Fox News    sc          Here's Your "Change": A capital city nears bankruptcy    Bankruptcy is often seen as a sign of desperation; an avenue of last resort. The City Controller of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania says there may be no other way out. -- "Our financial situation is so bad, in a sense we're bankrupt now" Dan Miller told Fox News, "and going into bankruptcy is just a more formal recognition that we cannot pay these debts."

Edmund Conway -- London Telegraph      Here's Your "Change": US faces one of biggest budget crunches in world – IMF    ...But the really interesting stuff is the detail, and what leaps out again and again is how much of a hill the US has to climb. Exhibit a is the fact that under the Obama administration's current fiscal plans, the national debt in the US (on a gross basis) will climb to above 100pc of GDP by 2015 – a far steeper increase than almost any other country.

The Police News      Officers graduate after rigorous four-week off-site training    Charleston, SC -- Thirty-two state and local law enforcement officers on Thursday attended a graduation ceremony for completing a rigorous four-week training under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) "287(g) program." -- The training and the graduation ceremony were held at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Charleston...

KVOA-TV -- Tucson      Documentary makers support SB 1070    Stan Wald and Jerry Misner formed their opinions about Arizona's new immigration law while making a documentary about the border. -- Misner says, "We started out with no opinions whatsoever." -- Wald adds, "You can't spend three years filming and investigating without coming up with some kind of an idea, of an opinion."

Roy Warden -- CSII Press -- Tucson     Tucson media continues to spin facts regarding TUSD Raza Studies Dept.   Tucson Arizona's KGUN's ("On Your Side") recent story by April Madison Does TUSD ethnic studies program violate Arizona's new law? revises local history and provides us with yet another classic example of Tucson Media Left Wing Spin...

KGUN-TV -- Tucson      Cross border protest in Douglas/Agua Prieta over SB 1070    The people of Douglas along with those from across the border in Agua Prieta, Sonora united to protest SB1070 together. The demonstration started in Sonora. Then some of the protesters legally crossed the border and joined Americans in Douglas. --- Among the protesters we found Antonio Bustamante. He's part of the Hispanic Bar Association in Maricopa county...

Stein Report      Gallup poll shows increase in public concern on immigration    CNN says a new Gallup Poll shows 10 percent of Americans view illegal immigration as the most important issue the country faces. "This comes as the federal government considers suing over Arizona's tough new immigration law. Attorney General Eric Holder says possible grounds for the lawsuit would be that Arizona's law could lead to civil rights violations...

Pure Energy Systems News     No Joke: Goldman Sachs shorted Gulf of Mexico    It turns out that Goldman Sachs really did place shorts on TransOcean stock days before the explosions rocked the rig in the Gulf of Mexico sending stocks plunging while GS profits soared -- benefitting once again from a huge disaster... [See Obama Watch]

WISH-TV -- Indianapolis      Indiana senator Delph champions Arizona-style immigration bill    Arizona is the target of controversy because of a new law that requires police to check the documentation of suspected illegal [aliens]. But the controversy won't stop an Indiana state Senator from trying to copy the Arizona statute. -- State Senator Mike Delph (R-Carmel) has championed immigration reform since he arrived in the Statehouse...

Ariz. State Sen. Russell Pearce -- White Mountain Independent     America's Choice: Legal Arizona or illegal San Francisco     Maybe liberals ought to read the Constitution, case law or even just (immigration bill) SB1070 itself before citing incorrect information. Fear mongering and misinformation are opponents' only tool against this common sense legislation. -- Illegal is not a race, it is a crime. SB1070 simply codifies federal law into state law...

American Border Patrol Who Will Tell You? If they put the National Guard on the border, who will tell you how many are there and how they're being used? The media? Hardly. The only organization equipped to bring you the truth is American Border Patrol, but they can't do it without your help. Go here to play your part.

The Hill -- Washington    sc      Here's Your "Change": Clinton claims a VAT, more "immigrants" will help U.S.  The U.S. needs more immigrants and a value-added tax to help reduce the deficit, former President Bill Clinton said Friday. -- Clinton said the country was "mortgaging out a lot of our sovereignty" by using foreign creditors to pay for an "exploding" debt... [See "Hope & Change" Watch]

Gerald Celente -- Russia Today         Gerald Celente: Banks robbing the people    The turmoil that has stricken Greece has spread to Romania and Ireland. This crisis may be spreading worldwide as the debt crisis continues, there have been reports that it may spread to Japan, one of the biggest economies in the world...

Washington Post      Holder is criticized for comments on Arizona immigration law    Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has said that Arizona's tough new immigration law could drive a wedge between police and immigrant communities. He has expressed concerns it could lead to racial profiling, and he has made it clear that his Justice Department is considering a lawsuit to block the legislation from taking effect...

Robert Stark -- The Examiner      Lieberman's Fascist agenda to strip Americans of their Constitutional rights Senator Joe Lieberman is sponsoring a Bill with Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown called the "Terrorist Expatriation Act" that would strip terrorist suspects on their citizenship. The bill applies to any American that supports a foreign terrorist organization or any organization that is deemed a supporter of terrorism by an ally of the United States...

Associated Press      Crist: Amnesty can help Social Security    Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who's running for Senate as an independent, said Friday that providing a path to citizenship for illegal [aliens.... criminals] will help keep Social Security solvent - an idea he favors over his opponent's suggestion to raise the eligibility age for benefits...

USA Today     Arizona tourism officials brace for boycott    Arizona's tourism officials are growing increasingly concerned at the prospect of huge hotel and convention dollar losses because of fallout from the state's new immigration law. -- In Phoenix alone, David Krietor, a deputy city manager who is tracking the issue, said this week the city faces lost business worth about $90 million over the next five years...

Chris Hedges -- Common Dreams      Buying brand Obama    Barack Obama is a brand. And the Obama brand is designed to make us feel good about our government while corporate overlords loot the Treasury, our elected officials continue to have their palms greased by armies of corporate lobbyists, our corporate media diverts us with gossip and trivia and our imperial wars expand in the Middle East...

New York Times      Illegal alien student's arrest "tests" immigration policy    Jessica Colotl, a 21-year-old college student and illegal Mexican [alien.... criminal] at the center of a contentious immigration case, surrendered to a Georgia sheriff on Friday but continued to deny wrongdoing. -- Ms. Colotl was arrested in March for driving without a license and could face deportation next year. On Wednesday the sheriff filed a felony charge against her for providing a false address to the police.... [The notorious SPLC is now involved in the case] [Related DIS blog entries]

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner      Sheriff Joe Arpaio... returning jobs to American citizens     Last week, after a six month investigation, Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies raided Lasermasters in Phoenix, and arrested 24 illegal aliens suspected of felony identity theft. -- The investigation began after the sheriff's office received a tip on their illegal immigration hotline...

Politico      McCain: President Obama 'falsifying' immigration on Arizona law    Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says President Barack Obama is spreading "false" information about the Arizona immigration bill. -- McCain was rebutting a statement the president recently made about the law that grants police in the state the ability to ask anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant for documentation proving their citizenship...

Inger Eberhart -- The Examiner      KSU student Jessica Colotl turns herself in    Shortly after her release from the Cobb County Jail on charges of providing false information to the police, Jessica Colotl, the "poster-child" of the illegal immigration debate, and other human rights organizations held a press conference to speak about her case... [Related DIS blog entries]

Washington Post      Univision forum held on Arizona's immigration law    Detractors and defenders of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigration aired their views in a lively town-hall style meeting broadcast nationally Friday night by the Spanish-language network Univision. -- The commercial-free forum held in Phoenix and Miami comes in the wake of Arizona's new law some critics fear could lead to racial profiling...

Brian Darling -- Human Events     Kagan bad on guns    "President Obama's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court," I wrote in Human Events on June 3, 2009, "owes the American people an explanation on her view of the 2nd Amendment." -- The nominee then was Sonia Sotomayor, who never provided an explanation. Now, with the choice of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama is two for two... [See Gun Grabber Watch]

Atlanta Journal-Constitution       Illegal students face dilemma    A major part of the national immigration debate has fired up again with the recent troubles experienced by an illegal [alien] who attends Kennesaw State University. -- Jessica Colotl recently made headlines after she was arrested on a minor traffic charge on the KSU campus... [Related DIS blog entries]

The Western Front -- Bellingham, Wash.     County aims to reduce hiring of illegal aliens    Whatcom County may use an online system to ensure newly hired government workers are eligible for employment. -- After a year of researching E-Verify, a federal system that verifies workers' documents, the county has decided to add the system to the screening process that is already in place for new county employees...

Michelle Malkin -- VDare.com      Our busted deportation system strikes again    Wouldn't it be grand if the Obama administration cared more about policing our borders than about policing our refrigerators? How about fixing our deportation system instead of fixing our junk-food diets? -- First Lady Michelle Obama argued this week that obesity is a "national security" issue. But her husband allows far greater threats to go unabated...

KRGV-TV -- Weslaco, Texas      Former federal police officer gunned down in Mexico    Reynosa, Tamps., Mex. -- Reports out of Mexico say the director of public works for the city of Reynosa was gunned down in his truck. -- Roberto Ramos was gunned down this afternoon a few blocks west of the Reynosa-Hidalgo International Bridge. Authorities have not released any solid information on why Ramos was targeted...