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The Front Page Cover

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BIG LIES & LITTLE SISTERS

by Burt Prelutsky

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Dershowitz – Fein-stein Doesn’t Know What She’s Talking About – No Obstruction of Justice

by rickwells.us

{rickwells.us} ~ Anti-American gun-grabbing witch from California, Senator Dianne Fein-stein... reveals the Democrat scheme in the words she chooses and sets herself up for some pretty damning criticism in the process. She doesn’t say that the evidence in their Russia, Russia, Russia witch hunt has led to proof there was obstruction of justice on the part of President Trump. She instead effectively states that fabricated charges of obstruction were the original objective all along. Speaking regarding the Senate judiciary committee “investigation,” Fein-stein says, “I think what we’re beginning to see is the putting together of a case of obstruction of justice. In other words, the deliberate and methodical creation of a situation in which they can attempt to impeach President Trump in service to their globalist masters... https://rickwells.us/dershowitz-feinstein-obstruction/

VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XmmZjFCo4k

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Top liar-Clinton Aides Face No Charges 

After Making False Statements To FBI

by CHUCK ROSS

{dailycaller.com} ~ The FBI agent who was fired from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation team for sending anti-Donald Trump text messages... conducted the interviews with two liar-Hillary Clinton aides accused of giving false statements about what they knew of the former secretary of state’s private email server. Neither of the liar-Clinton associates, Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, faced legal consequences for their misleading statements, which they made in interviews last year with former FBI section chief Peter Strzok. But another Strzok interview subject was not so lucky. Michael Flynn... http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/04/clinton-aides-went-unpunished-after-making-false-statements-to-anti-trump-fbi-supervisor/?utm_medium=email

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House Settled Lawsuit After Meeks Fired Staffer Who Reported Sexual Assault Related To Donor

by LUKE ROSIAK

{dailycaller.com} ~ The Office of House Employment Counsel brokered a settlement in 2006 over allegations that Rep. Gregory Meeks fired... a staffer in retaliation for reporting that she was sexually assaulted at a business tied to a campaign contributor, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.  Andrea Payne, then a congressional aide in the New York Democrat’s Queens office, filed a complaint with the Office of Compliance, and Meeks fired her weeks later. He admitted that Payne’s termination did not have to do with the quality of her work, according to her lawsuit. “This is an action to recover for damages sustained by plaintiff when Representative Meeks violated her Constitutional rights by retaliating against her, and ultimately terminating her employment, because of her sexual assault lawsuit,” Payne’s attorneys wrote... http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/04/house-settled-lawsuit-after-meeks-fired-staffer-who-reported-sexual-assault-related-to-donor/?utm_medium=email

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Leaked Documents Reveal Countertorrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to

Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies

by Alleen Brown, Will Parrish, Alice Speri

{/theintercept.com} ~ A SHADOWY INTERNATIONAL mercenary and security firm known as TigerSwan targeted the movement opposed... to the Dakota Access Pipeline with military-style counterterrorism measures, collaborating closely with police in at least five states, according to internal documents obtained by The Intercept. The documents provide the first detailed picture of how TigerSwan, which originated as a U.S. military and State Department contractor helping to execute the global war on terror, worked at the behest of its client Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline, to respond to the indigenous-led movement that sought to stop the project. Internal TigerSwan communications describe the movement as “an ideologically driven insurgency with a strong religious component” and compare the anti-pipeline water protectors to jihadist fighters... https://theintercept.com/2017/05/27/leaked-documents-reveal-security-firms-counterterrorism-tactics-at-standing-rock-to-defeat-pipeline-insurgencies/

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France: Islamism in the Heart of the State

by Yves Mamou

{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ On October 25, 2017, the highest French administrative court, the Council of State (Conseil d'État)... ordered the removal of a Roman Catholic cross from the top of a monument dedicated to Pope John Paul II in a public square in Ploërmel, Britanny. According to the France's highest administrative court, this cross was said to violate the secular nature of the State. Not the statue of the ex-pope John Paul II by itself; just the cross above it. Social media, in France and abroad -- especially in Poland where John Paul II was born -- flew into an immediate uproar: How could the government of a country considered the "eldest daughter of the Catholic church" ask for the removal of a Catholic cross in a tiny village that nobody even knew about before this incident?...  https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11423/france-state-islamism

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BIG LIES & LITTLE SISTERS

by Burt Prelutsky


Frankly, I’m delighted that Al Franken didn’t resign from the Senate. Because Minnesota has a liberal governor, he would simply have been replaced by someone else who would have opposed Donald Trump at every turn, someone who surely would have been better positioned to claim the moral high ground.  Which would have narrowed the possibilities down to just about everyone in the state.

You may have noticed that 36 former female staffers and cast members of “Saturday Night Live” have come forward as character witnesses for Mr. Franken.  All that tells you is that for some women, being an advocate for Planned Parenthood and abortions on demand trumps everything else, including the truth.

For openers, it’s absurd to believe that Franken behaved like a perfect little gentleman when he was in show business and surrounded by all those nubile young women, but only turned into a sexual degenerate once he became a senator.

For another thing, it’s not only when it comes to sex that Franken has shamed himself. Like most liberals who campaign to raise everyone else’s taxes, Franken has been fined more than once for failing to pay his own.

He has also confessed to using cocaine when he wrote and performed on “SNL,” but, then, it was well known that both cocaine and heroin were readily available to the cast and crew of the show. The only surprise was that John Belushi was the only one who died of his addiction.

● The state attorney generals of Pennsylvania and California are still going after the Little Sisters of the Poor, whose sole mission in life is to provide aid and comfort to the elderly and destitute.

Even after the Supreme Court has freed the Little Sisters from the onerous burden of providing its employees with contraceptive pills and devices, these anti-Catholic bigots are out to garner headlines by forcing these religious ladies to subsidize stuff that is both cheap and readily available. 

It is petty and spiteful, just like the homosexuals who ferret out religious bakers, florists and photographers, in order to compel them to play an active role in the absurd farce known as same-sex marriage

● Speaking of which, devout Christians are often heard complaining that Christmas is too materialistic, whereas a lot of Jews think it’s too religious for their taste. Perhaps because I’m not religious, it’s my favorite holiday. In fact, I think it’s just about perfect. It is associated with great music, both popular and sacred; beautiful decorations; and it’s readily available to every American, no matter his or her religion or the degree of their religiosity.

● There was a campaign being waged just prior to Thanksgiving to ensure that politics would not be discussed at the dinner table. That is probably an equally good idea when Christmas rolls around. To keep the peace, politics should definitely be avoided; although a stronger case could be made for simply avoiding liberals.

● In Seattle, a great many employees started screaming bloody murder when the uberliberal mayor and city council members raised the city’s minimum wage to $11-an-hour, because it cost them their subsidized housing. In retaliation, they began working fewer hours in order to remain beneath the poverty line.

When the minimum wage rises over the next few years to $15-an-hour, you can expect them to stop working altogether. Whenever liberals pass their agenda items, it’s always difficult to tell if the terrible consequences are intentional or simply inevitable.

● A friend let me know that in a current TV commercial for Chevrolet, they have people gazing adoringly at the new models, and preface it with the on-screen words: “Real people, not actors.”

He considered the distinction kind of ironic. I, on the other hand, considered it a rare case of truth in advertising.

● Over the years, I have sent messages by email or by regular mail to members of the House and Senate. Because I know it does no good for me to bother contacting those who theoretically represent me because they are all leftists, I try to reach out to Republicans. But unless you live in their state or district, they ignore you. Until, of course, they’re running for re-election and they start reaching out for your money.

It illustrates my problem with representative government. It encourages these overpaid buffoons to think in terms of what’s best for Iowa or Florida or a congressional district in Nevada or Texas rather than what’s best for the nation at large.

● Bert Black let me know that he long ago concluded that you can never go wrong by underestimating the intelligence of the general public. If he had limited his statement to those on the Left, I would heartily agree.

It continues to astonish me how consistently wrong progressives are about everything. And if that’s not amazing enough, their monumental arrogance somehow manages to overshadow their ignorance. Which is why they never feel it incumbent to admit they’re wrong even when, for instance, in spite of Al Gore’s insistence that the oceans would rise 20 feet by 2010, the passage of time proves they’ve swallowed and then parroted a lie the size of an iceberg.

● After answering a question about the estranged relationship between me and my son in a recent article, I heard from a couple of subscribers.

The first person thought the woman who had asked the question was rude and insensitive. I defended her: “I thought the question was appropriate. After all, I had invited questions, without any qualifiers. Besides, she did apologize if she was delving into painful areas. I could have ignored her question; it’s not as if she held a gun to my head. But I figured I’m not the only person with the problem of a son or daughter who has gone astray. I hoped my response would at least assure others that they’re not alone in having had to cope with ungrateful children.”

The second person thought I was gracious to answer such a personal question.  Even if I had said I’d answer any that came my way, her assumption was that I was referring to questions about my writing or my experiences in the world of entertainment.

I confessed I assumed the same, but I don’t object to answering personal questions about myself. I have tried to the best of my ability to live my life so that I wouldn’t be ashamed to have my actions reported on the front page of a newspaper. If I’ve failed along the way, perhaps others can profit from my experience.

“People might not agree with all my decisions,” I acknowledged. “Heck, in retrospect, I wouldn’t agree with all my decisions. But I’m not ashamed of them. I never set out to hurt another person, although I admit I’ve spent many a pleasant hour plotting revenge on those who have wronged me.”

● I’ll conclude with a suggestion that might help us all get through those inevitable doldrums that confront even the most fortunate of us: When you’re down in the dumps and think things couldn’t possibly get worse, keep in mind that somewhere in the world, there is a Mr. Pulosi and a Mrs. Franken.

If you want to Comment directly to Burt Prelutsky, please mention my name Rudy. BurtPrelutsky@aol.com

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Wednesday Noon ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
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Flynn's Plea — Much Ado About Nothing?
by Thomas Gallatin
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SCOTUS Scolds Lower Courts
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          Attorney General Jeff Sessions responded to SCOTUS’ decision, stating, “[This is] a substantial victory for the safety and security of the American people. We are pleased to have defended this order and heartened that a clear majority Supreme Court has allowed the President’s lawful proclamation protecting our country’s national security to go into full effect. The Constitution gives the President the responsibility and power to protect this country from all threats foreign and domestic, and this order remains vital to accomplishing those goals.
          Solicitor General Noel Francisco defended the legality of and need for Trump’s order, saying, “[It is a] comprehensive, worldwide review of the information shared by foreign governments that is used to screen aliens seeking entry to the United States. Based on that review, the Proclamation adopts tailored entry restrictions to address extensive findings that a handful of particular foreign governments have deficient information-sharing and identity-management practices, or other risk factors.”
          The specifics of the ban, however, are almost incidental. SCOTUS’ decision is a win for the Rule of Law that also serves as a rebuke against activist judges. The High Court rarely intervenes when appellate courts are still considering cases, but did so here because disdain for a president or his policies is not justification for judges to ignore the law.  ~The Patriot Pos
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Supreme Court Decides In 
Favor Of President Trump On Travel Ban
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{rickwells.us} ~ Once and if President Trump is able to maneuver past the fake legislative judiciary network that Hussein liar-nObama put into place... the leftist black-robed tyrants, he generally has a fair chance of getting an objective ruling from the Supreme Court. Barring the occasional unexpected actions of Chief Justice Roberts, the court has not been nearly the sewer of subjective despotism that the lower courts have. The Supreme Court illustrated that point on Monday by allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce his national security travel bans on persons from seven nations with problematic populations and high risk of terrorism. Those nations are Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen...  https://rickwells.us/supreme-court-travel-ban/
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Regulatory Hurdles Are 
Hampering Natural Gas Exports 
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by WILLIAM SHUGHART
{thehill.com} ~ Reaching consensus about energy policy is rare in Washington these days... It’s about as hard as getting the House and Senate to move forward rather than backward on health care and taxes. But one extremely important issue on the table should be a no-brainer even for the anti-free-trade Trump administration: given China’s growing interest in switching from coal to cleaner natural gas for its domestic energy needs, a golden opportunity exists to take advantage of America’s huge shale-gas supply. U.S. capacity for processing liquefied natural gas (LNG), or natural gas cooled to liquid form, also is expanding: it is set to grow nearly seven-fold by 2019, but that is not fast enough. Domestic gas production is outpacing domestic demand, producing a glut of unsold gas in storage, but only one U.S. LNG export facility is now operating — Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana...   http://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/360782-regulatory-hurdles-are-hampering-natural-gas-exports
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The Differences House, Senate Will 
Have to Resolve to Advance Tax Reform Bill
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by Rachel del Guidice 
{dailysignal.com} ~ Following the Senate’s 51-49 early Saturday morning vote to pass Republicans’ tax reform overhaul... the legislation will move to conference where the House and Senate will work to resolve their differences. “I think the differences are pretty minor between the two bills and I think will be pretty easily worked out,” Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., told The Daily Signal in a phone interview. A senior Republican aide told The Daily Signal in a phone interview that he expects the conference period will be swift, and said he believes a final vote on the plan will be “within one or two days” of the conference report. The Dec. 12 Alabama special election between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones is also creating pressure for a swift resolution... http://dailysignal.com/2017/12/04/the-differences-house-senate-will-have-to-resolve-to-advance-tax-reform-bill/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkRoaE1XTXlaRGxoTUdGaCIsInQiOiI1OVNTbVBIaTFXcmxqcCtwOHlzeU4yTmIyaDlkS0owdzdoT3dtVzJJQVZMQUtocDRBS0RvV0IwYXcyT29qekRoUGJkVjFhbklqSTkrd0djUU5Cb2lpQUhCTTBOeENablhcL1hLdWh5XC9pTFlWVGlcL3k1bzdhT3pKdHdFTnJMSGNMWiJ9
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Anti-Trump Text Messages 
Show Pattern Of Bias On Mueller’s Team
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by CHUCK ROSS
{dailycaller.com} ~ For nearly four months, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office... the Justice Department and the FBI have kept secret the fact that the FBI agent who oversaw the Russia investigation exchanged anti-Trump and pro-liar-Hillary Clinton text messages with an FBI attorney who was also his mistress. Those messages, the existence of which were revealed in bombshell reports published over the weekend, highlight a pattern of the Mueller team. Many of Mueller’s prosecutors — it has been extensively reported — have made campaign contributions to liar-Clinton and other Democratic political candidates. And a review by The Daily Caller shows that Mueller lawyers involved in the cases against four Trump associates are Democratic donors...  http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/04/anti-trump-text-messages-show-pattern-of-bias-on-muellers-team/
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DACA Dems clown-Schumer And Pulosi 
Out-Strategized, Got Played By Trump
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by rickwells.us
{rickwells.us} ~The brilliance of President Trump waiting until September to cancel the DACA amnesty and then providing a six month window for Congress... to act in response is now coming more clearly into view. As Democrat leaders Nancy Pulosi and Chuck clown-Schumer agree to meet with President Trump on talks about the year-end spending bill, they’ve been declaring for months that a DACA amnesty must be part of the package. They included it in their snarky remarks following being invited once again to the White House for talks, but Trump has dealt himself the better hand. In a written statement, Pulosi and clown-Schumer said, “We’re glad the White House has reached out and asked for a second meeting,” a less-than subtle way of declaring that they didn’t go groveling back after their earlier refusal to attend failed to achieve its intended results... https://rickwells.us/daca-schumer-pelosi-trump/
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Flynn's Plea — Much Ado About Nothing?
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          What does this mean? The mainstream media outlets are speculating that Flynn is prepared to testify that Trump directed him to “make contact with the Russians.” While the Democrats and their Leftmedia mouthpieces are wildly playing this up to be the smoking gun of Russian collusion they have long been clamoring about, it’s not even remotely that. The devil is in the details — or in this case the timing — if in fact Trump directed Flynn after the election and during the transition to contact the Russians. Thus, this has nothing to do with the fake collusion charges. Moreover, there was nothing illegal about Flynn’s contact with the Russians.
          Responding to the news of Flynn’s plea, the White House issued the following statement:
          Today, Michael Flynn, a former National Security Advisor at the White House for 25 days during the Trump Administration, and a former liar-nObama administration official, entered a guilty plea to a single count of making a false statement to the FBI.
          The false statements involved mirror the false statements to White House officials which resulted in his resignation in February of this year. Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr. Flynn. The conclusion of this phase of the Special Counsel’s work demonstrates again that the Special Counsel is moving with all deliberate speed and clears the way for a prompt and reasonable conclusion.
          So, why has Flynn been the target of both the FBI and then the Mueller investigation? Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy  believes the answer to be threefold, hinging upon Barack liar-nObama’s desire to handicap Trump’s ability to reverse his policies both foreign and domestic. McCarthy writes that liar-nObama aimed to “(1) to punish Flynn, and derivatively the incoming Trump administration, for opposing liar-nObama’s anti-Israel legerdemain in the Security Council; (2) to promote the political narrative that Russia–Trump collusion had cheated liar-Clinton out of her rightful election victory; and (3) to tie this collusion narrative to sanctions relief, thereby making it politically impossible for Trump to roll back liar-nObama’s sanctions once he was sworn in — a boon for the Democrats’ collusion narrative since the sanctions stand as a reminder of Russia’s election meddling.
          This latest news is reminiscent of the special counsel railroading of Scooter Libby. And this is once again a reminder that Mueller’s investigation is free to go almost anywhere. For Democrats and their cohorts in the mainstream media, the endgame is the removal of Trump, because his election victory amounted to a massive refutation by the American people of liar-nObama and his leftist policy agenda. Refusing to stand by and allow Trump to reverse their political achievements, Democrats have essentially opted for a resistance plan that seeks what McCarthy calls the “criminalization of politics.” Hence the call by Sen. Diane Fein-stein (D-CA) on Sunday for pursuing a case against Trump for obstruction of justice.  ~The Patriot Pos
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https://patriotpost.us/articles/52705

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Wed/Med AM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Media/Political Fraternity Protects Its Own
by Arnold Ahlert
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Wednesday Top Headlines
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Islamist suicide plot to assassinate Prime Minister Theresa May foiled (Sky News)
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Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed as new DHS secretary (Townhall)
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The enforcement wall: Border arrests plunge, deportation arrests soar (Associated Press)
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Illegal immigrant indicted on federal charges after being acquitted in Kate Steinle’s death (Reuters)
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Mueller spends in four months what Benghazi investigation cost in over two years (The Washington Free Beacon)
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International Olympic Committee bars Russia from 2018 Winter Games over doping (NBC News)
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DC has highest percentage of heavy drinkers (WTOP)
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Don’t call us snowflakes — it damages our mental health, say young people (The Telegraph)
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Humor: New York Times reports 18 billion people will die from Republican tax plan (The Babylon Bee)
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Policy: Four promising takeaways from Masterpiece Cakeshop arguments (National Review)
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Policy: liar-nObamaCare’s medical standards are harming our medical system (City Journal ~The Patriot Post
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Congressman Introducing “SLAP Act” 
To Imprison, Fine Sanctuary City Officials
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{rickwells.us} ~ Sanctuary city politicians have been acting with impunity in violating federal law... in protecting and refusing to cooperate with federal authorities attempting to remove illegals from the country. They’ve been able to avoid legal consequences to this point but that may be about to change. Following the mind-numbing slap to the face of American citizens delivered by the libtards of San Francisco in finding the subhuman, 5-times deported Zarate not guilty of murdering Kate Steinle, a GOP congressman is taking steps to change all that. Indiana Rep. Todd Rokita plans to introduce a bill on Monday that would provide the penalty of large fines and prison time to elected officials determined to have provided sanctuary to illegal criminal aliens, and impeding the efforts of the federal government to act in their official capacity as the enforcement agents of federal immigration law...Don't know thats going to work if Congress can't even pass Katie's Law.   https://rickwells.us/congressman-imprison-sanctuary/
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liar-nObama's CIA Director: 
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by Daniel Greenfield
{frontpagemag.com} ~ Leon Panetta, President liar-nObama’s former Secretary of Defense, told NBC’s Chuck Todd on Friday... that it was a “stretch” to say the Trump transition team broke the law with their contacts with the Russians. “We have one administration at a time,” Panetta said, warning that the Trump transition team undermined long-standing political norms in the United States by engaging in diplomacy while the liar-nObama administration was still in office. However, the former defense secretary doubted that dealings with the Russians rose to the level of criminal violations...Then why is Mueller still investigating? http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/268590/obamas-cia-director-trumps-russia-contacts-didnt-daniel-greenfield
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Former Dem Congresswoman Sentenced To
Five Years In Prison On Corruption Charges
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by HENRY RODGERS
{dailycaller.com} ~ Former Florida Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown was sentenced to five years in federal prison Monday... on number of charges including tax fraud and tax crimes. A judge sentenced Brown to five years in prison and a 3-year supervised release. Brown will be forced to surrender to authorities sometime after Jan. 8., according to CBS 47. The jury convicted Brown of stealing money from a fake charity, One Door For Education. The “charity” was supposed to give scholarships to children who could not afford school but instead the Democratic congresswoman used the donations to go on trips and purchase expensive items. She also used the money to host parties...   http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/04/former-dem-congresswoman-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison-on-corruption-charges/?utm_medium=email
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Conyers announces retirement, 
endorses son to succeed him
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by Joseph Webe
{foxnews.com} ~ Rep. John Conyers on Tuesday announced his immediate retirement... and endorsed his son John Conyers III to take his seat in Congress. “I am retiring today,” Conyers, D-Mich., said in a local radio interview. “I want everyone to know how much I appreciate people’s support.” The 88-year-old Conyers made his decision two weeks after sexual harassment allegations first surfaced and after returning last week to his Detroit-area district to discuss his political future with family and advisers... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/05/conyers-announces-retirement-endorses-son-to-succeed-him.html
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President Trump Gives Utah Back The Land liar-nObama Stole
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US, South Korea Deploy Stealth Jets In Joint Military Drills
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General HR McMaster: Threat From North Korea Increases Every Day
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Video Flashback: liar-nObama State Dept, ‘No Problem’ With Michael Flynn Contacting Russian Officials
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The Media/Political Fraternity Protects Its Own
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          In the last few weeks, “everybody knew” has been the go-to term attached to the despicable behavior of low-lifes in Congress and the media. Behavior that people in positions of authority knew about and tolerated, as long as it accrued to their interests to do so. And those interests, as in a sickening fraternization between a media that has given up even the pretense of being a government watchdog and politicians so corrupt they established a fund to insulate themselves from accountability has reached critical mass.
          There is little doubt Cokie Roberts remains oblivious to how self-incriminating the above statement truly is. Roberts worked as a congressional correspondent for both ABC News and NPR for more than 20 years, primarily in the 1990s. Prior to that, she had a three year stint from 1981-1984 co-hosting “The Lawmakers,” a weekly public television program on Congress.
          During that entire time, a predatory Conyers served in Congress.   Media predators were equally protected — even after they were outed. Thus, last Wednesday’s MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” began the second hour of its broadcast with a clip of “heartbroken” Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb breaking the news that serial predator Matt Lauer had been axed from NBC. The duo claimed the details of why were unknown, but that didn’t stop Morning Joe’s panelists from asserting that Lauer was a man of “class” and “dignity,” with host Joe Scarborough wondering aloud “how do we sort through this moment?
          How about finding out who’s lying, Joe? Despite initial assurances by Guthrie and Kotb that they were blindsided by the revelations about Lauer, Variety writer Ramin Setoodeh insists Lauer’s behavior “wasn’t even considered a secret,” and that it was “known by many employees at the TODAY Show, including some employees that have gone on television and said publicly ‘we had no idea.’”
          Why the cover-up? “Several women told Variety they complained to executives at the network about Lauer’s behavior, which fell on deaf ears given the lucrative advertising surrounding ‘Today,’” Setoodeh reveals.
          Advertising worth $30 million? Lauer’s attorneys are looking for that amount to buy out his remaining contract. NBC insists it won’t happen, but columnist Ed Morrissey wonders if such a payment might be worth it for NBC owner Comcast, if the corporation can keep a lid on what “everybody at NBC knew about Matt Lauer’s sexually inappropriate behavior” as a current “Today” staffer put it.
          The New York Post’s Maureen Callahan wonders why Guthrie would read Lauer’s self-serving apology on the air, acting as “body armor for a known predator who spent decades victimizing her female co-workers,” and why other “ostensibly smart, together, professional women” would “publicly agonize over deviant criminal behavior.” She asks, “What, really, is there to understand?
          That they’re all part of the same elitist fraternity, Ms. Callahan. The one where “lesser” employees remain expendable, and the predators’ colleagues will protect them to the point of self-debasement. Colleagues like CBS co-anchor Gayle King, who was saddened by the revelations surrounding Charlie Rose. “What do you say when someone that you deeply care about has done something so horrible?” she asked on air. “I’m really grappling with that.”
          Congressional elitists are also “grappling” with their own preposterous assertions they were unaware of Conyers’ behavior, despite a $27,000 payoff to one of his victims from the Office of Compliance. The OOC was set by Congress up to coordinate undisclosed payoffs to victims of congressional malfeasance that included sexual harassment claims.
          Taxpayer-subsidized payoffs. Former House Speaker Nancy Pulosi initially believed referring to Conyers as an “icon” would provide sufficient insulation. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), the third ranking member of the House Democrat Caucus, used the story of convicted child murderer Susan Smith, who had told authorities a black man kidnapped them, to suggest  Conyers’ white accusers were lying.
          Pulosi is now calling for Conyers’ resignation, following allegations by Marion Brown, Conyers’ deputy chief of staff from 2003 to 2014, who broke an OOC-required nondisclosure agreement to speak publicly. And keeping the race card in play, Congressional Black Caucus members are wondering  why a white Sen. Al Franken isn’t held to the same standard as Conyers.
          An excellent question, but it ignores the reality that the word “standard” is strictly a euphemism with no relationship to accountability. Thus, both men will be subjected to their respective chambers’ Ethics Committees before any action is undertaken — a nationally publicized photo of Franken’s touching a sleeping woman’s breasts notwithstanding.
          How effective are those committees? “Many accused politicians — Conyers, Franken — are still in place, their activities ‘to be investigated’ by this same Ethics Committee that has, in essence, investigated no one,” explains columnist Roger L. Simon, who adds “this protection racket … has been going on for years.
          In the last 20 years, the OOC awarded to complainants 268 taxpayer-funded settlements totaling $17.2 million. Some undisclosed portion of those funds were used to settle sexual harassment complaints.
          And they remain undisclosed because of the aforementioned nondisclosure agreements. Agreements required just to begin a complaint process so arduous Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) believes it is set up to “protect the institution rather than the most vulnerable,” as she aptly put it.
          Worse, the OOC is not the only taxpayer-funded congressional protection fund. “Severance packages” (read: payoffs) can also be negotiated by the House Employment Counsel, such as the $48,395 taxpayer-funded payout by Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) to settle a “hostile workplace” complaint. Grijalva insists sexual harassment wasn’t part of the equation, but it is reported his accuser also signed a nondisclosure agreement.
          Peter Flaherty, president of the watchdog organization National Legal and Policy Center, illuminates the possibilities, stating, “Sexual harassment settlements are sometimes disguised as other transactions, like severance payments. These are very hard to unravel.
          What’s not hard to unravel is the contemptible notion that the names of the transgressors remain undisclosed to the American taxpayers who paid their settlements. And unlike their counterparts in media who can be fired, creeps like Franken and Conyers can make half-hearted apologies and stick around.
          Moreover like any good fraternity, these insufferable elitists in both groups can rely on their numerous apologists to soften the blows. “Today, we are in mourning,” states former Charlie Rose assistant Kyle Godfrey-Ryan in a column attempting to reconcile her own failure to confront Rose’s misogyny.
          We, Ms. Godfrey-Ryan? Columnist Tina Trent exposes the hypocrisy: “When Cokie Roberts announced this week that the entire tribe of female Capitol Hill reporters knew better than to get into an elevator with Congressman John Conyers Jr., a Detroit Democrat, my first reaction was this: did they warn the cleaning staff?
          Of course not. The “cleaning staff,” a.k.a. ordinary Americans, are not part of the media/political fraternity.
          Thus, like millions of their fellow outsiders, they must fend for themselves.  ~The Patriot Pos
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Wednesday AM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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Leftwing Evangelicals: An Oxymoron?
by Susan Stamper Brown
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Nunes blows up, threatens contempt after FBI stonewalls House on Russia investigator
demoted for anti-Trump bias
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by Byron York
{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes has issued an angry demand to the FBI and Department of Justice to explain... why they kept the committee in the dark over the reason Special Counsel Robert Mueller kicked a key supervising FBI agent off the Trump-Russia investigation. Stories in both the Washington Post and New York Times on Saturday reported that Peter Strzok, who played a key role in the original FBI investigation into the Trump-Russia matter, and then a key role in Mueller's investigation, and who earlier had played an equally critical role in the FBI's liar-Hillary Clinton email investigation, was reassigned out of the Mueller office because of anti-Trump texts he exchanged with a top FBI lawyer, Lisa Page, with whom Strzok was having an extramarital affair. Strzok was transferred to the FBI's human resources office — an obvious demotion -- in July. The Post reported that Strzok and Page exchanged text messages that "expressed anti-Trump sentiments and other comments that appeared to favor liar-Clinton."..  http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-nunes-blows-up-threatens-contempt-after-fbi-stonewalls-house-on-russia-investigator-demoted-for-anti-trump-bias/article/2642387
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Palestinians: More Missed Opportunities
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by Bassam Tawil
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas continues to mouth his "desire" to achieve peace with Israel on the basis of a two-state solution... Abbas's ruling Fatah faction and PLO partners, however, evidently have a different agenda: to wage war on Israel until the "liberation of all of Palestine." In a speech delivered on his behalf by Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, on November 30, Abbas repeated his commitment to a two-state solution based on international law and the 1967 "borders." Abbas called on the UN "to force Israel to recognize the State of Palestine based on the 1967 borders as the basis for a two-state solution, and to agree on a demarcation of borders in line with the resolutions of the international community."...   https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11477/palestinians-missed-opportunities
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Trump shrinks Utah monuments 
created by liar-nObama, liar-Clinton
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by  Barnini Chakraborty
{foxnews.com} ~ Capping months of speculation, President Trump on Monday signed a pair of executive orders to significantly shrink two of Utah’s national monuments... Bears Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante – that were created by his Democratic predecessors. The controversial move was pitched by Trump as a win for states' rights and follows an April review conducted by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on the boundaries of large national monuments. The review initially looked at more than two dozen sites designated by presidential decree since the 1990s. Trump’s presidential proclamations cut Bears Ears by 85 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante in half. The action is also likely to trigger a legal battle that could alter the government’s approach to conservation...   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/04/trump-shrinks-utah-monuments-created-by-obama-clinton.html
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Arab State Will Likely Cave 
if US Declares Jerusalem Israel's Capital
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by BEN LYNFIELD
{jpost.com} ~ If the Palestinians are counting on a strong response from Arab states if the Trump administration recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital... they are likely to be disappointed. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh Malki called Sunday for an emergency meeting of the Arab League amid US media reports that US President Donald Trump is going to deliver a speech on Wednesday in which he will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. But the bitter reality for the Palestinians is that key Arab countries – Saudi Arabia, Egypt and even Jordan with its Palestinian majority and role as custodian of Jerusalem holy sites – are simply too dependent on US goodwill to get into a real row with the Trump administration. This is a case where each of their national interests trumps Arab solidarity...  http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Arab-states-will-likely-cave-if-US-declares-Jerusalem-Israels-capital-515912?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=4-12-2017&utm_content=arab-states-will-likely-cave-if-us-declares-jerusalem-israels-capital-515912
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Flynn's Casr Proves it's Time to Fire Mueller
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by Daniel Greenfield
{frontpagemag.com} ~ Petraeus, liar-nObama’s CIA Director, lied to FBI agents about passing classified materials to his mistress... Despite being caught in the lie on a recording, he was never charged for it, as Flynn was. Instead he only pleaded guilty to mishandling classified information and received a slap on the wrist. While Justice Department personnel had wanted to hold Petraeus accountable, the final decision was made by Attorney General Holder and FBI Director Comey. Lawyers for Petraeus insisted that he couldn’t be charged with lying to the FBI because DOJ guidelines recommend not charging “in situations in which a suspect, during an investigation, merely denies guilt in response to questioning by the government.” Petraeus admitted making false statements, but was never charged over them. That’s what makes Flynn’s case so striking. General Petraeus lied about committing a crime. His mishandling of classified information was a serious issue. And yet he was never charged for it... http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/268596/flynns-case-proves-its-time-fire-mueller-daniel-greenfield
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Leftwing Evangelicals: An Oxymoron?
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by Susan Stamper Brown
{townhall.com} ~ Hypocrite –  hip-uh-krit “a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc.  that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.”

Donald Trump has been president for a year, yet my social media newsfeed and email inbox still overflow with stupefied leftwing evangelicals who hate Trump literally and loathe the conservative Christians that voted for him.

So then, where was the outrage from the same better-than-thou Chardonnay-swirling leftwing evangelical crowd when Christians voted for liar-nObama?

It’s obvious that their condemnation has less to do with evangelicalism or Christianity and more to do with their political leanings.

Otherwise, when liar-nObama was in office, they would have expressed a little of that righteous indignation they currently can’t control when liar-nObama’s policies harmed Christian bakers and nearly sent the Little Sisters of the Poor to the poor house.

If this were about Christian values, they would have joined a “resistance” movement when liar-nObama’s definition of marriage “evolved,” and would have occupied the White House lawn when his administration told boldfaced lies about the slain in Benghazi.

They didn’t hesitate to support a president who was “pro-choice” on third-trimester abortions, but they have zero grace for our current president -- who has already fulfilled promises on key conservative issues like judicial nominations, abortion and religious freedom.

It’s sad to say and quite telling, but Trump’s political positions are more Christian than theirs.

During liar-nObama’s years, there was no condemnation…no resistance…no anger because leftwing evangelicals were more committed to liar-nObama and his leftist policies than they were to Christ.

It doesn’t help that so many evangelical churches today are led by leftist clergy garbed in a cloak of religiosity like one of liar-nObama’s former spiritual advisors, Reverend Jim Wallis, the editor and founder of Sojourners magazine.

In October, Wallis wrote a scathing article titled “The Religious Right Will Rise and Fall with Donald Trump,” condemning evangelical conservatives who support Trump. He wrote, “Trump is the natural conclusion to how the religious right movement began, and what it has become. When it comes to this movement, the operative word is not ‘religious’ or even ‘Christian’, but ‘right.’ And for the vast majority of ‘values voters’ who are white Christians, the operative word is not ‘Christian’ but ‘white.’ ”

Isn’t that swell? Especially coming from a guy whose organization received funding from none other than George Soros’s Open Society Institute, an organization known for financing groups that support atheism, abortion, and one-world government globalism. A few years ago, Jay Richards at the National Review found that Sojourners received $325,000 from Soros’s organization between 2004 and 2007 and “at least forty-nine separate foundation grants…totaling $2,159,346” from organizations like the Tides Foundation and the Wallace Global Fund, “which also supports ACORN and a cornucopia of population-control groups.” Yes, population-control groups.

Wallis was one of eight ordained ministers and four staff members from Sojourners arrested by Capitol police November 30. According to a video posted on the magazine website, the group was detained while protesting the Republican tax plan in the Senate building. They were shouting scriptures while loudly warning senators their souls were in danger if they supported the GOP’s new tax plan. One woman threatened, “Senators, we put you on notice. Your souls are in danger and this is your final warning.”

It’s good to be concerned about souls in danger, but the train jumps the track when we redefine Christianity by cherry-picking scripture and weaponizing biblical principles to make political points. In his day, Jesus had no patience for people like that. He called them “vipers…hypocrites…sons of the devil.”

If words have meaning, and indeed they do, “leftwing evangelicals” might want to drop the oxymoron and choose one label or the other. Lord knows, they can’t be both.
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Tuesday PM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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Lying to FBI Is Illegal;
How About the FBI Lying to Us?
by Jeff Crouere
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Tax Reform: Political (Pyrrhic) Victory?
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          There are some caveats to everything we just said, however. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) was the lone Republican “no” on the Senate’s bill; he objected to how much it would add to the deficit. We share his concerns about our national debt, but our problem is with the spending side of things. Meanwhile, 13 House Republicans voted against that chamber’s bill, and Democrats, who know how to march in lockstep, were unified in both House and Senate. Thus the lack of any bipartisan consensus, the rushed and opaque work outside regular order, and the middle-of-the-night vote is all somewhat reminiscent of liar-nObamaCare. Will tax reform similarly end up as a Pyrrhic victory for the GOP? Democrats and their media mouthpieces will continue to attack it as “tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the poor,” perhaps costing the GOP control of Congress in 2018.
          We’ve certainly done our share of reporting on the mixed bag of the GOP’s reform efforts, and we’d prefer any number of different prescriptions. But politically it’s the overall perception of the bill among the electorate that will matter next year. So Republicans hope that people see through Democrats’ class warfare rhetoric, that biased realtors are wrong about the damage to home prices, and that the Keynesians are underestimating economic growth generated by more Americans keeping more of their money. Leftists are wrong, of course. For one thing, just wait until the lower corporate tax rate results in a stock market boost, adding more money to the 401(k)s of millions of American workers. The economic effect will be good, even if it could be better with policy tweaks.
          In short, Republicans are hoping that far-from-perfect tax reform is better than the status quo.  

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/52722

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Trump endorses Roy Moore 
in phone call: 'We need his vote'
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by Brooke Singman
{foxnews.com} ~ President Trump on Monday endorsed Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore... telling voters "we need" him to tackle illegal immigration, tax reform and more -- after weeks of holding back his full support for the embattled candidate. The White House made it official in a statement confirming Trump personally backed Moore during a phone call. "The President had a positive call with Judge Roy Moore during which they discussed the state of the Alabama Senate race and the President endorsed Judge Moore's campaign," Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said...   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/04/trump-endorses-roy-moore-in-phone-call-need-his-vote.html
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Clarke – Congress Abdicating 
Security Duty – “Build the Damn Wall”
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{rickwells.us} ~ Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke notes that the Michael Flynn plea has nothing to do with the Trump administration... and what bothers him is that it is doing exactly the job for the corrupt leftists that it was designed to do, serving as a distraction of the administration. Regarding the obscene verdict in the Kate Steinle case, Clarke points out that it is the He says that “It is the most important responsibility that the federal government has to protect United States citizens. And the fact that Congress, and it’s both parties, will not fix our broken immigration system is an abdication of that responsibility.” Clarke continues, saying he’s glad that the Attorney General has issued a warrant and is sure they’ll get it right, that the feds do a better job of prosecuting.” liar-Hillary Clinton and other crony political criminals obviously weren’t part of his calculations... https://rickwells.us/clarke-build-damn-wall/
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liar-Clintion Sex Accusers: Open Secret Slush Fund
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by ALICIA POWE
{wnd.com} ~ Women who allege former President liar-Bill Clinton sexually assaulted them are calling for Congress to release the names of members of the House of Representatives... who have paid off the victims of sexual harassment with a mysterious taxpayer funded “slush fund.” After the sexual harassment allegations brought down Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, dozens of women and men have blown the whistle on the predatory practices of media figures ranging from actor Kevin Spacey and Russel Simmons to news anchors Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose. Now the spotlight is on the question of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill...   http://www.wnd.com/2017/12/clinton-sex-accusers-open-secret-slush-fund/
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True Democrat Shoots At 
Unarmed People While Shouting Racial Slurs
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{rickwells.us} ~ Once again it’s one of the gun-grabbing diversity-worshipping Democrats who’s in trouble for showing their true colors... and committing a gun crime while engaging in racist conduct. An entrenched elitist St. Louis Democrat fundraiser, Matthew Lieberman, is charged with multiple felony weapons charges after allegedly firing his pistol in the direction of others and then shouting racial slurs at witnesses twice on Tuesday, at two different St. Louis businesses. Lieberman is alleged to have drawn his handgun and pointed it at someone at an Amoco gas station, shortly after 11pm. The white Democrat hollered racial slurs at some folks at the business and then shot multiple times at the building from his vehicle. Surveillance footage shows Lieberman with the gun, and with brass from fired rounds found at the scene matching others found in his car... https://rickwells.us/democrat-shoots-shouting-racial/
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President Trump defends Michael Flynn for lying
to FBI by claiming liar-Hillary Clinton
did the same thing
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by David Jackson
{usatoday.com} ~ President Trump defended his former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Monday for lying to the FBI... by bashing 2016 election opponent liar-Hillary Clinton and claiming she did the same thing. "liar-Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI, nothing happened to her," Trump told reporters at the White House. "Flynn lied and they destroyed his life. I think it's a shame." The Justice Department did not bring charges against liar-Clinton over her use of a private email server while she was secretary of State, and law enforcement officials have said they do not believe liar-Clinton misled investigators. "We have no basis to conclude she lied to the FBI," then-FBI director James Comey said during congressional testimony in July 2016...Charge her Session, or you're out.    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/12/04/president-trump-defends-michael-flynn-lying-fbi-claiming-hillary-clinton-did-same-thing/918623001/
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Lying to FBI Is Illegal;
How About the FBI Lying to Us?
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by Jeff Crouere
{townhall.com} ~ While the liberal media is celebrating the announcement that former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, a bigger scandal was practically ignored.

On Thursday, Judicial Watch released 29 pages of FBI emails regarding the inexcusable June 27, 2016 meeting between former President liar-Bill Clinton and then Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the tarmac of the Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, AZ. This meeting was not accidental, as liar-Clinton purposely delayed the takeoff of his aircraft to arrange the supposedly impromptu encounter with the Attorney General.

According to Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, “These new FBI documents show the FBI was more concerned about a whistle-blower who told the truth about the infamous liar-Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting than the scandalous meeting itself.”

In the midst of a FBI investigation into liar-Hillary Clinton’s “extremely careless” handling of top secret email communications, Lynch held a secretive meeting with her husband. This bombshell information would have never been made public if not for the investigative work of Phoenix television anchor Christopher Sign, who received a tip about the meeting from a “trusted source.”

With an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the improper handling of email communications, it was highly improper for Lynch to agree to the meeting with liar-Bill Clinton just days before FBI agents would interview his wife. Once confronted about the tarmac meeting, Lynch claimed they only discussed golf and grandchildren, which is a completely ludicrous explanation for the 30-minute meeting.

If the meeting was so innocent, why did the Justice Department withhold key documents for so long? After an initial July 7, 2016 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Judicial Watch for documents pertaining to the meeting, the Justice Department claimed that nothing could be located. Only after an official FOIA lawsuit did the department provide the various FBI email exchanges.

As noted by Fitton, the real focus of the emails was to try to locate the leaker who exposed the meeting. One unidentified FBI agent lamented that the meeting was disclosed to the press and claimed that “We need to find that guy” in order to get him fired or sanctioned by his supervisors. The emails show that the FBI believed the source was a Phoenix police officer and one agent expressed a desire to ban the officer from being involved in future security details.

This anger is very indicative of what is wrong with the FBI today. The source who leaked news of the meeting to the local media did a real public service and should be commended. Americans had a right to know that the Attorney General was involved in a questionable meeting while an investigation was purportedly ongoing.  Unfortunately, instead of congratulating the source, the FBI wanted to punish this individual, obviously because they wanted to protect the reputation of the Attorney General and the presidential aspirations of liar-Hillary Clinton.

The FBI should be impartial, not be taking sides in political campaigns. The bureau was obviously politically comprised, much like the IRS during their unfair harassment of Tea Party groups.

In any vigorous and honest FBI investigation, agents should be outraged if the Attorney General held a secret meeting with the spouse of the subject being examined for wrongdoing. Instead agents showed only concern about identifying the police officer who caused the embarrassment. This nonchalant attitude was not shared by Lynch who admitted that the ill-advised meeting “cast a cloud” on the Justice Department’s investigation into liar-Hillary Clinton.

 These disclosures lead to the distressing conclusion that the liar-Hillary Clinton investigation was a sham from the very beginning. In fact, when liar-Clinton was finally interviewed by the FBI on July 2, 2016, she was not under oath and there was no recording of the meeting. Several weeks earlier, before the FBI had interviewed liar-Clinton or 17 key witnesses in the investigation, then FBI Director James Comey had already begun drafting her exoneration statement.

These unusual procedures were denounced by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) in a joint statement. According to the Senators, “Conclusion first, fact-gathering second—that’s no way to run an investigation.  The FBI should be held to a higher standard than that, especially in a matter of such great public interest and controversy.”

Of course, the Senators are right as the FBI’s handling of this matter was atrocious. A mere three days after the inadequate interview of liar-Clinton, Comey announced that she would not be indicted despite what many legal analysts believe were her clear violations of federal law.

Evidently, the FBI, under the direction of James Comey, had no intention of ever truly investigating liar-Hillary Clinton and bringing charges against her. If there was ever an issue that needed a Special Counsel investigation, it is not “Russian collusion,” but the Justice Department’s collusion with liar-Hillary Clinton.
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From Amman to Jerusalem
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by Caroline Glick
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Merkel Actions Prove Her “Migrant 
Mistake” Is Destroying Europe, Germany
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{rickwells.us} ~ Sometimes politicians admit they were wrong with their words and deeds... other times they let their efforts to correct the damage they’ve done do the talking for them.  Angela Merkel would never admit she seriously injured Germany and the rest of Europe as the EU invasion master but her actions indicate she’s fully aware she’s created a monster and is now feebly and likely fruitlessly trying to bail her nation and herself out with taxpayer cash. The German people are covering the expenses of what might be called Merkel’s “Get out and get a check” scheme, where rejected asylum-seekers who voluntarily move back home to their nation of origin, not to another EU nation, receive a cash bonus of 3,000 Euros, ($3,570). The unwanted foreigners have until February 28th to apply and would receive their payment once they are in their home nation. But that’s not all, there’s more potential cash for those Merkel imports willing to self-deport...  https://rickwells.us/merkel-migrant-destroying-germany/
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Why is Canada Cutting 
Checks to Suspected Terrorists?
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by Scott Newark
{investigativeproject.org} ~ It began in 2007 after a lengthy, expensive and mostly closed-door inquiry the led to a $10.5 million payoff to Maher Arar... Arar was a joint Canadian-Syrian citizen under pre-9/11 investigation by the RCMP and others regarding his activities and associations related to Islamist terrorism. Despite being aware of the investigation, Arar left Canada in 2002 for extended international travel and was detained when he flew into New York. He then was transferred by U.S. officials to Syria. He subsequently claimed he was tortured because of information provided by Canadian officials. Canadians learned last month that their government awarded $31.25 million to three of Arar's associates who were also under RCMP and U.S. terrorism investigations – Abdullak Almalki, Abou el Maati and Muayyed Nurredin – to settle their civil lawsuit...  https://www.investigativeproject.org/7008/why-is-canada-cutting-checks-to-suspected
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CVS buys Aetna in 
massive $69 billion move: Report
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by Eddie Scarry
{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ CVS, the pharmacy chain, closed a deal to purchase Aetna for a reported $69 billion... The Wall Street Journal on Sunday described the acquisition of Aetna, one of the biggest health insurance companies in the U.S., "a landmark deal that would change the U.S. health-care landscape by bringing a large insurer and a big provider of pharmacy services under one roof." A purchase by CVS Health would allow Aetna to have its own pharmacy benefits manager, as one of its competitors, UnitedHealthcare, already does...  http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/cvs-buys-aetna-in-massive-69-billion-move-report/article/2642428?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert%20-%2012/03/17&utm_medium=email
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20-Time Deported Sanctuary 
City Rapist Taunts Relatives At Sentencing
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{rickwells.us} ~ The citizens of Portland, Oregon have themselves to blame and their fellow libtard sanctuary city supporters and facilitators... for the fact that a 20-time deported Mexican illegal with a long criminal history brutally raped two of their female citizens. On Friday, Sergio Jose Martinez, 31, was sentenced to 35 years in prison in that leftist stronghold after he pled guilty to kidnapping, sexual assault, sodomy and multiple other serious offenses. In addition to the physical harm he caused his victims and the emotional trauma of their experiences to all involved, Martinez smiled throughout the sentencing and told the family members he’d see them all in hell. That’s the kind of individual the City of Portland protects instead of taking care of their innocent citizens... https://rickwells.us/sanctuary-city-rapist-taunts/
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Fox News Reveals Identity of Unnamed Trump Official Who Directed Flynn to Contact Russians
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by Joe Setyon
{westernjournalism.com} ~ Fox News chief White House correspondent John Roberts revealed Friday on live TV the identity of the official... who reportedly told former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to talk to the Russian government about sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Russia. In court papers filed Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller referred to a “senior” official on then-President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team. On Dec. 29, 2016, Flynn contacted that official to determine what he should tell then-Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak about those sanctions, according to Mueller. Reporting from outside the White House, Roberts identified that “senior” official as K.T. McFarland, the former deputy national security adviser who is currently waiting to be confirmed by the Senate as the ambassador to Singapore..https://www.westernjournalism.com/fox-news-reveals-identity-unnamed-trump-official-directed-flynn-contact-russians/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=conservativebyte&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=libertyalliance
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From Amman to Jerusalem
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by Caroline Glick
{truthrevolt.org} ~ Five months ago, 28 year old Ziv Moyal, an Israeli security officer at Israel’s embassy in Amman, was stabbed in his apartment by a Jordanian assailant, whom he shot and killed.
 
Moyal also accidentally killed his Jordanian landlord, who was present on the scene.
 
Incited by the state-controlled media, the Jordanian public was whipped into an anti-Israel frenzy. In short order, a mob surrounded the embassy, to which Moyal and another 20 Israeli diplomats fled immediately after the incident.
 
For 24 hours, those Israeli diplomats, led by Ambassador Einat Schlein were besieged.
 
Despite the fact that they are barred from doing so under the Vienna Convention, Jordanian authorities demanded to interrogate Moyal. By refusing to enable the diplomats to safely return to Israel until Moyal submitted to questioning, they effectively held Schlein and her colleagues hostage.
 
It took the intervention of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the life-threatening crisis. The price of Jordan’s King Abdullah II for the freedom and protection of Israel’s diplomatic personnel was high. In exchange for their safe passage, Netanyahu agreed to permit Jordanian officials to be present during Moyal’s questioning by Israeli officials. He also succumbed to Abdullah’s demand that Israeli police remove metal detectors from the Temple Mount, which had been deployed a few days before amid widescale violence by Muslim worshipers against Jews.
 
Since its diplomats were evacuated in July, Israel’s embassy has been closed. Jordan has refused to permit Schlein to return to her duties and has insisted that Moyal be tried for the death of his assailant and his landlord.
 
It was reported Wednesday that in the interest of ending the diplomatic crisis and reopening its embassy, Netanyahu has decided to promote Schlein to a senior position in the Foreign Ministry and appoint a replacement.
 
But Jordan isn’t interested in ending the crisis.
 
On Thursday, Reuters quoted a Jordanian diplomatic source saying that a new Israeli ambassador “will not be welcome in Jordan until a due legal process takes its course against Moyal and justice is served.”
 
So, unless Israel criminally prosecutes its diplomat who was attacked in his home by a terrorist, Jordan will continue to breach its peace treaty with Israel and bar the Israeli embassy from operating in Amman.
 
Jordan’s latest round of diplomatic war against Israel took place while Abdullah was in Washington on a “working visit.”
 
More often than not, Abdullah, who is touted by the US as a moderate leader and a US ally, spends his visits in Washington lobbying against Israel. And, given his reputation as a moderate, he is usually successful.
 
This week’s visit was no different.
 
According to the Jordanian media – which he controls – Abdullah is devoting significant time in his meetings with senior administration and Congressional officials to attacking Israel.
 
Specifically, Abdullah is lobbying against President Donald Trump’s intention to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, in accordance with US law.
 
On Friday, Trump will have to sign a semi-annual waiver of the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act.
 
The act requires the State Department to relocate the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. If Trump doesn’t sign the waiver, the embassy will automatically be moved to Jerusalem, in accordance with the law.
 
Speculation that Trump may refuse to sign the waiver was raised this week by Vice President Mike Pence. In his speech at a UN event marking the 70th anniversary of the UN vote to end the British Mandate in the land of Israel and partition the land between a Jewish state and an Arab state, Pence made clear that moving the embassy is being actively discussed.
 
According the Times of Jordan, Abdullah told senior US lawmakers that “moving the embassy… could be potentially exploited by terrorists to stoke anger, frustration and desperation in order to spread their ideologies.”
 
During his visit, Abdullah also met with Pence, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Trump’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster.
 
Although Jordanian media reports of those visits did not include information regarding the possible move of the US embassy, it stands to reason that Abdullah made similar points to Pence and McMaster.
 
It can only be hoped that Abdullah’s warnings were rebuked by his American interlocutors.
 
Because, if terrorists are motivated to act in the wake of a US decision to move the embassy, Jordan will hold a significant share of the blame.
 
To understand why, it is important to remember what happened last July in Amman. Had Abdullah ordered his media organs to either tell the truth about what happened at Moyal’s apartment or simply not report the incident at all until the embassy staff were safely in Israel, the diplomatic crisis would have been averted.
 
Abdullah chose, instead, to stoke the passions of his people, which wasn’t difficult. Thanks to decades of antisemitic incitement at the hands of his media, school system and religious authorities, the people of Jordan are overwhelmingly antisemitic. And this suits Abdullah just fine. He, too, is largely sympathetic to anti-Israeli terrorism and terrorists.
 
It isn’t surprising that Abdullah acted as he did. His position on terrorism against Israelis is by and large supportive.
 
Last March, for instance, Abdullah rejected the US’s extradition request for Hamas terrorist and mass murderer Ahlam Tamimi, the mastermind of the 2001 Sbarro bombing in Jerusalem.
 
Fifteen people, including seven children were murdered in the attack. Tamimi selected the Sbarro pizzeria as her target because of the large number of children who frequented the eatery during summer vacation.
 
She was sentenced to 16 life-in-prison sentences, but was released in Israel’s exchange of Hamas terrorists for captive IDF sergeant Gilad Schalit in 2011. Upon her release, she moved to Amman where Abdullah gave her the red carpet treatment. In her new home, Tamimi hosts a show on Hamas’s television station. She uses her platform to incite terrorism and indoctrinate her viewers to aspire to murder Israelis, as she did.
 
Several of Tamimi’s victims at Sbarro were American citizens, including 15-year-old Malki Roth and 31-year-old Shoshana Judy Greenbaum.
 
Greenbaum was five months pregnant when her body was blown apart.
 
By harboring Tamimi, Abdullah tells his subjects they are right to hate Israelis and seek to work toward Israel’s destruction.
 
 
This brings us to the question of Trump’s possible decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Israel’s capital.
 
By having his media spew a constant diet of genocidal antisemitism, Abdullah is all but guaranteeing that the terrorism he warns of will occur if Trump enforces US law and moves the embassy. So he is not speaking as a worried friend when he tells his American hosts of the dire consequences of moving the embassy. He is threatening them with an outcome for which he will have significant responsibility.
 
One of the reasons Abdullah feels comfortable making the argument that moving the embassy will provoke terrorism is because that is the argument that has been used successfully to block the transfer of the US embassy to Israel in the past.
 
But, in October, we received a clear indication that these Chicken Little warnings are untrue.
 
In October, Trump overruled Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and McMaster, and chose not to tell Congress that Iran was in compliance of the nuclear deal the Iranians were breaching. Supporters of the nuclear deal in the administration and outside of it warned that such a move would have a deeply destabilizing impact on the region and endanger the US.
 
As the past three months have shown, those warnings were entirely wrong.
 
The world did not explode after Trump rejected the received wisdom of the foreign policy establishment in Washington. Instead, the US’s Sunni-Arab allies have been empowered to join forces to combat Iran. Economically and diplomatically, Iran is far more isolated globally today than it was three months ago.
 
Moreover, Trump now has the ability to base US policy toward Iran on reality rather than clinging to the lie of Iranian moderation and compliance with the nuclear deal.
 
No, Trump has not mapped out a clear strategy for containing and scaling back Iranian power. If he had, the US would have stopped arming and funding the Iranian-controlled Lebanese Armed Forces by now.
 
But, at least he hasn’t based an Iran policy on fantasy as his predecessor Barack liar-nObama did.
 
Moreover, even the limited steps Trump has taken toward developing a strategy for dealing with Iran have been effective and rational. For instance, to protect the nuclear deal and maintain its claim that Iran was formally complying with its terms, the liar-nObama administration paid the Iranian regime $8.6 million to buy heavy water that Iran produced in excess of the quantities permitted under the nuclear deal.
 
This week, the White House announced that it would stop this practice. As a National Security Council spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon, “The United States is not planning to purchase any Iranian heavy water. We have made it clear to Iran that it is their responsibility to remain under the heavy water limit.”
 
The sky didn’t fall when Trump bucked the collected wisdom of the entire foreign policy elite in Washington, including his top three national security advisers. By basing his policy on reality, he expanded his maneuver room, empowered US allies and began basing US policies toward Iran on reality.
 
Moreover, Trump now has the ability to base US policy toward Iran on reality rather than clinging to the lie of Iranian moderation and compliance with the nuclear deal.
 
No, Trump has not mapped out a clear strategy for containing and scaling back Iranian power. If he had, the US would have stopped arming and funding the Iranian-controlled Lebanese Armed Forces by now.
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The Front Page Cover

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A COMMONSENSE TUTORIAL

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‘No Justice!’ — Trump Claims Flynn Held 

To Higher Standard Than liar-Hillary Clinton

by PETER HASSON

{dailycaller.com} ~ President Trump slammed the FBI and Department of Justice on Twitter Saturday night... claiming that former national security adviser Michael Flynn is being held to a higher standard than former secretary of state liar-Hillary Clinton was during the FBI investigation into her email server. Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI as part of the investigation into Russian meddling into the 2016 election. “So General Flynn lies to the FBI and his life is destroyed, while Crooked liar-Hillary Clinton, on that now famous FBI holiday “interrogation” with no swearing in and no recording, lies many times…and nothing happens to her?” Trump tweeted. “Rigged system, or just a double standard?”...Trump tell that to Session also.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/02/no-justice-trump-claims-flynn-held-to-higher-standard-than-hillary-clinton/?utm_medium=email

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Russian Military Deploys 

Marines On North Korean Border

by MAC SLAVO


{freedomoutpost.com} ~ Following North Korea’s most recent missile launch are the signs of impending war... Russia has now deployed Marines to the North Korean border. Russian marines have begun practicing landing operations at its border with North Korea, following Pyongyang’s controversial missile launch test this week, the military said. Although this is just one of several drills conducted over the past month, more are expected. According to  Newsweek, Russian naval infantry servicemen and the crews of Russia’s Pacific Fleet ships Admiral Nevelskoy and  Peresvet,  carried out a swift, amphibious charge on a beachhead in the Primorye region, Russia’s only one to border North Korea...   https://freedomoutpost.com/russian-military-deploys-marines-north-korean-border/

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Mueller aide fired for anti-Trump texts now facing review for role in liar-Clinton email probe

by James Rosen

{foxnews.com} ~ Two senior Justice Department officials have confirmed to Fox News that the department's Office of Inspector General... is reviewing the role played in the liar-Hillary Clinton email investigation by Peter Strzok, a former deputy director for counterintelligence at the FBI who was removed from the staff of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III earlier this year, after Mueller learned that Strzok had exchanged anti-Trump texts with a colleague. A source close to the matter said the OIG probe, which will examine Strzok's roles in a number of other politically sensitive cases, should be completed by "very early next year."  The task will be exceedingly complex, given Strzok's consequential portfolio. He participated in the FBI's fateful interview with liar-Hillary Clinton on July 2, 2016 – just days before then-FBI Director James Comey announced he was declining to recommend prosecution of Mrs. liar-Clinton in connection with her use, as secretary of state, of a private email server... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/03/mueller-aide-fired-for-anti-trump-texts-now-facing-review-for-role-in-clinton-email-probe.html

VIDEO:  http://video.foxnews.com/v/5665606936001/

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Brett Baier Interviews CIA Director Mike Pompeo and Former Director Panetta 

at Reagan Defense Forum

by theconservativetreehouse.com

{theconservativetreehouse.com} ~ Swamp Guardian and Fox News primary Decepticon, Brett Baier, interviews former liar-nObama CIA Director Leon Panetta and President Trump’s current CIA Director Mike Pompeo... during a Reagan Defense Forum summit at the Reagan Library. Leon Panetta and liar-Hillary Clinton worked hand in hand over the horrific policy execution in Libya and Syria.  The joint CIA/DoS mission, Operation Zero Footprint, was an outcome of President liar-nObama’s finding memo authorizing the covert mission in Libya. Panetta is 100% full-on Deep State/Deep Swamp.  Current CIA Director Mike Pompeo is a bridge leading away from the larger Deep State apparatus. The distinction between the two comes out in buckets... Swamp Guardian and Fox News primary Decepticon, Brett Baier, interviews former Obama CIA Director Leon Panetta and President Trump’s current CIA Director Mike Pompeo during a Reagan Defense Forum summit at the Reagan Library. Leon Panetta and Hillary Clinton worked hand in hand over the horrific policy execution in Libya and Syria. The joint CIA/DoS mission, Operation Zero Footprint, was an outcome of President Obama’s finding memo authorizing the covert mission in Libya. Panetta is 100% full-on Deep State/Deep Swamp. Current CIA Director Mike Pompeo is a bridge leading away from the larger Deep State apparatus. The distinction between the two comes out in buckets.  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/03/brett-baier-interviews-cia-director-mike-pompeo-and-former-director-panetta-at-reagan-defense-forum/

VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79OhTrEXuMU

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Palestinians Promise Explosion of Violence if Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

by israeltoday.co.il

{israeltoday.co.il} ~ Rumors are rife that US President Donald Trump will officially recognize a united Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel sometime this week... possibly in lieu of actually moving the US Embassy to the Holy City in the short term. But the Palestinian leadership is warning that if Trump takes either of those steps, they will unleash a wave of terrorist violence that will affect the entire world.  "Any American declaration of recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel – if there is one – would mean total destruction of the peace process," senior Palestinian Authority advisor Mahmoud Al-Habbash told reporters on Saturday. "The whole world will pay a price for any change or harm to the political reality of Jerusalem."...Palestinians can go to hell.   http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/32875/Default.aspx

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A COMMONSENSE TUTORIAL

by Burt Prelutsky


A few years ago, I saw a need and tried to fill it in my own some small way. I approached a small college devoted to the visual arts and architecture in Pasadena, CA, seeking a teaching gig.

As things turned out, I might have been able to obtain a position teaching a course in screenplays, but there are already too many unemployed screenwriters presumably teaching that stuff to far too many people who are, themselves, destined to join the ranks of the terminally unemployed.

It was my suggestion that I inaugurate a course in logic or commonsense or learning how to think, as opposed to what to think, which has become the sole mission of far too many academic propagandists.

I never even got far enough along to discuss a salary. The authorities turned me down flat.

Well, just because I lack a classroom is no reason I shouldn’t share some of the things I would have wished to pass along to the students.

First off, I would have told them to begin using their instincts. For instance, if a professor insists that socialism is preferable to capitalism and that, furthermore, blacks and Hispanics deserve the advantages of Affirmative Action, ask them why they themselves continue living in a hopelessly capitalist society when they could achieve Nirvana by simply packing up and moving to Cuba, China, Venezuela or North Korea.

Then follow up that question with a second: Why, assuming them to be white, were they holding down a job, which, by their own admission, should be the birthright of a far more-deserving black or Hispanic? 

And, finally, force them to explain why, if socialism is as wonderful as they claim, a North Korean soldier, suffering from tuberculosis, hepatitis and an intestinal tract teeming with parasites, would risk being shot five times by actual count to escape from Paradise.

Instinct or intuition, which is commonly and mistakenly presumed to be a feminine attribute, is relied upon by those in life and death situations; namely, soldiers and cops.  A veteran cop will scan a block and somehow know in his gut that something is amiss, or he’ll spot a couple of guys seemingly minding their own business and be willing to bet next month’s salary that they’re up to no good.

Some people, if they’re smart enough or have learned a few things over the years know better than to confuse politicians of either party with moral leaders. In fact, if you’re getting your principles from politicians, you’re a fool.

I like to think I have principles, but I also have priorities. That means I am far more concerned with how a guy is going to vote than whether he pinched someone’s butt in the distant or even not so distant past.

A vote should never be mistaken as an endorsement of the man or woman’s character. If character really counted in public life, we would probably have to make do with five senators and a dozen or so warm bodies in the House.  Unfortunately, the 535 members of Congress, most of them dopes or weasels, get to decide how the rest of us live. Therefore, it behooves us to elect those most likely to reflect our wishes as individuals and as Americans.

If it bothers you to vote for one politician over another because of their moral lapses, keep in mind that you are not privy to all the facts. These days, you only need to wait a week or two before the candidate you thought was the moral superior to the guy you voted against turns out to be an even more disgusting degenerate.

At times, you simply have to overlook the many things Republicans in Washington don’t get done and focus, instead, on the things that the Democrats do.  

But please feel free, however, to penalize the riffraff who populate show business.  If you’re offended by their creepy behavior, stop going to their movies, tuning into their TV shows, buying their CDs or attending their concerts.

● Speaking of which, it took a very long time, but creepy Al Franken has finally begun saying funny things. He finally deigned to comment on the allegations that during photo ops with Minnesota voters, he was grabbing the tushies of women who, for some bizarre reason, craved photographic proof that they had once been in the presence of the human warthog. He explained: “I have taken thousands of pictures with people in crowded, often chaotic, situations.” Or, if that's not good enough, he added: "I'm a warm person. I hug people."

While I like to think I'm a warm person, and although I can’t claim to have been photographed as often as the senator, I’ve never once found myself with my hands inexplicably on some stranger's fanny.

Thus far, we have only heard allegations made about Franken in his political life. I am still waiting for the nubile young females who make up the bulk of the gofers on TV shows, such as “Saturday Night Live,” to come forward and show us Franken’s fingerprints.

● Like Orrin Hatch, who blew his stack when the Democrats kept insisting that the tax bill only favored the rich, I am sick and tired of millionaires such as Chuck clown-Schumer, Nancy Pulosi and Dianne Feinstein, insisting that the GOP is the party of millionaires and billionaires.

Most of the wealthiest Americans Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Ted Turner, Jeff Bezos, Tom Steyer, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, George Soros, David Geffen, Sam Zell, Steven Spielberg, Mark Cuban, Barry Diller, Oprah Winfrey, Mort Zuckerman) are liberal zealots.

Although I find it abominable that nearly half of all Americans pay no income tax, it’s a fact the richest seven or eight percent pick up roughly 70% of the tab for the nation. But when those calling for the rest of us to pay more taxes pull financial shenanigans in order to pay less, I believe a flag should be thrown.

Warren Buffet, who famously complained that his secretary paid a higher tax rate than he did, fought the IRS tooth and claw for years on end to avoid paying his corporate taxes. Recently, the repulsive George Soros moved $18 billion into a foundation in order to avoid paying his own “fair share” to Uncle Sam.

● I have admitted that I don’t care to join groups, even those dedicated to promoting conservative issues and candidates. My problem is that I am unwilling to hand over my inalienable right to speak for myself to others, and I am often surprised by how many conservatives don’t even think twice about doing so.

● The liberals are doing their darndest to tie Paul Manafort to Donald Trump, even though Trump fired the man and replaced him with Kellyanne Conway fairly early in the campaign. At the same time, they ignore the fact that even as the FBI was closing in on a group of Islamic ITs led by Imran Awan, and tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz refused to sign his pink slip. It was only after Mr. Awan was arrested while trying to flee the country that Mrs. Wasserman-Schultz finally got around to removing him from the federal payroll.

Awan and his associates all had security access to computers belonging to congressional libs, but Mrs. Wasserman-Schultz defended her reluctance to question their illegal activities because it would have constituted Islamophobia on her part!

● As I see people, particularly those in their teens and twenties, walking around with their noses two inches from their electronic toys, it occurs to me that, thanks to the anti-social network, never in human history have so many people with absolutely nothing to say spent so much time saying it.

****Pat Payne, the pride of Aurora, CO, is the winner of the November book drawing. A copy of "Liberals: America's Termites" is on its way. Speaking of books, several of mine would make lovely Christmas gifts for your conservative friends and relatives. The ones I still have on hand include "Portraits of Success" ($25), "67 Conservatives You Should Meet Before You Die" ($20), "The Story of My Life" ($20), "Liberals: America's Termites" ($15) and "Angels on Tap" ($15).  All prices include postage.

If you want to Comment directly to Burt Prelutsky, please mention my name Rudy. BurtPrelutsky@aol.com

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The Front Page Cover
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Over by Thanksgiving
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Tuesday Top Headlines
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RINO-Collins doubles funding ask for liar-nObamaCare bill (The Hill)
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Democrat Rep. John Conyers announces retirement amidst sexual harassment allegations, endorses son to run for seat (CBS News)
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Former Democrat U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown sentenced to five years in prison (The Florida Times-Union)
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President Donald Trump shaved some two million acres from two national monuments in Utah (The Salt Lake Tribune)
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Trump pulls United States out of UN immigration deal (The Washington Free Beacon)
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RNC to support Roy Moore in Senate race in Alabama, weeks after cutting ties with his campaign (The Washington Post)
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Global temperature increases are lower and slower, says new study (Reason)
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ABC News president: Brian Ross will no longer cover stories related to Trump (Hot Air)
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Humor: ABC News reports Trump nuked entire world, later clarifies he just microwaved a burrito (The Babylon Bee)
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Policy: Consumers, not government, should decide If CVS-Aetna merger is a good idea (Investor’s Business Daily)
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Policy: America’s “flyover country” is stronger than you think (City Journal ~The Patriot Post
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Nunes Prepares Contempt Charges For DOJ, FBI Leadership – Leaks Show Top Level Obstruction
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{rickwells.us} ~ The clown-Schumer appears to be hitting the fan at the House Intelligence Committee... to borrow a term from James Wesley Rawles, and its Chairman Devin Nunes is rightfully incensed over obstruction of justice by DOJ and the FBI. The special prosecutor’s sham investigation into President Trump and the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax was presented by the chief inquisitor, Robert Mueller, as addressing “potential obstruction” within the Trump administration. Ironically and hypocritically, it is they, along with current leadership in the FBI and DOJ, who are the corrupt political operatives engaged in that very same offense in acts of sedition against the American people and our nation, without consequences, on a daily basis...  https://rickwells.us/nunes-contempt-doj-fbi-leaders/
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Europe's Migrant Crisis: Millions Still to Come
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by Soeren Kern
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ The African Union-European Union (AU-EU) summit, held in in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on November 29-30, 2017... has ended in abject failure after the 55 African and 28 European leaders attending the event were unable to agree on even basic measures to prevent potentially tens of millions of African migrants from flooding Europe. Despite high expectations and grand statements, the only concrete decision to come out of Abidjan was the promise to evacuate 3,800 African migrants stranded in Libya. More than six million migrants are waiting in countries around the Mediterranean to cross into Europe, according to a classified German government report leaked to Bild...  https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11480/europe-migrant-crisis-exodus
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President Trump Withdraws US 
From UN-Controlled Refugee Agreement
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{rickwells.us} ~ Once again President Trump has put America first and once again that means withdrawing from an anti- sovereignty United Nations agreement... First there was the global welfare suicide pact of the UN Climate Accord, now it’s the UN’s Global Pact on Migration. It’s part of the scheme that has been effective in setting an international tone that has made European nations suddenly incapable of defending themselves from boat people invading their shores from terrorist and other third world nations. It’s all part of a coordinated globalist effort between the UN, the European Union, George Soros, good old Pope Francis and other players, such as Hussein liar-nObama and liar-Hillary Clinton, who were political tools of the global government apparatus... https://rickwells.us/trump-withdraws-un-controlled-refugee/
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Mattis: ‘The Enemy Is Collapsing’ 
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{dailycaller.com} ~ Secretary of Defense James Mattis touted the rapid success of the U.S.-backed military campaign against the Islamic State... to reporters en-route to Egypt Saturday. “The enemy is collapsing. In many cases, faster than many people in the media forecasted,” Mattis declared. “You know, I always stayed away from timelines for this very reason.  It’s usually slower or faster than any timeline.” Mattis has consistently been reluctant to put a timeline on the U.S. military presence in Syria, but highlighted the recent withdrawal of approximately 400 Marines from the country after successful operations against ISIS. The 400 Marines are being sent back to the U.S. after supporting the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in their military campaign against ISIS... http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/02/mattis-the-enemy-is-collapsing-faster-than-media-predicted/?utm_medium=email
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Feinstein: Obstruction Of 
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{dailycaller.com} ~ California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee... said Sunday that she believes an obstruction of justice case is being built against President Trump over the firing of James Comey as FBI director. “I see it most importantly in what happened with the firing of Director Comey, and it is my belief that that is directly because he did not agree to lift the cloud of the Russia investigation. That’s obstruction of justice,” Feinstein said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Feinstein said that both Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Senate Judiciary Committee are investigating the circumstances around Trump’s May 9 firing of Comey...Fein-stein is fishing like Mueller.  http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/03/feinstein-obstruction-of-justice-case-being-built-against-trump-video/?utm_medium=email
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Over by Thanksgiving
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{townhall.com} ~ In August, when President Donald Trump's lawyers persuaded him to refrain from attacking independent counsel Robert Mueller publicly -- he had many times called Mueller's investigation a "witch hunt" -- they also told him that the investigation was not aimed at him and not to worry because it would be over by Thanksgiving.

These are the same lawyers who revealed a fissure in the strategy of the president's legal team. On one side are presidential lawyers who want to cooperate fully with Mueller because they are convinced that the president has nothing to fear from the public revelation of truthful information.

On the other side are presidential lawyers who believe that the office of the presidency is being diminished by its subservient surrendering of all demanded documents and emails to Mueller's investigators -- materials that skilled prosecutors might somehow be able to use against the president or members of his inner circle someday.

Adding to this is the presence of Gen. John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, a non-lawyer, who serves as the referee when the president's lawyers disagree. That disagreement was heightened on Thanksgiving eve when a letter arrived at the White House. It must have been received as if it were a thunderbolt and no doubt generated bitter reminders of the "over by Thanksgiving" remark made to Trump personally.

Here is the back story.

When the government is investigating or prosecuting a group of people who have some common bond or prior relationship or mutual interest, it is not uncommon for their lawyers to enter into a joint defense agreement. This type of agreement is a written contract that generally governs the relationship of the potential defendants to one another and their joint relationship to the government. Though no two agreements are identical, they generally provide for the sharing of communications to and from the government, the sharing of evidence and a joint defense.

So if one of the lawyers in the agreement receives a request from the government for documents from that lawyer's client, that lawyer will share the request and copies of the surrendered documents with the other lawyers who have signed the agreement.

The joint defense established by the agreement -- we will sink or swim together -- prohibits any person whose lawyer has signed the agreement from pointing a finger at any other person whose lawyer has signed the agreement. This united front often strengthens the defense team and frustrates the government. These agreements are common, lawful and binding until any potential defendant withdraws.

Lawyers must be very careful about what they have agreed to do because a lawyer's first and core loyalty is to her or his client, not to the group of folks represented by fellow counselors who have signed the agreement.

In the Mueller investigation, lawyers for some of the major targets -- but not all -- signed such an agreement. Those who did include lawyers for the president and lawyers for his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.

Last Wednesday evening, after Trump had left the White House for a Thanksgiving weekend at his Florida estate, Flynn's lawyers delivered a letter to lawyers for all the others in the agreement, including Don McGahn, who is White House counsel, to announce their withdrawal from it. This means that they can no longer comply with the terms of the agreement because they are about to have communications with Mueller's team that they cannot share with the lawyers for the others.

That can only mean that Flynn is offering to give the government something. But Mueller's prosecutors are threatening Flynn's liberty. Why would he help them?

The retired lieutenant general faces a host of potential felonies -- conspiracy to kidnap a foreign national, conducting a private foreign policy with a foreign government, failing to register as a foreign agent, failing to report income from a foreign government, working for a foreign government while working for the U.S. government, lying to FBI agents -- all of which expose him to decades of federal prison time.

Flynn might help Mueller prosecute others because Mueller could reduce Flynn's prison exposure substantially in return for credible evidence against another person in the agreement.

The tantalizing question remains: What evidence does Flynn have that Mueller wants or can use? Here is where this business of independent counsels -- prosecutors not answerable through normal Department of Justice channels -- can become dangerous to personal liberty.

Because this independent counsel's office has been established solely to examine whether any Americans aided the Russian assault on our electoral system in the months leading up to the presidential election in 2016, Mueller, who heads that office, like his many predecessors who were appointed solely to investigate one person or one crime or one series of events, will have a natural tendency to indict someone for something, if only to justify his office's existence.

We have already seen this in the charges against three former Trump colleagues -- for lying to the FBI and for money laundering -- which have no visible connection to the Russians or the election. Though there may be no visible connection to the Russians or the election, there may be an invisible one, so to speak.

Uncovering that kind of connection, which is brought about by fear of incarceration and a willingness to trade knowledge of dirt on former compatriots in return for one's own freedom, is a technique mastered by prosecutors for nearly a century. But is this type of dirt, which is essentially purchased by the government by shaving years off federal prison exposure, believable?

Regrettably, this purchased, bribed testimony is, more often than not, believed by jurors, even though they are told of the deals that brought the evidence to them. Though Trump's lawyers are gainsaying this Flynn reversal, they must know how potentially dangerous it is to their client. Flynn was Trump's nearly constant confidant from June 2015 to February 2017.

Thanksgiving is over. Mueller and his team remain hard at work.
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Tuesday AM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
Watergate Was Nothing Compared to This
by Tom McLaughlin
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OK Clapper and Brennan Lied To Congress – Flynn Targeted By Mueller, Corrupt Deep State DOJ
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{rickwells.us} ~ Lou Dobbs notes that the 29 page of FBI documents that Judicial Watch was originally told didn’t exist, “detail a frenzied... wild hunt within the FBI, looking for a source who talked to a reporter.” Dobbs clarifies that “they were looking for the leaker” of information regarding the clandestine tarmac meeting between liar-Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch. He says, “The messages show almost no concern over the actual meeting itself, its propriety and what was discussed.” Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch reminds us that the FBI at first lied and then produced them once DOJ correspondence referenced them. He says, “And even now, the redactions that they’ve made, hiding the names of people involved is pretty cowardly and dishonest.”...   https://rickwells.us/ok-clapper-brennan-lied-flynn/
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Senate Tax Bill: Middle Receives Largest Cuts
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by CHRIS EDWARDS
{cato.org} ~ The distribution effects of the Senate tax bill are examined in a Washington Post story. Reporter Heather Long looks at the bill’s liar-nObamacare mandate repeal... based on a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study. A table in the study appears to show, “The Senate Republican tax plan gives substantial tax cuts and benefits to Americans earning more than $100,000 a year, while the nation’s poorest would be worse off.” Along with the CBO table, Long presents a Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) table sent to her by Senate GOP staff showing the tax bill’s effects without the liar-nObamacare piece. This table indicates across-the-board tax cuts in the early years, but is in aggregate dollars with no context...   https://www.cato.org/blog/senate-tax-bill-middle-receives-largest-cuts?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdJeE1qTTFPVFV4TlRkaSIsInQiOiJMT3lrUFwvYVhmNkpqc0hqcituRWVkOHVrcEM0NzBcL21sTmprbWFJNDR2V2hLNUI0RWllVEhPSTZtRG1BQ1hRM2dzYU52dFFLWW5FSXB2NWdtOG40NWlDakk1NzhOK0MxZkhZcEVRM3JuXC9GanQ0UU82SncxYXA3YUxsS1d5VnUraSJ9
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The New York Times: Voice of the swamp
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by David Zukerman
{americanthinker.com} ~ The Times, in its lead editorial, December 1, 2017, "Help Wanted: Top Diplomat," is troubled about rumors that CIA director Mike Pompeo may succeed Rex W. Tillerson as secretary of state...  For the Times, Pompeo "may be too chummy" with President Trump.  To boot, he is "a Tea Party conservative and a climate change skeptic."  And more, he is accused of "mixing politics with intelligence"! Of course, the Times has no difficulty with mixing politics and intelligence when the mix involves former liar-nObama intelligence figures like John Brennan and James Clapper.  After all, isn't "Dossiergate" all about mixing up intelligence with politics for the purpose of forcing President Trump from office?  The Times editorial also expresses difficulty with the rumored appointment of Sen. Tom Cotton to replace Mr. Pompeo as CIA director.  Among Cotton's faults, as perceived by the Times, he "has mocked the idea that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in the presidential election."  Perhaps even worse for the Times, Cotton "has also been Congress's most aggressive opponents of the Iran nuclear deal."  That is to say that we have a president who intends to staff his administration with officials who reflect America's legacy of liberty in foreign as well as domestic policy...  http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/12/the_new_york_times_voice_of_the_swamp.html
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Greta Van Susteren Unleashes on Former Colleague Gretchen Carlson: You ‘Called Me a Liar’
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by George Upper
{westernjournalism.com} ~ One former Fox New colleague went after another on Twitter Friday... reminding readers of the high-profile sexual harassment claims that hit the news long before Harvey Weinstein made them the news of the day for weeks. Greta Van Susteren tweeted first about ABC News’ “fake news” claim that Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, had held conversations with Russian officials prior to the November general election — an act that likely would have been illegal. Flynn had, in fact, held those conversations as a member of President-elect Trump’s transition team in December, 2016, as virtually every transition team in history has done...   https://www.westernjournalism.com/greta-van-susteren-unleashes-former-colleague-gretchen-carlson-called-liar/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=conservativebyte&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=libertyalliance
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Judicial Watch Loses – Swamp Court Sides
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{rickwells.us} ~ Once again the swamp creatures of the judiciary slithered to the rescue of their slimy, sleazy comrade liar-Hillary Clinton... ruling against the American people and in favor of keeping the liar-Clinton crimes as secret as they can. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled on Friday, siding with the Jeff Sessions  DOJ which argued on liar-Clinton’s behalf, against ordering the release of draft indictments prepared against her during the mid-1990s Whitewater scandal. Judicial Watch had filed a Freedom of Information Act Request with the National Archives and Records Administration in 2015 for the two draft indictments. They were the product of an independent Counsel investigation into suspected fraudulent liar-Clinton real estate dealings...Trump you need to get rid of Session.  https://rickwells.us/judicial-watch-court-clinton/
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Watergate Was Nothing Compared to This
by Tom McLaughlin
 
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{tommclaughlin.blogspot.com} ~ First thing every morning I skipped down two flights of stairs to get the Boston Globe because I couldn’t wait to read the latest developments in the Watergate scandal then bringing down the Nixon Administration. Familiar as I still am with those details, they pale by comparison to abuses of power under the liar-nObama Administration and its collusion with the 2016 liar-Hillary Clinton presidential campaign recently coming to light.
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President Nixon’s campaign had hired a group called “the plumbers” to plug leaks of information from his administration to the media. Their activities were legal up to the point when they broke into to a rented office of DNC Chairman Larry O’Brien in Washington, DC’s Watergate Hotel, hence the name of the infamous scandal. They were hoping to find embarrassing information to hurt Democrat presidential candidate George McGovern’s 1972 campaign against Nixon.
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During the long investigation into this break-in, other illegal activities came to light including another break-in to the office of Daniel Ellsburg’s psychiatrist. Ellsburg had leaked the classified “Pentagon Papers,” which revealed that some of Nixon’s public statements about his conduct of the Vietnam War were erroneous, and the New York Times published them. Nixon was not aware of the Watergate break-in until the Washington Post began publishing stories about it. At that point he began using his executive power to thwart the investigation. That led to credible charges of “obstruction of justice,” for which he resigned to avoid impeachment.
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Nixon had contemplated other abuses of his power like using the IRS to harass political enemies of which he had made an infamous list. He never did, but Americans were appalled that he considered it. The liar-Obama Administration, however, did more than consider it. It actually used the IRS to harass political enemies, but The Washington Post and the rest of mainstream media were disinclined to investigate.
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Conservative pundits claim most of the 62,979,879 Americans who voted for Trump last year believe Democrats, Republican leadership, and Mainstream Media all cooperate with each other against them. Variously called “Bitter Clingers” by liar-nObama and “Deplorables” by liar-Hillary Clinton, Trump supporters see their man as someone with the temperament necessary to kick all their a**es while he “drains the swamp” in which they all reside.
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Denizens of the swamp went into a collective panic when Trump unexpectedly won. After the shock wore off, the lame-duck liar-nObama Administration began laying traps for him using an obscure, never-enforced 1799 law called “The Logan Act” according to columnist Byron York. Using the Logan Act as justification, liar-nObama officials cited the dodgy “Trump Dossier” constructed by an opposition research firm paid by the liar-Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democrat National Committee (DNC). FBI agent Peter Strzok, whom Special Counsel Mueller recently dismissed from his investigation, used the dodgy dossier to obtain FISA warrants to wiretap both the Trump campaign and the Trump transition team.
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Strzok and Mueller
 
It was Strzok, presumably under the direction of then-FBI Director Comey, who offered to pay $50,000 of taxpayer money to Christopher Steele, author of the dodgy dossier, to continue his research against Donald Trump during the campaign! Strzok also led the dubious FBI “investigation” of liar-Hillary Clinton’s emails. Compared to these revelations, Nixon’s actions during Watergate seem trivial. Why aren’t Washington Post reporters looking into these developments?
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Under dubious authority, other liar-nObama officials including Susan Rice and Samantha Power requested hundreds of FISA transcripts including General Flynn’s December, 2016 contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak during Trump’s transition. They unmasked Flynn to set him up for FBI interrogation four days after Trump’s inauguration. ABC reporter Brian Ross breathlessly reported last Friday that Trump directed Flynn’s conversations during the campaign! Ross had to retract it hours later and was suspended by ABC, but not before his report caused the stock market to plunge.
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Flynn and Kushner
 
According the Buzzfeed, it was actually Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner who instructed Flynn to contact Kislyak and discuss the then-upcoming UN Security Council vote against Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Most importantly, however, his instruction was during the transition after Trump had won — not during the campaign — and therefore not within the realm of Mueller’s original charge to investigate alleged Russia/Trump campaign collusion. It’s perfectly reasonable for a transition official like Flynn to contact foreign governments, yet Flynn evidently lied about them to the FBI. Why? We don’t know.
(Update: Its was K.T. McFarland not Jared Kushner who asked Flynn to contact Kislyak)
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As of this writing, neither Mueller nor anyone else has yet found evidence of Trump/Russia campaign collusion despite a year-and-a-half of investigations by mainstream media and Congressional Democrats. Trump supporters see them all as part of “the swamp” conspiring to bring down the Trump Administration. For that, there’s plenty of evidence.

Watergate was nothing compared to what I’m seeing now.
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Tuesday AM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
Watergate Was Nothing Compared to This
by Tom McLaughlin
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OK Clapper and Brennan Lied To Congress – Flynn Targeted By Mueller, Corrupt Deep State DOJ
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{rickwells.us} ~ Lou Dobbs notes that the 29 page of FBI documents that Judicial Watch was originally told didn’t exist, “detail a frenzied... wild hunt within the FBI, looking for a source who talked to a reporter.” Dobbs clarifies that “they were looking for the leaker” of information regarding the clandestine tarmac meeting between liar-Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch. He says, “The messages show almost no concern over the actual meeting itself, its propriety and what was discussed.” Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch reminds us that the FBI at first lied and then produced them once DOJ correspondence referenced them. He says, “And even now, the redactions that they’ve made, hiding the names of people involved is pretty cowardly and dishonest.”...   https://rickwells.us/ok-clapper-brennan-lied-flynn/
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Senate Tax Bill: Middle Receives Largest Cuts
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by CHRIS EDWARDS
{cato.org} ~ The distribution effects of the Senate tax bill are examined in a Washington Post story. Reporter Heather Long looks at the bill’s liar-nObamacare mandate repeal... based on a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study. A table in the study appears to show, “The Senate Republican tax plan gives substantial tax cuts and benefits to Americans earning more than $100,000 a year, while the nation’s poorest would be worse off.” Along with the CBO table, Long presents a Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) table sent to her by Senate GOP staff showing the tax bill’s effects without the liar-nObamacare piece. This table indicates across-the-board tax cuts in the early years, but is in aggregate dollars with no context...   https://www.cato.org/blog/senate-tax-bill-middle-receives-largest-cuts?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdJeE1qTTFPVFV4TlRkaSIsInQiOiJMT3lrUFwvYVhmNkpqc0hqcituRWVkOHVrcEM0NzBcL21sTmprbWFJNDR2V2hLNUI0RWllVEhPSTZtRG1BQ1hRM2dzYU52dFFLWW5FSXB2NWdtOG40NWlDakk1NzhOK0MxZkhZcEVRM3JuXC9GanQ0UU82SncxYXA3YUxsS1d5VnUraSJ9
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The New York Times: Voice of the swamp
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by David Zukerman
{americanthinker.com} ~ The Times, in its lead editorial, December 1, 2017, "Help Wanted: Top Diplomat," is troubled about rumors that CIA director Mike Pompeo may succeed Rex W. Tillerson as secretary of state...  For the Times, Pompeo "may be too chummy" with President Trump.  To boot, he is "a Tea Party conservative and a climate change skeptic."  And more, he is accused of "mixing politics with intelligence"! Of course, the Times has no difficulty with mixing politics and intelligence when the mix involves former liar-nObama intelligence figures like John Brennan and James Clapper.  After all, isn't "Dossiergate" all about mixing up intelligence with politics for the purpose of forcing President Trump from office?  The Times editorial also expresses difficulty with the rumored appointment of Sen. Tom Cotton to replace Mr. Pompeo as CIA director.  Among Cotton's faults, as perceived by the Times, he "has mocked the idea that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in the presidential election."  Perhaps even worse for the Times, Cotton "has also been Congress's most aggressive opponents of the Iran nuclear deal."  That is to say that we have a president who intends to staff his administration with officials who reflect America's legacy of liberty in foreign as well as domestic policy...  http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/12/the_new_york_times_voice_of_the_swamp.html
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Greta Van Susteren Unleashes on Former Colleague Gretchen Carlson: You ‘Called Me a Liar’
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by George Upper
{westernjournalism.com} ~ One former Fox New colleague went after another on Twitter Friday... reminding readers of the high-profile sexual harassment claims that hit the news long before Harvey Weinstein made them the news of the day for weeks. Greta Van Susteren tweeted first about ABC News’ “fake news” claim that Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, had held conversations with Russian officials prior to the November general election — an act that likely would have been illegal. Flynn had, in fact, held those conversations as a member of President-elect Trump’s transition team in December, 2016, as virtually every transition team in history has done...   https://www.westernjournalism.com/greta-van-susteren-unleashes-former-colleague-gretchen-carlson-called-liar/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=conservativebyte&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=libertyalliance
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Judicial Watch Loses – Swamp Court Sides
With Sessions DOJ To Bury liar-Clinton Indictmentshn2m8ppbmwJrgfLpFEsZcFimsU7XRJDo-s42eERCywqSH4dB3YXJO8dU48kv1jM5bBOqtMTnlLwg90gTn0INNPGnOOc9SCMHOZ23-3QaGi-iiPOaPV1htTNqG70b54LIpRTudjxn=s0-d-e1-ft#%3Ca%20rel%3Dnofollow%20href=?width=450
{rickwells.us} ~ Once again the swamp creatures of the judiciary slithered to the rescue of their slimy, sleazy comrade liar-Hillary Clinton... ruling against the American people and in favor of keeping the liar-Clinton crimes as secret as they can. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled on Friday, siding with the Jeff Sessions  DOJ which argued on liar-Clinton’s behalf, against ordering the release of draft indictments prepared against her during the mid-1990s Whitewater scandal. Judicial Watch had filed a Freedom of Information Act Request with the National Archives and Records Administration in 2015 for the two draft indictments. They were the product of an independent Counsel investigation into suspected fraudulent liar-Clinton real estate dealings...Trump you need to get rid of Session.  https://rickwells.us/judicial-watch-court-clinton/
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Watergate Was Nothing Compared to This
by Tom McLaughlin
 
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{tommclaughlin.blogspot.com} ~ First thing every morning I skipped down two flights of stairs to get the Boston Globe because I couldn’t wait to read the latest developments in the Watergate scandal then bringing down the Nixon Administration. Familiar as I still am with those details, they pale by comparison to abuses of power under the liar-nObama Administration and its collusion with the 2016 liar-Hillary Clinton presidential campaign recently coming to light.
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President Nixon’s campaign had hired a group called “the plumbers” to plug leaks of information from his administration to the media. Their activities were legal up to the point when they broke into to a rented office of DNC Chairman Larry O’Brien in Washington, DC’s Watergate Hotel, hence the name of the infamous scandal. They were hoping to find embarrassing information to hurt Democrat presidential candidate George McGovern’s 1972 campaign against Nixon.
lois-lerner-something-to-hide.jpg
During the long investigation into this break-in, other illegal activities came to light including another break-in to the office of Daniel Ellsburg’s psychiatrist. Ellsburg had leaked the classified “Pentagon Papers,” which revealed that some of Nixon’s public statements about his conduct of the Vietnam War were erroneous, and the New York Times published them. Nixon was not aware of the Watergate break-in until the Washington Post began publishing stories about it. At that point he began using his executive power to thwart the investigation. That led to credible charges of “obstruction of justice,” for which he resigned to avoid impeachment.
nytimes-nixonresigns.jpg
Nixon had contemplated other abuses of his power like using the IRS to harass political enemies of which he had made an infamous list. He never did, but Americans were appalled that he considered it. The liar-Obama Administration, however, did more than consider it. It actually used the IRS to harass political enemies, but The Washington Post and the rest of mainstream media were disinclined to investigate.
a46c4bb9ded756fa7d50f0ab3649dab5--college-students-scandal.jpg
Conservative pundits claim most of the 62,979,879 Americans who voted for Trump last year believe Democrats, Republican leadership, and Mainstream Media all cooperate with each other against them. Variously called “Bitter Clingers” by liar-nObama and “Deplorables” by liar-Hillary Clinton, Trump supporters see their man as someone with the temperament necessary to kick all their a**es while he “drains the swamp” in which they all reside.
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Denizens of the swamp went into a collective panic when Trump unexpectedly won. After the shock wore off, the lame-duck liar-nObama Administration began laying traps for him using an obscure, never-enforced 1799 law called “The Logan Act” according to columnist Byron York. Using the Logan Act as justification, liar-nObama officials cited the dodgy “Trump Dossier” constructed by an opposition research firm paid by the liar-Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democrat National Committee (DNC). FBI agent Peter Strzok, whom Special Counsel Mueller recently dismissed from his investigation, used the dodgy dossier to obtain FISA warrants to wiretap both the Trump campaign and the Trump transition team.
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Strzok and Mueller
 
It was Strzok, presumably under the direction of then-FBI Director Comey, who offered to pay $50,000 of taxpayer money to Christopher Steele, author of the dodgy dossier, to continue his research against Donald Trump during the campaign! Strzok also led the dubious FBI “investigation” of liar-Hillary Clinton’s emails. Compared to these revelations, Nixon’s actions during Watergate seem trivial. Why aren’t Washington Post reporters looking into these developments?
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Under dubious authority, other liar-nObama officials including Susan Rice and Samantha Power requested hundreds of FISA transcripts including General Flynn’s December, 2016 contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak during Trump’s transition. They unmasked Flynn to set him up for FBI interrogation four days after Trump’s inauguration. ABC reporter Brian Ross breathlessly reported last Friday that Trump directed Flynn’s conversations during the campaign! Ross had to retract it hours later and was suspended by ABC, but not before his report caused the stock market to plunge.
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Flynn and Kushner
 
According the Buzzfeed, it was actually Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner who instructed Flynn to contact Kislyak and discuss the then-upcoming UN Security Council vote against Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Most importantly, however, his instruction was during the transition after Trump had won — not during the campaign — and therefore not within the realm of Mueller’s original charge to investigate alleged Russia/Trump campaign collusion. It’s perfectly reasonable for a transition official like Flynn to contact foreign governments, yet Flynn evidently lied about them to the FBI. Why? We don’t know.
(Update: Its was K.T. McFarland not Jared Kushner who asked Flynn to contact Kislyak)
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As of this writing, neither Mueller nor anyone else has yet found evidence of Trump/Russia campaign collusion despite a year-and-a-half of investigations by mainstream media and Congressional Democrats. Trump supporters see them all as part of “the swamp” conspiring to bring down the Trump Administration. For that, there’s plenty of evidence.

Watergate was nothing compared to what I’m seeing now.
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The Front Page Cover

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DICTATORS

by Burt Prelutsky

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GOP Takes Step To Free Americans 

From liar-nObama Socialism Mandate

by rickwells.us

{rickwells.us} ~ Senate Republicans are far from perfect and many, if not most of them, are part of the problem with the DC Swamp... They did, however, on Friday, do something no globalist Democrat would ever consider doing. They voted against wealth redistribution. In passing the Senate tax bill, the liar-nObamacare individual mandate was eliminated. The decree by our former foreign-born emperor that those of us who didn’t opt in for their overpriced, largely useless and unsustainable health care plan were to be turned upside down, vigorously shaken and the contents of our pockets, including our wallets, confiscated, will be no more...  https://rickwells.us/gop-obama-socialism-mandate/

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Trump should Pardon Flynn,

Sessions should Fire Mueller and then Resign

by Michael P. Rethman

{ipatriot.com} ~ General Michael Flynn served honorably in the U.S. Army rising to become a 3-star general and head the Defense Intelligence Agency... Unfortunately for Flynn, he found the sewer that is DC to his liking – where it’s seemingly okay to be hired by foreign governments who seek to alter U.S. policy. Yet despite its questionable ethics, what Flynn did for Turkey isn’t illegal. Instead, Flynn’s major mistake was naively supporting Donald J. Trump’s campaign for President. This was tantamount to painting a target on his own back in the waning days of the corrupt liar-nObama Administration... http://ipatriot.com/trump-pardon-flynn-sessions-fire-mueller-resign/

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Georgia Copyrighted Its Own Laws. Now,

It’s Suing a Nonprofit Group for Publishing Them.

by Amy Swearer

{dailysignal.com} ~ The state of Georgia has one, and only one, official set of laws: the Official Code of Georgia Annotated... There’s just one tiny problem for Georgia citizens who wish to know exactly what’s in the code: It will cost them hundreds of dollars to read it. Why? Because Georgia copyrighted its own code and gave sole distribution rights to LexisNexis, a for-profit company. The state has since raked in tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of royalty fees every year, all for allowing its citizens the privilege of reading their own laws..http://dailysignal.com/2017/12/01/georgia-copyrighted-laws-now-suing-non-profit-group-publishing/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=theinsider&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdJeE1qTTFPVFV4TlRkaSIsInQiOiJMT3lrUFwvYVhmNkpqc0hqcituRWVkOHVrcEM0NzBcL21sTmprbWFJNDR2V2hLNUI0RWllVEhPSTZtRG1BQ1hRM2dzYU52dFFLWW5FSXB2NWdtOG40NWlDakk1NzhOK0MxZkhZcEVRM3JuXC9GanQ0UU82SncxYXA3YUxsS1d5VnUraSJ9

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The net neutrality farce: From the start, the

concept has been based on a flawed foundation

by THOMAS HAZLETT

{nydailynews.com} ~ For the sixth time in the last decade, U.S. rules on "network neutrality" are set to flip... The controversial policy — first imposed by the Federal Communications Commission under Bush 43, then struck down by federal courts, then re-imposed under President liar-nObama, then overturned again, then imposed yet again — is now slated for demolition by Ajit Pai, the FCC head appointed by President Trump. In a public radio debate not long ago, Tom Wheeler — who led the FCC from 2013 until early this year — argued for net neutrality regulations to protect subscribers from anti-competitive actions by their Internet Service Providers (ISPs). He asserted that the rules would protect internet start-ups of the future, singling out AOL as his historical example. It was a stunning misdirection...  http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/net-neutrality-farce-article-1.3649219?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=theinsider&utm_source=heritagefoundation&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdJeE1qTTFPVFV4TlRkaSIsInQiOiJMT3lrUFwvYVhmNkpqc0hqcituRWVkOHVrcEM0NzBcL21sTmprbWFJNDR2V2hLNUI0RWllVEhPSTZtRG1BQ1hRM2dzYU52dFFLWW5FSXB2NWdtOG40NWlDakk1NzhOK0MxZkhZcEVRM3JuXC9GanQ0UU82SncxYXA3YUxsS1d5VnUraSJ9

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Cuomo’s Expensive Puerto Rico 

“Better Than Ever” Bail Out – We Pay

by rickwells.us

{rickwells.us} ~ Andrew Cuomo is on his next political campaign, perhaps for governor of New York or maybe President of the United States... He’s saying what he believes will endear him to the parasites of America, also known as Democrat voters, both on the island of Puerto Rico and on the US mainland. The corrupt Democrats running and ruining Puerto Rico and hindering the aid effort are the ones responsible for what happened to that third world money pit that, unfortunately, is a US territory. It’s not the Trump administration’s fault, as was clearly evident during the immediate aftermath of the hurricanes. The mayor of San Juan and others vividly highlighted the fact that the Puerto Rican Democrats are every bit as corrupt and hypocritical as their mainland cousins... https://rickwells.us/cuomo-puerto-rico-better-pay/

VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKOYpu9hsNE

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DICTATORS

by Burt Prelutsky


For a long time, I have been firmly convinced that the ideal form of government would be a benevolent dictator, someone who could cut through the usual bureaucratic red tape and partisan politics that afflict representative forms of government, in order to do the most good, most quickly, for the most people.

Unfortunately, dictators who aren’t malevolent tyrants are rarer than unicorns. And as nobody is in a position to offer me the job, it appears we are pretty much stuck with what we have.

The problem is that even in such enlightened nations as England and the U.S., we have witnessed and sat idly by while those in authority misused their powers. In America, as we all recall, we all saw President liar-nObama enable the bureaucrats at the EPA to destroy businesses on the flimsiest of ecological whims. 

At the same time, he was allowed to get away with one whopper after another. Time and again, he swore that if we liked our doctors and our health insurance, we would be allowed to hang onto them under the Affordable Care Act.

Because he wasn’t impeached for such blatant lies, he felt that even after insisting on 26 separate occasions that he didn’t have the constitutional right to prevent six million illegal aliens from being deported, it was safe to go ahead and issue an executive order preventing their eviction.

What the dictator class did in England was, in a way, even worse because lying in the name of partisanship is bad, but it has a traditional basis in human nature. Nobody really expects politicians to have a moral compass. We all understand that those holding public office are mainly motivated by power and greed. But we expect more from those sworn to uphold the Hippocratic Oath, whose primary obligation is to do no harm.

When eight-month-old Charlie Gard was diagnosed with mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, a terminal neurological disease, his parents went about raising money through charitable donations to take their baby son to New York for experimental treatment. But the hospital objected, insisting that Charlie had the right to die with dignity.

When the parents countered that their son’s primary right was to live, the battle entered the legal system. Time and again, the English courts ruled in favor of the hospital. By the time Dr. Michio Hirano was permitted to come over from New York to examine the baby, he said it was too late for his treatment to have any chance of saving Charlie.

The court then ruled that Charlie would be taken off his respirator. Charlie died the next day. I can’t confirm that he died with his dignity intact. But however little he may have had, it dwarfed that of London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children or the English legal system.

● Some people have defended the smutty things that Donald Trump said about women to Billy Bush during that famous conversation aboard a bus. They insist it was just a case of boys being boys, although Mr. Trump was pushing 60 at the time. They said it was just the sort of locker room braggadocio that males always engage in.

I’m 77. Therefore, I have spent a lot of time in locker rooms, though not recently, I’m happy to say. They were steamy, stinky places, but I never heard anything like the sort of crap Mr. Trump said to Bush. And I’m willing to wager that most of the men reading this haven’t, either.

But there’s no question that America has become a much coarser place over the years. I would trace it back to the 60s with the advent of its simplistic “Make Love Not War” slogan and the hippies’ campaign on behalf of “Free Love,” neither of which had anything to do with love, but were simply shorthand for irresponsible sex, which in turn made tax-subsidized abortions a hot-button issue for Democrats.

But that in no way diminishes liar-Bill Clinton’s influence on our culture through his sexual misbehavior both as the governor of Arkansas and the president of the United States.

But that doesn’t excuse Trump. I voted for him and plan to do so again in 2020, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think someone should wash his mouth out with a bar of Lifebuoy.

● I have long wondered how the American Revolution is taught in English schools and regarded by the English people. Is it a major or minor item in the national consciousness? Do they consider America’s victory as a major loss or as a lucky near-miss?

I have met people from England, but I never asked, possibly to avoid opening old wounds. But if anyone can provide me with an answer, please drop me an email.

● I hate to keep harping on Roy Moore and the allegations against him, but I can’t get over the fact that the man has been in public life for more than 30 years and there had never before been a hint of inappropriate sexual behavior. Unlike the politicians and show biz celebrities who have been accused in recent months, none of those making allegations against Mr. Moore were in a position where he could have destroyed their careers had they come forward.

Considering that nobody had breathed a word of scandal against Moore during his GOP primary battle with Luther Strange, it should make a person wonder. I would think that the timing of the allegations, coming just weeks before an election pitting him against an uberliberal named Doug Jones, would make every Alabama voter at least a little suspicious. I mean, as coincidences go, it is definitely a pipperoo.

● I have always been surprised by the lines from movies that become commonplace for no readily discernible reason. At least when it’s a line like the one from “Casablanca” where the cynical chief of police says he’s shocked to find that gambling is taking place in the backroom at Rick’s, even as he’s pocketing his winnings, the line is timeless because there are always corrupt politicians to whom it applies.

But why for a time was it impossible to avoid hearing “Make my day,” “Hasta la vista, baby” and “Life is like a box of chocolates,” on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis?

Sometimes, the line didn’t even exist the way it came to be repeated. Humphrey Bogart never told Dooley Wilson to “Play it again, Sam.” He said: “You played it for her, you can play it for me.”

In “Cool Hand Luke,” Strother Martin didn’t tell Paul Newman: “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” He left out the “a,” which, to my ear and most other ears, apparently, destroyed the flow of the line.

Sean Connery’s identifying himself as “Bonds…James Bond” has become iconic, but perhaps that’s mainly due to its constant repetition in the Bond franchise. But, eight years prior to “Dr. No,” Sterling Hayden introduced himself to saloon owner Joan Crawford, using the same self-important inflection, as “Guitar…Johnny Guitar.”

● The best thing about having Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror is that it means that Christmas is just around the corner.

It is sometimes said that pretty girls in high school will hang around with homely girls because they look so much better in comparison and it cuts down on the competition.

I have always felt that way when it comes to the two holidays. Thanksgiving is cardboard turkeys, Pilgrims wearing funny hats stalking the ugliest bird to be found in the animal kingdom, and pumpkins whose bottoms go mushy in a few days. There aren’t even any catchy tunes connected to the fourth Thursday in November. Even Irving Berlin never wrote a song commemorating the occasion.

But, then, suddenly, magically, Thanksgiving is transformed into Christmas, which is essentially like the erstwhile dirty-faced, g-dropping, flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, appearing on Professor Higgins’ staircase, all gussied up for the ball, rivaling Grace Kelly and Lady Di in the princess competition.

If you want to Comment directly to Burt Prelutsky, please mention my name Rudy. BurtPrelutsky@aol.com

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Memo to GOP: Pass the Tax Bill
by David Limbaugh
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TOP Mueller FBI
Investigator Fired For Anti-Trump Bias
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{theconservativetreehouse.com} ~ FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok, was the deputy head of counterintelligence at the FBI... He was the tip-of-the-spear in the liar-Clinton email investigation assigned by James Comey.  FBI Agent Strzok was part of a very small special team, called the “skinny team”, tasked with investigating liar-Hillary Clinton.  Agent Peter Strzok was one of the few people who actually interviewed liar-Hillary Clinton. Robert Mueller found out about the IG investigation and the reason therein.  Mueller subsequently removed Peter Strzok from the team because he realized how damaging the documented communication would be if anyone found out about the inherent bias. That IG report will come out soon. Robert Mueller did not fire agent Strzok for the bias or for the affair with Lisa Page; Mueller fired him because the IG discovered evidence of the bias and the affair..https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/02/top-mueller-fbi-investigator-fired-for-anti-trump-bias-wapo-attempts-proactive-intel-defense-ahead-of-details-reaching-congress/
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DOJ Unseals Federal Arrest Warrant 
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{theconservativetreehouse.com} ~ The Department of Justice unsealed an arrest warrant Friday for Jose Inez Garcia Zarate... the illegal immigrant acquitted Thursday in Kate Steinle’s murder trial. There is an existing federal detainer that requires this defendant to be remanded into the custody of US Marshals Service to be transported to the Western District of Texas pursuant to the arrest warrant.  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/01/doj-unseals-federal-arrest-warrant-for-kate-steinle-illegal-alien-killer-jose-zarate/
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Senate passes tax
reform bill: Here's how it affects you
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by Samuel Chamberlain
{foxnews.com} ~ The U.S. Senate voted just before 2 a.m. ET Saturday to pass a sweeping tax overhaul worth roughly $1.4 trillion... putting the Trump White House a big step closer to its first major legislative victory – and many Americans closer to a tax cut. The vote was 51-49, with Republican Bob Corker of Tennessee the only member of the GOP to side with the Democrats in opposition. Not long after the vote, President Donald Trump tweeted his reaction: "We are one step closer to delivering MASSIVE tax cuts for working families across America," the president wrote. "Special thanks to @SenateMajLdr RINO-Mitch McConnell and Chairman @SenOrrinHatch for shepherding our bill through the Senate. Look forward to signing a final bill before Christmas!" but negotiators from both chambers will start meeting Monday to agree on a single piece of legislation that both chambers must approve before it is sent to the president for his signature.   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/02/senate-passes-major-tax-reform-package.html
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Keith Olbermann Quits
Politics: ‘My Work Here Is Done’
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by Brian McNicoll
{aim.org} ~ Keith Olbermann is out of a job again, but this time he hasn’t been fired..Olbermann announced Monday he will end his political commentary series at GQ because Donald Trump’s presidency will be over soon, and his “work here is done.” Trump’s demise is so close at hand, Olbermann said, that “I think even this dim-witted world of American political TV reporting, which is still calculating how to get Trump’s idiot supporters to watch their networks and still waiting for Trump to pivot, even it can carry this the rest of the way. So I am retiring from political commentary in all media venues.”..http://www.aim.org/aim-column/keith-olbermann-quits-politics-my-work-here-is-done/?utm_source=AIM+-+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Email%20Nov-28-2017&utm_medium=email
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FBI probe of 'Antifa ideology' 
underway, Wray tells House panel
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by Lukas Mikelionis
{foxnews.com} ~ The FBI is investigating people inspired by “kind of an Antifa ideology,”... bureau Director Christopher Wray said Thursday. Wray told members of the House Homeland Security Committee that people associated with the so-called anti-fascist or Antifa movement were subject to the FBI probe amid possible violent criminal activity. “While we're not investigating Antifa as Antifa — that's an ideology and we don't investigate ideologies — we are investigating a number of what we would call anarchist-extremist investigations, where we have properly predicated subjects of people who are motivated to commit violent criminal activity on kind of an Antifa ideology,” he told the House panel...  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/01/fbi-probe-antifa-ideology-underway-wray-tells-house-panel.html
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Memo to GOP: Pass the Tax Bill62DOaW-liXoTIxYiVeX2A_W1XPd2Rgk7E1He-qTXim4-yPoak6Y3vQ-ffi-r6EXqC47urtusE2J20Vifds4Y7gzivDJAad86yuIw5zCvfkQECHCPGzSqLFujAFaQBeL0GZt7JbQXxcnJUdM74vo0lC0m=s0-d-e1-ft#%3Ca%20rel%3Dnofollow%20href=?width=500
by David Limbaugh
{townhall.com} ~ For a host of reasons, it is extremely important that Republicans pass the most pro-growth tax reform bill that can squeak by both houses of Congress.

Though President Trump's tweets and manners upset a lot of people, what seems to be lost in the mix is that his administration is making progress along many fronts. It's not just his judicial appointments, though it is difficult to overstate how excellent these have been.

He has also quietly made improvements in a number of other areas, scaling back oppressive administrative regulations on the environment, immigration and health care. The administrative state is a galloping cancer on our liberties that Congress rarely reins in, so Trump deserves credit for lawfully rescinding some of Barack liar-nObama's unlawful orders.

Trump has also helped restore pride in America by promoting the American idea and expressing pride in and supporting the military and our national defense. He has not yet been the trade protectionist I feared, and he has been more circumspect in foreign policy than some anticipated.

But unless Trump is able to advance his legislative agenda, Republicans will be handicapped in 2018, not to mention 2020. Aware of this, Democrats will conspire to thwart any GOP tax bill, even one they would support if they were in charge.

Though the mouth-foaming left can't seem to discern this, Trump is not strongly ideological. Liberals see any Republican president as a right-wing extremist who must be stopped at all costs. Trump's idiosyncratic behavior makes him all the more contemptible to them, but they would oppose his agenda just as fervently if he had pristine manners like, say, George W. Bush or Mitt Romney.

And though Trump's non-ideological bent may work to his advantage in some cases, it is clearly a detriment to advancing a legislative agenda. This is one place where governance is markedly different from running a business.

Though a handful of recalcitrant Republican senators can rightfully be blamed for the GOP's failure thus far to repeal liar-nObamacare, Trump might very well have been able to overcome this obstacle had he presented a clearer vision. The problem is that he didn't have one and was too malleable, by which he forfeited his ability to build a coalition and lead on the issue. He just wanted a victory, and that is never enough.

The deeper problem was that he was of two minds on the issue. He was trying to reconcile conflicting goals -- to reinstitute market forces in health care without removing the underlying socialistic structure of liar-nObamacare.

We are seeing a bit of the same with the tax bill. The current bill is partially pro-growth, especially on the corporate side, but is schizophrenic because it incorporates the Democrats' class-warfare assumptions. I believe that Trump erred in allowing the Democrats to frame the debate in their terms when he said the rich don't need a tax cut -- as if their money belongs to the government and they can only keep what the government, in its beneficence, allows.

Another major problem is that Republicans have tacitly conceded that every bill has to be "revenue-neutral" based on static scoring. That is, for every dollar in taxes they cut, they have to raise taxes somewhere else, totally factoring out the growth-generating aspects of reduced marginal rates. Republicans throw in part of the towel before negotiations begin.

Even if you believe that reducing tax rates won't expand the revenue pie, why is their default position to raise taxes elsewhere to pay for cuts instead of reducing spending?

I doubt that I will be ecstatic with whatever version finally emerges from Congress, but based on current proposals, I am optimistic that it will be a significant improvement over the status quo in substantially reducing corporate rates and individual rates on most of the middle class the poor don't pay and in simplifying the code.

I pray that the Republicans pass the best version they can so that they can fulfill one promise and then move on to spending issues and revisit health care reform -- from a stronger position.

When they turn to spending, they will have to face the unpleasant reality that it is numerically impossible to curb the federal leviathan without once and for all tackling so-called entitlements. The Democrats will never do it, and they'll force Republicans to walk over hot coals in hell to make any progress here, but that's better than bequeathing our children fiscal hell.

I was encouraged to read recently that Paul Ryan and others in the GOP leadership fully intend to work on these issues next. If we think health care and taxes are a tough sell, just wait for entitlements.

So let's not allow, once again, the perfect to be the enemy of the good but encourage Congress to pass tax reform. The market is up based on positive signals, but those signals, as soon as possible, must be reinforced by real legislation. The clock is ticking.
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The Front Page Cover
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Immigration Enforcement 
and Leniency Are a Futile Mix
by Jordan Candler
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Monday Top Headlines
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House Republicans prepare contempt action against FBI, DOJ (Bloomberg)
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FBI agent removed from Russia probe had key role in liar-Clinton email investigation (Paywall — The Wall Street Journal)
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Election law loophole let Democrats fund foreign national’s sketchy dossier against Trump (The Washington Times)
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Fusion GPS scandal implicates media in possible pay-to-publish scheme (The Federalist)
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After Kate Steinle verdict, rep unveils bill to imprison officials who shelter illegal immigrants (Fox News)
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Lawmakers seek end to taxpayer-backed sexual harassment settlements (The Hill)
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Mexican man convicted of sexual assault was deported from U.S. 20 times (Daily Mail)
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HIV-positive school aide charged with sexual offenses against 42 kids — Leftmedia silent (CNS News)
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James Levine suspended by Met Opera after accusations that he sexually abused three teen boys (Fox News)
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NFL taking money from breast cancer, veterans funds, to pay for “social justice” settlement (The Daily Wire)
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Policy: If a Christian baker’s rights are violated, we all lose (The Daily Signal)
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Policy: Secretary DeVos should remind colleges of their First Amendment obligations (National Review)  
~The Patriot Post
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Pentagon IG Probes Alleged Retaliation 
By liar-nObama Holdover Against Whistleblower
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by Richard Pollock
{lidblog.com} ~ The Pentagon’s Inspector General has launched a preliminary investigation into charges that James H. Baker... the director of the Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment (ONA), is retaliating against a whistleblower who warned of “rigged” contracts to outside consultants, The Daily Caller News Foundation has confirmed. TheDCNF verified through two independent sources that the acting IG, Glenn A. Fine, initiated a formal “Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation” Sept. 28 to look into allegations that Baker unleashed various reprisals against Adam Lovinger, a senior ONA official. Lovinger warned about potential sweetheart deals to politically-connected outside contractors, including one with a woman Chelsea liar-Clinton has referred to as her “best friend.”...  http://lidblog.com/against-whistleblower/
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Trump will recognize Jerusalem as 
Israel’s capital in Wednesday speech — report
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by ERIC CORTELLESSA
{timesofisrael.com} ~ Defying longstanding American policy, US President Donald Trump will give a speech Wednesday recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital... according to an Axios report on Friday. A White House spokesman, contacted by The Times of Israel on Friday afternoon, would not confirm the story. “The president has always said it is a matter of when, not if,” the official said. “The president is still considering options and we have nothing to announce.” The Axios report cited two sources with direct knowledge of Trump’s intentions...  https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-will-recognize-jerusalem-as-israels-capital-in-wednesday-speech-report/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=2007aaaf8b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-2007aaaf8b-54638825
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NSA Secretly Helped Convict Defendants 
in US Courts, Classified Documents Reveal
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by Trevor Aaronson
{theintercept.com} ~ Kurbanov resettled in Boise, Idaho, he rented an apartment, worked odd jobs, and was studying to be a truck driver..But about three years after entering the U.S., around the time he converted back to Islam, Kurbanov was placed under FBI surveillance. According to emails and internet chat logs obtained by the government, Kurbanov was disgusted by having seen Americans burn the Quran and by reports that an American soldier had tried to rape a Muslim girl. “My entire life, everything, changed,” Kurbanov wrote in a July 31, 2012 email. During Kurbanov’s trial, the government notified him that his conversations with an alleged Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan associate based in Pakistan had been intercepted. The spying, federal prosecutors said, had been authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which regulates the monitoring of agents of foreign governments and terrorist organizations. Kurbanov was convicted at trial and sentenced to 25 years in prison, after which he’ll be deported to Uzbekistan. He is an apparent success story for U.S. counterterrorism officials. If there was any doubt about Kurbanov’s propensity for violence, he eliminated it by stabbing a prison warden in California, an act for which he is now facing additional charges...  https://theintercept.com/2017/11/30/nsa-surveillance-fisa-section-702/
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Senate GOP Campaign Fund 
Stole From House Republicans

{goppresidential.com} ~ Staffers for Senate Republicans’ campaign arm seized information on more than 200,000 donors from the House GOP campaign committee...
 over several months this year by breaking into its computer system, three sources with knowledge of the breach told POLITICO. The unauthorized raid on the National Republican Congressional Committee’s data created a behind-the-scenes rift with the National Republican Senatorial Committee, according to the sources, who described NRCC officials as furious. It comes at a time when House Republicans are focused on preparing to defend their 24-seat majority in the 2018 midterm elections. And it has spotlighted Senate Republicans’ deep fundraising struggles this year, with the NRSC spending more than it raised for four months in a row. Multiple NRSC staffers, who previously worked for the NRCC, used old database login information to gain access to House Republicans’ donor lists this year... 
http:///2017/11/30/senate-gop-campaign-fund-stole-from-house-republicans/
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President Trump: “It’s a shame” Michael 
Flynn Lied “There Was Nothing To Hide”
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{theconservativetreehouse.com} ~ President Trump sends antagonistic media into spastic fits, and pearl-clutching circle-running... with a single tweet about Michael Flynn. Praetorian professional punditry immediately jump into their “he can’t” routine, filled with protestations about poor judgement and the risk of commenting on an on-going investigation, and such… blah, blah, blah…  There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with the President-Elect’s Transition Team talking to any foreign government, or any official within any foreign government. Ever. Period.  Actually, that’s exactly what transition teams are supposed to do; they reach out and receive information from foreign government officials as the starting point to communication with a new administration...   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/02/president-trump-its-a-shame-michael-flynn-lied-there-was-nothing-to-hide/
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Immigration Enforcement and Leniency Are a Futile Mix
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          The story doesn’t end there, however. Not 24 hours later, Perez-Medina attempted another illegal entry. And just like the previous day, agents apprehended him. Peculiarly, though, no charges were handed down for the assault he had just committed. So instead of going to jail and facing trial, he was intentionally shipped back to Mexico. What could go wrong?
          Well, the story still doesn’t end there. On Nov. 17, Perez-Medina, apparently believing the third time’s a charm, set into motion yet another illegal entry. He moved toward and antagonized agents, reportedly even ominously bellowing, “I’m going to come back and kill you.” He then punched an agent before teammates interfered and cuffed Perez-Medina. This time, he was finally handed a serious charge: felony assault on a federal officer. Better late than never?
          The strangeness and questionable decisions of this case notwithstanding, it’s good learning material. In Harford County, located on the outskirts of Baltimore, Maryland, “More than 40 people facing possible deportation were flagged by deputies as they came into the county jail,” CBS Baltimore reports. “Harford county correctional deputies are not only scanning arrestees’ criminal backgrounds, but also their immigration status.”
          Four of the deportation candidates are associates of MS-13. And if you’re curious as to what MS-13 is capable of, the New York Daily News recently reported, “Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old member of the MS-13 gang in connection with the stabbing death of an unidentified man whose decapitated body was found with the heart removed.”
          These people should be taken seriously, and good for Harford County for realizing it. Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler is right: “These are offenders who are not only here in the country illegally, but have committed acts that the federal government feels that they shouldn’t be returned to our community.” But that’s difficult to do when there’s a lack of binding policies. On the one hand, Hartford County is being proactive and seeking to deport dangerous men. But that’s undermined when other dangerous guys like Perez-Medina are given second chances and they can simply re-enter (hence the need for a border wall and unsparing prosecution). That’s one way MS-13 gets here in the first place. Unified enforcement and prevention are the key to a healthy and strong immigration system.  
~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/52678

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Monday AM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
What Is the Consumer Financial 
Protection Bureau?
by Brian Mark Weber
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Dirty Deal – RINO-McConnell Promises 
RINO-Flake Illegal Amnesty For A “Yes” Vote
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{rickwells.us} ~ RINO-Flake and RINO-McConnell tossed American sovereignty to the trash heap in a dirty deal that promised Amnesty for DACA illegals... in exchange for RINO-Flake voting “yes” on the Senate bill. It’s exactly the kind of treachery we expect out of RINO Senators Jeff Flake (R-AZ), RINO-Mitch McConnell (R-KY), John Cornyn (R-TX), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and others, a deal made to betray the American people in the interest of achieving a political objective. On RINO-Flake’s part, he was holding out as a “no” vote on the budget deal, demanding that two of his priorities, a method of deductions of major investments for business and DACA amnesty. Naturally, his fellow globalist RINOs had no problem in meeting his demands...  https://rickwells.us/dirty-mcconnell-flake-amnesty/
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ABC Caught Making Huge Mistake in Report 
on Mike Flynn Plea Deal, Forced to Make Correction
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by Joe Setyon
{westernjournalism.com} ~ ABC News was widely criticized Friday for inaccurately reporting a key detail involving special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation... into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. It was only hours later that the network publicly corrected its story. Flynn pleaded guilty Friday to “willfully and knowingly” making “false, fictitious and fraudulent statements” regarding conversations he had with former Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak. During a live “Special Report,” ABC investigative reporter Brian Ross reported that Flynn was getting ready to testify that while Donald Trump was a candidate for president, he instructed Flynn to make contact with the Russians. Ross’ report, however, turned out to be false...  https://www.westernjournalism.com/abc-caught-making-huge-mistake-in-report-on-mike-flynn-plea-deal-forced-to-make-correction/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=WJBreaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=2017-12-02
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Leon Panetta: It’s a ‘Stretch’ to Say 
Trump Team Broke Law With Russian Contacts
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{ntknetwork.com} ~ Leon Panetta, President liar-nObama’s former Secretary of Defense... told NBC’s Chuck Todd on Friday that it was a “stretch” to say the Trump transition team broke the law with their contacts with the Russians. “We have one administration at a time,” Panetta said, warning that the Trump transition team undermined long-standing political norms in the United States by engaging in diplomacy while the liar-nObama administration was still in office. However, the former defense secretary doubted that dealings with the Russians rose to the level of criminal violations...  https://ntknetwork.com/leon-panetta-its-a-stretch-to-say-trump-team-broke-law-with-russian-contacts/
VIDEO at the site.
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liar-nObama Judge Rules Trump 
Violated Foreigners “Right” To Access US
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{rickwells.us} ~ Another so-called judge appointed by liar-nObama, a radical Yale egghead... has usurped presidential authority in a typically illogical and radical decision. US District Court agitator plant James E. Boasberg proclaimed  that foreigners, who were not yet in the United States and are not American citizens entitled to the rights of this nation, were being denied the right to the opportunity to apply for an immigration program. What Article and section of the Constitution is that found under, “judge?” Of course no such right exists under the Constitution or federal law, but since when did the law become a factor in the decision making process of liar-nObama’s planted judicial legislators? They make up their own laws and rules on the fly, as is clearly exhibited in this instance. Boasberg is so bad he could almost qualify for a choom bench position in Hawaii... https://rickwells.us/judge-trump-violated-foreigners/
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"I am not American," 
said the Islamist; "I am Muslim"
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by Majid Rafizadeh
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ Several years ago, when first in the United States on a teaching scholarship, one issue leapt out... A man asked an innocent enough question: Where I was from? I told him; then, as a courtesy, asked him the same question. "I am a Muslim," he smiled. Thinking that perhaps he had not understood the question -- he sounded American or English -- I asked if he was from the United States. "I am not American," he said again; "I am a Muslim." I subsequently learned that he was an Islamist, a preacher of strict religious teaching to, and that many of the people to whom he preached held the same views. In Iran and Syria, where I was born and raised, I had never before heard this answer...Then go back to your country then.  https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11217/islamists-muslims-nations-states
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What Is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
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          It’s hard to blame English for assuming her role. After all, the CFPB was populated with strong supporters of the biggest names in the Democrat Party. So when her outgoing boss, Richard Cordray, handed over the keys, English probably didn’t give a moment’s thought to the separation of powers or that pesky old Constitution.
          Moreover, she had the support of none other than House Minority Leader Nancy Pulosi, who incorrectly tweeted that English is the “rightful Acting Director.” Well, before President Trump stepped in, the CFPB could do just about anything its director wanted — such as appointing his own replacement.
          Let’s take a moment to see what the CFPB is all about, and why a seemingly simple appointment is such a big deal.
          As noted by PBS, “The agency was created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, commonly known as Dodd-Frank. The idea for a financial watchdog agency came from Sen. Elizabeth dinky-Warren, D-Mass., a Harvard Law School professor at the time. dinky-Warren first proposed creating the agency in 2007 as a way to better regulate mortgages, student loans, and other financial products.”
          Sounds innocent enough doesn’t it? The problem is that government “watchdog” agencies rarely do anything other than empower politicians on Capitol Hill to regulate and control our lives (and thereby empower themselves). Throughout our country’s history, multi-member boards were in charge of agencies in order to diffuse power. That changed when Barack liar-nObama created the CFPB.
          How much power does the director of CFPB really have? The Washington Post explains, “The Director of the CFPB possesses enormous power over American business, American consumers, and the overall U.S. economy. The Director unilaterally enforces 19 federal consumer protection statutes, covering everything from home finance to student loans to credit cards to banking practices. The Director alone decides what rules to issue; how to enforce, when to enforce, and against whom to enforce the law; and what sanctions and penalties to impose on violators of the law.
          If it seems like the agency is more about exercising power than protecting consumers, this became even clearer when Cordray stepped down to run for governor of Ohio. He appointed Leandra English without checking with anyone, including the president. And he did it largely to boost his street cred with the #Resistance.
          The problem was that the CFPB had a provision that seemingly took precedence over federal law by allowing the current director to appoint a replacement until the Senate chooses a new director. Cordray thus selected his own successor. And when President Trump appointed Mick Mulvaney to replace Cordray, English filed a lawsuit against the president and Mulvaney — a lawsuit that was correctly thrown out by a federal court.
          Even the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals — historically hostile to Republicans and the Constitution — sided with the president.
          In Trump’s favor were a congressional act and the Constitution. The Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 is very clear in stating that the president “can designate any Senate-confirmed official (which would include Mulvaney) to perform the duties of a vacant federal office in an acting capacity for a statutorily limited period of time.” And Article II of the Constitution clearly gives the president authority to make executive department appointments.
          This was a significant victory for Liberty and the separation of powers. Indeed, until the CFPB was created, there had never been a federal agency that was headed by a single person who possessed such broad powers.
          As The Washington Post states, “The CFPB’s concentration of enormous executive power in a single, unaccountable, unchecked Director not only departs from settled historical practice, but also poses a far greater risk of arbitrary decision making and abuse of power, and a far greater threat to individual liberty, than does a multi-member independent agency.” When The Washington Post is worried about government’s threat to individual liberty, you know we’ve got a problem.
          Not surprisingly, the agency’s supporters are also donors for the Democrat Party. The Washington Examiner reported that 593 CFPB executives gave money to the likes of liar-Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth “Fauxcahontas” dinky-Warren. Only one gave to a Republican. Clearly, liar-nObama set up this agency to do more than protect consumers.
          And what does Trump’s pick to head the CFPB think of the organization he leads?
          In a press conference, Mulvaney said, “It is an awful example of a bureaucracy that has gone wrong. It is almost entirely unaccountable to the people who are supposed to oversee it or pay for it. I still have the same fundamental principled misgivings about the way this bureau is structured. I think it is wrong to have a completely unaccountable federal bureaucracy. I think it’s completely wrong,” He added, “I’m just learning about the powers that I have as acting director. They would frighten most of you. They would probably worry you to think about how little oversight Congress has over me now as I’m the director, how little oversight the committees have over how CFPB functions.
          Too many of these agencies become self-serving, all-powerful entities of the Leviathan state, accountable to no one. Mulvaney’s comments about his new job should not be met with calls for reform, but should lead to the abolishment of the CFPB. Doing so would take us one step closer to draining the Swamp and protecting Americans from a further erosion of our Liberty.  

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/52692

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Saturday PM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
San Francisco’s Shame
by Heather Mac Donald
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After Steinle Farce, Rep King Vows to
Lead US Against Amnesty, Invasion, Globalist Conquest
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{rickwells.us} ~ Rep Steve King (R-IA) is frustrated and angry after the outrageous verdict out of perverse San Francisco in the Kate Steinle murder... in which the 5-time deported illegal alien was given a free pass for her murder. King note that he is an author of both the Kate’s Law bill and the Sanctuary Cities bill which were both passed out of the House and have now gone over to die sitting on RINO-Mitch McConnell’s desk in the Senate. He says he’s trying to move additional legislation and also of raising public awareness in order to put pressure on the Senate. He says, “But it isn’t just the Senate. I’ve had it with sanctuary cities,” comparing the Zarate decision in San Francisco with the OJ Simpson verdict. He notes that the libtards on the jury who refused to find him guilty of any of the possible charges, down to negligent homicide, yet convicted him on a gun possession charge, are liberals who hate guns but can accept murder... https://rickwells.us/steinle-king-vows-illegal-conquest/
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Woman With Stomach Pain 
Has 15-Year-Old Unborn Child Inside Her

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by STEVEN ERTELT
{lifenews.com} ~ A woman who supposedly aborted her baby 15 years ago went to doctors after complaining of stomach pain... only to learn her unborn baby’s body was still inside her. The woman learned the news when intense stomach pains prompted her to visit a local hospital. Once there, x-rays revealed what is sometimes called a “stone baby.” The condition is also known as lithopedion, in which the unborn baby grows and then dies outside of the uterus and the body is unable to remove the body of the dead baby, which becomes covered in calicum as a means of protecting the mother...  http://www.lifenews.com/2017/12/01/woman-with-stomach-pain-has-15-year-old-unborn-child-inside-her/
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Tillerson Departure is FAKE NEWS, Tweets Trump
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by Brian Lilley
{truthrevolt.org} ~ Before the Mike Flynn story broke, the looming departure of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the biggest news... out of the White House in the last few days. But President Donald Trump is putting that rumor to bed, for now, declaring it "fake news." The president tweeted that he has not fired Tilleson and that the two men work well together...  http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/tillerson-departure-fake-news-tweets-trump
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Lynch-liar-Clinton tarmac 
chat sparked scramble to find leaker
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by BOB UNRUH
{wnd.com} ~ It was a clandestine meeting between the nation’s top law enforcement officer, the sitting attorney general and the spouse of a presidential candidate... under investigation for possibly threatening national security by using a homemade email system. And the FBI apparently had no problem with it. But how did the bureau respond when someone revealed to the public that the meeting was held? A massive scramble to find the leaker. That’s according to documents obtained from the federal government by Washington watchdog Judicial Watch about the infamous meeting on the Phoenix, Arizona, airport tarmac between former President liar-Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch... http://www.wnd.com/2017/12/lynch-clinton-tarmac-chat-sparked-scramble-to-find-leaker/
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Rush Limbaugh Notes The Suspicious 
And Obvious Timing Of Mueller Bagging Flynn
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{rickwells.us} ~ Rush Limbaugh notes the euphoria on the anti-American left over the guilty plea to a single count of lying to the FBI by General Michael Flynn... saying, “They’re all excited. Mueller did the deed on the right day.” Limbaugh says, “Mueller did the deed to sweep the tax cut deal off the table and to tick everybody off. This is, in Jonathan Martin’s opinion, the swamp banding together, the establishment coordinating its efforts to continue to destroy Trump and muddy the waters.” “The tax bill is going to pass,” says Limbaugh. “As far as Ryan and RINO-McConnell are concerned, none of this today is a legal problem. It’s a bit of a political problem but it doesn’t present any legal problems to them or their tax bill, the tax bill is going to pass.”... The tax bill did pass. 
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San Francisco’s Shame
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by Heather Mac Donald
{city-journal.org} ~ Advocates for illegal immigrants are unrepentant after yesterday’s shocking acquittal on all homicide charges of an illegal-alien confessed killer. The advocates are defending the sanctuary policies that had set in motion the 2015 killing in San Francisco; they have also doubled down on their opposition to any deportation of illegal aliens, criminal or otherwise. If ever there were a clarifying moment regarding what is at stake in the battle for the immigration rule of law, this is it.

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was a poster boy not just for the folly of sanctuary policies but also for the mass low-skilled Hispanic immigration that has transformed California. A barely literate drug dealer from Mexico with a second-grade education, no English, and a penchant for criminal aliases, Garcia Zarate had been deported five times by federal immigration authorities following convictions for various crimes.

Despite his record, Garcia Zarate was the sort of immigrant that the San Francisco authorities apparently believed that this country needs. Having completed a federal sentence in March 2015 for his sixth felonious reentry into the country, Garcia Zarate had been sent to the San Francisco County Jail to serve time for a marijuana charge from which he had absconded two decades ago. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requested that when the San Francisco sheriff released Garcia Zarate after his drug sentence, the sheriff would notify ICE so that the federal agents could pick him up for his sixth deportation. The sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi, ignored the marijuana charge and, most crucially, the ICE detainer request as well, instead freeing Garcia Zarate back into San Francisco’s streets before ICE could pick him up. This release followed the city’s sanctuary policy, which forbade local law enforcement authorities from cooperating with their federal counterparts in ICE: local authorities may not notify ICE of a criminal illegal alien’s release date or hold that criminal alien for ICE to pick-up.

Four months after Mirkarimi sent Garcia Zarate back into San Francisco’s illegal alien subculture, the felon picked up a gun on the Embarcadero and fatally shot Kate Steinle, 32, in the heart. He then tossed the gun into the San Francisco Bay and ran off. The drug dealer changed his story several times during police interrogation, first saying that he had been aiming at a sea lion, then claiming that he didn’t even know that he was handling a gun. The gun had been stolen from the parked car of a federal law enforcement agent four days earlier; Garcia Zarate’s story at trial was that he had picked up a rag with the gun hidden within it and that the gun had accidentally discharged. To no avail, the prosecutor contested Garcia Zarate’s claim that the pistol used in the crime, a Sig Sauer P239, could be fired without the trigger being deliberately pulled.

Donald Trump turned the Steinle case into a powerful rallying cry for immigration enforcement during his presidential run. The illegal-alien lobby, by contrast, denied that San Francisco’s sanctuary policy had anything to do with the killing. California even strengthened its status as an immigration scofflaw after the Steinle homicide. This October, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 54, the California Values Act, which turns the entire state into an immigration-enforcement-free haven for all but the most heinous illegal-alien criminals. Brown has been assiduously silent on the Garcia Zarate acquittal. San Francisco imperceptibly tweaked its local sanctuary policy following the killing; today, it would again release Garcia Zarate if asked under the same conditions to hold him for ICE custody.

According to Garcia Zarate’s attorneys and other illegal-alien advocates, the only blame in this case belongs to Donald Trump and anyone who wants to enforce the immigration laws. “From day one, this case was used as a means to foment hate, to foment division and to foment a program of mass deportation,” public defender Francisco Ugarte said. Ugarte manages the immigration unit at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, where he advises criminal illegal aliens on how to avoid deportation for their crimes. “Nothing about Mr. Garcia Zarate’s ethnicity, nothing about his immigration status, nothing about the fact that he is born in Mexico had any relevance as to what happened on July 1, 2015,” Ugarte said. Actually, the case is almost exclusively about immigration policy; had this country had the ability to protect its borders and deport illegal alien criminals, Garcia Zarate would not have been sunning himself on the Embarcadero on July 1, 2015, but would have been back in Mexico.

But just because Garcia Zarate was acquitted on all homicide and assault charges the jury, which contained three immigrants, found him guilty only of illegal gun possession doesn’t mean that all is well for illegal alien criminals in the Golden Sanctuary State. The people we should really be concerned for now, according to former San Francisco Supervisor David Campos, are illegal aliens themselves. “I’m afraid the immigrant community is going to be made to pay for something that the jury decided appears to be a very tragic accident,” said Campos, now chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party. Trump and pro-enforcement forces would react to the verdict by “ramping up their rhetoric.”True to form, a sitting San Francisco supervisor turned the case into a gun control matter. “I always thought this is not an immigration issue, as Trump made it out to be— this is a gun management issue,” said Sandra Lee Fewer. “A car is not a safe and secure place to keep a gun, knowing the amount of car break-ins we have in San Francisco.” Now why might San Francisco have so many car break-ins? Because of California’s Proposition 47, which forbids prison sentences for most thefts, and which has led to a sharp increase in property crimes. But Supervisor Fewer treats car thefts as a fact of nature—like illegal immigration—that society has no power to quell.

California’s once-unrivalled status as the country’s most educated state has long since disintegrated under the waves of low-skilled, low-social-capital Mexican and Central American immigrants. Now, California's K-12 system rivals Mississippi and Alabama as an education backwater. The state’s school-age population, now majority Hispanic, lacks competitive linguistic and math skills.  Of course, defense counsel conducted part of their post-verdict press conference in Spanish, oblivious to the symbolism.  California is becoming another Brazil, divided between fabulously wealthy elites hunkered down in their own coastal sanctuaries, and a poor, Third World population. Before the rest of the country ends up in the same situation, the immigration policies that gave rise to the Steinle homicide must change. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been conducting a largely unheralded effort to end sanctuary jurisdictions, but the illegal-alien lawyer’s lobby has fought him at every turn.

Sessions’s efforts would be immensely aided if Congress finally passed the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act sponsored by Virginia congressman Bob Goodlatte. That bill would clarify ICE’s authority to enforce federal detainer requests and would confirm the attorney general’s authority to withhold federal funding from scofflaw jurisdictions. Most importantly, it would allow both the federal government and victims of sanctuary policies to sue sanctuary governments. The Steinle family had sued San Francisco and former sheriff Ross Mirkarimi in 2016 for their failure to notify ICE of Garcia Zarate’s release, but a federal judge threw out the case earlier this year. The Goodlatte bill would have allowed their suit to proceed. The passage of “Kate’s Law,” which lengthens the federal sentences for felonious reentry following deportation, is less urgent.

While building a border wall is an important part of a sound immigration policy, preserving the rule of law inside the country is even more important. The advocates’ agenda is clear: they want to stop all deportations and in so doing eviscerate our sovereignty once and for all. Their ultimate aim is to transform the country culturally and demographically. Sanctuary policies are one of their most powerful weapons in that crusade.
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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
The Return of Virtue
by Cal Thomas
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Bye, Bye, Rex?
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          Assuming Tillerson does step down, the plan according to various reports is for current CIA Director Mike Pompeo to step in at State, and his Senate confirmation should be easily assured. Who then would fill the role of CIA chief? Well, this is where the story gets interesting. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has been floated by the White House, and he has indicated that he would be willing to take the post. What is so interesting about this choice is the obvious problem it poses for Senate Republicans, who are already clinging to a slim majority that might get that much slimmer should Democrat Doug Jones defeat Roy Moore in Alabama next month.
          While Arkansas Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson is sure to appoint a Republican to replace Cotton, that would still put the seat up for election next year — a year that many are fearing could be bad for Republicans. We now await to see how all these rumors pan out.  ~The Patriot Pos
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https://patriotpost.us/articles/52677

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Judicial Watch Obtains 29 Pages Of
FBI Tarmac Docs They Were Told Didn’t Exist
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{rickwells.us} ~ Judicial Watch released on Thursday 29 pages of documents they sued for and finally obtained from the reluctant and obstructive FBI... which they were originally told did not exist. If someone told the FBI a similar falsehood they’d be looking at prison. The FBI is not held to those same standards. Once DOJ documents were turned over to Judicial Watch that indicated they had exchanged correspondence with the FBI their own documents magically appeared, at least a portion of them. They relate to the tarmac meeting between their leader, AG Loretta Lynch and the husband of the subject of their spurious investigation, liar-Bill Clinton. What is evident is that the level of concern and the response at the FBI was greatest in the area of suppressing public knowledge of the encounter. The fact that it was inappropriate was less of an issue than the potential damage to their public charade to protect liar-Hillary Clinton. The habitual leaker James Comey had a real concern with them at this juncture...  https://rickwells.us/judicial-watch-fbi-tarmac-docs/
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions releases
powerful statement after shocking Kate Steinle verdict
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by FSM NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
{familysecuritymatters.org} ~ "When jurisdictions choose to return criminal aliens to the streets rather than turning them over to federal immigration authorities," Sessions said in a statement... "they put the public's safety at risk. San Francisco's decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of Kate Steinle." "While the State of California sought a murder charge for the man who caused Ms. Steinle's death-a man who would not have been on the streets of San Francisco if the city simply honored an ICE detainer-the people ultimately convicted him of felon in possession of a firearm," he added. "The Department of Justice will continue to ensure that all jurisdictions place the safety and security of their communities above the convenience of criminal aliens," he continued. "I urge the leaders of the nation's communities to reflect on the outcome of this case and consider carefully the harm they are doing to their citizens by refusing to cooperate with federal law enforcement officers," Sessions concluded...  http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-releases-powerful-statement-after-shocking-kate-steinle-verdict?f=must_reads
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Khatallah's Acquittals on Benghazi 
Murders Show, Again, Need for New System
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by ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
{familysecuritymatters.org} ~ There was never going to be justice for the American war dead of the Benghazi attack. The jihadist strike on the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 atrocities was too bound up in the politics of the 2012 presidential election... Moreover, the prosecution of the lone defendant charged in the attack was a product of the progressive ideological insistence that acts of war can seamlessly be downgraded into mere penal offenses, adjudicated with all the due-process strictures that implies. This bull-headed conceit is a fiction, and thus the experiment is a failure. It is not my purpose to make a competing "I told you so" claim that Ahmed Abu Khatallah should have been designated an enemy combatant and consigned to military detention and trial. Yesterday, after an eight-week trial in civilian federal court in Washington, Khatallah was acquitted on the most important charges against him - the charges that arose out of the murders of U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stephens, State Department employee Sean Smith, and CIA security contractors Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods. Despite these 14 acquittals, he was convicted on four charges involving material support for terrorism, destruction of property, and carrying a firearm during a violent crime. There is no reason to believe that the outcome would have been more just - or even that we would have an outcome yet - had the case been assigned to the existing, deeply flawed military-commission system...What is going on with our system of law. We are losing in the military courts just as well in our civil courts.  http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/khatallahs-acquittals-on-benghazi-murders-show-again-need-for-new-system?f=must_reads
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Jared Kushner questioned by Mueller investigators
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{foxnews.com} ~ Senior White House aide Jared Kushner -- who is President Donald Trump's son-in-law... met this month with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators, Fox News has confirmed via a source with direct knowledge of the meeting. Investigators questioned Kushner about a meeting he had with an unnamed Russian ambassador and former national security adviser Michael Flynn, the New York Times reported. The Associated Press also reported about the meeting, citing an anonymous source. The meeting reportedly took place in December 2016 during then-President-elect Trump’s transition into the White House. Other details about the meeting were unclear...  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/30/jared-kushner-questioned-by-mueller-investigators.html
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DOJ weighing federal charges in Kate Steinle murder case, after not guilty verdict

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5664309340001

The Ingraham Angle: Illegal immigrant found not guilty of Kate Steinle murder

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5663996925001

Mark Steyn: Steinle verdict was "miscarriage of justice"

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5663886106001

RUSH: Are We In The Midst Of A CRACK-UP And BREAKDOWN Of The Hypocritical Leftists In The Drive-By Media?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfYD8IDwWZw
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Hannity connects the dots…see how all roads in the current scandals lead right back to liar-Clinton
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The Return of Virtue
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by Cal Thomas
{townhall.com} ~ Rarely has the idiom "virtue is its own reward" looked better than it does in light of the sex scandals sweeping the nation. The so-called "prudishness," of a previous generation and the respect most men were once taught to have for women -- and which Hugh Hefner and his disciples of "free love" mocked -- are looking better with each passing day.

Conservatives have been told they can't impose their morality on others, so how is its opposite working out for individuals and the culture?

Washington Post columnist Christine Emba writes, "...now could be the time to reintroduce virtues such as prudence, temperance, respect and even love."

"What's love got to do with it?" asked Tina Turner? Everything. If you love somebody or something -- from institutions, to people -- you are bound to treasure them, as opposed to what you dislike, don't respect and treat like a disposable item that is useful for the moment, but is discarded when it has served your purpose.

Who decided traditional virtues were no longer viable and should not be taught to schoolchildren? Was a study conducted that found young people were being damaged from learning how to live and respect one another? Were they expected to catch these virtues on their own without guidance from elders? If so, why do we teach table manners, not interrupting when someone else is talking, sharing and many other things to counter what our lower nature doesn't teach us?

The idea behind virtue being its own reward is that people who pursue virtue enjoy a layer of protection from the sins now being exposed in so many, from Washington to Hollywood and in between. People who are faithful to their spouses in marriage, honest in their financial dealings, respected for their character and integrity in public and in private don't have to worry about being "embarrassed and ashamed," as Sen. Al Franken said of his behavior toward some women.

Former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett published "The Book of Virtues" in 1993. It is a collection of moral tales designed to instruct us on the benefits of virtue and the consequences of its opposite.

The chapter titles reveal a list of ancient truths that seem increasingly scarce in modern society. They include some of the things Ms. Emba notes we are missing in today's culture: Self-discipline, Responsibility, Courage, Honesty, Loyalty and Faith. Question: Would anyone argue these virtues have exceeded their "sell-by" date? It turns out that living by one's own moral code, or none at all, has been a disaster for individuals and for the nation.

In the introduction to his book, Bennett writes of the necessity of reaching "the inner part of the individual, to the moral sense." Today, he writes, "We speak about values and the importance to 'have them,' as if they were beads on a string or marbles in a pouch. But these stories speak of morality and virtues, not as something to be possessed, but as the central part of human nature, not as something to have, but as something to be, the most important thing to be."

In the train wreck of our present culture, we are witnessing the failure over the last 50 years to instruct and discipline our children in ways that as adults they are more likely to embrace the values that can lead to a virtuous life. Why did we expect any other outcome after mostly abandoning these virtues? If you penalize and discourage virtuous things you will get less virtue; conversely, if you subsidize and encourage virtue, you will get more of it.

The scandals playing out in newspapers and on TV speak to this. The question now is will we "repent," as the Scriptures advise, and seek a new path which, in fact, is a very old path that leads to a more virtuous life, or continue down the current path which leads to destruction?
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Tax Cuts for the Children, Too
by Michael Swartz
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'Revenue Triggers' and Tax Cuts
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          Concerns over the deficit had some Republicans (ahem, Bob Corker) proposing the idea of adding a “revenue trigger” to the bill should economic growth fail to significantly offset revenue loss. The measure would have triggered tax hikes on corporations, gradually increasing from the new 20% rate over the next several years. However, the proposal was nixed due to Senate parliamentarian rules. Honestly, any revenue trigger proposal should be aimed at curbing government spending, not increasing taxes. As Ronald Reagan so astutely observed, “The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”
          To illustrate Reagan’s point, keep in mind that, over the next 10 years, the federal government will rake in north of $40 trillion in revenue. The GOP is proposal is to confiscate $1 trillion less over that span.
          Meanwhile, the Senate is planning to vote on the bill Monday, and with Sen. RINO-John McCain (R-AZ) having thrown his support behind the legislation, hopes are high that it will pass. President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are banking on a big win.  

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/52695

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Lou Dobbs Interviews 
OMB/CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney
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{theconservativetreehouse.com} ~ Director Mick Mulvaney appears on Fox Business News to discuss the ongoing tax reform efforts along with ongoing revelations... within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). I don’t often do this, but there’s two really insightful articles, written by Ronald Rubin -who was there at the start of the bureau-  about the CFPB, that deserve to be read by anyone looking to understand the organization and the left-wing constructs within it... https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/11/30/lou-dobbs-interviews-omb-cfpb-director-mick-mulvaney/
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Rescue mission for Argentine 
submarine crew ends, search for sub continues
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by Elizabeth Zwirz
{foxnews.com} ~ The search for a missing Argentine submarine will continue but the rescue part of the plan has ended... a spokesman for the country's navy announced on Thursday. The search for the ARA San Juan has lasted for 15 days since it first vanished on Nov. 15 with 44 crew members on board. The submarine was sailing from the extreme southern port of Ushuaia to the coastal city of Mar del Plata, about 250 miles southeast of Buenos Aires. It was originally scheduled to arrive last Monday at a navy base there...  http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/11/30/rescue-mission-for-argentine-submarine-crew-ends-search-for-sub-continues.html
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Patriot Gen Flynn Falls To Deep State
Globalists, Trump Better End It Or He’s Next
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{rickwells.us} ~ The only thing the guilty plea of General Mike Flynn on Friday indicates is that any time the FBI says they want to talk to you, refuse... No matter what the circumstances, take the Fifth Amendment. The FBI can lie, and engage in all sorts of illegal behavior and will be protected by the DOJ from investigation or even having to produce documents. If, eventually that day does come where some of the documents are pried away from their clenched fists, they’ll be in a redacted, virtually useless and obstructive form...  https://rickwells.us/flynn-deep-state-trump-next/
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Trump Deserves Credit For Fueling Stock Market
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President Goes To Mo. Delivers Speech On Tax Reform
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Conyers’ Victim Tells Her Story
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Stacy Washington: Deafening Silence in Kate Steinle Trial
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Bosnian War Criminal DIES After Drinking Bottle Of POISON
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Matt Lauer Fired For Inappropriate Sexual Behavior
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Tax Cuts for the Children, Too
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          As we pointed out back in September, the enhanced child tax credit in the GOP bills was the pet project of Ivanka Trump, who, as our Robin Smith noted, “focused on the role of tax policy to bring relief to working families.” At the time, the theory was that the larger child tax credit could plant the seed for Democrats to join in and make tax relief a bipartisan effort. However, that seed has yet to bear any fruit as Democrats prefer to keep with their time-honored mantra of any Republican plan being nothing more than “tax cuts for the rich.”       
          The latest idea on that front is the amendment to the Senate bill introduced by Republicans Marco Rubio and Mike Lee. It would increase the current child care credit from $1,000 to $2,000 — the present incarnation of these bills has already increased it to $1,650 — and make the child care credit refundable against both income tax liability and payroll taxes as well. To make up the difference in cost to the Treasury, the proposed 20% corporate tax rate would, under Lee-Rubio, instead be 22%.
          For this portion of the reform package, however, Democrats who want to throw out the baby with the bathwater have an unlikely ally: the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal. Complaining that the amendment “is a disincentive to work” and mocking Rubio’s contention that 70% of the tax cuts go to businesses while just 30% go to individuals, they add, “Rubio and Lee are inviting Democrats to join them to pass the amendment on the Senate floor, though Democrats will oppose the final bill. Republicans will have to hang together to defeat (Lee-Rubio), which creates a tough vote for incumbents running in 2018.”
          But Smith contends, “The use of tax credits can boost overall wages kept by workers who struggle to remain in the workforce while juggling child and dependent care. These credits would also require that at least one parent be actively employed to qualify, making this a support to workers, not an entitlement.” Also joining in is a tag team from National Review of Ramesh Ponnuru, who calls the WSJ piece “longer on sneering than analysis,” and Yuval Levin, stating the proposal is “tax relief in one of the places where it’s most needed and appropriate.
          One of Donald Trump’s campaign promises was to not only cut taxes but to also make it simpler to file them. And the fact is that most people in the middle will get a tax cut. Those rare exceptions will generally either be those who itemize deductions and live in high-tax, high-home price states, or be the larger beneficiaries of those deductions that aren’t commonly taken, such as medical expenses. On balance, this should be smooth sailing.
          The tax bill, though, is in the trouble it’s in because Democrats and their media allies keep peddling the narrative that only the wealthy will benefit. Indeed, they will get a larger sum of money as their share of the cut — because they contribute more to begin with — and they will benefit from the eventual elimination of the death tax. That much is true because this proposal makes our system just a smidgen less progressive than it has been — although in some instances, like the “bubble tax” at the high end of the House plan, the reverse is true.
          Yet the word is beginning to get out that the bill will be a good deal for most taxpayers, and its popularity may increase as the Senate version eliminates the liar-nObamaCare individual mandate. So if it helps Democrats to bend the truth a little bit regarding the disappearance of that onerous mandate, heck, that’s quite all right as long as their side wins, right?
          Isn’t it amazing that the “non-partisan” Congressional Budget Office can never figure on a dynamic analysis to score a tax cut bill, but it can automatically assume for the purpose of this analysis that one million will drop Medicaid coverage in 2019, and five million by 2024, when no eligibility requirements are changed? And if you see a chart from a Democrat telling you that taxes are going up for the middle and working classes — like in this example from House Democrat Whip Steny Hoyer — do your research: He’s telling you this number is based on 2027 incomes and rates and assuming that the cuts expire that year, which is a bug of reconciliation.
          If the Democrats were honest, they would tell you this: “We find the bill would reduce taxes on average for all income groups in both 2019 and 2025. In general, higher income households receive larger average tax cuts as a percentage of after-tax income, with the largest cuts as a share of income going to taxpayers in the 95th to 99th percentiles of the income distribution. On average in 2027, taxes would rise modestly for the lowest-income group, change little for middle-income groups, and decrease for higher-income groups. Compared to current law, 9 percent of taxpayers would pay more in 2019, 12 percent in 2025, and 50 percent in 2027.” The source: the same Tax Policy Center report Hoyer uses to claim 82 million households will pay more. The reality: In two years, 91% would pay less.
          Two generations ago, Americans were captivated by a president who often claimed “a rising tide lifts all boats.” Now members of John F. Kennedy’s party want to keep the waters from rising because some of the boats happen to be larger than others. The casualties of that class-warfare mindset include good ideas like Lee-Rubio
 
~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/52698

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The Sexual-Harassment Racket Is Over
by Peggy Nanoon
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Kate Steinle's Killer Finds 'Sanctuary' Again
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          The Justice Department is now considering federal charges. Zarate was a known serial offender. He had seven felony convictions and five deportations on his record already (he’ll be deported again now), but he chose San Francisco because it is a sanctuary city. In fact, The Washington Post reports, before killing Steinle, Zarate “had been released from jail, where he was being held on a drug charge, even though federal immigration authorities had sought to detain him.
          None of his previous record was allowed in testimony or jury deliberation. President Donald Trump correctly declared, “A disgraceful verdict in the Kate Steinle case! No wonder the people of our Country are so angry with Illegal Immigration.
          “Sanctuary” is defined as “a place of refuge or safety,” but leftists have perverted it to mean “a hiding place for illegals.” Those policies threaten the safety and lives of law-abiding citizens. If existing immigration laws were enforced, this repeat criminal never would have been in the U.S., and Kate Steinle would still be alive, walking with her father on that same pier.  ~The Patriot Pos
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Cornyn Begins “Negotiations” For 
Republican SURRENDER on DACA Amnesty
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{rickwells.us} ~ Once again Republicans are attempting to proactively negotiate a surrender and a betrayal of the American people with their globalist Democrats allies... the obstructionists, the “my way or the highway” crowd that seems to inevitably get their way. Senator Charles Grassley appointed RINO-Mitch McConnell’s number two establishment toadie, John Cornyn (R-TX), to handle the sellout arrangements. So-called border security that excluded the wall was as far as the RINO went in fulfilling the wishes of American patriots. Without the wall it’s not border security but merely the false claims and illusions of such. The deal Cornyn came up with left out a border wall or fence but did include legal status for the DACA illegals, a sellout of the American people. The obstinate Democrats, led by Dick Durbin (D-IL) rejected it anyway because it didn’t go so far as to offer US citizenship to the illegals...  https://rickwells.us/cornyn-surrender-daca-amnesty/
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Contempt of Congress Charges 
Against Sessions DOJ, FBI May Be Imminent
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{rickwells.us} ~ The segment opens with Fox News’ Bret Baier describing a situation which, if we hadn’t been witnessing the first year of President Trump’s obstructive DOJ and FBI in action.... nobody who voted for him would have imagined to be possible. Baier says, “House investigators seek contempt citations against the FBI and the Justice Department over the probe into the so-called dossier on then-candidate Trump. Again, contempt against the FBI and DOJ.” The fact that it is the Trump FBI and DOJ makes it particularly troublesome. Reporter James Rosen references an internal House memo from approximately three weeks ago in which the senior counsel for the House Intelligence Committee urged Devin Nunes, the Republican chairman, to pursue contempt of Congress citations against the Department of Justice and the FBI...  https://rickwells.us/contempt-congress-sessions-doj/
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If You Were Mad About The Congress ‘Hush Fund’
For Sexual Misconduct, You’re Going To Hate This
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by Lawrence Richard
{sarahpalinnews.com} ~ Taxpayers recently learned some of the money they were paying to the federal government was going towards a “shush fund”... to quietly pay off victims of sexual misconduct.  Whether it be the actions of members of Congress, or someone on their staff, over 17 million has been paid out over the past 20 years to cover for related incidents. The discovery that Congress has a secretive fund to pay for their own wrongdoings rocked headlines across the nation. The  Washington Times reports the problem may be worse than it originally appeared. They report there is another fund which members can draw from to pay off people for their misconducts...  https://www.sarahpalinnews.com/2017/11/28/mad-congress-hush-fund-sexual-misconduct-youre-going-hate/
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Matt Lauer Wants $30 Million from NBC After Firing
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by Mike LaChance
{legalinsurrection.com} ~ Matt Lauer wants $30 million from NBC after his firing for sexual harassment, report says... It seems Matt Lauer’s battle at NBC is not quite over. A new report indicates that the star’s lawyers are hoping to get him a reported $30 million for his contract that was supposed to take him through 2018, providing the disgraced TV host with a massive golden parachute. According to Page Six, Lauer’s lawyers are working on a plan to get him the remainder of his $20 million per year contract, which would have run another year and a half had he not been terminated over allegations of sexual misconduct...  https://legalinsurrection.com/2017/12/matt-lauer-wants-30-million-from-nbc-after-firing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LegalInsurrection+%28Le%C2%B7gal+In%C2%B7sur%C2%B7rec%C2%B7tion%29
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KATE STEINLE'S KILLER 
SHOULD FACE FEDERAL CHARGES
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by Daniel Greenfield
{frontpagemag.com} ~ Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, the Mexican illegal alien who murdered Kate Steinle, got away with it... His lawyers made the case about Trump. The jury, at least three of whom were immigrants, bought it. Not recycling is now a more serious crime in California than murdering a young woman. After Zarate gets his slap on the wrist, he'll be deported. It's happened five times before. And didn't take. What are the odds he'll be back here after a sixth time? Rather good, I would say. But there is another option. And it would send a message to San Fran and California's government. Bring Federal civil rights charges against Zarate...  http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/268582/kate-steinles-killer-should-face-federal-charges-daniel-greenfield
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The Sexual-Harassment Racket Is Over
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by Peggy Nanoon
{peggynoonan.com} ~ This Thanksgiving I find myself thankful for something that is roiling our country. I am glad at what has happened with the recent, much-discussed and continuing sexual-harassment revelations and responses. To repeat the obvious, it is a watershed event, which is something you can lose sight of when you’re in the middle of it. To repeat the obvious again, journalists broke the back of the scandal when they broke the code on how to report it. For a quarter century we had been stuck in the He Said/She Said. Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas gave their testimonies, each offered witnesses, and the fair minded did their best with the evidence at hand while sorting through all the swirling political agendas. In the end I believed Mr. Thomas. But nobody knows, or rather only two people do.

What happened during the past two years, and very much in the past few months, is that reporters and news organizations committed serious resources to unearthing numbers and patterns. Deep reporting found not one or two victims of an abuser but, in one case, that of Bill Cosby, at least 35. So that was the numbers. The testimony of the women who went on the record, named and unnamed, revealed patterns: the open bathrobe, the running shower, the “Let’s change our meeting from the restaurant to my room/your apartment/my guesthouse.” Once you, as a fair-minded reader, saw the numbers and patterns, and once you saw them in a lengthy, judicious, careful narrative, you knew who was telling the truth. You knew what was true. Knowing was appalling and sometimes shocking, but it also came as a kind of relief.

Once predators, who are almost always repeat offenders, understood the new way of reporting such stories, they understood something else: They weren’t going to get away with it anymore. They’d never known that. And they were going to pay a price, probably in their careers. They’d never known that, either.

Why did this happen now? It was going to happen at some point: Sexual harassment is fairly endemic. Quinnipiac University released a poll this week showing 60% of American women voters say they’ve experienced it. Maybe the difference now is that the liar-Clintons are gone—more on that in a moment. And maybe there’s something in this: Sexual harassment, at least judging by the testimony of recent accusers, has gotten weirder, stranger, more brutish. The political director of a network news organization invites you to his office, trains his eyes on you and masturbates as you tell him about your ambitions? The Hollywood producer hires an army of foreign goons to spy on you and shut you up? It has gotten weird out there. These stories were going to blow up at some point.

Sexual harassment is not over because sin is not over. “The devil has been busy!” a journalist friend said this week as another story broke. But as a racket it will never be the same.

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Some great journalism, some great writing and thinking, has come of this moment. Ronan Farrow’s New Yorker pieces have been credible and gutsy on all levels. Masha Gessen’s piece in the same magazine last week warned of moral panic, of a blurring of the lines between different behaviors and a confusion as to the boundaries between normal, messy human actions and heinous ones. Rebecca Traister of New York magazine has argued that it is a mistake to focus now on the question of punishments, that maybe the helpful thing is to focus on what’s going on in our society that predators think they can get away with this.

Caitlin Flanagan in the Atlantic wrote the most important political piece in “ liar-Bill Clinton : A Reckoning.” What is striking about this moment, she argued, is not the number of women who’ve come forward with serious allegations. “What’s remarkable is that these women are being believed.” Most didn’t have police reports or witnesses, and many were speaking of things that had happened years ago. “We have finally come to some kind of national consensus about the workplace; it naturally fosters a level of romance and flirtation, but the line between those impulses and the sexual predation of a boss is clear.”

What had impeded the ability of victims to be believed in the past? The liar-Bill Clinton experience. He was “very credibly” accused, as Ms. Flanagan wrote, of sex crimes at different points throughout the 1990s— Juanita Broaddrick said he violently raped her; Paula Jones said he exposed himself to her; Kathleen Willey said she went to him for advice and that he groped and assaulted her. These women “had far more credible evidence” than many recent accusers. “But liar-Clinton was not left to the swift and pitiless justice that today’s accused men have experienced.” He was rescued instead by “a surprising force: machine feminism.”

That movement had by the ’90s devolved into a “partisan operation.” Gloria Steinem in March 1998 wrote a famous New York Times op-ed that, in Ms. Flanagan’s words, “slut-shamed, victim-blamed, and age-shamed” the victims and “urged compassion for and gratitude to the man the women accused.” This revealed contemporary feminism as “a weaponized auxiliary of the Democratic Party.” Ms. Steinem characterized the assaults as “passes,” writing: “Even if the allegations are true, the President is not guilty of sexual harassment.”

Ms. Steinem operated with the same logic as the skeeviest apologist for Roy Moore : Don’t credit any charges. Gotta stick with our team.

Ms. Flanagan: “The widespread liberal response to the sex-crime accusations against liar-Bill Clinton found their natural consequence 20 years later in the behavior of Harvey Weinstein : Stay loudly and publicly and extravagantly on the side of signal leftist causes and you can do what you want in the privacy of your offices and hotel rooms.”

The article called for a Democratic Party “reckoning” on the way it protected liar-Bill Clinton.

It was a great piece.

I close with three thoughts.

The first springs from an observation Tucker Carlson made on his show about 10 days ago. He marveled, briefly, at this oddity: Most of the accused were famous media personalities, influential journalists, entertainers. He noted that all these people one way or another make their living in front of a camera.

It stayed with me. What is it about men and modern fame that makes them think they can take whatever they want when they want it, and they’ll always get away with it, even as word, each year, spreads. Watch out for that guy.

Second, if the harassment is, as it seems to me, weirder and more over the top now than, say, 40 years ago, why might that be?

Third, a hard and deep question put quickly: An aging Catholic priest suggested to a friend that all this was inevitable. “Contraception degenerates men,” he said, as does abortion. Once you separate sex from its seriousness, once you separate it from its life-changing, life-giving potential, men will come to see it as just another want, a desire like any other. Once they think that, then they’ll see sexual violations as less serious, less charged, less full of weight. They’ll be more able to rationalize. It’s only petty theft, a pack of chewing gum on the counter, and I took it.

In time this will seem true not only to men, but to women.

This is part of the reason I’m thankful for what I’m seeing. I experience it, even if most women don’t, or don’t consciously, as a form of saying no, this is important. It is serious.
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The State Department Drops the Ball
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by Caroline Glick
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Former National Security AdvisorMichael Flynn
Charged with Making False Statements to FBI
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by Jim E.
{thepoliticalinsider.com} ~ Special counsel Robert Mueller has charged former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn... with “willfully and knowingly” making “false, fictitious and fraudulent statements” to the FBI regarding conversations with Russia’s ambassador. He is due to appear in court later Friday morning, a court spokesperson said. The White House declined to immediately comment. This is big. We all knew that Mueller was going to throw the book at the Trump Administration, and everyone affiliated with it. This may be a ploy to charge Flynn and get him to roll on the President, extracting more information about potential wrongdoing. Michael Flynn, of course, was the short-lived National Security Advisor for the White House, who left the job after only a few weeks over a controversy where he lied to Vice President Mike Pence over his ties to the country of Turkey...Nothing is said about liar-Hillary's contact with the Russians. https://thepoliticalinsider.com/flynn-charged-mueller-false-statements/?utm_content=4b4ea4948726422aa6473c7b9fa19141&source=CI&utm_campaign=TPI_Morning_Newsletter_12_1_2017&utm_source=TPI-Newsletter-12-01-17-morning&utm_medium=email
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Morris – New liar-Clinton Russia-Iraq Scandal –
$5.5 Million From Cruise Missile-Tied Logistics Co
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{rickwells.us} ~ Deceptive names are always a favorite for Democrats trying to hide their crooked, anti-American profiteering and crimes... Dick Morris blows the lid on another scandal by liar-Bill Clinton, one in which he was paid $5.5 million to be co-chairman of the “Business Backs Education Campaign.” Why would anyone be paid so much for so little, we might ask, and what do liar-Bill or liar-Hillary Clinton know or care about education? Morris explains the campaign was funded by “The Crescent Group,” which was owned by “Saddam Hussein’s nuclear missile expert.” Concurrently, a subsidiary of Crescent Group, Gulftainer Company, secured a 35 year lease from the liar-nObama regime to operate Port Canaveral, which is adjacent to Cape Canaveral. Morris points out that Gulftainer is partially owned by a Russian company that makes Club-K container cruise missile systems...  https://rickwells.us/morris-new-clinton-russia-iraq/
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400 US Marines Head Home 
After Raining Hellfire Down On ISIS
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by SAAGAR ENJETI
{dailycaller.com} ~ More than 400 U.S. Marines are heading home... after successfully supporting U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces’ liberation of the Islamic State’s capital of Raqqa, Operation Inherent Resolve revealed Thursday. “These Marines rained relentless and highly accurate firepower on the enemy,” Marine Artillery Lt. Col. Jon O’Gorman said in a Thursday statement. Brig. Gen. Jonathan Braga continued in the statement, “We’re drawing down combat forces where it makes sense, but still continuing our efforts to help Syrian and Iraqi partners maintain security,” adding, “Our remaining forces will continue to work by, with, and through partner forces to defeat remaining ISIS, prevent a re-emergence of ISIS.”...  http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/30/400-us-marines-head-home-after-raining-hellfire-down-on-isis/?utm_medium=email
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Not Guilty – Illegal Scumbag That 
Murdered Kate Steinle Let Off By Libtard SF Jury
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{rickwells.us} ~ An obscene ruling has just been rendered in the city where obscenity is a lifestyle, San Francisco, CA... and in a state where illegal aliens are granted rights and privileges in excess of those held by American citizens. They are also, apparently, granted immunity from the law, even when they murder a defenseless, innocent young American woman. A jury of San Francisco scumbags has found the illegal invader who murdered Kate Steinle, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, not guilty of her murder. The system is broken. No more proof is needed. This is an outrage that defies description, one which is a slap in the face to the Steinle family and to all of those who have lost loved ones to illegal aliens that are being protected and imported by this corrupt and complicit government. It is an assault and a direct affront to the rule of law and to our sovereignty as a nation...  https://rickwells.us/illegal-scumbag-murdered-steinle/
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The State Department Drops the Ball
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by Caroline Glick
{truthrevolt.org} ~ Over the weekend, The New York Times published its latest broadside against US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for what the newspaper referred to as his “culling” of senior State Department officials and his failure to date to either nominate or appoint senior personnel to open positions.

But if the State Department’s extraordinary about face on the PLO’s mission in Washington is an indication of what passes for US diplomacy these days, then perhaps Tillerson should just shut down operations at Foggy Bottom. The US would be better off without representation by its diplomats.

Last week, in accordance with US law, Tillerson notified the PLO’s Washington envoy Husam Zomlot that the PLO’s mission in Washington has to close within 90 days because it has breached the legal terms governing its operations.

Specifically, Tillerson explained, PLO chief and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas breached US law when he called for the International Criminal Court to indict and prosecute Israeli nationals during his speech before the UN General Assembly in September.

Tillerson explained that under US law, the only way to keep the PLO mission in Washington open is if US President Donald Trump certifies in the next 90 days that its representatives are engaged in “direct and meaningful negotiations” with Israel.

The PLO didn’t respond to Tillerson with quiet diplomacy. It didn’t make an attempt to appease Congress or the State Department by for instance agreeing to end its campaign to get Israelis charged with war crimes at the ICC. It didn’t put an abrupt end to its financial support for terrorism and terrorists. It didn’t stop inciting Palestinians to hate Israel and seek its destruction. It didn’t disavow its efforts to form a unity government with Hamas and its terrorist regime in Gaza.

It didn’t join Saudi Arabia and Egypt in their efforts to fight Iranian power and influence in the region. It didn’t end its efforts to have Israeli companies blacklisted by the UN Human Rights Committee or scale back its leadership of the international boycott movement against Israel.

The PLO certainly didn’t begin “direct and meaningful negotiations” with Israel.

Instead of doing any of these things, in response to Tillerson’s notification, the PLO lashed out as the US. Abbas and his advisers launched an all-out assault against President Donald Trump and his team of Middle East envoys led by his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and his senior negotiator Jason Greenblatt.

PLO-controlled media outlets published a flood of stories which trafficked in antisemitic conspiracy theories against Trump and his Jewish American advisors. The PLO media renewed its allegations that Kushner, Greenblatt and US Ambassador David Friedman are more loyal to Israel than to the US.

Abbas’s media outlets also escalated their criticism of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE for their focus on combating Iranian aggression. These regimes are selling the Palestinians down the river, the PLO outlets have proclaimed, as Abbas’s flacks have insisted that the PLO will not accept any regional peace.

Relations between Arab states and Israel, the PLO insists, cannot be fostered so long as Israel fails to capitulate to all of the PLO’s demands.

In commentary published at the Gatestone Institute website, Palestinian commentator Bassam Tawil alleges that the Palestinian rejection of the requirements of US law and its assaults against the Trump administration and Sunni Arab states may serve as a pretext for another Palestinian terror campaign against Israel, which will be justified as a response to an American-Israeli-Saudi-Egyptian plot against the Palestinians.

Given that the US is a superpower and the largest state financier of the PA, not to mention the foundation of the PLO’s claim to legitimacy on the world stage, the US might have been expected to respond harshly to the PLO’s threats and slanders. But then, that isn’t the State Department’s way of doing things with the PLO.

Rather than shrugging their shoulders and acknowledging that Abbas and his comrades have absolutely no intention whatsoever of abiding by the terms of their mission’s operations in Washington and shutting it down, the State Department began to stutter.

Obviously we wish to continue our good relations and our position as mediator between the Israelis and the PLO.

Obviously we wouldn’t wish the PLO any harm and really, really don’t want to close down its mission in Washington.

It’s just that we have this stupid law and we have to follow it, State Department officials insisted.

And then, less than a week after Tillerson sent his letter to Zomlot, the State Department beat a hasty retreat from its earlier decision to actually abide by US law when it comes to the PLO.

Saturday, The Hill online newspaper reported that the State Department had changed its mind. It is no longer interested in following the law. Instead, it has rewritten the law. Now, it’s fine for the PLO to operate in Washington while trampling US law. It just needs to pretend it isn’t doing what it is doing.

According to the State Department spokesman who revealed State’s about face to the media, the PLO mission can continue to operate, but its operations must be “related to achieving a lasting, comprehensive peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.”

And if they aren’t, well, under this new interpretation of the law, the State Department can pretend it hasn’t noticed.

Two questions arise from the State Departments reversal. First, how does this decision advance the cause of peace between Israel and the Palestinians? And second, how does this decision impact the Trump administration’s bid to realign the balance of forces in the Middle East away from Iran and toward the US’s Arab allies, led by Saudi Arabia? The answer to the first question is straightforward. By empowering the PLO to continue to breach US law – with the full expectation of continuing to receive US assistance to the tune of more than $500 million a year – the US has made itself a laughingstock. Neither Hamas nor the PLO will take the US seriously. Any pressure the US attempts to apply toward the PLO to moderate its stand toward Israel will be ignored by Abbas and his cronies in the PLO and Hamas alike.

The Palestinians have taken the Trump administration’s measure. By beating a hasty retreat from its initial decision to stand with the law against the PLO, the State Department has told the PLO that the Trump administration is a paper tiger, at best.

They can get away with publicly trashing Trump. They can get away with antisemitic attacks against Friedman, Greenblatt and Kushner. Abbas and his deputies can get away with their war to delegitimize Israel in the West and harm its economy through their boycott campaign.

And the PLO can finance terrorism, sign a unity deal with Hamas and side with Hezbollah in Lebanon against Saudi Arabia.

The Trump administration will do nothing against them. Instead, in the face of this contemptuous slap in the face to the US, Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Ramallah next month and have his picture taken with Abbas the “moderate” leader and peace partner.

This then brings us to the second question of how surrendering to PLO threats will influence the US’s regional position. As Tawil reported, Al Quds, a Palestinian paper that reflects the views of Abbas and his associates, blasted the Arab League for focusing on Iran at its most recent foreign ministers’ meeting in Cairo.

“The meeting ignored the Palestinian cause,” the paper complained.

“We are facing new Arab alliances against Iran, all under American pressure.

This will have a negative impact on our cause,” it warned.

For more than a generation, the State Department, and through it US Middle East policy as a whole, have been captivated by the myth that nothing can happen in the Middle East without Israel first capitulating to PLO demands.

Today, 17 years after the PLO rejected statehood and peace at Camp David and in so doing, made clear that no Israeli capitulation short of national suicide will satisfy it, and with the Sunni Arab world now eagerly working with Israel to defeat Iran and its proxies, it is clear that it is time for the US to cut the cord on the PLO.

By reversing course on closing the PLO mission, and groveling to the threatening PLO, the State Department made a laughingstock of the US and President Trump. The decision to reverse course should itself be reversed, in accordance with US law and in the interest in restoring what it is still possible to restore of US credibility in the Middle East.
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Friday Noon ~ TheFrontPageCover

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NANCY PULOSI: 
ENABLER OF DEMOCRAT DIRTBAGS
by MICHELLE MALKIN
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Friday Top Headlines
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Policy: Four misleading arguments against the tax reform bills (Manhattan Institute)
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Scarborough Urges Rebellion 
Against President Trump By Cabinet Members
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{rickwells.us} ~ It’s obvious that President Trump got under Joe Scarborough’s skin by reminding the American people that there really was never an investigation... conducted into the death of his former intern, Lori Klausutis, in his office when he was a Florida Congressman. The determination made at the time was that she had heart problems which resulted in her passing out and hitting her head on her desk. Was she pushed by Scarborough? Did she recoil when he attempted to grope her? Maybe, he’s certainly a pissy little hothead, anything is possible. In response to President Trump’s remarks, Joe and his CFR fiancé, accompanied on their panel by CFR president Richard Haas, went into a tirade about how President Trump is supposedly unfit for office and calling for his cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him... https://rickwells.us/scarborough-urges-rebellion-trump/
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Clyburn, Richmond – CBC Democrats 
Get A Pass, Can’t Believe White Accusers
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{rickwells.us} ~ The depraved elites of the DC Swamp are under fire for their misconduct and malfeasance in some of the nation’s highest offices... Many are also limiting their comments out of caution and the indefensible nature of the transgressions. Rep James Clyburn, a 77-year-old swamp rat from South Carolina, first elected in 1993, seems to believe that members of Congress have a right to that same separate preferential system of justice that liar-Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Hussein liar-nObama and the other DC criminals have benefitted from. Clyburn was asked about sexual harassment allegations against founding CBC member and race-baiting agitating comrade Rep John Conyers (D-MI). Clyburn seemed to suggest elected officials are less accountable... https://rickwells.us/clyburn-richmond-pass-white/
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VERBAL COMBAT: IRAN VS. ISRAEL
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by Joseph Puder
{frontpagemag.com} ~ U.S. voices at the United Nations (UN) and in the U.S. Congress are warning of the dangers of relying on Russia to curb Iran’s incursion deep into Syria... and warning of the treat this poses to U.S. allies, Israel and Jordan. Yet, the Trump administration seems to consider the status-quo in Syria, minus ISIS, acceptable, essentially conceding the field to Russia when considering the future of Syria. In the meantime, verbal combat is occurring between Iran and Israel that might lead to a real war. Earlier this month, the State Department announced a deal with Russia to expand “deconfliction zones” in southwestern Syria. It is allegedly designed to keep Iranian, Hezbollah, and Iranian recruited Shiite militias from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen, away from Syria’s borders with Israel and Jordan. But, if the Trump Administration is sincere about stopping Iran’s advance toward the Mediterranean Sea, or preventing a major conflict in the Middle East, it certainly falls short on this score. Moreover, Russia is using its air power to protect Iranian backed ground forces. The U.S., on its part, plans to end its involvement in Syria and Iraq once the Islamic State is defeated and ejected from the region...  http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/268556/verbal-combat-iran-vs-israel-joseph-puder
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SOMALI MUSLIM RAPIST 
FREED AFTERRAPING 2 WOMEN
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by Daniel Greenfield
{frontpagemag.com} ~ How much more? Three simple words. They need to be asked after every such case... How much more can we take. How much more will we be forced to endure. How many murders, rapes, beatings, beheadings, bombings and stabbings? This latest story comes via our friend Grizzly Joe at Pamela Geller's site. It's one of many. Those poisoned jelly beans are everywhere. And they are destroying lives every day. The perpetrators get away with it and the victims of Islamic violence are left to rebuild their lives as best they can. Mohammed Ali Mohammed raped two women at knife point. Now the Somali Muslim rapist will be set loose...What the heck is going on with our law system? The one in San Fran and now this.  http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/268570/somali-muslim-rapist-freed-after-raping-2-women-daniel-greenfield
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Angry Democrat Walks Out Of Meeting – 
Good Old Boys Covering For Conyers
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{rickwells.us} ~ Surprisingly, a New York Democrat appears to have a moral component to her character... She is standing against the groping good old boys of the political establishment as they attempt to sweep the issue of their own sexual misconduct under the congressional carpet. Rep. Kathleen Rice actually walked out of the House Democrat Caucus meeting on Wednesday morning prior to its conclusion, telling reporters waiting outside that she was frustrated in her attempts to deal with her colleagues. Now she knows how the rest of us feel trying to get through the thick skulls of globalist Democrats, particularly where their own corruption is indicated. It’s impossible and so was her task of attempting to persuade them to take a more strident position opposing sexual-harassment and holding Rep John Conyers accountable for his proven sexual misconduct...  https://rickwells.us/democrat-walks-covering-conyers/
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NANCY PULOSI: 
ENABLER OF DEMOCRAT DIRTBAGS
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by MICHELLE MALKIN
{wnd.com} ~ Finally, Nancy Pulosi’s faux feminist veneer has fully cracked.

The Democratic “shero” is, and always has been, a sham. But after Pulosi’s incoherent babblefest on “Meet the Press” defending accused groper John Conyers and clown-cad Al Franken, the progressive left can no longer mask her partisan perv apologism.

Pulosi milked her XX chromosomes for all their electoral worth. Her official biography brags about her role as “the most powerful woman in American politics” and her induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Over three decades on Capitol Hill, she has scooped up Ms. Magazine’s Woman of the Year award, Glamour Magazine’s Woman of the Year designation, Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger award named after the abortion godmother and notorious eugenics champion, and the Alice Award named after suffragette Alice Paul.

So, feminists were aghast when Pulosi hailed Conyers as an “icon” and downplayed news of his secret sexual harassment settlement with a former female staffer – one of three former employees alleging sexual abuse. Blasting D.C. double standards, Long Island Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice fumed this week over Pulosi’s failure to call out Conyers and Franken.

But this is far from the first time see-no-evil Nancy has looked the other way at Democrat dirtbags. I’ve been reporting on her creep-enabling for years.

Let me cure the left-wing political and media establishment’s amnesia:

Former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York. Lost in the aftermath of Weiner’s mucky-yucky nude selfie and sexting scandals is the fact that Pulosi  refused to condemn him until his interactions with an underage girl in Delaware were exposed by conservative bloggers and confirmed by police. Only then did champion-of-women Pulosi rush from behind to lead the demands for Weiner’s resignation.

Former Democratic Rep. Eric Massa of New York. In 2010, the married Massa resigned amid a sordid sexual harassment scandal involving young, low-paid male staffers he allegedly lured to his Capitol Hill playhouse for “tickle fights.” Turned out that Pulosi’s office had been informed months before, by a staffer of former Democratic Rep. Barney Frank, of Massa’s predatory and harassing behavior with multiple congressional employees. Massa’s former deputy chief of staff and legislative director also contacted leading Democrats on the House Ethics Committee. Former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer also knew of Massa’s misconduct. But Pulosi said and did nothing until allegations went public. A toothless House Ethics Committee investigation went nowhere.

“I have a job to do and not to be the receiver of rumors,” she deflected icily.

Former Democratic Rep. David Wu of Oregon. The seven-term liberal congressman had a longstanding history of alcoholism and sexual skeeviness that broke into the public eye when his own staffers revolted against their drunk-texting, Tigger costume-wearing boss and pressured him to seek psychiatric help. House Democratic leaders, desperate to keep one of their own in office, ignored the pleas. Only after The Oregonian newspaper published allegations by a teenage girl who had complained for months to apathetic Capitol Hill offices of an “unwanted sexual encounter” with Wu did Pulosi make a show of calling for a House Ethics Committee investigation – which went, you guessed it, nowhere.

Former Democratic Mayor Bob Filner of San Diego. Last month, Pulosi climbed aboard the #MeToo bandwagon in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.

“Your courage is truly inspiring to us all,” she tweeted.

But when multiple women accused her old friend, former Democratic congressman and San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, of harassment and assault, Pulosi indignantly refused to call on him to resign. One staffer claimed Filner had ordered her to “work without her panties on.” Others alleged he forcibly kissed them. Another said she had contacted Democratic higher-ups in California about a half-dozen women, but nobody did nuttin’.

“What goes on in San Diego is up to the people of San Diego. I’m not here to make any judgments,” Pulosi sniffed.

The late Democratic Sen. Teddy Kennedy. Of the licentious Democratic lion of the Senate whose public boorishness culminated in the infamous “Waitress Sandwich” with fellow Dem pig Sen. Chris Dodd, Pulosi effused:

“Rooted in his deep patriotism, his abiding faith and his deep concern for the least among us, no one has done more than Senator Kennedy to educate our children, care for our seniors and ensure equality for all Americans.”

The Democratic Bad Boys Club has had no better cheerleader than Pom-Pom Pulosi.

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