houston mall.
(The arresting officers said that his “stories of travel” were inconsistent, as was his account of how much money he had; they also said they detected the “odor of burned marijuana,” although no contraband was found in the car.)
Morrow, who is black, was taken to jail, where he pleaded with authorities to call his bank to see proof of his recent cash withdrawal. 
They declined.
Could law enforcement authorities really be taking the property of citizens who are not even charged with a crime let alone convicted of one? 
And could it be happening a grand scale?
The answer to both of those questions is yes..."

DHS Quietly Moving, Releasing Vanloads of Illegal Aliens Away from Border

DHS Quietly Moving, Releasing Vanloads of Illegal Aliens Away from Border - Judicial Watch:
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly transporting illegal immigrants from the Mexican border to Phoenix and releasing them without proper processing or issuing court appearance documents, Border Patrol sources tell Judicial Watch.
The government classifies them as Other Than Mexican (OTM) and this week around 35 were transferred 116 miles north from Tucson to a Phoenix bus station where they went their separate way. Judicial Watch was present when one of the white vans carrying a group of OTMs arrived at the Phoenix Greyhound station on Buckeye Road.
The OTMs are from Honduras, Colombia, El Salvador and Guatemala and Border Patrol officials say this week’s batch was in custody for a couple of days and ordered to call family members in the U.S. so they could purchase a bus ticket for their upcoming trip from Phoenix.
Authorities didn’t bother checking the identity of the U.S. relatives or if they’re in the country legally, according to a Border Patrol official directly involved in the matter.
American taxpayers pick up the fare for those who claim to have a “credible fear,” Border Patrol sources told JW.
None of the OTMs were issued official court appearance documents, but were told to “promise” they’d show up for a hearing when notified, said federal agents with firsthand knowledge of the operation..."

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Teen Male Dominates Girls Track And Field | The Daily Caller

Teen Male Dominates Girls Track And Field | The Daily Caller:

"High school girls in Alaska are crying foul after a male sprinter took home all-state honors in girls’ track and field. According to local reports, it was the first time in Alaskan history that a male athlete competed in the girls’ state championships."

ISIS Announced Florida Threat THREE Days Ago: "We Will Attack Florida"

ISIS Announced Florida Threat THREE Days Ago: "We Will Attack Florida"
On Saturday night an Islamist extremist murdered 20 people at a “Pulse” gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
ISIS made a major declaration three days ago that it was targeting Florida.
Three days ago - Major Muslim ISIS Terrorists Makes Declaration To target Florida ...
Shoebat.com reported on the threat three days ago.
ISIS Muslim terrorists released a statement on their plan to attack Florida, and even put out a list with the names of people in Florida that they plan on killing.
According to one report:
"A pro-Isis group has released a hit list with the names of more than 8,000 people mostly Americans.
More than 600-people live in Florida, and one security expert believes that many of those targeted live in Palm Beach County and on the Treasure Coast.
The “United Cyber Caliphate” that hacked U.S. Central Command, 54,000 Twitter accounts and threatened President Barack Obama is the same pro-Isis group that’s reportedly created a “kill list” with the names, addresses and emails of thousands of civilian Americans.
Reports of the list came to light online when Vocativ reported the list was shared via the encrypted app, Telegram, and called on supporters to kill.
Former FBI agent-turned lawyer Stuart Kaplan says the threat is especially alarming, because the people on this list are civilians who don’t have the security necessary to protect themselves.
“It’s going to create some hysteria,” he said…"
Read on!

Founder of Judge Curiel's Group: Whites Should Go Back to Europe, CA To Be 'Hispanic State'

Founder of Judge Curiel's Group: Whites Should Go Back to Europe, CA To Be 'Hispanic State'
The lawyers’ association to which Judge Gonzalo Curiel belongs was co-founded by a man who publicly bragged about Hispanics taking over California and all of the state’s governmental institutions–and insisted that whites should go back to Europe. 
The group, the California La Raza Lawyers Association, has been widely defended as “not pro-Mexican” by mainstream media outlets, though the outlets failed to report the inflammatory statements of the man listed first as a founder, Mario Obledo.

A 2010 Snopes report asserts that the first-listed co-founder of Judge Curiel’s group, Obledo, made the statements. 
They reported:

Mario Obledo was a co-founder of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and the La Raza Lawyers of California bar association, and he formerly served as California’s Secretary of Health and Welfare. We don’t know exactly when and where he first made his controversial statement about California’s becoming a “Hispanic state,” but he has confirmed he said it at least twice: during an appearance on Ray Briem’s talk radio show in May or June of 1998, and again on Tom Leykis’ talk radio show:

Obledo: “We’re going to take over all the political institutions of California. In five years the Hispanics are going to be the majority population of this state.”

Caller: “You also made the statement that California is going to become a Hispanic state, and if anyone doesn’t like it, they should leave. Did you say that?”

Obledo: “I did. They ought to go back to Europe.”

Why Redistributive Policies Fail

Why Redistributive Policies Fail | Economics21:
"The issue of income inequality has dramatically shifted public attitudes toward economic and fiscal policy, and today dominates the national political debate.
Fueled by the works of economists such as Thomas Piketty, many have accepted as fact that 1) income inequality has increased dramatically, and 2) further redistributive policies must be undertaken to correct the disparity.
But this diagnosis and resulting prescription overlook a key contributor to earnings inequality: rapidly increasing health care costs.
Most previous analyses of inequality focused exclusively on comparing the earnings of lower- and higher-paid workers.
By failing to account for total compensation—including employer-provided health care benefits, which make up a far larger share of total compensation for lower earners than for higher earners—such analyses significantly inflated the perceived severity of workers’ earnings inequality.
This pervasive misperception continues to drive ineffective redistributive policies.
...Indeed, the fact that average employer costs for family health coverage exploded from around $4,200 in 1999 to nearly $11,800 in 2013 gives a reasonable explanation for why earnings have stagnated in recent years.
However, not every employee is affected in the same proportion by rising health costs.
For an employer, because of non-discrimination rules in the tax code, the dollar cost of health coverage is the same for low-paid full-time worker as for a high-paid worker. 
This means health care costs makes up a far larger share of total compensation for lower earners. Though rising health care costs eat away at earnings growth for everyone, the effects will be largest for the working middle classes because their health costs are so large relative to the rest of their compensation package.
As my study shows, the disparate effect of rising health care costs is not just theory.
From 1996 to 2008, I find that total compensation inequality did not change despite a significant increase in earnings inequality.
The difference between compensation and earnings inequality can almost wholly be attributed to surging health care costs..."

State Department Apparently Delaying Public Information Requests About Clinton’s Tenure Until After November | TheBlaze.com

State Department Apparently Delaying Public Information Requests About Clinton’s Tenure Until After November | TheBlaze.com:

"An International Business Times review of publicly available records requests using the government-transparency website MuckRock showed that “inquiries related to the Democratic presidential nominee are more likely to be delayed until after the election than other requests to the State Department.”

After Puerto Rico's collapse, is your city or state next?

After Puerto Rico's collapse, is your city or state next? - Watchdog.org:
"Which state or city is most likely to follow Puerto Rico’s example, and beg Congress for a legal mechanism to get out of its crushing bond and pension debts?
A detailed new study from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University gets us part of the way to an answer.
Puerto Rico’s finances are uniquely terrible, according to this study of state finances, ranking dead last in five major measurements of long- and short-term solvency.
But the worst-run states are much closer to Puerto Rico’s condition than they are to states with balanced budgets and reasonable debt.
With short-term budget troubles and colossal long-term debt, Kentucky, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, in particular, are much closer to the basket case economic condition of the Caribbean territory on the Mercatus fiscal health index than they are to states such as Texas, the Dakotas, Florida, or Nebraska, where budgets are balanced and public pension systems may yet be salvaged.
For example, Connecticut, which ranks 50th out of the states for fiscal health, has run up $67 billion in debt, compared to Puerto Rico’s $118 billion, while both have populations of around 3.6 million. But personal income in Puerto Rico is less than one-third of Connecticut’s.
If that seems reassuring, consider that the Nutmeg State’s debt figure grows to $124 billion if you recalculate pension debt, assuming it will all be paid — an assumption one no longer makes for Puerto Rico, which gave up on funding its pension system a decade ago and is now just draining the balance..."