Los Angeles Times     sc    National Guard withdrawing 900 troops from U.S.-Mexico border    The Pentagon began flying military helicopters and surveillance planes over the U.S. border with Mexico last month as part of an effort to withdraw all but 300 of the National Guard ground troops who have helped patrol the rugged border since mid-2010. -- The 19-month deployment of 1,200 National Guard troops on the southwest border has hurt recruiting efforts and threatened to strain diplomatic relations with Mexico...

KRGV-TV -- Weslaco, Texas        Illegals caught during traffic stop    Authorities are working to deport four illegal [aliens] caught during a traffic stop in Hidalgo County. -- It happened at the Monte Cristo exit near Edinburg yesterday. Sheriff's deputies made the traffic stop. A CHANNEL 5 NEWS crew was there as the group of illegal [aliens] were loaded into a Border Patrol vehicle.

National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers   Disturbing photos       Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    Cartagena, Bolivar, Colombia -- The president of Peru, Ollanta Humala, revealed that Mexican President Felipe Calderon said that the drug cartels have replaced in certain places, state level functions, as in the case of tax collection. -- At a press conference at the Convention Center after a private meeting with Calderon, the Peruvian spoke on the subject...

CNS News     U.S. General: 'More troops' needed to secure the southwest border    More troops or law enforcement agents are required to secure the southwest border, National Guard Maj. Gen. John Nichols told CNSNews.com after testifying on Capitol Hill Tuesday. -- First, however, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to formulate a comprehensive plan for border security that will allow the National Guard to "put forces in the proper place," he added... [Of course the Obama Regime is afraid of offending Mexico]

The Blaze    Nugent reveals date of his Secret Service interview   Rock star and gun enthusiast Ted Nugent appeared on Glenn Beck's radio show this morning. The outspoken musician discussed the heat he's been taking over controversial comments he made at the NRA convention this past weekend. Additionally, he talked about his impending meeting with the Secret Service as a result of his words and commented on the "sub-human punk" label he gave DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz...

The Dustin Inman Society -- Marietta, Ga.     Wit and wisdom from Rich Pellegrino    Wit and wisdom from Rich Pellegrino - 10 minutes of one of Georgia's deepest open-borders thinkers. This is a typical example of the level of feeling disguised as fact from a typical useful idiot enlisted in the amnesty-again movement here in Georgia and the nation...

AmmoLand     Gunwalker Johnny-come-latelies helping to give Holder an escape route  "Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash added his name to the chorus of legislators demanding Attorney General Eric Holder resign over Operation Fast and Furious," The Daily Caller reported Sunday. -- "On Monday, Texas Republican Rep. Randy Neugebauer joined the surge in demands for Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation over Operation Fast and Furious," a related story informed us.

London Daily Mail    Official fears over Obama's 'anti-American' dad    In his three years as U.S. president, Barack Obama has been dogged by claims he is not patriotic enough. -- Last year he even had to publish his birth certificate to silence doubters who suggested he was not born an American. -- Now it emerges that similar fears were expressed about his father, who was categorised with others as ‘anti-American and anti-white' when he moved to the United States in 1959...

Kerry Picket -- Washington Times    Issa expects movement on Holder contempt charge within 'weeks'  Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican and Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has yet to charge Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress for failing to supply Mr. Issa's committee with thousands of pieces of documentation relating to the Justice Department's gun walking operation known as "Fast and Furious."

NewsBusters.org     Robin Leach: Obama is a 'socialist' - He is 'whipping up this racial war...' Former Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous host Robin Leach said Friday that President Obama is a socialist. -- Appearing on the Fox Business Network, Leach told host Neal Cavuto the current White House resident is "whipping up this racial war and this economic divide" -- Neal Cavuto, Host: The White House itching to slam the rich nonetheless by taxing them out. But lots of states are trying to actually reel them in...

WND.com     Ted Nugent fires back at Secret Service probe    Rock legend Ted Nugent is firing back at reports the U.S. Secret Service is targeting him for a harshly critical speech of the Obama administration he delivered at the National Rifle Association over the weekend. -- The longtime advocate for gun rights compared President Obama and the Democrats to an unwanted animal visiting someone's home.

Paul Joseph Watson -- Infowars -- Austin, Texas     Big Sis launches undercover TSA spies to ride Houston buses  A new program in Houston will place undercover TSA agents and police officers on buses whose job it will be to perform bag searches, watch for "suspicious activity" and interrogate passengers in order to 'curb crime and terrorism.' -- Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee unveiled the program, labeled Bus Safe, during a press conference on Friday...

Kimberly Dvorak -- The Examiner   Afghanistan War lingers -- military deception for political expediency?  The last time the U.S. saw victory in Afghanistan was the 42 days in late 2001 into 2002. "We defeated al Qaeda and the Taliban shortly after 9/11 and held that victory until 2004," Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Anthony Shaffer, US Army (ret), author of NYTs best seller Operation Dark Heart, explains. "We were ready to continue to press the offensive when the politicians in uniform abandoned a winning strategy."

Fox News    Secret Service looking into Nugent's "violent" anti-Obama message The U.S. Secret Service is looking into a violent rant by "Cat Scratch Fever" rocker Ted Nugent in which he denounced President Barack Obama and his top advisers as "evil" and urged National Rifle Association members to help "chop their heads off in November." -- "I'll tell you this right now: If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year," Nugent said...

CNS News    Debt has increased under Obama by $5,027,761,476,484.56    In the 39 months since Barack Obama took the oath of office as president of the United States, the federal government's debt has increased by $5,027,761,476,484.56. -- Although he has served less than a term, Obama is now the first American president to see the federal government's debt increase by more than $5 trillion during his time in office...

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix     A ton of pot found in truck parked near highway    Officials seized more than a ton of marijuana in southwest Maricopa County on Monday night, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. -- Members of the Maricopa County Drug Suppression Task Force, acting on fresh tire tracks that they found in a well-known smuggling area, followed the tracks for about 10 miles when they discovered a GMC pickup truck parked beneath a palo verde tree...

Dustin Inman Society -- Marietta, Georgia Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal / Co-Governor Chris Riley: Get illegal aliens out of Georgia's university system! Click Here to Help

Miami Herald     Rubio's immigration push a potential lift for GOP  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's push for a Republican version of immigration legislation looks like the answer to the election-year prayers of the GOP - and Mitt Romney. -- Rubio - telegenic son of Cuban exiles and potential vice presidential pick - is pulling together a bill that would allow young illegal [aliens] to remain in the United States but denies them citizenship, an initial step in the drawn-out, divisive fight over immigration policy and the fate of the 11 million [illegal aliens]...