Texas Tech University Investigating Alleged ‘Border Patrol’ Party with Offensive Costumes

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Texas Tech University is trying to get to the bottom of racist photos that allegedly show members of a sorority preparing for a “Border Patrol” party with two women posing as immigrants with sombreros and ponchos, the San Antonio Express-News reports. The photos depict two women dressed as police officers “arresting”…

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Congressional Watchdogs Consider Removing Secret Service from Homeland Security Department

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hoping to address low morale and security blunders at the Secret Service, some congressional watchdogs are proposing to limit the agency’s role of protecting the president, Time reports. Perhaps most important, the proposal includes removing Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security, which has struggled as a giant bureaucracy. “Long-term,…

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