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Dems Reject Fairness in Partisan
Impeachment Inquiry
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Thomas Gallatin  
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Multiple victims reported 
in shooting at California high school
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by Zachary Halaschak
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ One is dead and four are injured after an early morning shooting at a California high school... The shooting took place at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, on Thursday morning. Reports of gunfire first came in around 7:40 a.m. local time. Upon arriving to the scene, police found six gunshot victims in the quad are of the high school. It was later determined that one of those injured was the gunman, a 16-year-old Asian male. Police said he pulled out a semi-automatic pistol from his backpack and began firing before shooting himself in the head. The suspect is in custody and is being treated at a local hospital. One of the female patients died at the hosptial while being treated in the wake of the shooting. Classes had not yet begun at the time of the shooting, so the campus was not completely full. A number of students were seen being wheeled out of the school on gurneys and put into ambulances. Students were seen in aerial footage being led out of the school with their arms in the air as police with rifles stood by. All schools in the area were placed on lockdown after the shooting and area roads were temporarily closed. Police were still clearing students from classrooms as of 8:45 a.m. local time.“My daughter’s still in the band room. They’ve got a policeman with them,” parent Brian Skiba told CBS2. “They’re still in lockdown. They’re only clearing it classroom by classroom.” “She heard the shots as well, she was in the quad where it started and ran to the band room and locked the door behind her and told everybody to get down,” Skiba added.
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On the Eve of scumbag/liar-Schiff
Show: Two Head Fakes
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by JOHN C. WOHLSTETTER
{ spectator.org } ~ As we approach the public segment of the House Democrats’ impeachment parade, there are two monster head fakes aimed at bamboozling the viewing public... (1) House Intel chairman scumbag/liar-Adam Schiff’s likening the House process to the grand jury and (2) the Democrats and a few stray Republicans insisting that the utterly phony “whistleblower” remain anonymous as protection from harm. Grand Jury Games. scumbag/liar-Adam Schiff tells us that closed-door sessions follow the grand jury process. But the scumbag/liar-Schiff process strays from grand jury practice in several key aspects. First, grand jurors are allowed to ask their own questions — even if the prosecutor managing the process doesn’t wish them to do so. This was done in 1872 with the Boss Tweed corruption scandal by what lawyers call a “runaway grand jury”; and again in 1974, when the Watergate grand jury was prepared to indict Richard Nixon on four counts before Nixon resigned. Gerald Ford fully pardoned him a month later, and the grand jury was disbanded. In his memoir, The Right and the Power (1976), Watergate special prosecutor Leon Jaworski saw a fair trial as impossible due to massive, unprecedented pre-trial publicity — the factor that moved President Ford to pardon his predecessor. Of indictment, Jaworski wrote, “The grand jury, I knew, would indict him in a minute. But could he receive a fair trial, a constitutional right?” Second, all grand jurors have equal rights. The Handbook for Federal Grand Jurors specifies the rights of grand jurors: Each juror has equal rights and responsibilities, and each is entitled to be satisfied with the evidence before being called upon to vote. No juror has the right to dismiss a witness or to shut off proper discussion if other jurors wish to pursue the matter further. The handbook further states, Every grand juror has the right to express his or her view of the matter under consideration, and grand jurors should listen to the comments of other grand jurors before making up their minds. Only after each grand juror has been given the opportunity to be heard will the vote be taken. Put simply, neither as foreman nor as prosecutor would scumbag/liar-Adam Schiff be able to run his show the way he has conducted the Intelligence Committee hearings, running roughshod over Republican members who wish to cross-examine witnesses and have other witnesses testify. Protection Racket. Mark Zaid, the “coup has started” lawyer who represents the “whistleblower,” informed the FBI about threats made against his client. One threat, reported on October 2, was found “not credible” by the FBI. There have been numerous threats. Yahoo reports that threats they investigated show no physical harm intended. These are low-level individual threats, far less worrisome than threats from the mob, terrorists, or drug cartels. U.S. marshals have a Federal Witness Security Program, which since establishment in 1970 has successfully protected over 7,500 witnesses and over 9,500 witness family members; there have been over 10,000 criminal convictions, with an 89 percent conviction rate...   https://spectator.org/on-the-eve-of-schiff-show-two-head-fakes/?utm_source=American%20Spectator%20Emails&utm_campaign=4c0a94130a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_13_02_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_797a38d487-4c0a94130a-104608113   
Nunes: Transcripts Are 
‘Devastating to the Democrats’
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by JEFF POOR
{ breitbart.com } ~ As House Democrats speed toward impeachment, some are wondering how the U.S. Senate, controlled by the Republican Party, will react when the ball is in the Senate’s court... Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, urged folks to take a wait-and-see approach to the proceedings. He explained how Democrats and the media will attempt to frame the storylines but added that the recently released transcripts from the closed House Intelligence Committee impeachment hearings last week show the testimony given was “devastating to the Democrats.” “Let’s see how this goes this week,” Nunes said. “My guess is it’s going to be a complete circus. We’re not going to get any of our witnesses. The mainstream media is going to say how damaging it is to the president. That’s just going to be the storyline. But the fact of the matter is if you actually read these transcripts and Gregg Jarrett was just going through them … these transcripts as we were saying when the Democrats were slowly leaking them out to their friends in the media – that’s what we’ve been doing for the last six weeks. But now that the transcripts are out, they’re devastating to the Democrats. So, let’s see where this goes. But at the end of the day, the Senate should be calling all these people in as soon as possible.”   https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/11/11/nunes-transcripts-are-devastating-to-the-democrats/   
Ranking Member Devin Nunes Opening
Statement – Impeachment Hearings Day One
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Here’s the opening statement from HPSCI Ranking Member Devin Nunes:
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DOJ Watchdog Takes Key Step 
Toward Releasing FISA Abuse Report
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by CHUCK ROSS
{ dailycaller.com } ~ The Justice Department’s inspector general has reportedly started inviting government officials to review a report of an investigation into the FBI’s surveillance activities against a Trump campaign official... the latest signal that the report will be released soon. Michael Horowitz, the inspector general, has in the past few days invited current and former government officials interviewed the investigation to review portions of the report, according to people familiar with the process, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. The opportunity for review is a routine step in inspector general’s investigations that typically takes place just prior to publication of the report. Horowitz has scheduled the reviews for this week and next week, the people said, according to the AP. Horowitz has been investigating whether the FBI followed laws and procedures when seeking Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser. Republicans have accused the FBI of abusing the FISA system by relying heavily on the unverified and Democratic-funded Steele dossier in applications for the warrants. The special counsel’s report undermined the dossier’s main allegation that the Trump campaign conspired with Russian to influence the 2016 presidential election. Horowitz’s team has been investigating whether the FBI and Justice Department properly disclosed all the information it had about Steele and the dossier.  Horowitz submitted the report to the FBI and Justice Department for a review of classified information. He told lawmakers on Oct. 24 that he expects his report to be “lengthy” and have few redactions.  Republican lawmakers have expressed frustration at how long it has taken to release the report. Some lawmakers claimed earlier in 2019 that they expected the report to come out in June. The timeline was extended after Horowitz reportedly interviewed Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the dossier.   https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/12/horowitz-fisa-dossier/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10896   
IT’S CONFIRMED – Bill Barr’s 
Prosecutor Is Doing It
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by Martin Walsh
{ explainlife.com } ~ Attorney General William Barr has been very busy lately getting to the bottom of the scumbag/liar-nObama administration spying on the Trump campaign... and trying to prevent Trump from winning the 2016 election. Barr and the prosecutor running the investigation, John H. Durham, just shifted into a criminal inquiry and that means corrupt scumbag/liar-nObama-era officials could be held accountable. This has already infuriated Democrats, but Barr’s prosecutor is about to kick things up a notch. According to a report from The New York Times, the investigation is starting to take a deeper look into some of Trump’s most vocal enemies. The target list in this investigation seems to be growing more and more every day. Some of the names appearing on the list also happen to be some of the same ones we have heard in opposition to Trump throughout much of his time in office. The investigation seems to be going after key members of the FBI who were integral to the Russia collusion investigation, with sources telling the NYT that Durham seems heavily focused on the role Peter Strzok played during the wide-reaching probe. Strzok served as the No. 2 counterintelligence analyst at the FBI before being fired last year and let go from ex-Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team after an internal probe found that he had sent hundreds of anti-Trump text messages to Lisa Page, a former lawyer at the FBI lawyer with whom he was having an affair. People like Strzok inside the FBI should be very worried, because this investigation has gone from a simple investigation to a criminal matter. That move would not have been made unless Durham felt he had enough evidence of major wrongdoing on the part of one or more individuals. Durham is reportedly leaving no stone unturned in his effort to get to the bottom of this corruption. He has reportedly issued more than 2,800 subpoenas, 500 search warrants, and talked to more than 500 witnesses so far...   https://explainlife.com/its-confirmed-bill-barrs-prosecutor-is-doing-it-17334/?utm_source=Explainlife.com%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email 
Rep. Mo Brooks: ‘Whistleblower’ A Spy 
Acting On Behalf Of The Dems And 
loose lips liar-Joe Biden
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by Alicia Luke
{ lidblog.com } ~ Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) said where the real threat lies is in “people like” the so-called whistleblower, who Brooks deemed to be a spy for Democrats... “It becomes a real problem when you have people like the whistleblower, who is, in fact, a spy in my judgment,” Brooks said. “And he was a spy on behalf of the Democratic Party, loose lips liar-Joe Biden and who knows whom else. And I suspect he went into the White House knowing he was going to spy and he was going to try to undermine the president of the United States as best he could. Now when you have someone of that nature, that is a real problem.” “And to me, we need to look long and hard at this whistleblower, and there ought to be a determination as to whether he should be fired if he violated any laws that relate to the confidentiality of communications between the president of the United States, on the one hand, and the president of Ukraine on the other, because his doing what he did as a spy on behalf of the Democrats, has created a significant amount of friction between the United States of America, Ukraine and who knows who else.” This has been my thought from the very beginning! This was a spy planted by scumbag/commie-Brennan’s operatives and worked in conjunction with the scumbag/liar-nObama appointed ambassador along with other operatives in the State Department and Military. That’s why this is a real Coup d’état. It’s not only a coup. It’s a smokescreen to deflect attention from the AG’s investigation of scumbag/liar-nObama’s decision to spy on the Trump campaign.   https://lidblog.com/mo-brooks/   
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Dems Reject Fairness in Partisan
Impeachment Inquiry
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Thomas Gallatin:  This week promises ramped-up impeachment drama as the House will finally hold public hearings of several “witnesses” to “whistleblower-gate.” The Democrats’ impeachment-inquiry resolution, which not a single Republican voted for, gives House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff (D-CA) veto power over any witnesses the GOP may call. Predictably, scumbag-Schiff has demonstrated the purely partisan nature of this whole impeachment charade by denying the Republicans’ request that the whistleblower,  widely identified as Eric Ciaramella, testify. So, the individual responsible for instigating this whole fiasco will not be called on to give an account. All this does is further cement the fact that this impeachment inquiry is a sham.

Democrats don’t want the whistleblower to testify because they know it will lead to Schiff’s doorstep. By taking the whistleblower out of the equation, scumbag-Schiff hopes to build a case on the testimony of cherry-picked State Department officials who clearly disagreed with President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy agenda but were not witnesses to the phone call upon which the entire complaint is based.

Meanwhile, House Republicans aim to discover who all was involved in orchestrating this clearly partisan hit job against Trump and its connections to Ukraine’s 2016 election interference. The GOP’s list of requested witnesses includes Hunter Biden and his longtime business partner and former fellow Burisma board member, Devon Archer, as well as Nellie Ohr, who worked for the opposition research firm Fusion GPS (famous for the dossier) and whose husband Bruce was a key anti-Trump conspirator at the FBI. Thus far, it’s highly unlikely that scumbag-Schiff will let any of these individuals testify, nor will scumbag-Schiff testify about his own role as Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) called for him to do.

In an open letter to scumbag-Schiff, Nunes labels the Democrats’ actions a “sham impeachment process” and insists scumbag-Schiff’s “failure to fulfill Minority witness requests shall constitute evidence of your denial of fundamental fairness and due process.”

Interestingly, Democrats have now backed off their demand that former National Security Advisor John Bolton testify following the White House’s blocking of their subpoena. Bolton has indicated that he would be happy to testify, and Judge Richard Leon is expected to rule on this issue shortly even after the Democrats asked for the matter to be dropped. It appears that Democrats fear Bolton’s testimony would severely undercut their allegations against Trump.

Will Democrats have any success in their attempts to convince Republicans and the majority of the American public that their impeachment spectacle is anything but a partisan hit job against a duly elected president? It’s highly unlikely.   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66708?mailing_id=4647&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4647&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Judge Rules Against Merit-Based Immigration
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Arnold Ahlert  
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House Impeachment Public Hearings – 
Day One – William B. Taylor and George
Kent – 10:00am Livestream
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 by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ The House Intelligence Committee will begin holding public hearings to impeach President Donald Trump today at 10:00am EDT... The hearings are carefully scripted, organized and planned. Day One begins with Ambassador William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent. To support the Democrat impeachment effort all major media networks are carrying the event live, and promoting their anticipation of drama. Impeachment Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff has threatened severe punishment if any member of congress speaks publicly about the CIA helping to organize the ‘whistleblower‘ effort. Mr. Taylor currently serves as the Chargé D’affaires for the U.S. State Department in Ukraine. Mr. Kent serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the European and Eurasian Bureau at the U.S. Department of State. Both State Dept. officials disagree with President Trump’s foreign policy which they hope will lead to his removal from office...   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/13/house-impeachment-hearings-day-one-william-b-taylor-and-george-kent-1000am-livestream/
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Trump Lectured Previous 
Ukraine President About Corruption, Too
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by JOEL B. POLLAK
{ breitbart.com } ~ A key witness called by Democrats to appear before the House Intelligence Committee testified last month that President Donald Trump had temporarily blocked U.S. aid to Ukraine in 2017... and expressed some similar concerns to those in 2019. Catherine Croft, a State Department official specializing in Ukraine, told a closed-door meeting that Trump, through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), held up the first grant of military aid to the Ukrainian government of then-President Petro Poroshenko partly because of concerns about the country’s corruption and the president’s frustration that the U.S. was expected to pay for its defense. Another concern was how Russia would react to the first provision of lethal weapons — which President Barack scumbag/liar-nObama had denied to Ukraine despite ongoing Russian attacks. Croft testified that prior to the now-infamous hold on aid in the summer of 2019, there had been a hold in late 2017 for “a week or two” at the direction of OMB Director Mick Mulvaney, acting on behalf of President Trump. The main reason, she said, was concern about “the Russian reaction” — the same reason that scumbag/liar-nObama administration officials had been cautious about providing military aid. Eventually, President Trump provided the aid, particularly Javelin anti-tank missiles, which helped Ukraine push back the Russian advance. But he did so, she said, after lecturing President Poroshenko — to his face — about Ukraine’s corruption and inability to pay for its own defense: Croft later reiterated the president’s concerns that “Ukraine is corrupt, and that Europe should be stepping up to do more to provide security assistance to Ukraine.” Trump has voiced similar concerns about U.S. military aid to other countries — that American taxpayers bear the burden of their defense...
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Republicans Fight Back –
4 Weapons They’re About To Use
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by Cristina Laila
{ wethepeopledaily.com } ~ House Republicans on three committees leading the “impeachment inquiry” released 4 key pieces of evidence undermining Democrats’ arguments for impeachment ahead of this week’s public hearings... In a memorandum obtained by The Gateway Pundit sent to Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee, Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Committee on Foreign Affairs, the GOP countered all of the ‘evidence’ provided by the Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. “In the 49 days since Speaker liar-Pelosi’s announcement, Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff” has been conducting the sham impeachment hearings from his “Capitol basement bunker” the GOP said, arguing that all the fact-finding is “unclassified” so the closed-door process and secrecy is “purely for information control.”  1. The July 25 call summary — the best evidence of the conversation — shows no conditionality or evidence of pressure.  2) Both President Zelensky and President Trump have publicly and repeatedly said there was no pressure to investigate the President’s political rivals.  3) The Ukrainian government was not aware that U.S. security assistance was delayed at the time of the July 25 phone call.  4) The United States provided security assistance to Ukraine and President Trump met with President Zelensky without Ukraine ever investigating President Trump‘s political rivals...
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Islamic Jihad says not ready for ceasefire; 
PM: Israel will do what’s needed
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By LAHAV HARKOV and TOVAH LAZAROFF
{ jpost.com } ~ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to continue targeting Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Wednesday... as the terrorist group announced that it was far from ready to engage in ceasefire talks.  "We are not talking of mediation, it's not appropriate to talk about it,” A spokesperson for Palestinian Islamic Jihad said. “When we complete our response that we want to send, it will be possible to talk about calming things down."  Over 220 rockets have been fired at Israel by PIJ militants in the Gaza Strip in response to Israel's targeted killing of Islamic Jihad leader, Bahaa Abu al-Ata. Earlier in the day, there were reports in the Arab press that Israel had conveyed a message via the United Nations to Islamic Jihad that it was prepared to assassinate its leaders in Syria if the rocket fire did not immediately cease. During an address at the Knesset, Netanyahu argued with Arab MKs from the Joint List, who accused him of war crimes. “We will not tolerate attacks on our citizens,” Netanyahu said. “In the last year, we accumulated a mass of these attacks.” Al-Ata “was ready to carry out more and more terrorists attacks, including in these days. We thwarted him when we were not heading for an escalation, but we will do all that we need to defend our citizens,” the prime minister added. “We are not bent on escalation, but that we would respond to every attack against us, and respond very sharply. Islamic Jihad would do well to understand this right now, instead of when it will be too late. I believe that Islamic Jihad is starting to internalize this message. They understand that we will continue to strike them without mercy. They understand that Israel is very strong and that our will is very great,” Netanyahu said...   https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Islamic-Jihad-says-not-ready-for-ceasefire-PM-PM-will-do-whats-needed-607731   
The 4,006 Palestinians the 
Europeans Have Not Heard Of
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by Bassam Tawil
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ As all eyes are turned on the latest tensions in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian terror groups have been firing rockets at Israel in retaliation for the Israeli killing of Islamic Jihad commander Bahaa Abu al-Ata... the number of Palestinians killed in Syria since the civil war began there in 2011 has risen to 4,006. The plight of the Palestinians in Syria, however, is of no concern to Palestinian leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, who continue to be obsessed with destroying Israel. The international community, including the United Nations and human rights organizations, are also clearly not interested in the suffering of Palestinians in Syria -- or in any other Arab country. The 4,006 Palestinians killed in Syria were not targeted by Israel; evidently that is reason enough for the international community and the UN to look the other way. The Europeans evidently think they have all the time in the world to worry about foodstuffs originating from Israeli suburbs, but no time at all even to express concern about the brutal deaths of more than 500 Palestinians a year in Syria over the past seven years. This week, instead of taking notice of the rising death toll of Palestinians in Syria, the European Court of Justice ruled that member states must oblige retailers to identify products made in Israeli settlements with special labels. The European court decision does not help the Palestinians in Syria in any way. These Palestinians do not give a damn whether or not the Europeans label settlement products. What they do give a damn about is staying alive -- a goal which they would appreciate the people of Europe would further by helping them to stay employed, rather than focusing on debates about packaging. What, for example, does the European court's decision do to highlight the case of three Palestinians who were tortured to death in October while being held in detention in a Syrian government prison? The three, identified as Said Mustafa Amarin, Ziad Lutfi Amarin and Fadi Fuad Al-Sotari, were arrested by the Syrian authorities several years ago. Their deaths bring to 611 the number of Palestinians killed as a result of torture in Syrian prisons in the past eight years, according to a recent report...
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The Islamic Trojan Horse
By Mario Alexis Portella
{ americanthinker.com } ~ Many in the West today are grappling as to how Islam has been able to get a foothold in our society. We know of Islamists’ present-day means to get government officials to capitulate to their whims through lobbying and the mainstream media... presenting themselves as victims of the same Western society that has helped them. But how have they been able to acquire such political leverage? Apparently, there has been a willful lack of circumspection or foresightedness. Back in the 1970s, the late archbishop Marcel Lefebvre had  said: “As long as Muslims are an insignificant minority in a Christian country, they can live on friendly terms, because they accept the laws and customs of the country that receives them. But as soon as they become numerous and organize, they become aggressive and try to impose their laws, which are hostile to Western civilization.” Protagonists such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar -- both supposed allies of the United States and the European Union -- have been able to forge or manipulate situations having politicians and the mainstream media to direct attention to military conflicts in the Middle East, such as Syria and Afghanistan, or by “exclusively” focusing on the Iranian regime as the principle source of terrorism. As Ayaan Hirsi Ali explained, because of the West’s obsession with terror, we have become blind to the broader threat of the dawa, Islamic proselytizing: the ideology behind the terror attacks -- and what drives numerous Muslims to Islamize us. In other words, by leading us to believe that the threat of Islam is only in far-off distant lands, Islamists have been able to conceal their ultimate weapons of Islamization: exploitation of  democracy and pluralism, immigration, and the multiplication of the progeny. Since its foundation, islam has always been transnational as it spread across the world when the nation-state and national identity were at best inchoate and more often nonexistent. This has impelled many Muslims, regardless of their views of democracy, to utilize the democratic instruments of pluralism and freedom of expression to insert themselves into society with the goal of propagating Islam at the expense of others. The most salient example has been the election of worthless-Ilhan Omar to the House of Representatives. Notwithstanding marrying her own brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, to get him a green card to the U.S., even before being sworn into Congress on a Quran, she successfully demanded that Congress reverse a 181-year ban on the wearing of any headgear -- in her case she was able to wear the hijab: a religious attire, when lawmakers cannot even display a cross -- on the floor of Congress. Like a Trojan horse, Islamists have been able to infiltrate, for example, the Western field of education, creating an environment of receptivity and understanding for the next generation of Americans to accept their sharia-based lifestyle. Saudi money has financed institutions alongside multitudes of other Islamic organizations across the world and within the United States 80 percent of 1,200 mosques operating in the United States were built after 2003. Qatar’s equal vision for America is being peddled through our children’s classrooms, targeting a pliable population and one with a long shelf life...  https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/11/the_islamic_trojan_horse.html
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Judge Rules Against Merit-Based Immigration
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Arnold Ahlert:  Remember scumbag/liar-nObamaCare? Remember the act that was passed on Christmas Eve without a single Republican vote? Remember when liar-Nancy Pelosi famously asserted Democrats had to pass it so Americans “find out what’s in it?” Remember what Americans “found” is that despite the former president’s promises that one could keep one’s health insurance if one liked it — more accurately known as the 2013 Lie of the Year — one would be required to purchase health insurance, or face a fairly substantial fine for failing to do so?

How times have changed, courtesy of U.S. District Judge Michael Simon, an scumbag/liar-nObama appointee. On Nov. 2 in Portland, Oregon, Simon issued a temporary restraining order blocking a Trump administration initiative that requires immigrants to prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas aimed at giving them permanent legal status. “Facing a likely risk of being separated from their family members and a delay in obtaining a visa to which family members would otherwise be entitled is irreparable harm,” Simon wrote.

Irreparable harm for whom? Trump invoked executive authority last month with regard to those requirements, as part of the administration’s efforts to transition to a merit-based immigrant system—as in one that would not further harm Americans. “The United States has a long history of welcoming immigrants who come lawfully in search of brighter futures. We must continue that tradition while also addressing the challenges facing our healthcare system, including protecting both it and the American taxpayer from the burdens of uncompensated care,” Trump stated in the proclamation. “Continuing to allow entry into the United States of certain immigrants who lack health insurance or the demonstrated ability to pay for their healthcare would be detrimental to these interests.”

In other words, those seeking permanent residency shouldn’t have immediate access to America’s welfare state. In a nation burdened by $23 trillion of national debt — driven in large part by welfare state mandates — such a requirement would seem to be a no-brainer. The administration made that clear when it noted that subsidized healthcare plans still available on scumbag/liar-nObamaCare exchanges would not qualify as insurance.

study by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute (MPI) reveals why: Only 57% of U.S. immigrants had private health insurance in 2017, and America still welcomes 1.1 million legal immigrants to our nation on an annual basis.

It should be further explained that this order was not issued ex post facto. It would have applied to immigrants living abroad, not those already here. Moreover, refugees, asylum-seekers, and children would have remained  unaffected.

None of it mattered to Judge Simon. The temporary restraining order blocks the policy’s implementation for 28 days, and another hearing on the matter is scheduled for Nov. 22.

Unsurprisingly, the move was celebrated by those who apparently believe self-sufficiency should not be an integral part of immigration reform. “Countless thousands across the country can breathe a sigh of relief today because the court recognized the urgent and irreparable harm that would have been inflicted” (without the hold), Jesse Bless, director of federal litigation at the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said in a statement.

Justice Action Center senior attorney Esther Sung, who litigated the case brought by seven U.S. citizens and a nonprofit organization, echoed those sentiments. “We’re very grateful that the court recognized the need to block the health care ban immediately,” she stated. “The ban would separate families and cut two-thirds of green-card-based immigration starting tonight, were the ban not stopped.”

That two-out-of-three immigrants seeking green cards can’t afford their own health insurance is a testament to the agenda of those who believe America should abiding the standards of immigrants, instead of immigrants abiding the standards of America.

Unsurprisingly, Simon is only the latest scumbag/liar-nObama-appointed federal jurist on a self-aggrandizing mission to undermine this administration’s effort to end the nation’s immigration crisis. On a single day last September 27, three scumbag/liar-nObama-appointed judges also did their best to thwart the administration’s efforts. In California, Judge Dolly Gee of the Federal District Court in Los Angeles issued a preliminary ruling banning the administration’s attempt to detain migrant families for longer than 20 days; U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birrote Jr. issued a permanent injunction blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from relying solely on the databases when issuing detainers; and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the administration from using a fast-track deportation process aimed at illegals who illegally entered the nation in the last two years.

And last Tuesday, Judge John Kronstadt of the United States District Court in Los Angeles — yet another scumbag/liar-nObama appointee — ruled that America must provide mental-health services to families “traumatized” by being separated at the border. “This is truly groundbreaking,” said dean of the University of California Berkeley School of Law, Erwin Chemerinsky.

It’s also quite telling. Kronstadt was appointed in 2011 — meaning he sat mute when the scumbag/liar-nObama administration was separating families at the border.

Thus, some separations are more equal — and much more political — than others. Especially when the media make a big deal out of them on one hand and, on the other, either completely ignore the issue, insist the scumbag/liar-nObama administration was more “virtuous” because they didn’t do it as often — or simply [lie]https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/05/28/democrats-blame-trump-for-photo-children-separated-border-illegal-aliens/) about who was housing children in cages.

All of these judicial rulings are part of the Left’s coordinated effort to maintain a globalist status quo aimed at reducing the nation-state to irrelevancy. Meanwhile, keep in mind last week’s cartel-driven massacre of a Mormon family, including eight-month-old twins — along with the arrest of a suspect in possession of two bound hostages, four semiautomatic rifles, ammunition and a bullet-proofed SUV. That followed closely on the heels of a Mexican military defeat at the hands of a drug cartel, as well as last Wednesday’s brazen daylight assassination of a cop involved in that operation. Americans must deal with drug overdoses that now kill more Americans per year than car accidents, over-taxed school systems and healthcare facilities, wholly unnecessary crimes, and the ongoing bipartisan attempts by our elites to expand the foreign-born workforce at the expense of American workers.

Above all, Americans must abide the reality that Democrats are working hard to make sure the definition of merit-based immigration is bastardized to the point of absurdity. And in a testament to that effort, Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren says she’s “open to suspending deportations.” And commie-Bernie Sanders promises that his immigration “reform” plan will included the admittance of “at least 50,000” immigrants “displaced by climate change.” And that’s just the start. commie-Sanders’s campaign website states, “By 2050, an estimated 200 million people will be displaced by climate change. Bernie will lead the international community in combating this crisis and America will do its part to welcome those who are forced from their homes by climate change.”

No doubt Democrats will demand that everyone of them will be eligible for subsidized healthcare — and that they’ll find a judge to abet their ambitions.

“Fundamental transformation” demands nothing less.  

~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66704?mailing_id=4647&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4647&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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30 Years After USSR Collapse, Mindless
Millennials Embrace Socialism
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Mark Alexander  
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Thursday Top News Executive Summary
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Media Editors:  Above the Fold


WHO’D A THUNK IT? Heat but no light: First public impeachment hearing a dud (Washington Examiner)

SO SERIOUS: NBCNews.com swoons over drag queen at impeachment circus hearings (NewsBusters)

Government & Politics


REHEARING REJECTED: U.S. appeals court again backs House request for Trump tax documents (Reuters)

NO CONFIDENCE: Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announces Democrat presidential bid (Associated Press)

“UNCONSTITUTIONAL BIDDING”: Federal government can’t just allow 3D gunmaking software to proliferate without a license, federal judge declares (Reason)

BIG BROTHER: commie-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and commie-Bernie Sanders pitch Green New Deal bill for public housing (The Washington Post)

CLOSING IN: China holding “in-depth” talks with U.S. on interim trade deal (Reuters)

National Security


CONSEQUENCES: Trump administration proposes employment restrictions for asylum seekers who enter U.S. illegally (National Review)

CHILDREN EXPLOITED: More than 600 children “recycled” by migrant smugglers at border (The Washington Times)

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: FBI’s “lone wolf” report says domestic terrorists are rarely isolated (NBC News)

Closing Arguments


POLICY: How LGBTQ education is gaining in tax-funded schools, from pre-K on up (RealClearInvestigations)

POLICY: A new faith emerges: The religion of climatism (Commentary)

HUMOR: Capitol Building to be decorated as giant circus tent for duration of impeachment hearings (The Babylon Bee)  

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66785?mailing_id=4657&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4657&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body     
Hearing Highlights – Jordan, Stefanik and 
Ratcliffe Deconstruct Impeachment Narrative
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Day One of the liar-Pelosi, scumbag/liar-Schiff and Lawfare effort to publicly construct support for the impeachment of President Trump ends... Within the questioning of State Department officials George Kent and Bill Taylor the value of adding Jim Jordan to the hearings became clear. Jim Jordan, Elise Stefanik and John Ratcliffe methodically deconstructed the false premise advanced by the impeachment crew. It became clear that both Kent and Taylor held no specific and direct knowledge of the substance behind the claims made by the democrats leading the effort. Here’s a few highlights starting with Jim Jordan: Jordan pressed Taylor on how he came to have a “clear understanding” that the U.S. aid to Ukraine was dependent on opening an investigation into Trump’s political rivals. Jordan said there was no “linkage” and Ambassador Taylor said he came to his “clear conclusion” based on what other people said about what other people heard about conversations with other people...
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Obstruction: scumbag-Schiff Coaches 
Witness Vindman to Ignore Some GOP 
Questions in Deposition
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by EDWIN MORA
{ breitbart.com } ~ House impeachment probe witness and the White House’s top Ukraine expert, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, with the help of Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff (D-CA), was evasive in answering questions from Republicans during the colonel’s closed-door deposition late last month... scumbag-Schiff, the leader of the impeachment inquiry, repeatedly interrupted the Republicans, ordering the witness not to answer questions, according to the transcripts of Vindman’s October 23 testimony unveiled Friday. House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Schiff and Vindman’s lawyer prevented the witness from answering several questions, including whom he spoke to after listening to the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that triggered the impeachment efforts. The Democrats’ potential obstructions of justice by ordering Vindman to leave out details while testifying under oath suggest that the White House National Security Council (NSC) official focused on Ukraine may have shared information about the call with the so-called “whistleblower.” Some Republicans have accused scumbag-Schiff of coaching and coordinating with the “whistleblower,” believed to be anti-Trump, to damage the U.S. President. The “whistleblower” met with scumbag-Schiff’s office. Another question sidelined by the Democrats was whether Vindman intentionally worked to undermine Trump’s policy.  “You are interrupting us, and we have questions. He has counsel who can tell him he’s not to answer that,” Rep. Jim Jordan from Ohio, the top Republican on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, told scumbag-Schiff. Republicans accused scumbag-Schiff of obstructing the impeachment probe by “coaching” Vindman on what he could and could not say. Vindman is the director of European Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) official who listened in on the July 25 call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which ultimately triggered the impeachment probe. Jordan asked Vindman, “Who else did you talk to following the July 25th call?” “I reached out to a group of counterparts and informed them of a call. And, frankly, the reasoning behind it, I don’t think I could talk about in this context,” Vindman replied. Rep. scumbag-Swalwell (D-CA), one of Trump’s fiercest critics, ordered Vindman to stop answering Jordan’s questions, citing protecting the “whistleblower’s” identity as the reason. “Chairman, I want to object that the question calls to reveal the whistleblower,” scumbag-Swalwell interjected as Vindman was trying to respond to the question...   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/08/obstruction-schiff-coaches-witness-vindman-to-ignore-some-gop-questions-in-deposition/   
Memo from House Republicans Lays 
Out the Case Against Impeaching Trump
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By Randy DeSoto  
{ westernjournal.com } ~ House Republicans serving on the three committees involved in the impeachment inquiry released a memo Monday night laying out their case against impeaching President Donald Trump... The 18-page memorandum  offered by GOP members of the House Intelligence, Oversight and Government Reform, and Foreign Affairs committees offers “four key pieces of evidence that are fatal to the Democrats’ allegations” of wrongdoing by the president involving his July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Stripping away the hyperbole and hysteria, these indisputable pieces of evidence show that there was no ‘Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,’ as required by the U.S. Constitution,” the memo reads. First, the Republicans point out, the call summary  “shows no conditionality or evidence of pressure” to investigate Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, regarding their dealings in Ukraine. Second, “President Zelensky and President Trump have both said there was no pressure on the call.” Third, “The Ukrainian government was not aware of the hold on U.S. assistance at the time of the July 25 call.” Finally, Trump met with Zelensky at the United Nations in late September and released the foreign aid Sept. 11 without Ukraine having opened an investigation into the loose lips liar-Bidens.“These four key points undercut the Democrat impeachment narrative that President Trump leveraged U.S. security assistance and a presidential meeting to force Ukraine to investigate the President’s political rivals,” the memo reads. The Republicans noted in their memo (page 15) that both acting U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine Bill Taylor and former special representative for Ukraine negotiations Kurt Volker testified in closed-door hearings, being overseen by Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff, that the Ukraine government was not aware of the aid being held up until late August. The implication is if Trump was trying to demand a quid pro quo, implied or otherwise, on his call, the Ukrainians did not understand it that way...   https://www.westernjournal.com/memo-house-republicans-lays-case-impeaching-trump/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=WJBreaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=western-journal   
ICIG Atkinson Receives Ethics Complaint Against 
CIA ‘Whistleblower’, Goes to scumbag-Schiff 
Basement for Talks
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Chad Pergram noted that Intelligence Community Inspector General (IGIC) Michael Atkinson was spotted today going into HPSCI Chairman scumbag-Schiffs’ basement bunker for discussions with the impeachment inquisitors...  This is interesting because it was reported today that ICIG Atkinson has now received an ethics complaint about a GoFundMe account set up by the CIA ‘whistleblower’ attorney, Mark S. Zaid, to finance the ongoing efforts of CIA operative Eric Ciaramella. The dirty dealing is getting thick. Attorney Mark Zaid has claimed to be working pro-bono for his CIA client. Meanwhile scumbag-Adam Schiff is threatening anyone and everyone about keeping the CIA client hidden and anonymous; and the media is all-in with efforts to support the protection. A narrative created by a CIA operative favorable to the coup. So what exactly is this current $228,000 for? goal $300k. And who is this group “Values United” who is organizing it?  That’s where the letter to ICIG Atkinson comes in...   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/12/dirty-business-icig-atkinson-receives-ethics-complaint-against-cia-whistleblower-goes-to-schiff-basement-for-talks/ 
Conservative Supreme Court justices seem 
ready to allow Trump to end DACA
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by Melissa Quinn
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ A closely divided Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with whether to allow the Trump administration to bring an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program... After more than an hour of arguments, the court’s conservative wing of the bench appeared ready to side with President Trump in his efforts to rescind the program, which was started under President Barack scumbag/liar-nObama in 2012 and provides legal protections for young immigrants. The dispute is one of the most closely watched of the Supreme Court’s blockbuster term, and hanging in the balance is the fate of 700,000 Dreamers, the name given to those brought to the United States illegally as children and shielded from the threat of deportation. A decision by the court is expected by the end of June, in the heart of the 2020 presidential campaign. A central question in the trio of cases before the court is whether the Trump administration’s rescission of DACA can even be reviewed by the courts. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch raised questions as to whether the courts should do so, with Gorsuch saying he was “still struggling” with whether the executive branch's decision should be reviewed. A coalition of states, civil rights organization, and Dreamers challenged Trump’s attempt to shut down DACA and argue the explanation for doing so — detailed in memos written by former acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke and former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen — rests on a faulty legal premise. When then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in September 2017 the Trump administration would roll back DACA, he said its justification for doing so was based on the assessment the program violated the law...  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/conservative-supreme-court-justices-seem-ready-to-allow-trump-to-end-daca   
'Money-making enterprise': Intelligence officer 
files complaint over whistleblower donations
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by Daniel Chaitin & Jerry Dunleavy
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ The whistleblower who spurred impeachment proceedings against President Trump is now the subject of a complaint that says the official may be soliciting illegal donations... The complaint, which was filed last week by an intelligence officer, was sent to the Intelligence Community inspector general and focuses on a GoFundMe page for the whistleblower that has raised more than $227,000. According to a letter sent by the law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC, their client alleges donations from roughly 6,000 individuals "clearly constitute" gifts to a current intelligence official, which are restricted by statute. Because many of the donors are anonymous, the complaint asks Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael Atkinson to investigate whether any "foreign citizen or agent of a foreign government" gave money. The complaint also said the whistleblower's lawyers may be abusing their client's access to classified information. "My client believes ... that the federal employee you are protecting and their attorneys apparently have strategically weaponized their alleged whistleblowing activities into a very lucrative money-making enterprise using a charity incorporated under a different name than the trade name it is using for fund-raising purposes, which would appear to my client to be a clear abuse of the federal employee's authority and access to classified information," Anthony Gallo, the managing partner of Tully Rinckey, said in the letter sent on Nov. 8. The person who filed the new complaint remains anonymous, but Tully Rinckey described their client to Fox News as someone who has served in government and holds a top-secret security clearance. "This isn’t about politics, it is about ethics and ensuring our intelligence officials aren’t collecting cash to pay for their expenses from anonymous or foreign intelligence agencies," Gallo told the Washington Examiner. "We are merely laying out the facts for the IG to look into this."...   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/money-making-enterprise-intelligence-officer-files-complaint-over-whistleblower-donations?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/12/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5261   
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Swamp Drain Goes Big – Trump Fires 
8,000 From Top Agency
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by Adam Casalino
{ wethepeopledaily.com } ~ It’s an open secret that Washington, D.C. is infested with politicians and government workers. The main reason they despise Donald Trump? He actually expects them to do their job... Sadly, our best suffer thanks to this swamp. Veterans are struggling while awaiting care from our country. President Trump refused to let that stand. He’s taken steps to make sure that, on this Veterans Day, not one hero will be forgotten. The first step? Getting rid of anyone that refuses to do their duty to help these men and women in need. And the tally is up to 8,000. “The standard is if you don’t live up to your oath if you don’t live up to the standards that our veterans expect, that you will be asked to leave,” Wilkie told reporters in a press conference on Friday. “This is a transformational moment in our history.” Wow. Since Trump entered the White House, over 8,000 VA employees were fired.  Trump set a high standard: do your job. And over 8,000 people got pink slips. Can you believe that? All that the president asked for was to do their job and care for our veterans. Yet 8,000 of them were kicked to the curb because they failed to help our veterans. Imagine a company with over 8,000 staffers not doing their jobs? It would be out of business in a month.
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30 Years After USSR Collapse, Mindless Millennials Embrace Socialism
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Mark Alexander:  November 9th marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall — and the precipitous disintegration of the tyrannical Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its East Block gulags.

I remember well President Ronald Reagan’s forceful remarks two years earlier. On 12 June 1987 at the Brandenburg Gate in then-West Berlin, he spoke pointedly to the Russian leader of the USSR. He demanded: “General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

Reagan spoke near the location where John Kennedy delivered his “Ich bin ein Berliner” (“I am a Berliner”) unification speech on 26 June 1963, but it took President Reagan to crush the Soviet empire without firing a Cold War shot, at least in open warfare. There were a great many American lives lost endeavoring to contain the communist threat, most notably in Korea and Vietnam.

A military colleague on our National Advisory Committee  recounted that the Brandenburg Gate officially opened on 22 December 1989. That night, he and a friend, both in military uniform, crossed into East Berlin. They received a very different welcome reception compared to the one for which they had spent their previous decade training.

President Reagan’s speechwriter, Peter Robinson, now a Hoover Institution fellow, observed that State Department officials wanted Reagan’s bold call for Liberty struck from his speech. However, notes Robinson: “After the Berlin Wall toppled … Reagan’s words … came to define a turning point in U.S.-Soviet relations. What was once deemed audacious had become auspicious.”

A day ahead of this weekend’s anniversary, a statue of President Reagan was unveiled at the U.S. embassy in Berlin. Donald Trump’s U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, dedicated the embassy terrace overlooking the Brandenburg Gate in President Reagan’s name, and that is where his statue will reside, despite objections from the German government.

Some European nations have institutionalized historical ignorance…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was a young Army tank commander in West Germany at the time of Reagan’s Brandenburg remarks, channeled his advocacy for freedom in his own comments at the ceremony dedicating the statue. Pompeo rebuked “former KGB officer” Vladimir Putin and described how Russia continues to “invade its neighbors and slay political opponents.”

I have been in the belly of the Soviet beast more than a few times in my career and know firsthand the consequences of socialist tyranny. In stark contrast to the efforts to secure our southern border, the Berlin Wall, like the rest of the Soviet block border, served the purpose of keeping people IN, not out.

However, today, largely because of the relentless leftward march of the Socialist Democrat Party, almost 70% of Millennials say they would vote for a socialist candidate, having been led far astray by presidential candidate  commie-Bernie Sanders and his socialist ilk. Fully a third of those young people say they approve of communism.

Ignorance is bliss — until it is not…   ~The Patriot Post

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Thursday Top News Executive Summary
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Media Editors:  Above the Fold


WHO’D A THUNK IT? Heat but no light: First public impeachment hearing a dud (Washington Examiner)

SO SERIOUS: NBCNews.com swoons over drag queen at impeachment circus hearings (NewsBusters)

Government & Politics


REHEARING REJECTED: U.S. appeals court again backs House request for Trump tax documents (Reuters)

NO CONFIDENCE: Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announces Democrat presidential bid (Associated Press)

“UNCONSTITUTIONAL BIDDING”: Federal government can’t just allow 3D gunmaking software to proliferate without a license, federal judge declares (Reason)

BIG BROTHER: commie-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and commie-Bernie Sanders pitch Green New Deal bill for public housing (The Washington Post)

CLOSING IN: China holding “in-depth” talks with U.S. on interim trade deal (Reuters)

National Security


CONSEQUENCES: Trump administration proposes employment restrictions for asylum seekers who enter U.S. illegally (National Review)

CHILDREN EXPLOITED: More than 600 children “recycled” by migrant smugglers at border (The Washington Times)

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: FBI’s “lone wolf” report says domestic terrorists are rarely isolated (NBC News)

Closing Arguments


POLICY: How LGBTQ education is gaining in tax-funded schools, from pre-K on up (RealClearInvestigations)

POLICY: A new faith emerges: The religion of climatism (Commentary)

HUMOR: Capitol Building to be decorated as giant circus tent for duration of impeachment hearings (The Babylon Bee)  

~The Patriot Post
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Hearing Highlights – Jordan, Stefanik and 
Ratcliffe Deconstruct Impeachment Narrative
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Day One of the liar-Pelosi, scumbag/liar-Schiff and Lawfare effort to publicly construct support for the impeachment of President Trump ends... Within the questioning of State Department officials George Kent and Bill Taylor the value of adding Jim Jordan to the hearings became clear. Jim Jordan, Elise Stefanik and John Ratcliffe methodically deconstructed the false premise advanced by the impeachment crew. It became clear that both Kent and Taylor held no specific and direct knowledge of the substance behind the claims made by the democrats leading the effort. Here’s a few highlights starting with Jim Jordan: Jordan pressed Taylor on how he came to have a “clear understanding” that the U.S. aid to Ukraine was dependent on opening an investigation into Trump’s political rivals. Jordan said there was no “linkage” and Ambassador Taylor said he came to his “clear conclusion” based on what other people said about what other people heard about conversations with other people...
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Obstruction: scumbag-Schiff Coaches 
Witness Vindman to Ignore Some GOP 
Questions in Deposition
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by EDWIN MORA
{ breitbart.com } ~ House impeachment probe witness and the White House’s top Ukraine expert, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, with the help of Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff (D-CA), was evasive in answering questions from Republicans during the colonel’s closed-door deposition late last month... scumbag-Schiff, the leader of the impeachment inquiry, repeatedly interrupted the Republicans, ordering the witness not to answer questions, according to the transcripts of Vindman’s October 23 testimony unveiled Friday. House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Schiff and Vindman’s lawyer prevented the witness from answering several questions, including whom he spoke to after listening to the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that triggered the impeachment efforts. The Democrats’ potential obstructions of justice by ordering Vindman to leave out details while testifying under oath suggest that the White House National Security Council (NSC) official focused on Ukraine may have shared information about the call with the so-called “whistleblower.” Some Republicans have accused scumbag-Schiff of coaching and coordinating with the “whistleblower,” believed to be anti-Trump, to damage the U.S. President. The “whistleblower” met with scumbag-Schiff’s office. Another question sidelined by the Democrats was whether Vindman intentionally worked to undermine Trump’s policy.  “You are interrupting us, and we have questions. He has counsel who can tell him he’s not to answer that,” Rep. Jim Jordan from Ohio, the top Republican on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, told scumbag-Schiff. Republicans accused scumbag-Schiff of obstructing the impeachment probe by “coaching” Vindman on what he could and could not say. Vindman is the director of European Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) official who listened in on the July 25 call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which ultimately triggered the impeachment probe. Jordan asked Vindman, “Who else did you talk to following the July 25th call?” “I reached out to a group of counterparts and informed them of a call. And, frankly, the reasoning behind it, I don’t think I could talk about in this context,” Vindman replied. Rep. scumbag-Swalwell (D-CA), one of Trump’s fiercest critics, ordered Vindman to stop answering Jordan’s questions, citing protecting the “whistleblower’s” identity as the reason. “Chairman, I want to object that the question calls to reveal the whistleblower,” scumbag-Swalwell interjected as Vindman was trying to respond to the question...   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/08/obstruction-schiff-coaches-witness-vindman-to-ignore-some-gop-questions-in-deposition/   
Memo from House Republicans Lays 
Out the Case Against Impeaching Trump
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By Randy DeSoto  
{ westernjournal.com } ~ House Republicans serving on the three committees involved in the impeachment inquiry released a memo Monday night laying out their case against impeaching President Donald Trump... The 18-page memorandum  offered by GOP members of the House Intelligence, Oversight and Government Reform, and Foreign Affairs committees offers “four key pieces of evidence that are fatal to the Democrats’ allegations” of wrongdoing by the president involving his July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Stripping away the hyperbole and hysteria, these indisputable pieces of evidence show that there was no ‘Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,’ as required by the U.S. Constitution,” the memo reads. First, the Republicans point out, the call summary  “shows no conditionality or evidence of pressure” to investigate Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, regarding their dealings in Ukraine. Second, “President Zelensky and President Trump have both said there was no pressure on the call.” Third, “The Ukrainian government was not aware of the hold on U.S. assistance at the time of the July 25 call.” Finally, Trump met with Zelensky at the United Nations in late September and released the foreign aid Sept. 11 without Ukraine having opened an investigation into the loose lips liar-Bidens.“These four key points undercut the Democrat impeachment narrative that President Trump leveraged U.S. security assistance and a presidential meeting to force Ukraine to investigate the President’s political rivals,” the memo reads. The Republicans noted in their memo (page 15) that both acting U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine Bill Taylor and former special representative for Ukraine negotiations Kurt Volker testified in closed-door hearings, being overseen by Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff, that the Ukraine government was not aware of the aid being held up until late August. The implication is if Trump was trying to demand a quid pro quo, implied or otherwise, on his call, the Ukrainians did not understand it that way...   https://www.westernjournal.com/memo-house-republicans-lays-case-impeaching-trump/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=WJBreaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=western-journal   
ICIG Atkinson Receives Ethics Complaint Against 
CIA ‘Whistleblower’, Goes to scumbag-Schiff 
Basement for Talks
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Chad Pergram noted that Intelligence Community Inspector General (IGIC) Michael Atkinson was spotted today going into HPSCI Chairman scumbag-Schiffs’ basement bunker for discussions with the impeachment inquisitors...  This is interesting because it was reported today that ICIG Atkinson has now received an ethics complaint about a GoFundMe account set up by the CIA ‘whistleblower’ attorney, Mark S. Zaid, to finance the ongoing efforts of CIA operative Eric Ciaramella. The dirty dealing is getting thick. Attorney Mark Zaid has claimed to be working pro-bono for his CIA client. Meanwhile scumbag-Adam Schiff is threatening anyone and everyone about keeping the CIA client hidden and anonymous; and the media is all-in with efforts to support the protection. A narrative created by a CIA operative favorable to the coup. So what exactly is this current $228,000 for? goal $300k. And who is this group “Values United” who is organizing it?  That’s where the letter to ICIG Atkinson comes in...   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/12/dirty-business-icig-atkinson-receives-ethics-complaint-against-cia-whistleblower-goes-to-schiff-basement-for-talks/ 
Conservative Supreme Court justices seem 
ready to allow Trump to end DACA
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by Melissa Quinn
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ A closely divided Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with whether to allow the Trump administration to bring an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program... After more than an hour of arguments, the court’s conservative wing of the bench appeared ready to side with President Trump in his efforts to rescind the program, which was started under President Barack scumbag/liar-nObama in 2012 and provides legal protections for young immigrants. The dispute is one of the most closely watched of the Supreme Court’s blockbuster term, and hanging in the balance is the fate of 700,000 Dreamers, the name given to those brought to the United States illegally as children and shielded from the threat of deportation. A decision by the court is expected by the end of June, in the heart of the 2020 presidential campaign. A central question in the trio of cases before the court is whether the Trump administration’s rescission of DACA can even be reviewed by the courts. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch raised questions as to whether the courts should do so, with Gorsuch saying he was “still struggling” with whether the executive branch's decision should be reviewed. A coalition of states, civil rights organization, and Dreamers challenged Trump’s attempt to shut down DACA and argue the explanation for doing so — detailed in memos written by former acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke and former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen — rests on a faulty legal premise. When then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in September 2017 the Trump administration would roll back DACA, he said its justification for doing so was based on the assessment the program violated the law...  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/conservative-supreme-court-justices-seem-ready-to-allow-trump-to-end-daca   
'Money-making enterprise': Intelligence officer 
files complaint over whistleblower donations
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by Daniel Chaitin & Jerry Dunleavy
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ The whistleblower who spurred impeachment proceedings against President Trump is now the subject of a complaint that says the official may be soliciting illegal donations... The complaint, which was filed last week by an intelligence officer, was sent to the Intelligence Community inspector general and focuses on a GoFundMe page for the whistleblower that has raised more than $227,000. According to a letter sent by the law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC, their client alleges donations from roughly 6,000 individuals "clearly constitute" gifts to a current intelligence official, which are restricted by statute. Because many of the donors are anonymous, the complaint asks Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael Atkinson to investigate whether any "foreign citizen or agent of a foreign government" gave money. The complaint also said the whistleblower's lawyers may be abusing their client's access to classified information. "My client believes ... that the federal employee you are protecting and their attorneys apparently have strategically weaponized their alleged whistleblowing activities into a very lucrative money-making enterprise using a charity incorporated under a different name than the trade name it is using for fund-raising purposes, which would appear to my client to be a clear abuse of the federal employee's authority and access to classified information," Anthony Gallo, the managing partner of Tully Rinckey, said in the letter sent on Nov. 8. The person who filed the new complaint remains anonymous, but Tully Rinckey described their client to Fox News as someone who has served in government and holds a top-secret security clearance. "This isn’t about politics, it is about ethics and ensuring our intelligence officials aren’t collecting cash to pay for their expenses from anonymous or foreign intelligence agencies," Gallo told the Washington Examiner. "We are merely laying out the facts for the IG to look into this."...   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/money-making-enterprise-intelligence-officer-files-complaint-over-whistleblower-donations?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/12/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5261   
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Swamp Drain Goes Big – Trump Fires 
8,000 From Top Agency
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by Adam Casalino
{ wethepeopledaily.com } ~ It’s an open secret that Washington, D.C. is infested with politicians and government workers. The main reason they despise Donald Trump? He actually expects them to do their job... Sadly, our best suffer thanks to this swamp. Veterans are struggling while awaiting care from our country. President Trump refused to let that stand. He’s taken steps to make sure that, on this Veterans Day, not one hero will be forgotten. The first step? Getting rid of anyone that refuses to do their duty to help these men and women in need. And the tally is up to 8,000. “The standard is if you don’t live up to your oath if you don’t live up to the standards that our veterans expect, that you will be asked to leave,” Wilkie told reporters in a press conference on Friday. “This is a transformational moment in our history.” Wow. Since Trump entered the White House, over 8,000 VA employees were fired.  Trump set a high standard: do your job. And over 8,000 people got pink slips. Can you believe that? All that the president asked for was to do their job and care for our veterans. Yet 8,000 of them were kicked to the curb because they failed to help our veterans. Imagine a company with over 8,000 staffers not doing their jobs? It would be out of business in a month.
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30 Years After USSR Collapse, Mindless Millennials Embrace Socialism
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Mark Alexander:  November 9th marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall — and the precipitous disintegration of the tyrannical Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its East Block gulags.

I remember well President Ronald Reagan’s forceful remarks two years earlier. On 12 June 1987 at the Brandenburg Gate in then-West Berlin, he spoke pointedly to the Russian leader of the USSR. He demanded: “General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

Reagan spoke near the location where John Kennedy delivered his “Ich bin ein Berliner” (“I am a Berliner”) unification speech on 26 June 1963, but it took President Reagan to crush the Soviet empire without firing a Cold War shot, at least in open warfare. There were a great many American lives lost endeavoring to contain the communist threat, most notably in Korea and Vietnam.

A military colleague on our National Advisory Committee  recounted that the Brandenburg Gate officially opened on 22 December 1989. That night, he and a friend, both in military uniform, crossed into East Berlin. They received a very different welcome reception compared to the one for which they had spent their previous decade training.

President Reagan’s speechwriter, Peter Robinson, now a Hoover Institution fellow, observed that State Department officials wanted Reagan’s bold call for Liberty struck from his speech. However, notes Robinson: “After the Berlin Wall toppled … Reagan’s words … came to define a turning point in U.S.-Soviet relations. What was once deemed audacious had become auspicious.”

A day ahead of this weekend’s anniversary, a statue of President Reagan was unveiled at the U.S. embassy in Berlin. Donald Trump’s U.S. Ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, dedicated the embassy terrace overlooking the Brandenburg Gate in President Reagan’s name, and that is where his statue will reside, despite objections from the German government.

Some European nations have institutionalized historical ignorance…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was a young Army tank commander in West Germany at the time of Reagan’s Brandenburg remarks, channeled his advocacy for freedom in his own comments at the ceremony dedicating the statue. Pompeo rebuked “former KGB officer” Vladimir Putin and described how Russia continues to “invade its neighbors and slay political opponents.”

I have been in the belly of the Soviet beast more than a few times in my career and know firsthand the consequences of socialist tyranny. In stark contrast to the efforts to secure our southern border, the Berlin Wall, like the rest of the Soviet block border, served the purpose of keeping people IN, not out.

However, today, largely because of the relentless leftward march of the Socialist Democrat Party, almost 70% of Millennials say they would vote for a socialist candidate, having been led far astray by presidential candidate  commie-Bernie Sanders and his socialist ilk. Fully a third of those young people say they approve of communism.

Ignorance is bliss — until it is not…   ~The Patriot Post

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Trump Derangement Syndrome on Steroids
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Trump Impeachment Inquiry Hearing
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by .democracynow.org ~ Televised impeachment hearings have begun into whether President Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine... to pressure the Ukrainian president to investigate his political rival loose lips liar-Joe Biden and his son. It is only the third time in U.S. history there have been televised impeachment hearings. The first two witnesses to testify will be George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state, and Bill Taylor, a former ambassador and the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine.
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scumbag-Adam Schiff blasted 
as 'lying sack of excrement'
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By Joe Kovacs
{ wnd.com } ~ As Democrats prepare for televised hearings this week in connection with their effort to impeach President Donald Trump... the congressman leading the charge to oust the commander in chief is being publicly slammed as a serial liar. "scumbag-Adam Schiff is a lying sack of excrement!" radio talk-show his Rush Limbaugh exclaimed on his national broadcast Tuesday, adding that House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi "chose a bug-eyed, lying sack of excrement to be the face of this." "We've documented the lies," Limbaugh continued. "The guy and scumbag-Eric Swalwell were inseparable in this. They both claim they've got evidence of Trump colluding with Russia. They both say it's clearly obvious, it's clearly visible, it's right there. They've never produced it 'cause they don't have it. scumbag-Schiff is the guy who lied about the contents of Trump's phone call." While many in the national news media have suggested this could be one of Trump's worst weeks in office because of the televised hearings, Limbaugh said it could be the opposite. "This could end up being one of Trump's best weeks, because the curtain is now being pushed back," he explained. "I think there are gonna be millions of Americans who are going to have the chance, anyway, who haven't been following this wall-to-wall like you and I have been, to see what a partisan sham this whole thing is.""So it's possible here, folks, the American people are gonna finally see scumbag-Schiff's goggle-eyed, rabid hatred of Trump on full display. They're going to see the rabid partisanship of other Democrats on that committee. "They're not gonna be able to help themselves, and people are going to quickly realize what a total farce this whole exercise is. That is as big a possibility as this being a disaster for Trump. Trump didn't do anything. That doesn't mean it can't be a disaster. It depends on how clever they are and so forth, but I'm not as pessimistic as a lot of people are about this." Limbaugh found it curious how citizens are not even going to hear from the anonymous whistleblower, reported by RealClearInvestigations to be career CIA employee Eric Ciaramella...   https://www.https://www.wnd.com/2019/11/adam-schiff-blasted-lying-sack-excrement/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=wnd-breaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=breaking  /2019/11/adam-schiff-blasted-lying-sack-excrement/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=wnd-breaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=breaking   
What About a loose lips liar-Biden
Impeachment Inquiry?
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by E. DONALD ELLIOTT
{ spectator.org } ~ In his fine book Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide (2017), Harvard Law School Professor Cass R. Sunstein, a prominent Democrat who served in the scumbag/liar-nObama White House, stresses a key point about impeachment... grounds for impeachment should be neutral in the sense that we would be willing to apply them equally to politicians with whom we agree as well as those whom we despise. A general principle of law, enshrined among other places in the 14th Amendment, is that norms are valid only if we are willing to apply them to everyone; that’s why the statue of Justice is blind. Professor Sunstein is right, however, that the neutrality test is particularly important for impeachment, because the constitutional standard is necessarily vague and turns on judgments such as whether or not misdeeds are sufficiently serious to justify removal from office. If we would not be willing to apply the same rule to someone with whom we agree politically, we should doubt whether it is a valid basis to kick someone out of office with whom we disagree. Or, in the immortal words of Vinny, the homespun legal philosopher in the movie My Cousin Vinny, “It won’t hold water” to say that something is an impeachable offense when the other side’s guy does it but it is perfectly okay when our own guy does essentially the same thing. loose lips liar-Joe Biden has admitted to doing almost exactly what the House Democrats accuse President Trump of doing in their impeachment inquiry: using his position in government to obtain private political benefit from a foreign government. We should all be asking, “Why isn’t loose lips liar-Biden also the target of a second impeachment inquiry?” Some people might think that is because loose lips liar-Biden has left office, but according to both William Murphy, professor of American History at the State University of New York, and every other expert I know who has addressed the issue, former officials like loose lips liar-Biden may also be impeached after they leave office. Impeaching a former official is not a meaningless gesture because impeachment may prohibit someone from holding office in the future, including the presidency in loose lips liar-Biden’s case; in the words of the Constitution, impeachment may disqualify a person “to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States.” As vice president, loose lips liar-Joe Biden threatened to hold up a billion dollars in aid to Ukraine unless that country fired a prosecutor who was investigating Burisma, the energy company that was paying his son $600,000 a year to serve on its board of directors. All these facts are detailed here ( https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2019-10-5-the-bidens-stone-cold-crooked ) and don’t need to be repeated. There is no dispute about them. You can even watch loose lips liar-Biden on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=65&v=UXA--dj2-CY ) bragging to the Council on Foreign Relations that he did it: “I looked at them and said, ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor Shokin is not fired, you’re not getting the money a $1 billion loan guarantee.’ Well, son of a b-tch.… He got fired.” As a result, the investigation of Burisma was suspended, at least until Trump tried to get it restarted, a move for which the Dems want to impeach him.  Despite the eerie similarity of loose lips liar-Biden’s actions to those that are supposed to constitute “high crimes and misdemeanors” warranting the impeachment of President Trump, loose lips liar-Biden and his supporters dare anyone to find anything illegal in his use of his official position to threaten to withhold aid to Ukraine unless it stifled a criminal investigation of his son’s company...
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scumbag-Schiff Denies Republican 
Requests for Testimony From Key Witnesses
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by Joseph Klein
{ cms.frontpagemag.com } ~ Alexander Hamilton warned in Federalist No. 65, dealing with impeachments in the House of Representatives and trials in the Senate... that during the impeachment phase there may often be “animosities, partialities, influence, and interest on one side or on the other; and in such cases there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties, than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt.” He hoped the Senate would be able to determine guilt or innocence and serve impartially “between an INDIVIDUAL accused, and the REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE, HIS ACCUSERS.” House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff, pressing hard for the House to formally become President Trump’s “accusers” and hand over articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial, is displaying the worst traits that Alexander Hamilton described. The latest example is scumbag-Schiff’s refusal to let the American people hear from the whistleblower, whose complaint containing a secondhand account of President Trump’s July 25, 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave rise to the impeachment inquiry against President Trump in the first place. The whistleblower’s testimony is "redundant and unnecessary," scumbag-Schiff said in a letter to Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes rejecting House Republicans’ request for the whistleblower to testify during the public phase of the impeachment inquiry hearings. scumbag-Schiff claimed that the impeachment inquiry already “has gathered an ever-growing body of evidence -- from witnesses and documents, including the president's own words in his July 25 call record -- that not only confirms but far exceeds the initial information in the whistleblower's complaint." As usual, scumbag-Schiff is lying to rationalize the extreme one-sided way he is conducting his sham hearings. Originally, scumbag-Schiff himself had said the whistleblower would appear before Congress “very soon,” but changed his mind after reports surfaced of the whistleblower’s contacts with members of scumbag-Schiff’s staff before filing the complaint. The whistleblower’s testimony as to the identity of his or her sources is highly relevant to ensuring a fair proceeding and making a complete record for the Senate to consider as the trier of fact. So are the whistleblower’s biases and motives for coming forward and filing a complaint after having first contacted members of scumbag-Schiff’s staff. Who did the whistleblower talk to, what did they say to the whistleblower that became the basis for the whistleblower’s complaint, and where did the whistleblower’s sources tell the whistleblower they got their information about the July 25th call? The complaint did not match in some material respects what the president said as memorialized in the publicly released memo of the call, despite scumbag-Schiff’s false claims to the contrary. Moreover, from what we have learned so far from the released deposition transcripts, there appears to have been more of a sharing of interpretations of President Trump’s intentions among like-minded individuals opposed to the president’s policies in Ukraine than a factual account of what the witnesses actually heard or observed the president say or do...  How can this be a fair inquiry when he is blocking witness.  https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/11/schiff-denies-republican-requests-testimony-key-joseph-klein   
Afghan president: 3 Taliban to be 
released for held US, Australian
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By Danielle Wallace  
{ foxnews.com } ~ Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced on Tuesday that his government would release three Taliban figures in an effort to have the insurgents free an American and Australian abducted in 2016 and held captive for three years... Ghani said at a press event broadcast live on state television that three members of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network -- Anas Haqqani, Haji Mali Khan and Hafiz Rashid -- would be released "conditionally in exchange" for an American identified as Kevin King and an Australian man identified as Timothy Weekes — who were both abducted at gunpoint outside the American University in Kabul where they worked as teachers, according to the Associated Press. It was not clear if the three insurgents had been released yet. Ghani did not elaborate on when or where the prisoner exchange would take place. The Afghan president said the three insurgents had been under the custody of the Afghanistan government and were held at the Bagram prison, at an airbase that also houses U.S. troops just outside Kabul. "In a demonstration of respect for humanity by the government and nation of Afghanistan, we decided to conditionally release these three Taliban prisoners who were arrested in close cooperation with our international partners from other countries," Ghani said. "We can assure the families of both teachers that we welcome and honor those who come to our country to pursue education." Ghani said his government decided to release the insurgents in order “to facilitate direct peace negotiations." He added that the release of the teachers was a "part of our main demands during the indirect negotiations with Taliban." The Taliban have long demanded the release of Anas Haqqani, the younger brother of Sirajuddin, the deputy head of the Taliban and leader of the Haqqani network, often considered the strongest of the Taliban factions fighting in Afghanistan.  Anas Haqqani was arrested in Bahrain in 2014 and handed over to the Afghan government, which later sentenced him to death. It was not clear when his execution was supposed to take place...   https://www.foxnews.com/world/afghan-president-3-taliban-released-us-australian-kevin-king-timothy-weekes-american-university  
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Justices Should Reject Criminal Alien’s 
Appeal of Deportation Order
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by Hans von Spakovsky
{ dailysignal.com } ~ The Supreme Court on Nov. 4 heard oral arguments in an immigration case that could have a dramatic impact on how many criminal aliens plaguing our communities finally get deported... The case, Barton v. Barr, is complicated, in large part because the statutes involved are vague and subject to various interpretations. That prompted Justice Stephen Breyer to comment during oral arguments that “it wasn’t a genius who drafted this.” But the decision that will be made by the court in interpreting these immigration laws will affect the lives and safety of Americans. Under federal immigration law, a permanent resident alien who is here legally is “removable” if he is “inadmissible.”  That is to say, he should never have been admitted in the first place because he met one of the factors listed in the statute (8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)), such as posing “a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others.”  A permanent resident alien is also removable if he is “deportable” under another statute (8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)), which lists a series of disqualifying offenses, including violations of any “law of the United States.” The attorney general has the discretion to cancel the removal of such an alien, but to be eligible for such cancellation, the alien has to show not only that he is statutorily eligible for such relief from the attorney general, but that he also deserves such favorable treatment. The statutory requirement is that the alien has been “lawfully admitted for permanent residence for not less than 5 years”; has “resided” in the country “continuously for 7 years after having been admitted”; and that he has not been “convicted of any aggravated felony.”...   https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/11/08/justices-should-reject-criminal-aliens-appeal-of-deportation-order/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=justices-should-reject-criminal-aliens-appeal-of-deportation-order?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdFd00yVTRaV015WlRVNSIsInQiOiI2Q2xwUHdnWlVcL3JsVzBnM0FBWEhVSk1JOGtKZXBWejdxMDd1U2h2bnFjQ0NLRFVUWEo0Nk5hemF5bWdcL2FxU05QZlhxcG9ZN243SHdhY05PT2pkU3ZaNTBlbVJhQ3JTeGQybFlxeVMwUmJnZTdcL2VjMnN0UFN3dlBXNjF3YXBxSyJ9   
Lettuce Pray: Climate Change, 
Neo-Paganism, and the End of the World
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by Dion Pierre
{ dailysignal.com } ~ The climate change movement has become the “modern world’s secular religion,” declared Wall Street Journal columnist Gerard Baker recently. Climate activists preach a gospel of conservation that aims to redeem humanity’s environmental sins... They counsel us to abstain from eating meat to reduce our “carbon footprint,” and prophesy that Earth will perish unless governments worldwide trust the oracle from whom we received this hallowed revelation. Climate cultists appropriate aspects of Christianity to call the world to repent for its “Original Sin of a carbon industrial revolution,” wrote Baker. They do that and more. Climate cultists, whether consciously or unconsciously, have adopted the schema of the Christian eschaton, or end of the world. They have also incorporated into their faith elements of neo-paganism. Baker wasn’t the first to spot traces of the eschaton in the climate gospel. Researchers Rachelle Peterson and Peter Wood remarked in “Sustainability: Higher Education’s New Fundamentalism” that “sustainability, like Christianity, offers a view of the Earth as once-pristine and pure but now fallen; recognizes the sinfulness of humanity,” and “offers forms of expiation and absolution.” However, rather than seeking to redeem humanity in the “next life,” sustainability promises to stave off the end times and save sinners in the “here and now.” Some episodes have emphasized the climate cult’s resemblance to neo-paganism. Sumantra Maitra at The Federalist pointed to an event at Union Theological Seminary in New York City where students confessed their sins to plants. Maitra argued that this means climate activists are “pagan animists.” In other words, they believe that worshipping nature enables one to “grow as a living soul connected to the universe.”... Why and how do these people continue to believe this falsely claim.  https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/11/08/lettuce-pray-climate-change-neo-paganism-and-the-end-of-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lettuce-pray-climate-change-neo-paganism-and-the-end-of-the-world?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdFd00yVTRaV015WlRVNSIsInQiOiI2Q2xwUHdnWlVcL3JsVzBnM0FBWEhVSk1JOGtKZXBWejdxMDd1U2h2bnFjQ0NLRFVUWEo0Nk5hemF5bWdcL2FxU05QZlhxcG9ZN243SHdhY05PT2pkU3ZaNTBlbVJhQ3JTeGQybFlxeVMwUmJnZTdcL2VjMnN0UFN3dlBXNjF3YXBxSyJ9   
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Trump Derangement Syndrome on Steroids
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Trump Derangement Syndrome is not merely a cute-sounding phrase to deflect criticism of President Trump. It’s real. It’s palpable.

Case in point: The American Prospect’s Paul Waldman gives us an earful about President Trump and how Trump is destroying everything that’s good and decent in America. Let me share some of his words, which speak for themselves — but I’ll speak for them, too.

“The impending impeachment of Donald Trump brings with it the possibility of something that has been in short supply over the last three years: accountability,” Waldman writes. “At last, you may think, we can use a constitutional process to proclaim at last that This Is Not OK.” Waldman goes on to acknowledge that Trump probably won’t be held to account after all, because though the House will likely impeach him, the Senate will vote against removing him from office.

What strikes me is Waldman’s unchecked assertion that Trump’s accountability “has been in short supply.” He wholly ignores that Democrats have been feverishly pursuing Trump since he announced his candidacy. For two years, they’ve prosecuted a bogus case on Trump “colluding” with Russia, guaranteeing they had unimpeachable evidence.

They were lying, and their would-be savior, special counsel Robert Mueller, produced no evidence of collusion. Accountability? Why haven’t the Democrats had to answer for their wasting taxpayers’ time and money over this lie? Neither they nor their legacy media co-conspirators have uttered one syllable of apology to the American people, let alone President Trump, for dragging us through this nightmare.

Instead, they immediately pivoted to Ukraine. Here we go again — but this time, it’s really serious. What is this, the fourth impeachment attempt? Why not? We now know from released transcripts that they’ve been planning this coup from the jump. We already knew it, but we’ve got the smoking gun. Will they be held to account for their election and post-election interference? Of course not, unless their constituents vote them out of office for abuse of power.

Waldman continues: “This is one of the products of Trump’s time in office: the contamination of our emotional lives. Trump has made us feel dread, despair, disillusionment, and a dozen other awful emotions whose grip it feels impossible to escape. And even if he loses in 2020 then slinks back to Mar-a-Lago to spend his days regaling his dwindling number of sycophants with tales of his matchless presidency, we’ll continue to live with the effects for years or even decades to come.”

I don’t know whom Waldman purports to speak for, but millions of Americans would find his words repugnant. Trump doesn’t make us feel dread and despair. Bullish on America and fighting leftist insanity and political correctness, he invigorates our patriotic instincts. His policies have stimulated robust economic growth, which is hardly cause for despair.

Waldman details “the unceasing parade of horrors emanating from the Oval Office,” citing the usual litany of Trump’s alleged sins — his oh-so-offensive tweets, his racism and his cruelty. It’s just so exhausting for poor Waldman. He writes: “And how many times have you found yourself almost involuntarily talking with friends or family about some awful thing Trump did or said, only to have someone stop and say, ‘Oh god, let’s just not talk about him for a while. I can’t take it.”

What’s exhausting is the ceaseless leftist noise machine railing against Trump. Leftists need to remove the smudges from their mirrors and see that they are projecting. They are the ones who have been vicious and hateful toward Trump from the beginning. They have wrongly accused him — and his supporters (half of Americans) — of racism and cruelty. They have contempt for all his supporters. Yet has Trump called them Nazis? Racists?

If you don’t believe me, read Waldman’s elaboration: “For many the mere fact that Trump could win in 2016 (even if he got three million fewer votes than scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton) was reason enough to lose faith in their country in a fundamental way. Eight years before they had convinced themselves that Barack scumbag/liar-nObama’s election meant America could be the place they wanted it to be: inclusive, tolerant, progressive, hopeful. Trump came along and told them that America was not that place.”

What? Precisely the opposite is true. Progressives are the antithesis of inclusion, tolerance and hope. They are intolerant of opposing viewpoints, and they readily use the power of government and social media giants to suppress conservative speech and religious liberty. They bully conservatives out of restaurants and college campuses. They are anything but hopeful. Former President scumbag/liar-nObama’s team told us the days of 3% growth were over. President Trump rejected the naysaying and gave us an economic boom, fulfilling his campaign promises and restoring hope.

The rest of Waldman’s piece is even more desperate and bitter, but space constraints preclude further dissection. I’ll just leave you with his closing paragraph, which encapsulates his TDS: “There may yet be more to come, if nothing else in the form of an election defeat next year. But it’s hard to escape the gnawing feeling that nothing we can do to Trump will ever make up for what he has done to us.”

To the contrary, Trump has done nothing to them, but they have done plenty to him. And he’s done plenty for us — specifically standing athwart the extreme left’s crusade to fundamentally and permanently transform America into a nation our framers wouldn’t recognize.

Thank you, President Trump, for standing up for America and those who still believe in it.   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66667?mailing_id=4642&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4642&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Political Editors
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Ranking Member Devin Nunes Opening
Statement – Impeachment Hearings Day One
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Here’s the opening statement from HPSCI Ranking Member Devin Nunes:
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scumbag-Schiff issues veiled warning to 
Republicans against mentioning 
whistleblower's name
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By Joe Saunders
{ wnd.com } ~ In the shadowy world of scumbag-Adam Schiff, even the threats are veiled. The California Democrat currently disgracing himself and embarrassing his party as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee... circulated an equally embarrassing warning to his Republican colleagues this week, aimed at protecting the worst kept secret in Washington. The name of Eric Ciaramella, the CIA intelligence analyst widely suspected of being the “whistleblower” behind the whole impeachment effort, was not to be mentioned. The warning came in the form of a memo from scumbag-Schiff to the Intelligence Committee members, insinuating scumbag-Schiff could make real trouble with the House Ethics Committee for any representative who even thought about revealing Ciaramella’s name in public. But scumbag-Schiff being scumbag-Schiff, the threat was also couched in language he can always deny. In the memo, scumbag-Schiff described the committee’s history with whistleblowers: “The Committee has a long, proud, and bipartisan history of protecting whistleblowers -- including from efforts to threaten, intimidate, retaliate against, or undermine Eric Ciaramella” during the course of the proceedings. Use of the name would apparently be taken as a willful violation of the rule that members “shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.” “The Committee on Ethics has historically viewed this provision as ‘encompassing violations of law and abuses of one’s official position,’” scumbag-Schiff wrote. As The Daily Caller and Politico described it, scumbag-Schiff was issuing a threat that every congressman could understand: Use the whistleblower’s name and you’ll be facing a House Ethics Committee investigation. “scumbag-Schiff warns GOP that outing Trump whistleblower could violate ethics rules,” Politico headlined its story. “scumbag-Schiff Warns GOP: Name Whistleblower In Public Hearings, And Face Possible Ethics Probe,” The Daily Caller put it, more explicitly... Something is wrong with scumbag-Schiff every American knows who the whistlebower is, Eric Ciaramella.
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The 5 Questions the First Witnesses MUST 
Be Asked to Pierce the Veil of 
scumbag-Schiff’s Impeachment Sham
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by GREGG JARRETT
{ thegreggjarrett.com } ~ Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff has no credible or reliable evidence that President Trump committed an impeachable offense during his telephone conversation... with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, 2019. Despite hysterical accusations by Democrats of extortion or a mysterious “quid pro quo” that is evidenced nowhere in the transcript of the call, the Democratic Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is determined to pursue his baseless inquisition with nothing more than opinion witnesses offering speculation built on multiple hearsay.  This is impeachment by rumor and innuendo.The first two witnesses at the public hearing on Wednesday will be William Taylor, the acting ambassador to Ukraine, and George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state. Factually, they are not witnesses at all. They heard and repeated the equivalent of gossip from a chattering class of diplomats, then made erroneous assumptions that are belied by the only relevant and reliable evidence –a transcript of the Trump-Zelensky conversation. It is incumbent on Republicans to pose succinct questions that will expose scumbag-Schiff’s charade of witnesses. Cross-examination is often referred to as “the engine of truth.” If done properly, it is the only effective method to test both substance and credibility. While there are many questions that should be posed, here are five that should not be overlooked: Isn’t it true that you have no firsthand or direct knowledge from President Trump that he ever demanded from President Zelensky a promise to investigate loose lips liar-Joe and Hunter Biden in exchange for U.S. military aid?Isn’t it true that your “belief” or “understanding” that aid was linked to a loose lips liar-Biden investigation a so-called “quid pro quo” was based on what other diplomats said or what you surmised? Where in the transcript of the phone conversation between Presidents Trump and Zelensky is there a demand, condition, or pressure for a “quid pro quo” tied to U.S. aid? Isn’t it true that you never spoke to President Trump about U.S. aid to Ukraine nor did he ever direct you to withhold military assistance unless Ukraine agreed to investigate the loose lips liar-Bidens?...  https://thegreggjarrett.com/5-questions-witnesses-pierce-veil-schiffs-impeachment-sham/   
AP Confirms Horowitz Report “Principal 
Review Phase” Underway – “Invitations” 
For Witnesses and Lawyers
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ We finally have confirmation of a procedural process that allows us to anticipate the timing for public release of the FISA report from Inspector General Horowitz... The Justice Department’s watchdog is nearing the release of its report on the early stages of the FBI’s Russia investigation, a document likely to revive debate about a politically charged probe that shadowed President Donald Trump’s administration from the outset. The inspector general in recent days has invited witnesses and their lawyers who were interviewed for the report to review portions of a draft this week and next, a critical final step toward making the document public, according to multiple people familiar with the process who insisted on anonymity to discuss it. As part of that process, the people will have opportunities to raise concerns or suggest potential edits, making it unclear precisely when in the coming weeks a final version could be ready for release. Inspector General Michael Horowitz told Congress in a letter last month that he did not expect a lengthy review period and that he intended to make as much of the report public as possible, with minimal redactions. Generally speaking, and using the 2018 IG report on FBI conduct as a guide, the ‘Principal Review’ phase under Horowitz usually lasts 10 business days, or two weeks. All principals, and lawyers who review the report, are required to sign non-disclosure agreements...  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/12/finally-ap-confirms-horowitz-report-principal-review-phase-underway-invitations-for-witnesses-and-lawyers/ 
The Silence of The Shams – “Some 
Witness Reviews Still Being Negotiated”
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ The Washington Post jumps-in to the Horowitz ‘principal review’ timeline adding that some of the opportunities for witnesses to review the final draft report are “still being negotiated”... likely by the attorney’s for the principals. Take all reporting on this two-week review phase with a grain of salt. Despite the NDA’s there will be a rush to control the narrative. “People familiar with the matter” will start popping up in the Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, Buzzfeed and CNN. There is likely to be a flood of spin from the PR teams behind each principal outlined in the report. Lawyers for scumbag-James Comey and Andrew McCabe will be using every angle of Lawfare imaginable to attempt to shape their clients image within the report. Lawyers, Lawfare legal teams, and DC-based PR consultants for liar-Sally Yates, John Carlin, Mary McCord, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton, James Baker, Michael Kortan, Rod Rosenstein, Robert Mueller, Andrew Weissmann, Chris Steele, Glen Simpson, Nellie Ohr, Bruce Ohr, scumbag/commie-John Brennan, scumbag-James Clapper and many more will all be working at courtroom rates to control any report damage for their clients. The scumbag/liar-nObama administration will be working in the background, while Fusion-GPS takes in fees and pays their primary journalists and narrative engineers premium rates for column inches that protect their client interests. This is one big confab of interests all positioning to control any negative impressions and highlight their magnanimous patriotic activity. Watch and we will see full deployment of the justification defense and “outrage trap“. After all, according to their predictable defenses, there was evidence, even if slight, that President Trump was a Russian asset belonging to Vladimir Putin…. it had to be taken seriously, etc. Even the Republicans in congress were alarmed. We are going to see the Intelligence Community Assessment deployed as a shield… see, even the entire intelligence community was concerned about Russia; so we had to use the FISA process…. because these were unprecedented times, unprecedented threats, etc. Spying, surveillance, unmasking, electronic monitoring, all of it will be deemed as necessary because the system of our entire governmental apparatus was under attack…
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Hamas Claims It Has ‘Thousands of Missiles,’ 
Miles of Underground Terror Tunnels
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by Adam Kredo 
{ freebeacon.com } ~ Top Hamas officials are claiming to have thousands of missiles pointed at Israel and miles of underground tunnels running into the Jewish state... offering these new disclosures amid a wave of renewed violence by the Palestinian terror group. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar threatened to use many of the missiles the group has stockpiled to destroy the city of Tel Aviv in a recent speech broadcast on Hamas-run television and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute. "We now have hundreds of kilometers of underground tunnels," Sinwar was quoted as saying in his Nov. 4 remarks. "We have many hundreds of control-and-command rooms, both underground and above ground." Israel was deluged Monday evening by at least 150 rockets fired from terror outposts. A number of those rockets struck areas populated by Israeli citizens, prompting schools to shutter for the first time since the early 1990s. The major escalation hit after the Israeli Defense Forces assassinated a top Palestinian terror leader.  Sinwar claimed in his remarks that the group, which is partially supported by Iran, has the ability to launch surprise attacks on Israel from underground."We have hundreds and thousands of traps, and if the enemy so much as thinks to enter the Gaza Strip, our sons will go out…. You and your brothers will emerge from the belly of the earth…. The earth will spew forth our men and our youth, who will go out to the enemy's tanks from the belly of the earth with anti-tank missiles that were manufactured in the Gaza Strip," MEMRI  quoted the Hamas leader as saying.  The group's cache of arms has grown substantially over the years, according to Sinwar...   https://freebeacon.com/national-security/hamas-claims-it-has-thousands-of-missiles-miles-of-underground-terror-tunnels/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=a22cf5bd73-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_12_10_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-a22cf5bd73-45611665   
scumbag/liar-nObama, scumbag/liar-Clinton
Alumni Serve At UN, Continuing Liberal Influence Over International Affairs During Trump Era
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by LUKE ROSIAK
{ dailycaller.com } ~ scumbag-Obama-era Democrats are still influencing foreign affairs, now through jobs at the United Nations and at other international organizations... where Americans can help shape international politics in ways at odds with the Trump administration. Before and after the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, scumbag/liar-nObama- and scumbag/liar-Clinton-aligned politicos took the positions, which are not U.S. government jobs but generally are the result of lobbying by U.S. officials. Many are entitled to keep the jobs indefinitely once they are in them. Tensions between the Trump administration and employees in the foreign service and international organizations — including some that serve at the pleasure of the president — have repeatedly come to the fore in recent weeks. When President Donald Trump  addressed the U.S. Mission to the United Nations on Sept. 26, “someone laughed loudly,” while others “spoke in hushed murmurs,” The Washington Post reported. The mission consists of U.S. government employees interacting with the U.N., while some Americans also occupy jobs at the U.N. itself. The Americans who work in top jobs at international organizations wield significant influence and ordinarily get the jobs with the backing of the administration, Brett D. Schaefer, a United Nations expert at the Heritage Foundation who serves as a U.N. official after being nominated by Trump, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. But because the slots aren’t federal jobs, they do not appear on the organizational chart of U.S. agencies and amount to some of the government’s more obscure nooks and crannies, he said. Incoming presidents dole out some 4,100 federal jobs listed in the “Plum Book” to political appointees who share the president’s policy views. But inside the State Department, there is also an international version of the Plum Book, listing roles at the many trans-national organizations where U.S. leaders can place their people, Schaefer said. They’re the type that would easily be overlooked by an outsider candidate like Trump, but their existence and importance were well-understood by Democrats inside the State Department, Schaefer said...  https://{/2019/11/11/obama-clinton-alumni-international-affairs-trump/
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Scientists' Advocate Population 
Control to Save Planet
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Political Editors:  Like something out of a dystopian science-fiction story, more than 11,000 “scientists” from 153 nations recently signed a petition declaring that climate change would bring “untold human suffering” that is “unavoidable” unless drastic action is immediately taken. And what is the drastic action these “scientists” advocate? A socialist tyranny that would end capitalism by stopping all economic growth and … human population control. Why is it that socialists’ solutions invariably call for less stuff, fewer people, and restricted freedom?
 

As David Harsanyi notes, “Basically, these scientists are advocating for the Green New Deal: a collection of ludicrous solutions wholly unconcerned with economic tradeoffs or political reality. The plan treats nature and people as moral equals, imagining them in an apartment-dwelling, plant-based-food-eating, bicycle-riding society where well-being is administered ‘by prioritizing basic needs and reducing inequality’ — which doesn’t sound creepy or authoritarian at all.”

Oh, the glaring irony in warning of “untold human suffering.” That’s exactly what would be brought by the socialist “solutions” to climate change — solutions that are responsible for creating some of the worst human suffering and misery the world has ever known. So, in order to save the planet and keep humanity from suffering, millions must die.

It’s the overpopulation myth. Harsanyi observes, “‘Overpopulation’ is routinely cited by journalists — who often live in the densest, yet miraculously, the wealthiest, places on earth — as a problem. Yet, if density were itself causing human suffering, Monaco, as Nicholas Eberstadt once pointed out, with its 16,000 people per square kilometer, would be a far bleaker place than Bangladesh, with its 1,000 people per square kilometer.”

The truth, is the greater number of humans existing, the greater amount of human capital leading to greater intellectual capacity to find and develop solutions to the myriad of problems facing humanity and the world. Stopping all modern economics and artificially limiting and controlling the human population will only serve to greatly increase human suffering, not lessen it. Thanks in large part to the spread of capitalism, the number of individuals living in abject poverty across the globe has been halved since the year 2000, even as the population of the planet has continued to increase.   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66693?mailing_id=4647&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4647&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Media Editors:  Above the Fold


PUBLICITY: As impeachment hearings go live on TV, here are four things to expect, courtesy of The Daily Signal.

VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXlbDEATZwM&feature=emb_title  

FELONIOUS WHISTLEBLOWER? ICIG complaint alleges Trump-Ukraine “whistleblower” may be soliciting illicit donations (Fox News)

Government & Politics


WHO? Republican Mark Sanford abandons presidential primary run (National Review)

THIRD TIME’S A CHARM? scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton continues to fuel speculation that she will run in 2020 — or perhaps it’s the many, many, many voices in her head urging it (The Daily Wire)

DEATH BY DEFICIT: Study: Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren plan would hike deficit $15 trillion, create “soaring demand” for healthcare (The Washington Free Beacon)

National Security


BORDER ARRESTS SHRINK: Border arrests fall again in October, down almost 75% since May (The Daily Wire)

WARRANT REQUIRED: U.S. court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops of international travelers (NBC News)

Culture


HATE CRIME STATS: Overall hate crimes decreased in 2018 while violence ticked up, according to new FBI report (National Review)

FOR THE RECORD: Man who slashed “Baby Trump” balloon: “First time” leftists are “mad about chopping up a baby” (The Daily Wire)

Closing Arguments


POLICY: Three major reforms NATO needs to keep from collapsing (The Federalist)

POLICY: Smart government focuses on essentials: reviving family and business formation (Issues & Insights)

HUMOR: Epstein island sold to wealthy Middle Eastern businessman Haadid Nahkil Muhssef (Genesius Times

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66757?mailing_id=4653&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4653&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body     
Officials testify in first public 
hearing of impeachment investigation
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by washingtonexaminer.com ~ The House Intelligence Committee will hold its first public testimony in regards to the impeachment investigation into President Trump on Wednesday at 10 a.m... William Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, will testify on Wednesday. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch will testify Friday morning.  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/watch-live-house-impeachment-testimony-day-one?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_Breaking%20News%20Alert_11/13/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Breaking%20News&rid=5261  
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scumbag-Adam Schiff froze dead in his
tracks when he saw the results of
this impeachment poll
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by patriotpulse.net ~ scumbag-Adam Schiff and liar-Nancy Pelosi are wondering what they got themselves into. The Democrats launched their impeachment witch hunt because they bought into the Fake News Media hype... that removing President Trump from office was wildly popular with the American people. But scumbag-Adam Schiff froze dead in his tracks when he saw the results of this impeachment poll. When the initial news about the so-called “whistleblower” complaint kicked off phony scandal about military aid to Ukraine, polls showed a bump in support for impeachment. So-called “journalists” cheered this development as they believed Trump was just weeks away from being thrown out of office. But the latest polling data shows the Democrats’ strategy is a bust. A brand new USA Today/Suffolk poll found just 37 percent of Americans supported impeaching and removing the President from office. A newly-released poll found less than 40 percent of registered voters believe House Democrats should vote to impeach President Donald Trump. Democrats totally overplayed their hand. Their lunatic base and allies in the Fake News Media will never forgive the Democrats if they don’t impeach Trump. If Democrats do impeach Trump they are running into political headwinds that could wipe them out in 2020.   https://patriotpulse.net/adam-schiff-froze-dead-in-his-tracks-when-he-saw-the-results-of-this-impeachment-poll/#gf_1172   
'Saw everything': Alleged whistleblower 
Eric Ciaramella had extensive access
 in Trump White House
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by Kerry Picket
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ Eric Ciaramella, the alleged Ukraine whistleblower, was long suspected of deliberately attempting to damage President Trump's foreign policy from the inside and had access to policy information far beyond his regional expertise... according to former National Security Council officials. Ciaramella, 33, a career CIA analyst, was Ukraine director on the NSC toward the end of the scumbag/liar-nObama administration and stayed there during the first few months of the Trump administration, when he was acting senior director for European and Russian affairs and then special assistant to Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who was Trump's national security adviser, until he left the White House in summer 2017. Now a deputy national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia on the National Intelligence Council, Ciaramella is suspected of being the official who filed a complaint  about a July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Democrats are pursuing the impeachment of Trump, accusing him of linking Ukrainian military aid to investigating corruption related to business dealings by former vice president loose lips liar-Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden. “The person that I always felt extremely uncomfortable around was Eric Ciaramella. He was one of the few guys around who seemed to know where the filing cabinets were, so to speak,” one former official told the Washington Examiner, adding that Ciaramella was antagonistic at an early Trump administration gathering when it was said that the goal was to turn Trump’s campaign promises and platform into policy. When the issue of Ukraine was brought up at a policy meeting, Ciaramella mentioned aid to Ukraine. He became visibly upset, the official recounted, when he was told that Trump would review Ukraine policy and that it would likely not be the same as President Barack scumbag/liar-nObama’s. “He kind of rolled his eyes and went, 'Hmph!' He didn't leave the room, but it was pretty clear that he thought that we were wrong and he was right. ... I never trusted him with anything after that." "Body language to me was all that this guy was about, you know. He was not happy about the Trump administration. He wasn't on board with the Trump policy. So, I always assumed that he was leaker number one and not to be trusted."...   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/saw-everything-alleged-whistleblower-eric-ciaramella-had-extensive-access-in-trumps-white-house?utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/11/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5261   
scumbag-Schiff warns of consequences if GOP 
talks about ‘whistleblower’ during 
impeachment hearings
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by Tom Tillison
{ bizpacreview.com } ~ Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and lead Democrat in the effort to take out President Trump... has ordered Republicans to not talk about the whistleblower who prompted the partisan impeachment inquisition.  With the Democratic Party taking their secret impeachment inquisition from behind closed doors in the basement of the U.S. Capitol and going before cameras this week, scumbag-Schiff released a statement essentially threatening those who fail to comply with an ethics investigation. Byron York, the chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner and a Fox News contributor, shared the statement online. “Whistleblower started Trump-Ukraine matter, framed issue in way House Dems have adopted for impeachment,” York tweeted. “Now Chairman scumbag-Schiff orders GOP: Do not talk about whistleblower in impeachment hearings. If you do, you’ll hear from Ethics Committee.” A timely directive in the face of a Fox News exclusive report of a complaint being filed with the Intelligence Community Inspector General alleging the Ukraine-Trump whistleblower may have violated federal law by indirectly soliciting over a quarter-million dollars from mostly anonymous sources via GoFundMe. The complaint only adds to a list of concerns about the whistleblower, beginning with the fact that he contacted scumbag-Schiff’s staff on the House Intel Committee before filing his complaint — a decision that could subject this individual tofelony false statement charges for not disclosing that he had contacted scumbag-Schiff... What gives scumbag-Schiff the right to threaten the GOP.
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REAL ID Soon: Inescapable Extension 
of the Federal Surveillance State
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by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
{ thenewamerican.com } ~ “Your papers, please.” What image just came into your head? Something straight out of Casablanca? A jack-booted, uniform-clad, Nazi stopping someone on the street?... Well, a similar scene is about to be played out in the airports of the United States of America. What will bring this dystopian drama to life? REAL ID. The Department of Homeland Security has issued a notice to all travelers that “beginning October 1, 2020 not only must all states be issuing Real ID-compliant licenses or IDs, but individuals must also have visited their state’s driver’s licensing agency and obtained a REAL ID compliant card, or acceptable alternative such as a U.S. passport, if they wish to fly on commercial aircrafts or access federal facilities.” What happens on that fateful date of October 1, 2020? Again, from DHS: Federal agencies, including DHS and TSA, may only accept state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards as identification for purposes of accessing federal facilities — including TSA airport security checkpoints — if the license or card was issued by a REAL ID compliant state in accordance with the REAL ID security standards meaning the license or card must include the REAL ID compliant star marking.  Enhanced Driver’s Licenses (EDL) issued by Washington, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Vermont are considered acceptable alternatives to REAL ID-compliant cards and will also be accepted for official REAL ID purposes. Most EDLs do not contain the star marking and this is acceptable. For those of you who’ve forgotten what REAL ID is, here’s DHS’s definition: Passed by Congress in 2005, the REAL ID Act enacted the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that the Federal Government “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver's licenses.” The Act established minimum security standards for state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for official purposes licenses and identification cards from states that do not meet these standards. Constitutionalists will immediately recognize the real problems with REAL ID...
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Netanyahu and Gantz meet for security 
update as Gaza violence rages
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By RAOUL WOOTLIFF
{ timesofisrael.com } ~ MK Benny Gantz received a security update Tuesday from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hours after the Blue and White leader said the escalation of hostilities in Gaza... would not affect his ongoing negotiations to form a coalition. “This action will have no effect on the political processes taking place,” Gantz said in a statement supporting Israel’s early-morning airstrike killing a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander in the Gaza Strip. “The terrorist Abu Al-Ata who was killed tonight was destined for death. Just like Hamas chief of staff Ahmed Jabari, just like any terrorist who commits murderous acts against Israeli citizens,” Gantz said. In 2012, while IDF chief of staff, Gantz ordered a strike targeting  Ahmed Jabari, the acting head of Hamas’s military wing and mastermind of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit’s kidnapping in 2006. As the army chief of staff, Gantz also commanded the 2014 Gaza war under Netanyahu. “For the sake of Israel’s security, the political and security echelons often have to make tough decisions, while assessing their price. Such was the decision on the night’s operation, on which I was updated in advance. This is an operational and policy decision,” Gantz said, apparently dismissing claims the strike was politically motivated.“I would like to emphasize: Blue and White, headed by me, will always put citizens’ safety before anything else,” he said. A meeting between Gantz and Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman set for Tuesday to discuss ongoing coalition negotiations was postponed until Wednesday “due to the security situation,” Blue and White said...
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Young People Ignorant of History
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By Walter E. Williams
{ cnsnews.com } ~ A recent survey conducted by the Victims of Communism and polled by YouGov, a research and data firm... found that 70% of millennials are likely to vote socialist and that one in three millennials saw communism as "favorable." Let examine this tragic vision in light of the Fraser Institute's recently released annual study "Economic Freedom of the World," prepared by Professors James Gwartney, Florida State University; Robert A. Lawson and Ryan Murphy of Southern Methodist University; and Joshua Hall, West Virginia University, in cooperation with the Economic Freedom Network. Hong Kong and Singapore maintained their lead as the world's most economically free countries — although China's heavy hand threatens Hong Kong's top ranking. Rounding out the top 10 are New Zealand, Switzerland, the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. By the way, after having fallen to 16th in 2016, the U.S. has staged a comeback to being in the top five economically free countries in the world. What statistics go into the Fraser Institute's calculation of economic freedom? The report measures the ability of individuals to make their own economic decisions by analyzing the policies and institutions of 162 countries and territories. These include regulation, freedom to trade internationally, size of government, sound legal system, private property rights and government spending and taxation. Fraser Institute scholar Fred McMahon says, "Where people are free to pursue their own opportunities and make their own choices, they lead more prosperous, happier and healthier lives." The evidence for his assessment is: Countries in the top quartile of economic freedom had an average per-capita GDP of $36,770 in 2017 compared with $6,140 for bottom quartile countries. Poverty rates are lower. In the top quartile, 1.8% of the population experienced extreme poverty ($1.90 a day) compared with 27.2% in the lowest quartile. Life expectancy is 79.5 years in the top quartile of economically free countries compared with 64.4 years in the bottom quartile...   https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/walter-e-williams/young-people-ignorant-history   
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Coup Has Started'
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Mark Zaid is not a household name. Not yet at least. But you’re probably going to hear a lot about him in the days ahead. Zaid is one of the lawyers representing the CIA leaker who colluded with scumbag-Adam Schiff’s staffers on the House Intelligence Committee to trigger the impeachment of President Trump.

As we noted in yesterday’s report, Donald Trump Jr. named the alleged “whistleblower” in a tweet — Eric Ciaramella. But I want to focus on Mr. Zaid.

Fox News has examined Zaid’s social-media accounts and discovered a startling degree of hostility toward the president that began from the very beginning of Trump’s administration. Consider these few examples:

  • On Jan. 30, 2017, reacting to news that President Trump had fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an scumbag/liar-nObama holdover, Zaid tweeted this: “#coup has started. First of many steps. #rebellion. #impeachment will follow ultimately.”

  • Zaid repeated his threat of a coup the same day in response to Trump naming liar-Yates’ replacement, tweeting: “#coup has started. As one falls, two more will take their place. #rebellion #impeachment.”

  • In May, Zaid tweeted about past presidential impeachments: “Johnson (1868), Nixon (1973), scumbag/liar-Clinton (1998) impeachment hearings. Next up @realDonaldTrump (2017).”

  • A few weeks later, he commented on Watergate, tweeting: “45 years from now we might be recalling stories regarding the impeachment of @realDonaldTrump. I’ll be old, but will be worth the wait.”

  • On July 1, 2017, Zaid wrote that he’d rather be in Canada: “Since Jan 20th, I would much rather be in Canada. What a great country! We’ll be great again when @realDonaldTrump leaves.”

  • Responding the same day to another anti-Trump progressive, Zaid tweeted: “It’s very scary. We will get rid of [Trump], and this country is strong enough to survive even him and his supporters. We have to.”

  • A few days later, on July 4th, Zaid tweeted: “I predict @CNN will play a key role in @realDonaldTrump not finishing out his full term as president.”

Notice how Zaid’s contempt extends beyond Donald Trump and includes “his supporters.” You know, those 63 million “deplorable and irredeemable” Americans.

Fox News adds that Zaid shamelessly pitched his anti-Trump efforts to left-wing Hollywood celebrities, including Cher, Debra Messing, and sicko-Rob Reiner. 

He even attempted to offer his services to — wait for it — Michael Avenatti of Julie Swetnick fame. As you may recall, Avenatti is currently facing trial for defrauding his clients and attempting to extort Nike. I think that speaks volumes about Zaid’s credibility.

Zaid’s call for a “coup” and “rebellion” should not be dismissed. This should be a huge story. It should be reported as such, but I’m not holding my breath.

Zaid should be investigated, and the Deep State leaker should be investigated. It is likely that the alleged “whistleblower” broke the law by failing to disclose his contacts with scumbag-Adam Schiff’s staff.

Order in the Courts!

I was honored to join dozens of conservative leaders at the White House on Wednesday for a ceremony celebrating President Trump’s record number of judicial appointments. 

So far, the president has nominated and the Republican Senate has confirmed more than 150 judges, including two Supreme Court justices, in less than three years! And there will be more in the weeks and months ahead.

The president is ecstatic over these opportunities, and conservatives who care about the Constitution, the rule of law, religious liberty, and the right to life should be grateful. When it comes to defending the values of faith, family, and freedom, appointing the right judges is perhaps the most important thing any president can do.

But there is a long way to go. You can’t undo eight years of scumbag/liar-nObama appointments in just three or four years. To fundamentally reform the federal courts and fully restore balance to the judiciary, President Trump needs a second term. And if he gets it, we have a tremendous opportunity.

Two of the Supreme Court’s liberal justices are 81 and 86 years old. If President Trump gets four more years, we could have a 7 to 2 conservative majority! 

Misplaced Priorities

Columnist Terry Jeffrey notes that we could be headed for a government shutdown due to the misplaced priorities of Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats.  President Trump is asking Congress for $5 billion in border-security funding. But House Democrats have approved only $1.3 billion. 

And there’s a huge catch: The funds are specifically designated for enhancing “the border security of nations adjacent to conflict areas including Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia resulting from actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.”

In other words, Democrats will spend your money to secure the borders of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia, but not the borders of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Senate Republicans are offering the president the full $5 billion he requested to secure the southern border. Whether liar-Pelosi and her squad of socialists are willing to compromise remains to be seen.   

~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66661?mailing_id=4642&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4642&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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In Their Own Words, Democrats 
Explain Why This Impeachment Is A Farce
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By Adam Mill
{ thefederalist.com } ~ It’s getting exhausting having to explain over and over and over why the Ukraine farce is a silly if sinister exhibition of poorly written political fiction. As such... I’m going to hand the microphone over to some of the people advancing this terrible sequel to the horrible Russia collusion hoax. Let’s start with the former vice president, the person with whom this all started. What is his opinion about the scandal? “This behavior is particularly abhorrent because it exploits the foreign policy of our country and undermines our national security for political purposes,” loose lips liar-Biden said in a statement. “It means that President Trump used the power and resources of the United States to pressure a sovereign nation — a partner that is still under direct assault from Russia — pushing Ukraine to subvert the rule of law in the express hope of extracting a political favor.” Whoa! Don’t be so rough on yourself, loose lips liar-Joe. Here is loose lips iar-Biden’s video-recorded confession that he “used the power and resources of the United States to pressure a sovereign nation — a partner that is still under direct assault from Russia — pushing Ukraine to subvert the rule of law in the express hope of extracting a political favor.” He said, “I looked at them and said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a b-tch. (Laughter) He got fired.” loose lips liar-Biden held up U.S. aid to get a Ukrainian prosecutor fired — but Donald Trump needs to be impeached. Witnesses Are Only Relevant If They Favor Impeachment How about the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee? Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff recently penned an article in which he partially explained why he’s so triggered. He wants to know whether the White House conditioned a meeting with Ukraine, “on Ukraine’s willingness to launch and publicly announce sham political investigations to discredit the unanimous conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and into President Trump’s potential political rival in 2020.” Somewhere in scumbag-Schiff’s version of the Constitution, it says the elected U.S. president can’t question or attempt to discredit a “unanimous” conclusion or else he must be impeached...
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Dobbs and Fitton Discuss Vindman’s 
“Deep State” Coup Effort
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Fox Business Host Lou Dobbs and President of Judicial Watch Tom Fitton discuss the testimony of Lt. Col Vindman and his congressional admission to usurp the executive power of the President... The word “coup” shifted to a new level of formalized meaning last week when members of the political resistance showed up to remove President Trump wearing military uniforms. Not only did U.S. military leadership remain silent to the optics and purpose, but in the testimony of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman he admits to giving instructions to ignore the instructions from a sitting United States President. In the absence of push-back from the Joint Chiefs, from this moment forth, the impression is tacit U.S. military support for the Vindman objective...   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/09/the-coup-against-a-sitting-u-s-president-became-official-on-october-29th-2019/
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2020 Dems Plan Deportation Freeze
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by Charles Fain Lehman 
{ freebeacon.com } ~ Multiple 2020 Democrats have voiced interest in or support for a freeze on deportation of illegal immigrants... a move that immigration expert Jessica Vaughn said would effectively put an end to border enforcement. Sen. Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren (D., Mass.), Sen. commie-Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), and former scumbag/liar-nObama administration official Julián Castro have all backed either suspending deportations or dismantling detention facilities for those caught crossing the border. In fiscal year 2019, a wave of unauthorized immigrants at the southwestern border led to what U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has called a "humanitarian crisis." Loosened enforcement would likely exacerbate this situation, according to Jessica Vaughn, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies. "A moratorium on deportations would cause chaos in the immigration system and prevent ICE from removing even the worst of the worst criminal aliens that are the bulk of its case load," Vaughn told the Washington Free Beacon. "The result is basically open borders." Speaking Friday at a forum hosted by the Latino activist group Mijente, dinky/liar-Warren said that she is "open to suspending deportations, particularly as a way to push Congress for comprehensive immigration reform." She added that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is "focusing on people who do not pose a threat" and does not "make this country safer." Other 2020 Democrats have made similar proposals. In his immigration plan, commie-Sanders promises to, on his first day in office, "put a moratorium on deportations until a thorough audit of current and past practices and policies is complete." Castro's plan did not call for a moratorium, but did propose to dismantle immigration detention and restructure ICE. If implemented, such policies would allow tens of thousands of individuals with standing deportation orders to remain in the country. In fiscal year 2019 alone, immigration judges granted more than 186,000 deportation orders, nearly six times  the number of orders they rejected. In fact, in 2019 ICE asked for the deportation of even more people—more than 440,000—contributing to the immigration court system's million-person backlog...   https://freebeacon.com/issues/2020-dems-plan-deportation-freeze/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=b8bb616757-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_07_07_01_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-b8bb616757-45611665   
IDF girds for several days of fighting 
after 190 rockets fired at Israel
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By JUDAH ARI GROSS
{ timesofisrael.com } ~ The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday afternoon launched a campaign of retaliatory airstrikes against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in the Gaza Strip... following approximately six hours of unanswered rocket attacks on central and southern Israel from the enclave. The military said its airstrikes targeted Palestinian Islamic Jihad underground facilities and training camps. The IDF said these underground facilities were used “for storage and manufacturing of weapons.”These sites are seen as critical facilities, which PIJ has invested large sums of money to construct. IDF aircraft also bombed a group of Islamic Jihad operatives in the northern Gaza Strip as they prepared to fire rockets at Israel around 1 p.m., the military said. One of the terrorists was killed and three others were wounded in the strike, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said. In a second round of airstrikes around 4 p.m., the army said it struck “training compounds, including one used by PIJ’s naval commando unit, the shaft of an offensive terror tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip and a tunnel digging site in the central Gaza Strip.” In the predawn hours of Tuesday morning, Israeli Air Force jets fired precision ammunition at a building in the Shejaiya area of Gaza City where PIJ senior terror chief Baha Abu al-Ata was located, assassinating him and killing his wife, in a joint operation by the IDF and Shin Bet security service...
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Megyn Kelly Is Back To Work
Makes Instagram TV And YouTube Debut
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By Leo Briceno
{ thefederalist.com } ~ Megyn Kelly made her first real reappearance in broadcasting since she left NBC news in 2017 on Instagram last Friday. In the seven-minute video she released on YouTube and Instagram TV... Kelly interviewed Ashley Bianco, former ABC producer who was fired by NBC for allegedly releasing footage that suggested the network attempted to cover up the developing Epstein story three years ago. With her Instagram interview, Kelly has re-inserted herself in the public conversation and added additional pressure to the developing NBC story. This isn’t the first time that she has confronted topics of controversy and national interest, but it’s the first time she done it outside of a newsroom. The influence of mediums like Instagram is growing daily. And while the social media platform might be an unconventional stage for a news anchor, for Kelly it seems to be the latest in a long line of professional transitions. “Follow along with me here @MegynKelly, for current stories and my insight in real time,” she wrote on Instagram. According to Business Insider, Kelly first practiced law for nine years before beginning work with ABC news as an affiliate in Washington D.C in 2003. During this time, she covered the Bush – hanoi-Kerry presidential race, and by 2004 was working at Fox News. It was at this time that Kelly became what the Washington Post described as “a leading voice in political journalism,” covering stories like the Boston Marathon Bombings and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Shortly following the 2016 election, she changed employers again, moving this time to NBC news. There she would run a daytime news and talk show, star a Sunday Night program, and—again—cover some of the most pertinent stories of her day. But her relationship with NBC news would be cut short when in October of 2017, Kelly got into hot water after she made comments about the social acceptability of using blackface. It was these comments that prompted the chair at NBC to say that Kelly’s comments had, “no place on our air.” Kelly and NBC parted ways...  https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/11/megyn-kelly-embraces-alternative-broadcasting-platforms-on-instagram-and-youtube/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=d321844dd2-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-d321844dd2-83771801  
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The Palestinian Christmas Show
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by Bassam Tawil
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ In a few weeks' time, the Palestinian Authority (PA) will perform its annual Christmas deception show. As is its custom, the PA will invite foreign journalists and diplomats to Bethlehem... where its spin doctors will wax poetic about good relations and harmony between Christians and Muslims in the city on the eve of Christmas. PA officials often seize this opportunity to blame Israel for the "plight" of Palestinian Christians, who make up only one percent of the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. There is one incident, however, that the PA officials will do their utmost to keep under wraps. It is the story of 63-year-old Terez Ta'amneh, a Christian woman from the town of Bet Jala, near Bethlehem, who died when PA police officers raided her home to arrest her son, Yusef, for unpaid debts. The story of Ta'amneh is one of those that cause serious damage to the PA's propaganda machine, which is, instead, preoccupied with blaming Israel for the fact that a large number of Christians have left the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the past few decades. The number of Christians in the Gaza Strip is currently estimated at a few hundred. Until 10 years ago, there were about 3,500 Christians living under Hamas rule. Most fled to Israel, the West Bank or other countries in the West. According to a 2017 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, approximately 47,000 Christians live in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. In the past seven decades, since Israel was declared a state, tens of thousands of Christians have emigrated to the US, Canada, Europe and Latin America, mostly for economic reasons. The low birth rate among Christians, as well as mass emigration, has resulted in a steep decline of the Palestinian Christian population, from an estimated 10% in 1948 to around one percent today. The timing of the death of Ta'amneh in Beit Jala could not have been worse for the Palestinian Authority leadership, particularly because it came shortly before Christmas, when PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his senior officials usually go out of their way to present a rosy picture about the conditions of Christians living under their rule in Bethlehem and other West Bank areas...  https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15150/palestinian-christmas-show  
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Open-Border Dilemma
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Roger Helle:  On Monday, America was shocked by the brutal murder of an extended Mormon family less than 100 miles south of the U.S. border. The nine victims were women and children, including twins only six months old. According to a relative, the killers ambushed their vehicles and then walked up to them spraying more bullets into the women and children. After pilfering the vehicles, they set one on fire, burning some of the victims alive.

The family has dual citizenship with Mexico and the U.S. Supposedly, they were aware of the danger of the drug cartels and took precautions when traveling. So how did this happen? This problem is not anything new to Mexico. As has become more frequent, the victims were Americans!

Mexico has been a dangerous place for tourists for some time. Last year, when my brother told me he was going to Mexico for a vacation, I told him to be careful because of the violence. He told me it would be fine, it was a tourist area. The week he was there, a Marine on leave was brutally murdered.

This brings me to the touchy subject of open borders. We are told the vast majority of those coming across the border are good people who only want a better life. That may be true, but the facts also tell us that along with all of these “good people,” we are getting sex trafficking, a flood of drugs, and thousands of violent MS-13 gang members.

Enough deadly fentanyl has come across the border to literally wipe out our entire population. Mexico has replaced China for this deadly drug because of our poor control of the border. Let’s not forget the several hundred thousand deaths due to drug overdoses.

How many times have we read about mass graves found just south of our border? Are these victims of the cartels battling each other or trafficking victims who didn’t make it across? How many people have to die in vehicles when their “coyotes” abandon them after getting into the U.S. to avoid being caught? No time to get into Americans killed by illegals!

How high does the body count need to go before the Left acknowledges this is a human tragedy? I’m guessing a lot more because there are not yet enough to swing future elections. They have to know that when each of the Democrat candidates for president stand on the debate stage and tell of all the benefits they want to give to illegals who can make it here, it only encourages more people to leave their homes in the hope they make it here alive!

Why do we allow hundreds of thousands of Mexican and Central Americans to freely flow into our country each year? We have no idea who they are or what their intentions might be. What about the thousands of OTM (other than Mexicans) who come from countries NOT friendly to America? We are letting future terrorists come in and we have no idea where they will go. Think I’m exaggerating? How many Somali refugees allowed in this country legally have been caught planning terrorist acts? I rest my case.

While politicians of both parties do nothing about this human disaster, we will continue to read about these kinds of tragedies.

Something to think about?   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66652?mailing_id=4642&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4642&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Iran Mistakenly Attempts to Bully 
Trump Into Lifting Sanctions
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EU Pledges Increased U.S. Investment 
in Effort to Avoid U.S. Auto Tariffs
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Funny stuff amid headlines discussing the likelihood of President Trump postponing a 25% tariff on European autos... What the pundits are missing is how President Trump has positioned a myriad of trade dynamics that make EU action unavoidable.   This is the fun stuff, so let’s enjoy the details. The current headlines surround President Trump “postponing” a 25% tariff on EU automobiles as an outcome of the major EU manufacturers mostly Germany promising increased investment in their U.S. operations. By itself this would be considered a win for President Trump, but that’s not the whole picture, not even close. What the more broad trade and manufacturing dynamic includes will explain what EU economists are only just now  starting to realize. Yes, the major European auto-makers will put more investment into the United States thereby lessening the EU industrial economy; however, the auto decision is not because they are presenting a magnanimous benefit of sorts, but rather it is a foregone conclusion; an unavoidable reality due to a previous trade agreement construct. Within the USMCA agreement President Trump negotiated a win-win-win for Mexico, Canada and the U.S. through a requirement that 75 percent of North American auto content must originate from manufacturing within North America. Failure to reach that threshold means the auto company will be subject to a 25 percent tariff to bring the product to the U.S. market...
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Nikki Haley: John Kelly and Rex Tillerson 
Tried to Recruit me to Undermine Trump
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by Team Bongino
{ bongino.com } ~ Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is just now revealing that both former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and former Chief of Staff John Kelly tried to undermine President Trump while serving in his administration... Haley makes the disturbing claim in her new book, “With all Due Respect,” and says the two former cabinet officials tried to recruit her to implement their agenda.  “Kelly and Tillerson confided in me that when they resisted the president, they weren’t being insubordinate, they were trying to save the country,” she writes in the upcoming memoir.“ It was their decisions, not the president’s, that were in the best interests of America, they said. The president didn’t know what he was doing.” The Daily Mail reports that Haley “described Tillerson as ‘exhausting’, and said the secretary of state told her that ‘people would die’ if Trump went unchecked.” In an interview which aired yesterday on CBS, Haley said “Instead of saying that to me, they should’ve been saying that to the president, not asking me to join them on their sidebar plan,’ she said. She continued, “It should’ve been: ‘Go tell the president what your differences are, and quit if you don’t like what he’s doing. But to undermine a president is really a very dangerous thing. And it goes against the Constitution, and it goes against what the American people want. And it was offensive.” While Tillerson has yet to respond for comment, Kelly told CBS, ’If by resistance and stalling she means putting a staff process in place … to ensure the president knew all the pros and cons of what policy decision he might be contemplating so he could make an informed decision, then guilty as charged.’ White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham responded to Haley’s revelations this morning, telling Fox News that “undermining a president is dangerous and it does go against the Constitution and it does go against the American people, which is something that’s happening at Congress right now...but I wouldn’t know about that conversation she’s purporting to have in the book.”
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The whistleblower got help from 
one RINO traitor to impeach Trump
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by renewedright.com ~ The so-called “whistleblower” set out to help remove Donald Trump from office. No one expected Republicans to lend a hand to this attack on democracy... But now the whistleblower got help from this RINO traitor to impeach Trump. RINO never-Trumper Texas Congressman Will Hurd is one of the Fake News Media’s favorite Republicans. Hurd endorses anti-American positions on open-borders and grabbing guns while routinely criticizing Donald Trump for everything under the sun. Now, Hurd provided a boost to the Democrats’ impeachment witch hunt by shooting down the idea that the so-called “whistleblower” should testify in public. Republican Rep. Will Hurd on Sunday broke with members of his party who have been calling for the release of the Ukraine whistleblower’s identity, though he agreed with his party’s calls to have Hunter Biden testify in the first public impeachment hearings set to begin this week. Reports indicate the so-called “whistleblower” is Democrat partisan former CIA agent Eric Ciaramella. His long history in the Democrat Party — as well as accusations of being a prominent Deep State leaker — would add context to his allegations the President improperly pressured Ukraine to investigate loose lips liar-Joe Biden. If the American people learned the truth about this so-called “whistleblower,” they would demand the Democrats end this un-American attempt to undo the 2016 Presidential Election... https://renewedright.com/the-whistleblower-got-help-from-one-rino-traitor-to-impeach-trump/   
Key scumbag-Schiff Witness Blows Up in
His Face, Tears Christopher Steele
Apart Over Russia Dossier
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By Cade Almond 
{ westernjournal.com  } ~ A star witness in Democratic California Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff’s impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump expressed skepticism about information collected by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele... according to The Daily Caller. Dr. Fiona Hill, who served as the White House’s top adviser on Russia until July, centered a portion of her Oct. 14 closed-door testimony on the infamous dossier compiled by Steele. The Steele dossier contained accusations of a conspiracy between the Russian government and then-candidate Donald Trump. It was widely considered to be riddled with false intelligence, and many of its claims remain unsubstantiated even after the conclusion of the investigation. Hill told lawmakers that Steele was desperate to “drum up business” and obtain work, which made him vulnerable to be misled by his Russian sources. Upon reading the report, Hill said she was concerned that “Steele could have been played.” She also speculated that the Russians’ move to feed material to Steele was motivated more by revenge than by an interest in helping out Trump. “Because if you also think about it, the Russians would have an ax to grind against Steele given the job that he had previously,” she said. “And if he started going back through his old contacts and asking about, that would be a perfect opportunity for people to feed some kind of misinformation.” Hill admitted that she was “shocked” when she discovered that Steele, whom she had worked with during her time as a national intelligence officer from 2006 to 2009, was the author behind the suspicious report. She even testified that she had first-person knowledge of Steele’s desperation, noting that he “was clearly very interested in building up a client base” when the two met in 2016. “And this is why I was concerned about the Steele report because that is a vulnerability,” Hill said. “Christopher Steele going out and looking for information. He’s obviously out there soliciting information,” she continued. “What a great opportunity to, basically, you know, present him with information that he’s looking for that can be couched some truth and some disinformation.”...
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Former Acting ICE Director Mulls Over Running 
To Unseat Anti-ICE Democratic Senator
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By  Molly Prince
{ dailywire.com } ~ Former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tom Homan suggested on Monday that if he decides to run for political office in New York state... he would ultimately want to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).  “Let me just say this,” Homan told host Larry O’Connor during an episode of his “Examining Politics” podcast. “When I do return to New York and if Senator Gillibrand is still around, she won’t be around because I will take her on.”Homan’s remarks were in response to O’Connor’s inquiry as to whether Homan would be interested in replacing Rep. Pete King (R-NY), who announce that after 14 terms in Congress he would not be seeking reelection when his current term expires. Homan, who was born in New York, noted that he was not currently a resident of the Empire state, but will likely be when he retires, similar to former Secretary of State scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton, who previously held the United States Senate seat. Gillibrand has been an outspoken opponent of the ICE and one of the first Democratic lawmakers to call for abolishing the immigration enforcement agency. “I believe we need to protect families who need help, and ICE isn’t doing that,” the New York senator said in June 2018. “It has become a deportation force. We need to separate immigration issues from criminal justice. We need to abolish ICE, start over and build something that actually works.”  Gillibrand received widespread backlash after she continued to promote ICE’s abolishment. She subsequently walked back some of her comments that she claimed were misconstrued. Gillibrand said that despite demanding that “we need to abolish ICE,” she stated in September 2018 that she believes America still needs an agency that will fulfill the goals that ICE was created to achieve...   https://www.dailywire.com/news/listen-former-acting-ice-director-mulls-over-running-to-unseat-anti-ice-democratic-senator   
Guest dares Fox News to name whistleblower 
for first time on air… so, Mollie
Hemingway does it!
by Victor Rantala
{ bizpacreview.com } ~ After a former scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton adviser essentially dared fellow panelists on “Spin Cycle” to name the whistleblower... Mollie Hemingway took the challenge to heart and promptly said the name of the schmuck who “shall not be named.” As the discussion developed on Sunday’s Fox News program, Phillippe Reines asked, “Why hasn’t the press done it? I could say why hasn’t Fox done it? I could say why hasn’t The Federalist done it?”  Hemingway, senior editor at The Federalist, did not hesitate to name the whistleblower and she explained that media outlets have long been publishing his name. True enough, yet host Howard Kurtz reacted as if he expected an immediate angry visit from mob enforcers. He said not once, but twice that he wanted to “clarify” that he personally did not know who the whistleblower is, desperately pleading to the camera his mea innocentia. Earlier in the discussion, Kurtz rightfully stated: “Understand that legally there is no prohibition against naming the whistleblower, just against retaliation. Maybe you think he is a partisan, a hack or a never-Trumper, but as I said, it would send a message to future whistleblowers that this person can be outed just because their name is leaked to the press and that might be true in a Democratic administration.” “I think people should be concerned about protecting people that are in the public news,” Hemingway replied. “But the most important thing is that the media should be about sharing information that is in the public interest. And there’s no question that this is in the public interest.” She went on to point out the ludicrous double dealing at work in the national media. “We are not seeing this kind of concern that the media has for the whistleblower that they have had for other people. You had CNN doxxing a grandmother because they didn’t like what she put on Facebook, filming her on her front lawn. You have NBC recently outing an American spy who was Russian. You have had the New York Times out a CIA station chief in Iran.” “And Real Clear Investigations has identified a man named Eric Ciaramella as the whistleblower,” said the Federalist editor, “so it’s already out there. We could be talking about this reporting and talking about whether that’s accurate reporting or not and I feel confused why we are pretending that it hasn’t already been …” Way to go Mollie Hemingway.
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Iran Mistakenly Attempts to Bully Trump Into
Lifting Sanctions
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Political Editors:  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced this week that Iran will double its uranium-enrichment program in violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — a.k.a. the Iran nuclear deal. President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from JCPOA, which was cobbled together by the Obama administration and also signed by China, Russia, and the European Union in 2015. In doing so, Trump called it a terrible deal that ultimately did nothing to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Trump then leveled sanctions against the rogue nation and encouraged EU countries to follow suit. Iran, to no one’s surprise, had been in violation of the agreement all along.

Rouhani’s threat is clearly aimed at getting the EU to pressure the U.S. into lifting the sanctions that are currently crippling his nation’s economy. As The Wall Street Journal observes, “The Iranian strategy has been to escalate its violations of the deal step by step, hoping to intimidate Mr. Trump and divide the U.S. from Europe.”

But with Iran now in open defiance of the deal, leaders in Germany, France, and the UK will be hard pressed not to side with the U.S. In fact, following Iran’s Sept. 14 attack on Saudi oil fields, European leaders called on Iran to “accept negotiation on a long-term framework for its nuclear programme as well as on issues related to regional security, including its missiles programme and other means of delivery.”

Trump wants any new deal “to limit Iran’s ballistic missile development, allow unlimited inspections of suspect nuclear sites, and remove the sunset clauses that allow restrictions on Iran to expire.” (Barack scumbag/liar-nObama’s biggest mistake, among many, was agreeing to allow the restrictions against Iran’s nuclear development program to expire.)

Iran’s saber-rattling smacks of desperation, and it’s a clear indication that Trump’s efforts to pressure the regime are working — even as the U.S. plans to introduce a fresh round of sanctions against advisors to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66654?mailing_id=4642&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4642&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Has American Capitalism Lost Its Soul?
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Brian Mark Webe  
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Netanyahu to Gantz: Gov't With 
Arab List Slap in Face of IDF Soldiers
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By LAHAV HARKOV  
{ jpost.com } ~ Forming a minority coalition with the Joint List would be a slap in the face to IDF soldiers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said... in a message to Blue and White leader Benny Gantz in his address to a conference held by the Makor Rishon weekly on Monday.  Netanyahu called on Gantz to drop the “insane” and “dangerous” idea and form a national unity government with Likud, instead. “Benny, you were the IDF chief of staff during Operation Protective Edge. We ran that operation together. We sent soldiers into battle,” Netanyahu recounted. “Do you remember what Joint List MK Ahmed Tibi did during the operation? He read the names of terrorists killed in Gaza from the stage of the Knesset. He said that the IDF is committing war crimes…In a campaign video, they said ‘Gantz, there is blood on your hands.’” Blue and White is considering building a minority coalition of 44 or 52 seats, with outside support from the Joint List. However, the faction is divided, with its MKs on the right opposing the move, because the Joint List is an anti-Zionist party. Netanyahu said a government that depends on Tibi and Joint List leader Ayman Odeh is a “slap in the face of the IDF soldiers who we sent into battle together.” “Those are the people with whom you want to form a government?... It’s unbelievable,” Netanyahu said, calling the idea “insane” and saying the Joint List “doesn’t recognize the state’s right to exist.” In the same vein, Netanyahu later responded to a remark by Yisrael Beytenu Avigdor Liberman that there is no greater disaster than a third election in less than a year: “There is a greater disaster, and it is a minority government that is dependent on the Arab parties. Blue and White's spokesman said: "Netanyahu, we don't need lessons from you in patriotism and loving the nation and the people. The citizens of Israel will not forgive you if you drag us to another expensive and unnecessary because of your legal situation." Tibi called Netanyahu "Mr. Pinnochio," accusing him of incitement, and said that he read the names of women and children killed in the operation...  https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Netanyahu-to-Gantz-Minority-gov-that-supports-terror-not-even-one-day-607527   
scumbag-Schiff: We Don’t Need
 No Stinking Whistleblower
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by DAVID CATRON
{ spectator.org } ~ When House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi announced that the Democrats would launch an “official impeachment inquiry,” she said this action had been made necessary by a whistleblower complaint... concerning a phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Madam Speaker used the term “whistleblower” no fewer than eight times in her five-minute statement. Saturday, however, we learned that the anonymous individual whose complaint loomed so large in the speaker’s decision to launch the investigation will not be permitted to testify before Congress. House Intelligence Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), whom liar-Pelosi assigned to lead the inquiry, announced that the whistleblower’s testimony would be “redundant.” Chairman scumbag-Schiff’s relegation of the whistleblower to the realm of redundancy was revealed in a letter to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the ranking member of the Intelligence Committee, in response to a witness request that included him in a list of individuals the Republicans want to question. The House  resolution that formalized the rules of the investigation allows them to call witnesses, but it also gives scumbag-Schiff veto power, which he exercised in this case. There is, however, no legitimate reason to deny the minority party access to this witness. No honest chairman of an impeachment inquiry would prevent the Republicans from questioning the very person whose complaint launched the inquiry. Sunday morning, Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham put it bluntly: I consider any impeachment in the House that doesn’t allow us to know who the whistleblower is to be invalid because without the whistleblower complaint we wouldn’t be talking about any of this.… It’s impossible to bring this case forward, in my view, fairly without us knowing who the whistleblower is and having a chance to cross-examine them about any biases they may have. So if they don’t call the whistleblower in the House, this thing is dead on arrival in the Senate.… This is not about scumbag-Schiff finding the truth, this is about scumbag-Schiff trying to destroy the Trump presidency. Sen. Graham’s point is particularly poignant considering that restricting access to the whistleblower constitutes a vertigo-inducing volte-face by scumbag-Schiff concerning the testimony of this mysterious individual and its importance to the inquiry. As recently as late September, scumbag-Schiff insisted that the testimony of this person was definitely part of the plan and would be forthcoming very soon: “We’ll get the unfiltered testimony of that whistleblower … We are taking all the precautions” to protect his identity. During a very contentious September hearing with Joseph Maguire, director of national intelligence, scumbag-Schiff demanded a firm commitment from the director that the whistleblower be permitted by the Trump administration to testify...   https://spectator.org/schiff-we-dont-need-no-stinking-whistleblower/?utm_source=American%20Spectator%20Emails&utm_campaign=c1085496cd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_11_02_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_797a38d487-c1085496cd-104608113   
'Still there': White House denies Vindman 
fired in retribution for Ukraine testimony
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by Daniel Chaitin
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman expects to serve out the remainder of his time on the National Security Council, according to his attorney... "He is still there," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham also confirmed to the Washington Examiner. Multiple reports Sunday claimed Vindman, who gave sworn testimony for the House impeachment effort against President Trump, would be removed from the National Security Council. These reports hinged on a Face the Nation interview on CBS in which national security adviser Robert O'Brien was asked if Vindman would remain on the National Security Council after testifying against the president. O'Brien said, "Everyone who's detailed at the NSC, people are going ... back to their own departments, and we'll bring in new folks." Afterward, the Twitter account for Face the Nation blared, "VINDMAN OUT AT NSC: After testifying on the Hill, NSA O'Brien says Alexander Vindman will be removed from the National Security Council." Other outlets followed suit with similar reports, and verified Twitter users with hundreds of thousands of followers announced that Vindman had been fired. But Vindman's lawyer, Michael Volkov, dismissed anything out of the ordinary was being done to his client. Volkov told CBS News that Vindman “still has a job — his detail ends in July 2020."“Vindman is still detailed to NSC. We are not aware of any changes in his status. Obviously any retaliatory action against LTC Vindman on a day when we honor our military heroes would be reprehensible," he added, referring to Veterans Day... It would be Reprehensible to lie about our President.   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/still-there-vindman-not-removed-from-national-security-council-despite-alarm-over-vengeful-firing?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_11/11/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=5261   
Son of Terrorist Leftist Radicals 
Wins San Francisco Election
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by libertyheadlines.com ~ Chesa Boudin, the son of the Weather Underground terrorists sent to prison for murder when he was a toddler, has won San Francisco‘s tightly contested race for district attorney... after campaigning to reform the criminal justice system. The former deputy public defender declared victory Saturday night after four days of ballot counting determined he was ahead of interim District Attorney Suzy Loftus. The latest results from the San Francisco Department of Elections gave Boudin a lead of 8,465 votes. Loftus conceded and said she will work to ensure a smooth and immediate transition. Boudin, 39, became the latest candidate across the nation to win district attorney elections by pushing for sweeping reform over incarceration. He said he wants to tackle racial bias in the criminal justice system, overhaul the bail system, protect immigrants from deportation and pursue accountability in police misconduct cases. “The people of San Francisco have sent a powerful and clear message: It’s time for radical change to how we envision justice,” Boudin said in a statement. “I’m humbled to be a part of this movement that is unwavering in its demand for transformation.” Boudin entered the race as an underdog and captured voters’ attention with his extraordinary life story: He was 14 months old when his parents, who were members of the far-left Weather Underground, dropped him off with a babysitter and took part in an armored car robbery in upstate New York that left two police officers and a security guard dead. His mother, Kathy Boudin, served 22 years behind bars and his father, David Gilbert, may spend the rest of his life in prison. He said that as one of the dozens of people whose lives were shattered by the deadly robbery in 1981, he experienced first-hand the destructive effects of mass incarceration and it motivated him to reform the nation’s broken criminal justice system...  San Fran you have made a big mistake.
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Mulvaney Surprises Bolton 
Allies With Impeachment Suit
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By Jason Devaney  
{ newsmax.com } ~ White House officials who worked with former national security adviser John Bolton were frustrated and surprised when White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney signed onto a lawsuit that opposes him and others... close to President Donald Trump cooperating with the impeachment inquiry. The Washington Post reported Sunday, two days after Mulvaney joined the lawsuit through his personal lawyer, that he played a key role in Ukraine policy — which is at the center of the impeachment probe that seeks to uncover whether Trump used his office for political gain by using U.S. military aid to Ukraine as a weapon. The Post said people close to Bolton and his former deputy Charles Kupperman were taken back when news broke that Mulvaney was joining the suit. Bolton, according to the report, sees Mulvaney as having a central role in the military aid situation. The two were hardly speaking to each other when Bolton departed the Trump administration in September, the Post noted. Neither Bolton nor Mulvaney complied with House subpoenas to testify last week as part of the Democrats-run impeachment probe. Bolton has indicated he is willing to talk if the court system compels him to do so. But Mulvaney's decision to join the lawsuit indicates he intends to fight the subpoena on the grounds that a directive from the White House not to testify takes precedence over a subpoena from Congress."As acting chief of staff, Mr. Mulvaney intends to follow any lawful order of the president and has no reason to think that the order at issue is unlawful — other than the fact the House has threatened him with charges of contempt and obstruction for following it," Mulvaney's lawyer William Pittard told the Post. Trump reportedly ordered aid to Ukraine held up after asking its president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in July to investigate former U.S. Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden and his son Hunter for corruption. loose lips liar-Biden is one of Trump's main Democrat rivals in the 2020 election.  https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/bolton-mulvaney-trump-impeachment/2019/11/11/id/941032/?ns_mail_uid=62cddd55-241d-495e-8ad9-b8a04d508a36&ns_mail_job=DM66591_11112019&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010502tpsc11  
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Count on Big Media to
Protect Anti-Trump Sources
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by DEBRA J. SAUNDERS
{ spectator.org } ~ It’s so precious watching big-name journalists speak of the sanctity of the anonymity of the Ukrainian phone call whistleblower... They say they’re concerned that publishing the whistleblower’s name will discourage other whistleblowers from coming forward. Funny, they didn’t seem to care in 2010 when, thanks to WikiLeaks, diplomatic emails were splayed across front pages and national security officials complained that the leaks hindered their work and spooked worthy allies. If there’s one group that big media will support, it’s anonymous sources who discredit President Donald Trump. Notice how they want to protect a source’s privacy until it becomes a disposable tool to a political end. Like Anita Hill, Christine Blasey Ford was a reluctant witness against now Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Her privacy was sacrosanct and vulnerability unassailable — right up until the moment her testimony was needed to destroy Kavanaugh’s reputation. The whistleblower? If House Democrats had needed Whatshisname’s identity to bury Trump in the Ukraine affair, you know they’d have thrown his cloak under the bus in a heartbeat — “for the good of the country.” But Trump made unmasking the whistleblower unnecessary when he released a rough transcript of a July 25 phone conversation during which the president suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dig up dirt on former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden, whose son Hunter was paid the princely sum of about $50,000 a month for his association with a Ukrainian energy company. And so big media outlets keep running stories about the ethics of unmasking the whistleblower rather than unmasking the whistleblower. A profession that prides itself on delivering information to the public without fear or favor is sitting on its hands. And they’re having these debates as Whatshisname’s name is all over social media...
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Netanyahu Would Beat Gantz
in Direct PM Election
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by jpost.com ~ According to a Channel 13 poll published Sunday, if elections were held today, Blue and White would receive 35 seats compared to 34 for the Likud... Each party would therefore receive two more seats than it did in the September election. The poll indicates that most people 41% would blame Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if there is a third round of elections, while some 31% will blame Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman Only 7% of respondents believe that Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz is to blame for the current impasse; 15% indicated that they do not know who is to blame, and 6% said none of them are to blame. Regarding other parties:  The Joint List would receive 13 seats the same as it has now; Yisrael Beytenu nine up from eight; Shas and United Torah Judaism six each down from nine and seven respectively; Labor-Gesher five down from six; New Right four down from the seven it has now with Bayit Yehudi in Yamina; the Democratic Union four down from five; and the Union of Right-Wing Parties four passing the electoral threshhold, which it didn't do in September. The URP would therefore be the biggest gainer, joining the Knesset with four seats although it includes Bayit Yehudi, which was part of Yamina in the last election. Shas would be the biggest loser, losing three seats: a third of its current strength. There would be little movement in the blocs, with the Center-Left-Arab bloc getting 57 mandates, and the Right-religious bloc receiving 54 mandates. The balance of power still remains in the hands of Yisrael Beytenu with its nine votes. The poll also shows that if direct elections are held for prime minister, Netanyahu would win with about 40% of the vote, and Gantz would be a close second, receiving about 37% of the vote.   https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Poll-Blue-and-White-biggest-party-Netanyahu-wins-in-direct-election-607462  
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Has American Capitalism Lost Its Soul?
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Brian Mark Weber:  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) gave a speech this week at the Catholic University of America called “Human Dignity and the Purpose of Capitalism.” In the age of Millennial socialism, his words offer some intriguing food for thought.

He encouraged students to change the way they think about economics and the relationship between corporations and workers, including the goal of ensuring that Americans find dignity in the work they perform and creating what he called “common-good capitalism.” Rubio was critical of socialism and dismissed it as being far worse than capitalism. He warned that the ideas of “free” medical care, “free” college, and a universal basic income are not free but come at a great cost to society.

Yet he didn’t mince words in stating that Republicans have “become defenders of the right of business to make a profit” while “we have neglected the rights of workers to share in the benefits they create for their employer.” Additionally, Rubio expressed compassion for “the people whose lives were turned upside down when companies exercised their right to make a profit by taking their jobs to another country.” Those companies, Rubio asserted, often “did so with little regard with the corresponding duty to invest in their own workers.”

Tobias Hoonhout at National Review reports that Rubio’s remarks emerged from an essay he penned in First Things titled “What Economics is For,” in which he incorporated “ancient philosophy and Catholic social doctrine, particularly the 1891 papal encyclical ‘Rerum Novarum’ by Pope Leo XIII, which articulated the Catholic Church’s response to the Industrial Revolution to find a middle ground between socialism and laissez-faire capitalism. Rubio thinks the same message has relevance today, especially among the youth, who are gravitating to socialism, according to recent polls.”

Rubio has a point. Selling capitalism to young Americans will take more than warning about socialism. Perhaps the fact that capitalism has “lost its soul” is one of the reasons why so many young people are turning against it. Overall, they’re not opposed to making money or to businesses turning a profit, but they don’t see any humanity in today’s corporate world.

The Florida senator is bringing a thoughtful approach to a topic not even on the radar for some conservatives. For too long American businesses have neglected to remember the people who built their companies. They no longer feel a sense of loyalty or obligation to American citizens or the country that enabled such companies to build wealth in the first place. At the same time, restoring ethics to business is not a decision to made by those in government. Socialism would do nothing but take from one group of people and give it to another, while accruing ever-more power in Washington, DC. Obviously, that’s not a good solution for consumers or business owners.

Capitalism unbridled by morals, on the other hand, has other negative consequences.

“Economic stability for working-class families is not a feature of today’s economy,” Rubio wrote in his First Things essay. “Business profits have become increasingly estranged from production and employment. This is mainly driven by large, transnational corporations. Many of these corporations are now using our country’s resources to speculate on financial assets, including their own share prices. Rather than engaging in real production and innovation with workers here at home — the production that delivers widely shared prosperity — they have sought to reduce their domestic labor costs. This strategy is damaging not only the American worker, but also the competitiveness of American industry. We are cutting off the branch on which we sit.”

What’s even more interesting is that Rubio is tying his thinking to the teachings of the Catholic Church. He adds, “The Church emphasizes the moral duty of employers to respect workers not just as means to profit, but as human persons and productive members of their community and nation. The tradition sees past our stale partisan categories and roots our politics in something larger: the inviolable dignity of every human person, the work he or she does, and the family life that work supports.”

To be expected, the senator’s ideas are being criticized  by some on the Left and Right. But let’s give Rubio a little credit. His remarks are refreshing during a time when the debate over economics always comes down to a crass, politicized argument over capitalism versus socialism. There’s no doubt that socialism is destructive for both businesses and individuals, but capitalism that is purely profit-driven and void of what Rubio calls the “common good” can be bad for society as well.

Unfortunately, those on the political Left believe the common good means giving politicians power to exploit businesses and workers in order to manipulate voters. In the end, everyone suffers under this system except the political class. However, Rubio’s idea of “common-good capitalism” deserves more attention in a time when many Americans are dissatisfied with their jobs and working conditions, and whole regions of the country have been gutted by companies moving overseas.

By encouraging businesses to be loyal to the country and the workers that made their success possible, we can restore some of the soul and humanity that Corporate America has lost over the years.  

~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66674?mailing_id=4642&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4642&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Stop Blaming the One Percent
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Michael Swartz  
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Tuesday Top News Executive Summary
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Media Editors:  Above the Fold


SEMANTICS: Legal status of “Dreamers” comes down to arcane, procedural case at Supreme Court: Did Mr. Trump and his aides check all the correct procedural boxes when they announced the phaseout? (The Washington Times)

LAWLESSNESS: 2020 Democrats plan deportation freeze: “The result would basically be open borders” (The Washington Free Beacon)

Government, Politics, & Heartland


POOR PROGNOSIS: Google gathering healthcare data on millions of Americans with secret “Project Nightingale” (National Review)

INTERESTING GIVEN THE LEFT’S SKEWED VIEW OF “SCIENCE”: EPA to limit science used to write public health rules (The New York Times)

BOGUS LAWSUIT: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a lawsuit brought by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting against Remington, the firearms manufacturer that made the AR-15 rifle used in the shooting. (National Review)

NO JURISDICTION: Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit over New York tax returns (Fox News)

THE WANING POWER OF UNIONS: Education unions in Oregon and Washington report sharp declines in membership and revenue (The Washington Free Beacon)

World


ESCALATION: Israel hit by rockets from Gaza after airstrike kills Islamic Jihad leader (NBC News)

BARGAINING CHIP: Turkey’s Erdogan warns that it can release ISIS prisoners back to Europe as lawmakers seek to have Erdogan’s White House invitation rescinded (Fox News)

Closing Arguments


POLICY: Three reforms Congress can build on to get the budget under control (The Heritage Foundation)

POLICY: Four feminist lies that are making women miserable (The Federalist)

HUMOR: Church that believes exactly what the world believes not sure why no one bothers coming to church anymore (The Babylon Bee)  

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66735?mailing_id=4651&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4651&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body     
John Bolton testimony could be a game changer
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By ADAM PETERS
{ dailychristiannews.com } ~ House Democrats have gotten a number of witnesses to testify in impeachment related hearings. However, they’ve set their sights on the biggest name so far: former National Security Adviser John Bolton... Washington Examiner  chief political correspondent Byron York recently spoke to Fox News’ Martha MacCallum about what Bolton’s testimony would mean. “The other witnesses, there were people listening on the call. There were people in the State Department, you know, they know about things from their peripheral positions, but they don’t really get you inside the White House,” York said. “And John Bolton would do that.” Bolton joined the Trump administration in April of 2018, having previously served under President Reagan and both Bushes. He was known to be a foreign policy hawk and a strong supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a war that President Trump frequently criticized during the 2016 campaign. On  September 10, 2019, Trump announced that he had told Bolton his “services are no longer needed” as the two had experienced “many” disagreements. Bolton contradicted this account in a tweet of his own, stating that he offered to resign on September 9, with Trump replying, “Let’s talk about it tomorrow.” That claim was repeated to members of the media. Following his departure, Trump accused Bolton of “holding me back” and said his own views were “far stronger” than Bolton’s had been. Still, regardless of whatever hostility that may exist between the two, getting Bolton to testify would involve clearing a large hurdle. “I will say, if anything is covered by executive privilege, it would be the president’s private conversations with his national security adviser about issues of foreign policy and national security,” York explained. “This is confidential advice the president is receiving from a top aide in an area in which the Constitution gives the president a lot of powers.” According to York, Democrats have an electoral interest in hurrying the process along. “There’s another problem here, which is that Democrats are racing the clock with their 2020 presidential race,” York said. “Six candidates in the Democratic race right now are members of the Senate who, if there were a trial, they’d be basically chained to their desk in Washington.” York noted that Bolton hasn’t ruled out testifying.   https://www.dailychristiannews.com/john-bolton-testimony-could-be-a-game-changer/   
Kevin McCarthy -vs- Maria Bartiromo – “this 
is a calculated coup orchestrated by 
scumbag-Adam Schiff”
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appears on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the ongoing details within the legislative impeachment process... As part of his remarks Leader McCarthy states: “this is a calculated coup orchestrated by scubag-Adam Schiff”… Sometimes we get so far into the weeds we forget to evaluate our location. The minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives has just stated the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is “orchestrating a coup” against the sitting President of the United States of America…  And, McCarthy is correct. After church services today I happened to have a conversation with an independent voter. During our discussion I mentioned that if you take the current Democrat argument without rebuttal; and then overlay their acknowledged level of hardened Trump support; the political left is trying to disenfranchise approximately 40 percent of the population of the U.S. What exactly do the Democrats expect that 40 percent to do? Do they think 140 million people will just sit down and shut up? Have the politicians in DC really thought about an outcome where they are visible, clearly visible, removing a sitting U.S. President for no constitutional reason?.
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This Judge Is NUTS-Rules Trump Admin Must Provide Mental Health Services To Illegals
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by Jeff Dunetz and Alicia Luke
{ lidblog.com } ~ A federal judge in California ruled this week that the government must provide mental health services to illegals... who have undergone trauma because of being separated by the Trump administration. The ruling said the Trump administration could be held accountable for the psychological effects of its hard-line immigration policies, The NYT reports. Was the same mental health service provided when Barack scumbag/liar-nObama separated children from their families at the border? Nope! A federal judge in California earlier this week ruled that the Trump administration must provide mental health services to thousands of migrant parents and children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a report. Judge John Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles said that under the “state-created danger” doctrine, the federal government is liable for inflicting psychological trauma on those families separated between 2017 and 2018, the New York Times reported. A group of migrant families filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in September, arguing that they suffered “life-altering” trauma that would “continue to affect their mental and emotional well-being for years to come.” Several plaintiffs claimed that for months parents were not given clear information about the whereabouts of their children and were unable to communicate with them on a regular basis. Tuesday’s decision said these services would include mental health screenings, psychological counseling and possibly other forms of long-term treatment. Our government did not create this danger. The migrants did by trying to illegally invade our country. These leftist federal judges are the greatest threat to our republic...   https://lidblog.com/mental-health-illegals/   
Megyn Kelly revealed one impeachment 
bombshell that will leave you speechless
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by patriotpulse.net ~ Megyn Kelly suddenly found herself in the middle of the impeachment drama. A relationship from her past revealed a key connection to one of the major players in the impeachment witch hunt... That’s when Megyn Kelly dropped one impeachment bombshell that will leave you speechless. When it became public that the alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella retained attorney Mark Zaid, many Trump supporters claimed this was proof enough that Ciaramella was a politically-motivated hack. Megyn Kelly defended Zaid, noting the two attended the same law school and she had known him for years and that Zaid was a straight shooter. But that all collapsed when Zaid’s tweets from January 2017 surfaced when he declared a coup was in motion and that it would end in impeachment. Kelly changed her tune and declared that Zaid was in fact a partisan actor out to get Trump. Ciaramella’s background as a leftist ideologue that launched numerous campaigns to impeach Trump — he stands accused of leaking Trump’s May 2017 meeting with Russians in the Oval Office which led to the FBI investigating Trump for being a Russian asset — as well as Zaid’s tweets make it clear Zaid spent years casting about for a mole inside the Trump administration to complete the coup Zaid said was in motion back in January 2017.   https://patriotpulse.net/megyn-kelly-revealed-one-impeachment-bombshell-that-will-leave-you-speechless/#gf_1198   
California Dems’ Private Prison Conundrum
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by Yuichiro Kakutani 
{ freebeacon.com } ~  As California moves forward with a plan to phase out private prisons in eight years, state Democrats have no plan for how to deal with the 1,600 inmates housed in such facilities... Governor scumbag-Gavin Newsom signed a law last month that will abolish all private prisons by 2028. One of the bill's supporters, California representative Mike Levin, admitted to constituents that California policymakers "don't know" how the state will accommodate the hundreds of prisoners who currently live in private prisons. "We're going to have to write a letter to figure out exactly how this is going to be implemented, but those facilities, I believe, will close," Levin said at an October town hall. "I wonder what happens to the 1,500 people there right now. We are in a bit of uncharted territory to this because we just passed this law." Levin's concession is symbolic of the larger tension between the two competing goals that California's prison system must now pursue. On the one hand, the new private prison ban will force the state to close private facilities, lowering the system's inmate capacity. On the other hand, abolishing private prisons might return the state to dangerous levels of overcrowding that former Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy said was a "serious constitutional violation." Alexandra Wilkes, a spokesperson for prison industry advocacy group Day 1 Alliance, said Democrats lack any plan to house the inmates incarcerated at private prisons."There is no plan to our knowledge," she said. "There is no plan to address the overcrowding and all the issues that come with that. This is a knee jerk emotional decision that is not rooted in public policy. It is rooted in making activists happy."...   https://freebeacon.com/issues/california-dems-private-prison-conundrum/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=8e3cbe91d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_10_08_37_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-8e3cbe91d7-45611665   
scumbag-Schiff’s Committee Published 
Name Of Alleged Whistleblower Last Week
By Madeline Osburn
{ thefederalist.com } ~ Last Wednesday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), chaired by Democratic Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, published the unredacted name of a man alleged to be the so-called whistleblower... who helped launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. During HPSCI testimony, William Taylor, the charge d’affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, was asked by a staff lawyer on the committee whether the name Eric Ciaramella was familiar to him.“Does a person by the name of Eric Ciaramella ring a bell for you?” asked Steve Castor, a committee staff counsel asked Taylor during a deposition on October 22. “It doesn’t,” Taylor responded. “So, to your knowledge, you never had any communications with somebody by that name?” “Correct,” Taylor said. The transcript of that exchange, which was not redacted, was published and publicly released by scumbag-Schiff’s committee last Wednesday. On October 30, Real Clear Investigations published a lengthy article alleging that Ciaramella was the official who filed a formal complaint against Trump on August 12. “Ciaramella pronounced char-a-MEL-ah left his National Security Council posting in the White House’s West Wing in mid-2017 amid concerns about negative leaks to the media,” Real Clear Investigations reported in October. “He has since returned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.” In September, The New York Times all but outed the alleged whistleblower, identifying him as a CIA employee and Ukraine expert who had been detailed to the White House by former scumbag/liar-nObama CIA director scumbag/commie-John Brennan...  https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/10/schiffs-committee-published-name-of-alleged-whistleblower-last-week/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=eedec7d775-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-eedec7d775-83771801  
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Michael Swartz:  It’s been a popular theory for decades, gaining steam over the last few years with the Occupy Wall Street movement and through the presidential campaigns of commie-Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren: The wealthy take more than their share and, as a consequence, exert excessive control on government, making the problem of income and wealth inequality even worse.

Recently, however, Chris Edwards and Ryan Bourne, who both write for the libertarian-leaning CATO Institute, made a punching bag out of the Sanders/Warren theory of income and wealth inequality being bad. Instead, they counter with the facts: The problem isn’t nearly as bad as leftist hype portrays, hasn’t increased at nearly the pace many believe is occurring, and to the extent it exists is made worse by the very types of programs and philosophies favored by the socialist Left.

In his analysis of the Cato findings, the Washington Examiner’s Brad Polumbo adds, “Clearly, commie-Sanders’ socialist proposals would just make economic inequality worse. In fact, that’s what has happened in some of the countries he often points to as examples.”

The lengthy white paper by the Cato’s economist duo points to six different reasons the socialist axiom of wealth inequality doesn’t hold water, beginning with the inaccurate assumptions of economist Thomas Piketty, whose error-riddled book Capital in the Twenty-First Century is heralded as a bible by those who subscribe to the inequality theory. The Cato pair point out that Piketty and his cohorts missed a significant piece of the puzzle by relying so much on data from income-tax returns. This misses up to 40% of real income, argue Edwards and Bourne. Also missing: the “wealth” individuals hold with their Social Security and Medicare benefits — benefits that do more for the less well-to-do than the wealthy. Yet Social Security and Medicare also sustain the problem because they serve as a disincentive for those who need to save for retirement.

Another root cause of wealth inequality is a problem most acknowledge, but few take concrete steps to address: cronyism in government. While Edwards and Bourne acknowledge the problem is far worse in other nations where graft is king, the prospect of rent-seeking and other techniques to artificially expand markets and limit competition contribute to the inequality, even in America.

But the best and most cheering reason the “income inequality” crowd is all wet: Wealth in our nation is generally earned, not inherited. Only a small fraction of the “one percent” inherited their fortunes; instead, the large majority made their wealth by working hard and taking the risk to start a small business, creating their own market in many cases. Contrary to popular belief, those who inherited their wealth eventually fall off the “wealthiest people” charts because many huge fortunes are split several ways, and seldom do heirs have the drive to start again on building a fortune.

So rather than leveling the playing field at a low level of prosperity by taxing the wealthy until it hurts, perhaps the better approach is doing our best to encourage entrepreneurship and allowing more value to be added to our resources, such as through fair trade. While that doesn’t make for a system leftists would consider fair, we have no doubt there are many fortunes to be made in America — that is, unless Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren, commie-Bernie Sanders, and a host of other Democrats would take over and make being wealthy akin to committing a crime. We already have the public shaming of wealthy people as society succumbs to the mantra that all rich people are evil, ignoring that those pillars of society often make the nonprofit world go ‘round. Wealth creation is the right model, not a stunted system built on envy fomented by wealthy Democrats.   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66675?mailing_id=4642&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4642&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Tuesday Top News Executive Summary
Media Editors:  Above the Fold


SEMANTICS: Legal status of “Dreamers” comes down to arcane, procedural case at Supreme Court: Did Mr. Trump and his aides check all the correct procedural boxes when they announced the phaseout? (The Washington Times)

LAWLESSNESS: 2020 Democrats plan deportation freeze: “The result would basically be open borders” (The Washington Free Beacon)

Government, Politics, & Heartland


POOR PROGNOSIS: Google gathering healthcare data on millions of Americans with secret “Project Nightingale” (National Review)

INTERESTING GIVEN THE LEFT’S SKEWED VIEW OF “SCIENCE”: EPA to limit science used to write public health rules (The New York Times)

BOGUS LAWSUIT: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a lawsuit brought by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting against Remington, the firearms manufacturer that made the AR-15 rifle used in the shooting. (National Review)

NO JURISDICTION: Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit over New York tax returns (Fox News)

THE WANING POWER OF UNIONS: Education unions in Oregon and Washington report sharp declines in membership and revenue (The Washington Free Beacon)

World


ESCALATION: Israel hit by rockets from Gaza after airstrike kills Islamic Jihad leader (NBC News)

BARGAINING CHIP: Turkey’s Erdogan warns that it can release ISIS prisoners back to Europe as lawmakers seek to have Erdogan’s White House invitation rescinded (Fox News)

Closing Arguments


POLICY: Three reforms Congress can build on to get the budget under control (The Heritage Foundation)

POLICY: Four feminist lies that are making women miserable (The Federalist)

HUMOR: Church that believes exactly what the world believes not sure why no one bothers coming to church anymore (The Babylon Bee)  

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John Bolton testimony could be a game changer
By ADAM PETERS
{ dailychristiannews.com } ~ House Democrats have gotten a number of witnesses to testify in impeachment related hearings. However, they’ve set their sights on the biggest name so far: former National Security Adviser John Bolton... Washington Examiner  chief political correspondent Byron York recently spoke to Fox News’ Martha MacCallum about what Bolton’s testimony would mean. “The other witnesses, there were people listening on the call. There were people in the State Department, you know, they know about things from their peripheral positions, but they don’t really get you inside the White House,” York said. “And John Bolton would do that.” Bolton joined the Trump administration in April of 2018, having previously served under President Reagan and both Bushes. He was known to be a foreign policy hawk and a strong supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a war that President Trump frequently criticized during the 2016 campaign. On  September 10, 2019, Trump announced that he had told Bolton his “services are no longer needed” as the two had experienced “many” disagreements. Bolton contradicted this account in a tweet of his own, stating that he offered to resign on September 9, with Trump replying, “Let’s talk about it tomorrow.” That claim was repeated to members of the media. Following his departure, Trump accused Bolton of “holding me back” and said his own views were “far stronger” than Bolton’s had been. Still, regardless of whatever hostility that may exist between the two, getting Bolton to testify would involve clearing a large hurdle. “I will say, if anything is covered by executive privilege, it would be the president’s private conversations with his national security adviser about issues of foreign policy and national security,” York explained. “This is confidential advice the president is receiving from a top aide in an area in which the Constitution gives the president a lot of powers.” According to York, Democrats have an electoral interest in hurrying the process along. “There’s another problem here, which is that Democrats are racing the clock with their 2020 presidential race,” York said. “Six candidates in the Democratic race right now are members of the Senate who, if there were a trial, they’d be basically chained to their desk in Washington.” York noted that Bolton hasn’t ruled out testifying.   https://www.dailychristiannews.com/john-bolton-testimony-could-be-a-game-changer/   
Kevin McCarthy -vs- Maria Bartiromo – “this 
is a calculated coup orchestrated by 
scumbag-Adam Schiff”
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appears on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the ongoing details within the legislative impeachment process... As part of his remarks Leader McCarthy states: “this is a calculated coup orchestrated by scubag-Adam Schiff”… Sometimes we get so far into the weeds we forget to evaluate our location. The minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives has just stated the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is “orchestrating a coup” against the sitting President of the United States of America…  And, McCarthy is correct. After church services today I happened to have a conversation with an independent voter. During our discussion I mentioned that if you take the current Democrat argument without rebuttal; and then overlay their acknowledged level of hardened Trump support; the political left is trying to disenfranchise approximately 40 percent of the population of the U.S. What exactly do the Democrats expect that 40 percent to do? Do they think 140 million people will just sit down and shut up? Have the politicians in DC really thought about an outcome where they are visible, clearly visible, removing a sitting U.S. President for no constitutional reason?.
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This Judge Is NUTS-Rules Trump Admin Must Provide Mental Health Services To Illegals
by Jeff Dunetz and Alicia Luke
{ lidblog.com } ~ A federal judge in California ruled this week that the government must provide mental health services to illegals... who have undergone trauma because of being separated by the Trump administration. The ruling said the Trump administration could be held accountable for the psychological effects of its hard-line immigration policies, The NYT reports. Was the same mental health service provided when Barack scumbag/liar-nObama separated children from their families at the border? Nope! A federal judge in California earlier this week ruled that the Trump administration must provide mental health services to thousands of migrant parents and children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a report. Judge John Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles said that under the “state-created danger” doctrine, the federal government is liable for inflicting psychological trauma on those families separated between 2017 and 2018, the New York Times reported. A group of migrant families filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in September, arguing that they suffered “life-altering” trauma that would “continue to affect their mental and emotional well-being for years to come.” Several plaintiffs claimed that for months parents were not given clear information about the whereabouts of their children and were unable to communicate with them on a regular basis. Tuesday’s decision said these services would include mental health screenings, psychological counseling and possibly other forms of long-term treatment. Our government did not create this danger. The migrants did by trying to illegally invade our country. These leftist federal judges are the greatest threat to our republic...   https://lidblog.com/mental-health-illegals/   
Megyn Kelly revealed one impeachment 
bombshell that will leave you speechless
by patriotpulse.net ~ Megyn Kelly suddenly found herself in the middle of the impeachment drama. A relationship from her past revealed a key connection to one of the major players in the impeachment witch hunt... That’s when Megyn Kelly dropped one impeachment bombshell that will leave you speechless. When it became public that the alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella retained attorney Mark Zaid, many Trump supporters claimed this was proof enough that Ciaramella was a politically-motivated hack. Megyn Kelly defended Zaid, noting the two attended the same law school and she had known him for years and that Zaid was a straight shooter. But that all collapsed when Zaid’s tweets from January 2017 surfaced when he declared a coup was in motion and that it would end in impeachment. Kelly changed her tune and declared that Zaid was in fact a partisan actor out to get Trump. Ciaramella’s background as a leftist ideologue that launched numerous campaigns to impeach Trump — he stands accused of leaking Trump’s May 2017 meeting with Russians in the Oval Office which led to the FBI investigating Trump for being a Russian asset — as well as Zaid’s tweets make it clear Zaid spent years casting about for a mole inside the Trump administration to complete the coup Zaid said was in motion back in January 2017.   https://patriotpulse.net/megyn-kelly-revealed-one-impeachment-bombshell-that-will-leave-you-speechless/#gf_1198   
California Dems’ Private Prison Conundrum
by Yuichiro Kakutani 
{ freebeacon.com } ~  As California moves forward with a plan to phase out private prisons in eight years, state Democrats have no plan for how to deal with the 1,600 inmates housed in such facilities... Governor scumbag-Gavin Newsom signed a law last month that will abolish all private prisons by 2028. One of the bill's supporters, California representative Mike Levin, admitted to constituents that California policymakers "don't know" how the state will accommodate the hundreds of prisoners who currently live in private prisons. "We're going to have to write a letter to figure out exactly how this is going to be implemented, but those facilities, I believe, will close," Levin said at an October town hall. "I wonder what happens to the 1,500 people there right now. We are in a bit of uncharted territory to this because we just passed this law." Levin's concession is symbolic of the larger tension between the two competing goals that California's prison system must now pursue. On the one hand, the new private prison ban will force the state to close private facilities, lowering the system's inmate capacity. On the other hand, abolishing private prisons might return the state to dangerous levels of overcrowding that former Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy said was a "serious constitutional violation." Alexandra Wilkes, a spokesperson for prison industry advocacy group Day 1 Alliance, said Democrats lack any plan to house the inmates incarcerated at private prisons."There is no plan to our knowledge," she said. "There is no plan to address the overcrowding and all the issues that come with that. This is a knee jerk emotional decision that is not rooted in public policy. It is rooted in making activists happy."...   https://freebeacon.com/issues/california-dems-private-prison-conundrum/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=8e3cbe91d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_10_08_37_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-8e3cbe91d7-45611665   
scumbag-Schiff’s Committee Published 
Name Of Alleged Whistleblower Last Week
By Madeline Osburn
{ thefederalist.com } ~ Last Wednesday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), chaired by Democratic Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, published the unredacted name of a man alleged to be the so-called whistleblower... who helped launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. During HPSCI testimony, William Taylor, the charge d’affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, was asked by a staff lawyer on the committee whether the name Eric Ciaramella was familiar to him.“Does a person by the name of Eric Ciaramella ring a bell for you?” asked Steve Castor, a committee staff counsel asked Taylor during a deposition on October 22. “It doesn’t,” Taylor responded. “So, to your knowledge, you never had any communications with somebody by that name?” “Correct,” Taylor said. The transcript of that exchange, which was not redacted, was published and publicly released by scumbag-Schiff’s committee last Wednesday. On October 30, Real Clear Investigations published a lengthy article alleging that Ciaramella was the official who filed a formal complaint against Trump on August 12. “Ciaramella pronounced char-a-MEL-ah left his National Security Council posting in the White House’s West Wing in mid-2017 amid concerns about negative leaks to the media,” Real Clear Investigations reported in October. “He has since returned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.” In September, The New York Times all but outed the alleged whistleblower, identifying him as a CIA employee and Ukraine expert who had been detailed to the White House by former scumbag/liar-nObama CIA director scumbag/commie-John Brennan...
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Stop Blaming the One Percent
Michael Swartz:  It’s been a popular theory for decades, gaining steam over the last few years with the Occupy Wall Street movement and through the presidential campaigns of commie-Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren: The wealthy take more than their share and, as a consequence, exert excessive control on government, making the problem of income and wealth inequality even worse.

Recently, however, Chris Edwards and Ryan Bourne, who both write for the libertarian-leaning CATO Institute, made a punching bag out of the Sanders/Warren theory of income and wealth inequality being bad. Instead, they counter with the facts: The problem isn’t nearly as bad as leftist hype portrays, hasn’t increased at nearly the pace many believe is occurring, and to the extent it exists is made worse by the very types of programs and philosophies favored by the socialist Left.

In his analysis of the Cato findings, the Washington Examiner’s Brad Polumbo adds, “Clearly, commie-Sanders’ socialist proposals would just make economic inequality worse. In fact, that’s what has happened in some of the countries he often points to as examples.”

The lengthy white paper by the Cato’s economist duo points to six different reasons the socialist axiom of wealth inequality doesn’t hold water, beginning with the inaccurate assumptions of economist Thomas Piketty, whose error-riddled book Capital in the Twenty-First Century is heralded as a bible by those who subscribe to the inequality theory. The Cato pair point out that Piketty and his cohorts missed a significant piece of the puzzle by relying so much on data from income-tax returns. This misses up to 40% of real income, argue Edwards and Bourne. Also missing: the “wealth” individuals hold with their Social Security and Medicare benefits — benefits that do more for the less well-to-do than the wealthy. Yet Social Security and Medicare also sustain the problem because they serve as a disincentive for those who need to save for retirement.

Another root cause of wealth inequality is a problem most acknowledge, but few take concrete steps to address: cronyism in government. While Edwards and Bourne acknowledge the problem is far worse in other nations where graft is king, the prospect of rent-seeking and other techniques to artificially expand markets and limit competition contribute to the inequality, even in America.

But the best and most cheering reason the “income inequality” crowd is all wet: Wealth in our nation is generally earned, not inherited. Only a small fraction of the “one percent” inherited their fortunes; instead, the large majority made their wealth by working hard and taking the risk to start a small business, creating their own market in many cases. Contrary to popular belief, those who inherited their wealth eventually fall off the “wealthiest people” charts because many huge fortunes are split several ways, and seldom do heirs have the drive to start again on building a fortune.

So rather than leveling the playing field at a low level of prosperity by taxing the wealthy until it hurts, perhaps the better approach is doing our best to encourage entrepreneurship and allowing more value to be added to our resources, such as through fair trade. While that doesn’t make for a system leftists would consider fair, we have no doubt there are many fortunes to be made in America — that is, unless Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren, commie-Bernie Sanders, and a host of other Democrats would take over and make being wealthy akin to committing a crime. We already have the public shaming of wealthy people as society succumbs to the mantra that all rich people are evil, ignoring that those pillars of society often make the nonprofit world go ‘round. Wealth creation is the right model, not a stunted system built on envy fomented by wealthy Democrats.   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66675?mailing_id=4642&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4642&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Nate Jackson  
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Devin Nunes Uninterrupted
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ In a refreshing change from Fox News Interruptus interviews, where the pundits talk more than the guests... HPSCI ranking member Devin Nunes appears for an interview with Mike Huckabee on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) to discuss the impeachment dynamic. Within the interview Mr. Nunes walks through the Chairman scumbag-Schiff impeachment team and then expands with details of the prior witnesses brought to the committee.  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/10/sunday-talks-devin-nunes-uninterrupted/  
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Rep. Peter King, R-NY, 
will not seek reelection in 2020
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By Nicole Darrah 
{ foxnews.com } ~ Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., the powerful 14-term congressman who once chaired the House Committee on Homeland Security... announced Monday he will not seek reelection in 2020. King, in a statement Monday, said his "prime reason" for retiring "was that after 28 years of spending four days a week in Washington, D.C., it is time to end the weekly commute and be home in Seaford." "This was not an easy decision. But there is a season for everything and Rosemary and I decided that, especially since we are both in good health, it is time to have the flexibility to spend more time with our children and grandchildren," he said. "My daughter’s recent move to North Carolina certainly accelerated my thinking." The 75-year-old congressman said his decades in Congress have been "an extraordinary experience." He currently serves as a member of the Homeland Security Committee, which he served as chair from 2005-2006 and again from 2011-2012, is a ranking member of the sub-committee on Emergency Preparedness, and also serves on the Financial Services Committee. "Politically I will miss the energy and dynamism of a reelection campaign especially since my polling numbers are as strong as they have ever been and I have more than $1 million in campaign funds," King wrote in his statement. He said he will continue to be "active politically." He added, "In the coming weeks and during the next year I intend to vote against President Trump's impeachment and will support the  president’s bid for reelection." King is one of several Republicans —  four senators and 17 other House members — who have announced plans to not seek reelection.   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-peter-king-r-ny-will-not-seek-re-election-in-2020  
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“These witnesses, for the most part, they’ve 
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ The closed-door sessions with scumbag-Adam Schiff and his Lawfare-contracted legal aide, Daniel Goldman, were pre-planned.  The process was designed last year... The current  HPSCI legislative impeachment process, and every little aspect within it, is the execution of a plan, just like the DOJ/FBI plan was before it in 2016, 2017 & 2018. Today democrat Representative scumbag-Eric Swalwell appears on Face The Nation to discuss his ongoing efforts as part of the impeachment agenda. Within the interview scumbag-Swalwell has a little  Freudian slip highlighting how the House is manufacturing witness testimony: [@01:17] REP. scumbag-SWALWELL: These witnesses have been fairly consistent. And for the most part, they’ve not been coordinating or talking to each other. Whoops: “for the most part“?  Thereby Mr. scumbag-Swalwell admits the witnesses are coordinating some  testimony...  
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NSA Robert O’Brien -vs- Margaret Brennan – Alexander Vindman Being Cycled Out 
of National Security Council
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{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien continues to impress today as he appears on Face the Nation for an interview with the ever-emotional and overly-dramatic resistance dingbat Margaret Brennan... In 2016 and 2017 President Trump said NATO was obsolete and the moonbats went bananas; NATO is the only thing saving the planet Brennan claimed. Fast forward to 2019… Trump meets with a NATO nation leader Erdogan and the moonbats go bananas; NATO is a horrible construct, Erdogan bad. Yes, liberal apoplexy is contagious in groups...  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/10/sunday-talks-nsa-robert-obrien-vs-margaret-brennan-alexander-vindman-being-cycled-out-of-national-security-council/  
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Close but no cigars: 7 things
 to know for November 11
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By JOSHUA DAVIDOVICH
{ timesofisrael.com } ~ Netanyahu and Gantz almost touch, but unity remains elusive in the political arena, in the national memory and in a Bnei Brak wedding... 1. Shouldering the burden: Even from beyond the grave, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin are managing to bring together two Israeli leaders who are locked in a political deadlock the likes of which the country has not seen for decades, if ever. 2. Taking aim at Liberman (but really Arabs): They say numbers don’t lie, but polls, aside from being unreliable, can also be easily spun. Thus Army Radio reports that 44 percent of Blue and White voters oppose a minority government backed by Arab parties. 3. Yvette’s bets: Likud doesn’t need Israel Hayom to act as a stand-in, though, with the party brass being quite vocal about how it feels about Liberman and his ultimatums. Haaretz leads off its print edition with Netanyahu accusing Liberman of coordinating with Gantz and only placing demands on Likud. 4. Politics and memory: While Netanyahu and Gantz brushing against each other was nice, the real news at the Rabin ceremony was a public feud that broke out between Netanyahu and Rabin’s grandson. 5. Circles in the square: In fact, Rabin Square was home to an annual event meant to push national conciliation in Rabin’s remembrance. 6. Rude reception: Perhaps running a close second when it comes to events that should possibly not be politicized is a wedding, but Gantz’s decision to attend the wedding of the son of ultra-Orthodox lawmaker Yaakov Asher drew protesters who gathered outside, called him a “terrorist,” told him to “go to the Arabs.” 7. Shut that neias: Rather than cover it up, the rude welcome is also covered in the ultra-Orthodox press, though sites are sure to note that Gantz had a wonderful time inside...
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In overwhelming vote, U.S. Senate 
confirms Nardini to federal appeals court
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by ANA RADELAT
{ ctmirror.org } ~ The U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to confirm William Nardini, a 19-year veteran of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut... to a seat on the New York-based Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Nardini, who was nominated for a seat on the appeals court by President Donald Trump in August, was confirmed on a bipartisan, 86-2 vote. Only Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., vote against the nominee. “It was one of the strongest votes for an appellate court nominee,” said University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias, an expert on the federal courts. “That’s the way to do nominees.” As a judge on the Second Circuit, Nardini will hear appeals from Connecticut, New York and Vermont. Although Nardini’s candidacy was supported by his home state Democratic senators, Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and most Senate Democrats, he will alter the partisan composition of the court in one way. The Second Circuit has 13 active judgeships. Of the judges on the bench, three were appointed by scumbag/liar-Bill Clinton, two by George W. Bush, three by Barack scumbag/liar-nObama, and — with Nardini’s confirmation — four by Donald Trump. This means the court, which once had a majority of Democratic nominees, is now split evenly between nominees of both parties...
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Trump Whistleblower Good, Media Whistleblower Bad
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Nate Jackson:  Nobody circles the wagons like the Leftmedia. As every mainstream-media outlet trumpets the latest churn on the Democrats’ impeachment charade — the first version over supposed “collusion” and the second fueled by the complaint from a “whistleblower” whose identity the Leftmedia assiduously protects — two networks were busy colluding to punish their own whistleblower.

First, how much have CBS and ABC contributed to the impeachment churn? The Wall Street Journal’s James Freeman asked and answered: “In the 50 days since news consumers were told that a federal whistleblower was expressing his disapproval of a presidential phone call, CBS News has aired or published more than 100 stories on President Donald Trump and Ukraine. Counting stories from local affiliates, the number rises above 200. That’s according to the Dow Jones Factiva news archive. But CBS hasn’t come close to the wall-to-wall coverage offered by rival ABC News. A Factiva search of ABC stories about Mr. Trump and Ukraine yields 687 results for the last 50 days. More than 300 of the ABC stories specifically include the term ‘whistleblower.’”

Well, some whistleblowers are more equal than others.

Earlier this week, we noted the story of how ABC spiked a 2016 story about Jeffrey Epstein, likely because noting the serial pedophile’s connections to scumbag/liar-Bill Clinton would have hurt scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The fact that the story was spiked was revealed by someone from ABC you might call a whistleblower — she leaked the video of ABC’s Amy Robach complaining about the network’s decision on the well-researched story.

But the whistleblower now works for CBS. Correction: She worked for CBS. Once ABC figured out who the whistleblower was, the network pressured its rival and she was fired.

While NBC wasn’t involved in this particular fiasco, that network is no better, having covered up stories on Harvey Weinstein and defended Matt Lauer for years. The #MeToo movement was supposed to be about giving voice to women abused by powerful men. And journalists are supposed to simply follow the facts and report the story, let the chips fall where they may. Yet the media’s primary mission is to cover for the offending men if doing so benefits Democrats and to punish those who speak out. Funny that these same media outlets complain when President Donald Trump accurately calls them the “enemy of the people.”   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66678?mailing_id=4642&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4642&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=bo

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Who Needs Spiritual Advisers?
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scumbag-Schiff 'interrupted continually' to 
'coach' latest Trump impeachment witness
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By Charles Creitz 
{ foxnews.com } ~ Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, accused the panel's Democrat chairman, Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, of coaching a Trump impeachment inquiry witness... during closed-door testimony on Capitol Hill. "I have never in my life seen anything like what happened today," Nunes, R-Calif., told "Hannity" on Tuesday, referring to the testimony of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman. The scene was unprecedented, Nunes said. "I mean, they've been bad at most of these depositions, but to interrupt us continually to coach the witness, to decide... what we're going to be able to ask the witness." Nunes slammed scumbag-Schiff, D-Calif., for refusing to allow Republicans to not yet call witnesses of their own, which he also said has never happened to him in Congress. "And, to see someone coach a witness, this isn't the first time that scumbag-Schiff -- scumbag-Schiff is very good at coaching witnesses." He said scumbag-Schiff's staff previously met with the yet-unnamed Ukraine whistleblower, again calling the entire impeachment inquiry process under scumbag-Schiff and House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., "unprecedented." In a fiery news conference earlier Tuesday, other GOP lawmakers said scumbag-Schiff prevented a witness in the latest impeachment hearing from answering certain questions from Republican members.Reps. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told reporters that scumbag-Schiff shut down a Republican line of questioning toward Vindman. "When we asked Vindman who he spoke to after important events in July -- scumbag-Adam Schiff says, 'no, no, no, we're not going to let him answer that question,"' Jordan said. Jordan went on to say that scumbag-Schiff seemed to be breaking his own rules for the hearings, implying the chairman was acting almost as a "lawyer" for Vindman.   https://www.foxnews.com/media/adam-schiff-vindman-devin-nunes-impeachment  
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scumbag-Schiff Rejects GOP Request 
For Whistleblower To Testify In 
Impeachment Proceedings
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by CHUCK ROSS
{ dailycaller.com } ~ Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff rejected House Republicans’ request Saturday to call the Trump whistleblower to testify publicly in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump... calling the testimony “redundant and unnecessary.” GOP California Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, listed the whistleblower, who is reported to be a CIA analyst, along with seven other potential witnesses that Republicans want to have testify publicly in the impeachment proceedings. Along with the whistleblower, Nunes listed Hunter Biden and his business partner, Devon Archer, along with former Fusion GPS contractor Nellie Ohr and former Democratic National Committee operative Alexandra Chalupa. scumbag-Schiff shot down calling the whistleblower to testify, asserting that many of the allegations in his Aug. 12 complaint “not only confirms, but far exceeds, the initial information in the whistleblower’s complaint.” “The whistleblower’s testimony is therefore redundant and unnecessary. In light of the President’s threats, the individual’s appearance before us would only place their personal safety at grave risk,” scumbag-Schiff wrote in a letter to Nunes. That is a reversal for the California Democrat, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee and is leading the impeachment investigation for Democrats. Before the House Intelligence Committee released the whistleblower’s complaint on Sept. 26, scumbag-Schiff said Congress would want to hear from the whistleblower. But he changed his tune on the matter after it was revealed that the whistleblower had contact with one of scumbag-Schiff’s aides prior to filing the complaint. scumbag-Schiff failed to disclose in numerous interviews leading up to the release of the complaint that his aide had contact with the whistleblower.  Nunes formally called on scumbag-Schiff to testify in a deposition about his office’s contact with the whistleblower Friday. In denying the GOP request to hear from the whistleblower, scumbag-Schiff said that the impeachment investigation “will not serve as vehicles for any Member to carry out the same sham investigations into the loose lips liar-Bidens or debunked conspiracies about 2016 U.S. election interference that President Trump pressed Ukraine to conduct for his personal political benefit.” scumbag-Schiff is full of bull .
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 Netanyahu: Liberman is Coordinating 
with ARAB Joint List, Gantz
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By LAHAV HARKOV  
{ jpost.com } ~ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman of working with the Joint List... in remarks made before Sunday’s cabinet meeting. Netanyahu responded to the ultimatum Liberman made to him and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, by which the former must give up on the rest of the right-wing bloc, the latter must allow Netanyahu to be prime minister first in a rotation agreement, and both would form a national unity government. If one side won’t compromise, then Liberman will support the other.  “I hope it’s not so, but it looks like Liberman is coordinating with the Joint List and Blue and White on all the details,” Netanyahu said. If the 55-seat right-wing bloc does not break up, and Liberman backs Gantz as he said he would, then the Blue and White leader’s only option – assuming he continues to oppose working with the right-wing parties as a bloc – is a minority government with outside support from the Joint List.  Netanyahu pointed out that six weeks ago, Liberman called the Joint List “a fifth column trying to destroy us from the inside” and “enemies,” and that “they belong in the parliament in Ramallah and not in the Knesset.” He made similar comments again 10 days ago to KAN Bet.  “Now look what happened just a few days after that declaration,” Netanyahu said, citing a Ha’aretz interview with Joint List MK Osama Saadi, in which he said he has to cut the conversation short to meet with Yisrael Beytenu MK Eli Avidar. Netanyahu added: “The ultimatum that’s supposedly to both sides is only an ultimatum to the Likud and not to Blue and White. He said clearly to the Likud ‘I will not allow you to establish a narrow government supported by Shas, UTJ and Yamina’… but he doesn’t say something similar to Blue and White. He doesn’t say he won’t let them establish a narrow government supported by the Joint Arab List with Ayman Odeh and Ahmed Tibi.” Therefore, Netanyahu concluded that Liberman wants a left-wing minority government supported by the Joint List, “that will be dependent on them every day and on every matter.”  “That is obviously the worst and most dangerous scenario for the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said, calling to avoid a third election and for the establishment of a broad national unity government. Earlier on Sunday, Liberman contacted Netanyahu’s and Gantz’s offices to arrange meetings with them, in which he will present his ultimatum...  https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahu-Liberman-is-coordinating-with-Joint-List-Gantz-607397  
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How The Star Witness In Roger Stone’s 
Trial Proved ‘Difficult’ For Prosecutors
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by CHUCK ROSS
{ dailycaller.com } ~ When the federal judge presiding over the trial against Roger Stone referred to the government’s star witness, Randy Credico, as “difficult” on Friday... none of the members of the jury or others in the Washington, D.C., court room overheard her pointed remarks.  District Judge Amy Berman Jackson made the observation during a side bar discussion with lead government attorney Aaron Zelinsky and Stone lawyer Robert Bushchel, according to a transcript of the court proceedings obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Jackson made the remark after two days of testimony that saw Credico, a comedian and longtime frenemy of Stone’s, repeatedly chided for going off track in response to questions, and for attempting to perform impressions. After one contentious exchange, Jackson called a side bar for Bushchel and Zelinsky, who was assistant special counsel on the Robert Mueller probe. “In our defense, the witness — ” Bushchel began to tell Jackson, according to the court transcript. “Is difficult,” Jackson interjected. “I’m doing the best I can.”“Believe me, I think everybody is doing the best under difficult circumstances,” Jackson also told the lawyers. “I don’t usually insert myself in examinations as often as I have.” “I’m trying to facilitate what you’re doing, and focusing in ways that maybe are less threatening to him so that he can actually answer the question.”  While the jury was unable to hear the exchange thanks to the use of a husher, which blocks out ancillary noise, they did observe Credico undermining several key planks of the government’s case against Stone, who was indicted Jan. 24 on seven counts, including witness tampering, obstruction of a government proceeding, and making false statements to Congress.  Credico acknowledged during cross-examination Friday that Stone, who he has known since 2002, is a “dog lover.” Credico also testified that he had “many” associates, including some of his legal advisers, urging him to plead the Fifth to avoid cooperating with the House Intelligence Committee...   https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/09/randy-credico-roger-stone-dog/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10860   
Gantz says he will ‘consider compromise’ 
to clinch unity government
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By RAOUL WOOTLIFF 
{ timesofisrael.com } ~ Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz on Monday said his party would be willing to consider compromising on some of its positions in the interest of forming a broad unity government... alongside Likud and Yisrael Beytenu. He also took a shot at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on him to focus government-building negotiations on “what interests Israeli citizens — and not just what interests you.” On Saturday, Yisrael Beytenu Avigdor Liberman presented a challenge to both Netanyahu and Gantz, saying that if either of them failed to back a unity government according to a proposal set out by President Reuven Rivlin and accept tough compromises in order to form a coalition together, he would walk back his commitment to a national unity government and support a minority government led by the candidate willing to compromise. In essence, Liberman was demanding that Netanyahu sever ties with his so-called bloc of ultra-Orthodox and hard-right MKs and that Gantz allow Netanyahu to serve as premier first in a power-sharing deal. Addressing members of the party’s Knesset faction Monday, Gantz characterized Liberman’s ultimatum to himself and Netanyahu as a positive development. “I congratulate him on the very initiative aimed at preventing unnecessary, costly elections for the third time in a year,” he said. And he said that in the interest of moving toward unity, “we will consider certain compromises as long as they correlate with our worldview and serve the State of Israel.”...
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'Nobody on this planet is going to stop me'
Mark Levin defends decision to defy Fox 
News policy about campaign events
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by Mike Brest
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ Fox News host and conservative radio pundit Mark Levin defended his decision to headline a campaign event despite the network having a policy that prevents talent from participating in such events... Levin headlined two events for Virginia state Senate candidate Geary Higgins, with one on Monday, the day before the election took place, according to Media Matters for America. The first Higgins rally that Levin participated in was back in May. The candidate went as far as to thank Levin on Facebook, and he ran Facebook ads prior to each event with him. The conservative radio host addressed the claims that he had violated a network policy on his show Wednesday. He claimed he didn't violate any rules and added that he planned on doing the same thing again. Fox News said that the network "does not condone any talent participating in campaign events," after Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro appeared on stage at a Make America Great Again rally for President Trump on the day before the 2018 midterm elections. The network also called the incident an "unfortunate distraction" and said that it "has been addressed." Levin also railed against Media Matters and claimed that they were "very upset that I supported a local candidate for the state Senate in my own community as well as other local candidates." “If I want to support a friend who’s running for the state Senate, well, damn it, I will do it,” he continued. “I should have done more for him. If I want to support my local sheriff then, damn it, I will do it. And nobody on this planet is going to stop me. No corporation, no left-wing group funded by billionaire, American-hating pukes. Nobody!” Fox News did not respond to a request for comment. Hang them Levin.
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Who Needs Spiritual Advisers?
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As far as I can tell from a reading of history, while some presidents were friends of clergy, who sometimes advised them, to my knowledge, none hired them as staff members. Until the presidency of Richard Nixon. It was during Nixon’s administration that Charles Colson began mobilizing the evangelical community to support the president’s policies and programs, seeing evangelicals as just another special interest group, like organized labor has been for Democrats.

After his conversion and after serving time in prison for crimes related to the Watergate scandal, Colson told historian Kevin Kruse, as recounted in The Washington Post, “Sure, we used the prayer breakfasts and church services and all that for political ends. One of my jobs in the White House was to romance religious leaders. We would bring them into the White House, and they would be dazzled by the aura of the Oval Office, and I found them to be about the most pliable of any of the special interest groups that we worked with.”

The latest spiritual adviser to the president is TV evangelist Paula White-Cain. For 18 years she has claimed to have President Trump’s ear on religious matters, but while his policies closely align with evangelical concerns, there is little evidence her “advice” has had any effect on his personal behavior.

White-Cain is unlikely to serve the role Nathan the prophet filled when he confronted King David over his adulterous affair with Bathsheba, bringing David to repentance and one of the great statements about placing faith in political leaders: “Put not your trust in princes … in whom there is no help.” (Psalm 146:3)

In an interview with Shannon Bream on Fox News Monday night, White-Cain responded to critics who call her a heretic by saying she aligns herself with orthodox biblical teachings. She denied she preaches a “you give to get” prosperity gospel, but videos of her preaching reveal otherwise. In addition, hers is a marriage between the state — at least a state headed by Trump — and a kingdom Jesus said is “not of this world.”

Here are some direct quotes from videos readily attainable online from her preaching and TV appearances. Judge for yourself.

“Wherever I go, God rules. When I walk on White House grounds, God walks on White House grounds. I have every right and authority to declare the White House holy ground, because I was standing there and where I stand is holy.”

Then there’s a line some might consider idolatrous: “To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God.”

As for not preaching a prosperity gospel, White-Cain has said: “there is a department of treasury in Heaven, which says God is watching over everything you do and you are storing up eternal treasure that will go so far beyond what we can even imagine … you need to send in $3,500; you need to send in $35,000; you need to send in that $100,000 check.” She claimed if you don’t send the money, your “dream will die; your call will die.” That sounds to me like a spiritual quid pro quo.

White has owned a private jet (Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and walked most places), a $2.6 million home and a $3.5 million condo in Trump Tower. The Son of Man, Scripture says, had no place to lay his head.

White-Cain is correct on some issues of concern to evangelicals, from Trump’s naming of conservative Supreme Court and lower court judges, to religious freedom matters, but her seeming worship of President Trump far exceeds biblical norms and her prosperity gospel, which is no gospel at all, fits the definition of heresy: “Opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.”

The great danger for the image and what should be the first priority of those who are part of the evangelical community is that they will be seen as worshipping a lesser and even false god than the one they are supposed to be worshipping and serving.   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66627?mailing_id=4639&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4639&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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scumbag-Schiff 'interrupted continually' to 
'coach' latest Trump impeachment witness
By Charles Creitz 
{ foxnews.com } ~ Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, accused the panel's Democrat chairman, Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, of coaching a Trump impeachment inquiry witness... during closed-door testimony on Capitol Hill. "I have never in my life seen anything like what happened today," Nunes, R-Calif., told "Hannity" on Tuesday, referring to the testimony of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman. The scene was unprecedented, Nunes said. "I mean, they've been bad at most of these depositions, but to interrupt us continually to coach the witness, to decide... what we're going to be able to ask the witness." Nunes slammed scumbag-Schiff, D-Calif., for refusing to allow Republicans to not yet call witnesses of their own, which he also said has never happened to him in Congress. "And, to see someone coach a witness, this isn't the first time that scumbag-Schiff -- scumbag-Schiff is very good at coaching witnesses." He said scumbag-Schiff's staff previously met with the yet-unnamed Ukraine whistleblower, again calling the entire impeachment inquiry process under scumbag-Schiff and House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., "unprecedented." In a fiery news conference earlier Tuesday, other GOP lawmakers said scumbag-Schiff prevented a witness in the latest impeachment hearing from answering certain questions from Republican members.Reps. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told reporters that scumbag-Schiff shut down a Republican line of questioning toward Vindman. "When we asked Vindman who he spoke to after important events in July -- scumbag-Adam Schiff says, 'no, no, no, we're not going to let him answer that question,"' Jordan said. Jordan went on to say that scumbag-Schiff seemed to be breaking his own rules for the hearings, implying the chairman was acting almost as a "lawyer" for Vindman.   https://www.foxnews.com/media/adam-schiff-vindman-devin-nunes-impeachment  
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scumbag-Schiff Rejects GOP Request 
For Whistleblower To Testify In 
Impeachment Proceedings
by CHUCK ROSS
{ dailycaller.com } ~ Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff rejected House Republicans’ request Saturday to call the Trump whistleblower to testify publicly in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump... calling the testimony “redundant and unnecessary.” GOP California Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, listed the whistleblower, who is reported to be a CIA analyst, along with seven other potential witnesses that Republicans want to have testify publicly in the impeachment proceedings. Along with the whistleblower, Nunes listed Hunter Biden and his business partner, Devon Archer, along with former Fusion GPS contractor Nellie Ohr and former Democratic National Committee operative Alexandra Chalupa. scumbag-Schiff shot down calling the whistleblower to testify, asserting that many of the allegations in his Aug. 12 complaint “not only confirms, but far exceeds, the initial information in the whistleblower’s complaint.” “The whistleblower’s testimony is therefore redundant and unnecessary. In light of the President’s threats, the individual’s appearance before us would only place their personal safety at grave risk,” scumbag-Schiff wrote in a letter to Nunes. That is a reversal for the California Democrat, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee and is leading the impeachment investigation for Democrats. Before the House Intelligence Committee released the whistleblower’s complaint on Sept. 26, scumbag-Schiff said Congress would want to hear from the whistleblower. But he changed his tune on the matter after it was revealed that the whistleblower had contact with one of scumbag-Schiff’s aides prior to filing the complaint. scumbag-Schiff failed to disclose in numerous interviews leading up to the release of the complaint that his aide had contact with the whistleblower.  Nunes formally called on scumbag-Schiff to testify in a deposition about his office’s contact with the whistleblower Friday. In denying the GOP request to hear from the whistleblower, scumbag-Schiff said that the impeachment investigation “will not serve as vehicles for any Member to carry out the same sham investigations into the loose lips liar-Bidens or debunked conspiracies about 2016 U.S. election interference that President Trump pressed Ukraine to conduct for his personal political benefit.” scumbag-Schiff is full of bull and covering up
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 Netanyahu: Liberman is Coordinating 
with ARAB Joint List, Gantz
By LAHAV HARKOV  
{ jpost.com } ~ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman of working with the Joint List... in remarks made before Sunday’s cabinet meeting. Netanyahu responded to the ultimatum Liberman made to him and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, by which the former must give up on the rest of the right-wing bloc, the latter must allow Netanyahu to be prime minister first in a rotation agreement, and both would form a national unity government. If one side won’t compromise, then Liberman will support the other.  “I hope it’s not so, but it looks like Liberman is coordinating with the Joint List and Blue and White on all the details,” Netanyahu said. If the 55-seat right-wing bloc does not break up, and Liberman backs Gantz as he said he would, then the Blue and White leader’s only option – assuming he continues to oppose working with the right-wing parties as a bloc – is a minority government with outside support from the Joint List.  Netanyahu pointed out that six weeks ago, Liberman called the Joint List “a fifth column trying to destroy us from the inside” and “enemies,” and that “they belong in the parliament in Ramallah and not in the Knesset.” He made similar comments again 10 days ago to KAN Bet.  “Now look what happened just a few days after that declaration,” Netanyahu said, citing a Ha’aretz interview with Joint List MK Osama Saadi, in which he said he has to cut the conversation short to meet with Yisrael Beytenu MK Eli Avidar. Netanyahu added: “The ultimatum that’s supposedly to both sides is only an ultimatum to the Likud and not to Blue and White. He said clearly to the Likud ‘I will not allow you to establish a narrow government supported by Shas, UTJ and Yamina’… but he doesn’t say something similar to Blue and White. He doesn’t say he won’t let them establish a narrow government supported by the Joint Arab List with Ayman Odeh and Ahmed Tibi.” Therefore, Netanyahu concluded that Liberman wants a left-wing minority government supported by the Joint List, “that will be dependent on them every day and on every matter.”  “That is obviously the worst and most dangerous scenario for the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said, calling to avoid a third election and for the establishment of a broad national unity government. Earlier on Sunday, Liberman contacted Netanyahu’s and Gantz’s offices to arrange meetings with them, in which he will present his ultimatum...
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How The Star Witness In Roger Stone’s 
Trial Proved ‘Difficult’ For Prosecutors
by CHUCK ROSS
{ dailycaller.com } ~ When the federal judge presiding over the trial against Roger Stone referred to the government’s star witness, Randy Credico, as “difficult” on Friday... none of the members of the jury or others in the Washington, D.C., court room overheard her pointed remarks.  District Judge Amy Berman Jackson made the observation during a side bar discussion with lead government attorney Aaron Zelinsky and Stone lawyer Robert Bushchel, according to a transcript of the court proceedings obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Jackson made the remark after two days of testimony that saw Credico, a comedian and longtime frenemy of Stone’s, repeatedly chided for going off track in response to questions, and for attempting to perform impressions. After one contentious exchange, Jackson called a side bar for Bushchel and Zelinsky, who was assistant special counsel on the Robert Mueller probe. “In our defense, the witness — ” Bushchel began to tell Jackson, according to the court transcript. “Is difficult,” Jackson interjected. “I’m doing the best I can.”“Believe me, I think everybody is doing the best under difficult circumstances,” Jackson also told the lawyers. “I don’t usually insert myself in examinations as often as I have.” “I’m trying to facilitate what you’re doing, and focusing in ways that maybe are less threatening to him so that he can actually answer the question.”  While the jury was unable to hear the exchange thanks to the use of a husher, which blocks out ancillary noise, they did observe Credico undermining several key planks of the government’s case against Stone, who was indicted Jan. 24 on seven counts, including witness tampering, obstruction of a government proceeding, and making false statements to Congress.  Credico acknowledged during cross-examination Friday that Stone, who he has known since 2002, is a “dog lover.” Credico also testified that he had “many” associates, including some of his legal advisers, urging him to plead the Fifth to avoid cooperating with the House Intelligence Committee...   https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/09/randy-credico-roger-stone-dog/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10860   
Gantz says he will ‘consider compromise’ 
to clinch unity government
By RAOUL WOOTLIFF 
{ timesofisrael.com } ~ Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz on Monday said his party would be willing to consider compromising on some of its positions in the interest of forming a broad unity government... alongside Likud and Yisrael Beytenu. He also took a shot at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on him to focus government-building negotiations on “what interests Israeli citizens — and not just what interests you.” On Saturday, Yisrael Beytenu Avigdor Liberman presented a challenge to both Netanyahu and Gantz, saying that if either of them failed to back a unity government according to a proposal set out by President Reuven Rivlin and accept tough compromises in order to form a coalition together, he would walk back his commitment to a national unity government and support a minority government led by the candidate willing to compromise. In essence, Liberman was demanding that Netanyahu sever ties with his so-called bloc of ultra-Orthodox and hard-right MKs and that Gantz allow Netanyahu to serve as premier first in a power-sharing deal. Addressing members of the party’s Knesset faction Monday, Gantz characterized Liberman’s ultimatum to himself and Netanyahu as a positive development. “I congratulate him on the very initiative aimed at preventing unnecessary, costly elections for the third time in a year,” he said. And he said that in the interest of moving toward unity, “we will consider certain compromises as long as they correlate with our worldview and serve the State of Israel.”...
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'Nobody on this planet is going to stop me'
Mark Levin defends decision to defy Fox 
News policy about campaign events
by Mike Brest
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ Fox News host and conservative radio pundit Mark Levin defended his decision to headline a campaign event despite the network having a policy that prevents talent from participating in such events... Levin headlined two events for Virginia state Senate candidate Geary Higgins, with one on Monday, the day before the election took place, according to Media Matters for America. The first Higgins rally that Levin participated in was back in May. The candidate went as far as to thank Levin on Facebook, and he ran Facebook ads prior to each event with him. The conservative radio host addressed the claims that he had violated a network policy on his show Wednesday. He claimed he didn't violate any rules and added that he planned on doing the same thing again. Fox News said that the network "does not condone any talent participating in campaign events," after Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro appeared on stage at a Make America Great Again rally for President Trump on the day before the 2018 midterm elections. The network also called the incident an "unfortunate distraction" and said that it "has been addressed." Levin also railed against Media Matters and claimed that they were "very upset that I supported a local candidate for the state Senate in my own community as well as other local candidates." “If I want to support a friend who’s running for the state Senate, well, damn it, I will do it,” he continued. “I should have done more for him. If I want to support my local sheriff then, damn it, I will do it. And nobody on this planet is going to stop me. No corporation, no left-wing group funded by billionaire, American-hating pukes. Nobody!” Fox News did not respond to a request for comment. Hang them Levin.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nobody-on-this-planet-is-going-to-stop-me-mark-levin-defends-decision-to-defy-fox-news-policy-about-campaign-events   
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Who Needs Spiritual Advisers?
 

As far as I can tell from a reading of history, while some presidents were friends of clergy, who sometimes advised them, to my knowledge, none hired them as staff members. Until the presidency of Richard Nixon. It was during Nixon’s administration that Charles Colson began mobilizing the evangelical community to support the president’s policies and programs, seeing evangelicals as just another special interest group, like organized labor has been for Democrats.

After his conversion and after serving time in prison for crimes related to the Watergate scandal, Colson told historian Kevin Kruse, as recounted in The Washington Post, “Sure, we used the prayer breakfasts and church services and all that for political ends. One of my jobs in the White House was to romance religious leaders. We would bring them into the White House, and they would be dazzled by the aura of the Oval Office, and I found them to be about the most pliable of any of the special interest groups that we worked with.”

The latest spiritual adviser to the president is TV evangelist Paula White-Cain. For 18 years she has claimed to have President Trump’s ear on religious matters, but while his policies closely align with evangelical concerns, there is little evidence her “advice” has had any effect on his personal behavior.

White-Cain is unlikely to serve the role Nathan the prophet filled when he confronted King David over his adulterous affair with Bathsheba, bringing David to repentance and one of the great statements about placing faith in political leaders: “Put not your trust in princes … in whom there is no help.” (Psalm 146:3)

In an interview with Shannon Bream on Fox News Monday night, White-Cain responded to critics who call her a heretic by saying she aligns herself with orthodox biblical teachings. She denied she preaches a “you give to get” prosperity gospel, but videos of her preaching reveal otherwise. In addition, hers is a marriage between the state — at least a state headed by Trump — and a kingdom Jesus said is “not of this world.”

Here are some direct quotes from videos readily attainable online from her preaching and TV appearances. Judge for yourself.

“Wherever I go, God rules. When I walk on White House grounds, God walks on White House grounds. I have every right and authority to declare the White House holy ground, because I was standing there and where I stand is holy.”

Then there’s a line some might consider idolatrous: “To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God.”

As for not preaching a prosperity gospel, White-Cain has said: “there is a department of treasury in Heaven, which says God is watching over everything you do and you are storing up eternal treasure that will go so far beyond what we can even imagine … you need to send in $3,500; you need to send in $35,000; you need to send in that $100,000 check.” She claimed if you don’t send the money, your “dream will die; your call will die.” That sounds to me like a spiritual quid pro quo.

White has owned a private jet (Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and walked most places), a $2.6 million home and a $3.5 million condo in Trump Tower. The Son of Man, Scripture says, had no place to lay his head.

White-Cain is correct on some issues of concern to evangelicals, from Trump’s naming of conservative Supreme Court and lower court judges, to religious freedom matters, but her seeming worship of President Trump far exceeds biblical norms and her prosperity gospel, which is no gospel at all, fits the definition of heresy: “Opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.”

The great danger for the image and what should be the first priority of those who are part of the evangelical community is that they will be seen as worshipping a lesser and even false god than the one they are supposed to be worshipping and serving.   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66627?mailing_id=4639&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4639&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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scumbag-Schiff Bloviates on 'Patriotic'
Impeachment Inquiry
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Thomas Gallatin  
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Rand Paul Uses The Constitution To Argue 
To Reporter That The Whistleblower 
Should Be Unmasked
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by VIRGINIA KRUTA
{ dailycaller.com } ~ Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul brought up the Constitution and the Sixth Amendment when a reporter challenged his efforts to publicly reveal the identity of the whistleblower... whose allegations kicked off a renewed interest in impeachment of President Donald Trump. Paul addressed the question Tuesday after taking the stage at Trump’s Monday rally in his home state and demanding that the press publish the whistleblower’s name. Paul went on to explain that the Sixth Amendment included the right of the accused to confront any accusers, suggesting that allowing the whistleblower to remain anonymous would then be a de facto denial of Trump’s Sixth Amendment rights. Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham also argued that the whistleblower was not guaranteed anonymity, telling reporters, “The whistleblower statute was never meant to give you anonymity. It was meant to allow you to come forward without being fired.” In addition to calling for the identity of the whistleblower, Paul suggested that Republicans should dismiss the entire process as “a farce” if House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff refused to call Hunter Biden as a witness.   https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/05/rand-paul-reporter-whistleblower-unmasked/  
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Dems’ MVP Impeachment Witness Got 
His Talking Points From the NY Times
by patriotnewsdaily.com ~ Unbelievable. In his testimony before the House investigative committees last month, U.S. diplomat William Taylor – who supposedly provided some of the most damning information to House Democrats... said that he relied on The New York Times for his claim that President Donald Trump wanted Ukraine to help him dig up dirt on loose lips liar-Joe Biden. In a revelation similar to when we learned that Steele dossier author Christopher Steele pulled some of his claims from a reader-sourced Yahoo website, Taylor admitted that he had no firsthand knowledge to support his contention that Trump’s desire for anti-corruption investigations in Ukraine had something to do with hurting his political rival, loose lips liar-Biden. “What was the goal of requesting investigations into 2016 election and Burisma?” asked Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) in the now-public transcript of the hearing. “As I understand it from one of the maybe the article in the New York Times about Giuliani’s interest in Burisma, in that article, he describes, and I think he quotes Giuliani at some length, that article indicates that Giuliani was interested in getting some information on Vice President loose lips liar-Biden that would be useful to Mr. Giuliani’s client. I think that’s what he says. He says he’s got one client, and he’s useful to the client,” replied Taylor. “And then it’s your inference that Mr. Giuliani’s goal would be the President’s goal?” asked Zeldin. “Yes,” said Taylor. “And your source is the New York Times?” asked Zeldin. “Yes,” affirmed Taylor. “So,” Zeldin continued, “do you have any other source that the President’s goal in making this request was anything other than the New York Times?” Taylor replied, “I have not talked to the president. I have no other information from what the President was thinking.” This is the Democrats’ star witness. This is the guy who is supposed to have corroborated everything said by their precious whistleblower. And he has no insight into Trump’s motivations other than an article in the New York Times? Are they kidding with this circus?
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The Fed and Exchange Rates
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By Jesse Richman and Howard Richman
{ americanthinker.com } ~ When you have a hammer, so the saying goes, everything looks like a nail. The Federal Reserve, under Jerome Powell, has been acting like it has only one tool in its toolbox, the hammer of monetary policy... This particular hammer can pound down and pry up interest rates. Powell has been moderately successful with this hammer. Last year he overreacted to a warming economy, sharply constraining monetary growth to a level far below what would be appropriate for his inflation targets. This year he has swung the other way, rapidly increasing the money supply to compensate for the problems caused by his initial overreaction. His target has been a 2% inflation rate, and his hammer is the right tool for that nail.  But interest rates don’t only affect inflation, they also affect exchange rates. The interest rate that Powell is setting is pushing the dollar upward in foreign exchange markets, and the high exchange rate is counteracting President Trump’s efforts to balance U.S. trade. Powell doesn’t seem to realize that the Fed also has a screwdriver that he can use to target the exchange rate. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan faced a similarly high dollar in 1997. But instead of giving the “Asian Tigers” loans by buying some of their assets, he let their currencies collapse. He then stimulated the U.S. economy so that increased U.S. imports from the world would stimulate the world economy. As a result of this policy and other similar policies, the U.S. lost millions of manufacturing jobs. Especially galling was Greenspan’s failure to help South Korea. Due to the falling won, many South Korean businesses that had borrowed money in dollar-denominated loans couldn’t make their loan payments, so they and the banks that had loaned them the money were facing bankruptcy. In his memoirs, Greenspan noted that the Federal Reserve had been in touch with the South Korean central bank, but had not offered it a single loan. He wrote: So when Charlie Siegman, one of our top international economists, phoned a Korean central banker on Thanksgiving weekend and asked, “Why don’t you release more of your reserves?” the banker answered, “We don’t have any.” What they’d published as reserves had already been spoken for. (p. 189). Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke faced a similarly high dollar in late 2008. The dollar was spiking upwards in foreign exchange markets due to the international liquidity crunch following the Lehman Brothers collapse. Instead of making Greenspan’s mistake, Bernanke loaned money to friendly central banks by buying their currency currency swaps. It worked! However, Bernanke appeared to forget his screwdriver in early 2011 Quantitative Easing 2 when he used his hammer to target the dollar’s exchange rate because “Currency undervaluation by trade surplus countries is inhibiting needed international adjustment and creating spillover effects that would not exist if exchange rates better reflected market fundamentals.” But his attempt to target exchange rates had to be abandoned when it drove inflation up from 1.63% for the 12 months ending in January to 3.87% for the 12 months ending in September. In short, the U.S. is approaching a situation similar to 1997 and 2008. Once again the dollar is rising in foreign exchange markets as the international economic picture deteriorates...
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/11/the_fed_and_exchange_rates.html 
Fox News Bosses Demand Hosts 
Protect Whistleblower’s Identity
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by Andrew
{ conservativefreepress.com } ~ According to a report from CNN Business on Thursday, hosts, reporters, and pundits who appear on Fox News have been instructed by management... not to identify the Ukraine whistleblower who lit the fire that started the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Despite the whistleblower’s name Eric Ciaramella being known to literally anyone who cares to know it, Fox News bosses have reportedly been warning commentators like Sean Hannity not to jump on the bandwagon. It is the latest but not the first warning that Fox News may slowly be morphing into something that will ultimately be unrecognizable to its loyal viewers. On October 31, a Fox executive sent an email to staffers that said the network had not “independently confirmed the name or identification of the anonymous whistleblower.” A copy of the email was obtained by CNN Business. The executive further advised production staffers to “NOT fulfill any video or graphic requests” related to the whistleblower’s identity.  Such guidance has been extended to Fox’s prime time talk shows, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Hosts like Sean Hannity have been told not to name the person they believe to be whistleblower on the air. Jeanine Pirro said last Friday that the network’s hosts “apparently can’t say” the person’s name. And Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo said last week that they were “not naming” the person on Fox. Hannity said on Monday that he had “confirmed independently” the identity of the whistleblower, but stopped short of naming the person on air. “But you know what, I will play the game for a little bit,” Hannity said. “And I will take the lawyer’s threats that they’re going to sue me, it wouldn’t go anywhere.” As of Thursday morning, Fox News was still not reporting on the name of the whistleblower despite his identity suddenly becoming an even more exposed open secret than it was a week ago...   http://www.conservativefreepress.com/politics/fox-news-bosses-demand-hosts-protect-whistleblowers-identity/   
"Too Many to Count": 
The Global Persecution of Christians
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by Raymond Ibrahim
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ Today is one of the International Days of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). Initiated over 20 years ago by the World Evangelical Alliance... 100,000 congregations around the world and millions of Christians participate on this day. "This November let us unite in prayer for our persecuted brothers and sisters," IDOP noted in a brief video that highlights a few examples of recent persecution, including the Easter Sunday church bombings in Sri Lanka and the ongoing slaughter of Christians by Islamic groups in Nigeria and, increasingly, Burkina Faso. Discussing this day's significance, Vernon Brewer, the CEO and founder of World Help, a Christian humanitarian organization, wrote: "It's easy to go about our lives and forget that in places like Nigeria, Iran and North Korea being a Christian can often lead to death. After all, for the most part, persecution for our faith isn't something most of us face... But I can't forget the believers I've met in Iraq, China or at the North Korean border. I can't forget their scars or their haunted eyes and horrific stories... The more I travel, the more I see that in many countries Christian persecution is worse than ever before." Statistics bear out this grim assertion: "4,136 Christians were killed for faith-related reasons," noted Open Doors in its World Watch List 2019. "On average, that's 11 Christians killed every day for their faith." Additionally, "2,625 Christians were detained without trial, arrested, sentenced and imprisoned" and "1,266 churches or Christian buildings were attacked." The report further states that more than 245 million Christians around the world are currently suffering from persecution. In other words, "1 in 9 Christians experience high levels of persecution worldwide."...   https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15147/christians-global-persecution
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ISIS Tells Followers to 
Set Forest Fires in U.S., Europe
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by Adam Kredo 
{ freebeacon.com } ~ A media outlet affiliated with ISIS has been instructing the group's radical adherents to set forest fires in the United States and Europe... to cause mass ecological disasters, according to posts on an internet forum dedicated to the terror group. At least four propaganda posters that have appeared on the pro-ISIS Quraysh media outlet have urged followers to "ignite fires" as part of an ongoing jihad against America and its allies. "The first poster in the series was published in April 2019," according to the Middle East Media Research Institute, which tracks the radical forum. "The text reads: ‘Oh monotheists followers of ISIS, ignite fires in the forests and fields, and we are addressing especially those who live in Europe and America, for they are painful to them.'" The fourth poster, released on Monday, includes similar text: "Ignite fires in the forests of America, France, Britain, and Germany, for they are painful to them."  https://freebeacon.com/national-security/isis-tells-followers-to-set-forest-fires-in-u-s-europe/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=ed856cd7be-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_08_05_15_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-ed856cd7be-45611665   
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scumbag-Schiff Bloviates on 'Patriotic'
Impeachment Inquiry
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Thomas Gallatin:  Eleven days into President Donald Trump’s presidency, the attorney currently representing the “whistleblower,” Mark Zaid, tweeted, “#coup has started. First of many steps. #rebellion. #impeachment will follow ultimately.” Zaid was responding to Trump having just fired acting Attorney General liar-Sally Yates over her refusal to uphold his temporary travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries. Later in July 2017, Zaid tweeted, “I predict @CNN will play a key role in @realDonaldTrump not finishing out his full term as president. We will get rid of him, and this country is strong enough to survive even him and his supporters.” Isn’t it amazing that Zaid’s client is now at the center of that impeachment effort?

We have repeatedly noted ever since Trump won the election that Democrats have been committed to obstructing his agenda and, if possible, removing him from office. Following Robert Mueller’s investigation blowing up in their faces, Democrats determined that coup attempt 2.0 would be fully under their control. Thus the current orchestrated “whistleblower” impeachment push.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff, who has been orchestrating this entire impeachment coup attempt from the very beginning, sought to defend his and Democrats’ actions in a USA Today op-ed. scumbag-Schiff falsely claims to have engaged in this impeachment charade based entirely on nonpartisan motives. But as Zaid’s statements make plain, nothing could be further from the truth.

First off, scumbag-Schiff begs the question of Trump’s guilt, claiming that he abused “the power of the presidency.” scumbag-Schiff then suggests that Trump’s attempt to investigate the origins of the Russian-collusion hoax (coup 1.0) is the president seeking his own “personal, political interests.” In fact, it is actually in the national interest of our republic that Trump investigate and ferret out those deep-state and foreign actors who sought to undermine a duly elected president.

Defending the Democrats’ secretive impeachment inquiry, scumbag-Schiff writes, “The interviews we have conducted have been thorough, professional and fair … in line with best investigative practices. … We have held these interviews in private to ensure that witnesses are not able to tailor their testimony to align with others at the expense of truth.” If this were the case, then why did scumbag-Schiff and company regularly and selectively leak portions of these testimonies to the press? How does this not muddy the waters, especially when every Democrat runs around declaring the president guilty of an impeachable offense?

scumbag-Schiff then claims that all the witnesses are “dedicated, nonpartisan public servants” who “are American patriots and shining examples of what it means to defend and protect our Constitution.” That’s ridiculous, given that 99% of the political donations from these “nonpartisan public servants” within the State Department went to scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton. That doesn’t appear very nonpartisan to most folks. Furthermore, calling deep-state actors who worked to resist and ultimately to impeach a duly elected president is anything but “patriotic.” Zaid was closer with his hashtags of “coup” and “rebellion.”  

~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66643?mailing_id=4639&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4639&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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scumbag-Schiff Bloviates on 'Patriotic' Impeachment Inquiry
Thomas Gallatin  
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Rand Paul Uses The Constitution To Argue 
To Reporter That The Whistleblower 
Should Be Unmasked
by VIRGINIA KRUTA
{ dailycaller.com } ~ Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul brought up the Constitution and the Sixth Amendment when a reporter challenged his efforts to publicly reveal the identity of the whistleblower... whose allegations kicked off a renewed interest in impeachment of President Donald Trump. Paul addressed the question Tuesday after taking the stage at Trump’s Monday rally in his home state and demanding that the press publish the whistleblower’s name. Paul went on to explain that the Sixth Amendment included the right of the accused to confront any accusers, suggesting that allowing the whistleblower to remain anonymous would then be a de facto denial of Trump’s Sixth Amendment rights. Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham also argued that the whistleblower was not guaranteed anonymity, telling reporters, “The whistleblower statute was never meant to give you anonymity. It was meant to allow you to come forward without being fired.” In addition to calling for the identity of the whistleblower, Paul suggested that Republicans should dismiss the entire process as “a farce” if House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff refused to call Hunter Biden as a witness.   https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/05/rand-paul-reporter-whistleblower-unmasked/  
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Dems’ MVP Impeachment Witness Got 
His Talking Points From the NY Times
by patriotnewsdaily.com ~ Unbelievable. In his testimony before the House investigative committees last month, U.S. diplomat William Taylor – who supposedly provided some of the most damning information to House Democrats... said that he relied on The New York Times for his claim that President Donald Trump wanted Ukraine to help him dig up dirt on loose lips liar-Joe Biden. In a revelation similar to when we learned that Steele dossier author Christopher Steele pulled some of his claims from a reader-sourced Yahoo website, Taylor admitted that he had no firsthand knowledge to support his contention that Trump’s desire for anti-corruption investigations in Ukraine had something to do with hurting his political rival, loose lips liar-Biden. “What was the goal of requesting investigations into 2016 election and Burisma?” asked Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) in the now-public transcript of the hearing. “As I understand it from one of the maybe the article in the New York Times about Giuliani’s interest in Burisma, in that article, he describes, and I think he quotes Giuliani at some length, that article indicates that Giuliani was interested in getting some information on Vice President loose lips liar-Biden that would be useful to Mr. Giuliani’s client. I think that’s what he says. He says he’s got one client, and he’s useful to the client,” replied Taylor. “And then it’s your inference that Mr. Giuliani’s goal would be the President’s goal?” asked Zeldin. “Yes,” said Taylor. “And your source is the New York Times?” asked Zeldin. “Yes,” affirmed Taylor. “So,” Zeldin continued, “do you have any other source that the President’s goal in making this request was anything other than the New York Times?” Taylor replied, “I have not talked to the president. I have no other information from what the President was thinking.” This is the Democrats’ star witness. This is the guy who is supposed to have corroborated everything said by their precious whistleblower. And he has no insight into Trump’s motivations other than an article in the New York Times? Are they kidding with this circus?
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The Fed and Exchange Rates
By Jesse Richman and Howard Richman
{ americanthinker.com } ~ When you have a hammer, so the saying goes, everything looks like a nail. The Federal Reserve, under Jerome Powell, has been acting like it has only one tool in its toolbox, the hammer of monetary policy... This particular hammer can pound down and pry up interest rates. Powell has been moderately successful with this hammer. Last year he overreacted to a warming economy, sharply constraining monetary growth to a level far below what would be appropriate for his inflation targets. This year he has swung the other way, rapidly increasing the money supply to compensate for the problems caused by his initial overreaction. His target has been a 2% inflation rate, and his hammer is the right tool for that nail.  But interest rates don’t only affect inflation, they also affect exchange rates. The interest rate that Powell is setting is pushing the dollar upward in foreign exchange markets, and the high exchange rate is counteracting President Trump’s efforts to balance U.S. trade. Powell doesn’t seem to realize that the Fed also has a screwdriver that he can use to target the exchange rate. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan faced a similarly high dollar in 1997. But instead of giving the “Asian Tigers” loans by buying some of their assets, he let their currencies collapse. He then stimulated the U.S. economy so that increased U.S. imports from the world would stimulate the world economy. As a result of this policy and other similar policies, the U.S. lost millions of manufacturing jobs. Especially galling was Greenspan’s failure to help South Korea. Due to the falling won, many South Korean businesses that had borrowed money in dollar-denominated loans couldn’t make their loan payments, so they and the banks that had loaned them the money were facing bankruptcy. In his memoirs, Greenspan noted that the Federal Reserve had been in touch with the South Korean central bank, but had not offered it a single loan. He wrote: So when Charlie Siegman, one of our top international economists, phoned a Korean central banker on Thanksgiving weekend and asked, “Why don’t you release more of your reserves?” the banker answered, “We don’t have any.” What they’d published as reserves had already been spoken for. (p. 189). Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke faced a similarly high dollar in late 2008. The dollar was spiking upwards in foreign exchange markets due to the international liquidity crunch following the Lehman Brothers collapse. Instead of making Greenspan’s mistake, Bernanke loaned money to friendly central banks by buying their currency currency swaps. It worked! However, Bernanke appeared to forget his screwdriver in early 2011 Quantitative Easing 2 when he used his hammer to target the dollar’s exchange rate because “Currency undervaluation by trade surplus countries is inhibiting needed international adjustment and creating spillover effects that would not exist if exchange rates better reflected market fundamentals.” But his attempt to target exchange rates had to be abandoned when it drove inflation up from 1.63% for the 12 months ending in January to 3.87% for the 12 months ending in September. In short, the U.S. is approaching a situation similar to 1997 and 2008. Once again the dollar is rising in foreign exchange markets as the international economic picture deteriorates...
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/11/the_fed_and_exchange_rates.html 
Fox News Bosses Demand Hosts 
Protect Whistleblower’s Identity
by Andrew
{ conservativefreepress.com } ~ According to a report from CNN Business on Thursday, hosts, reporters, and pundits who appear on Fox News have been instructed by management... not to identify the Ukraine whistleblower who lit the fire that started the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Despite the whistleblower’s name Eric Ciaramella being known to literally anyone who cares to know it, Fox News bosses have reportedly been warning commentators like Sean Hannity not to jump on the bandwagon. It is the latest but not the first warning that Fox News may slowly be morphing into something that will ultimately be unrecognizable to its loyal viewers. On October 31, a Fox executive sent an email to staffers that said the network had not “independently confirmed the name or identification of the anonymous whistleblower.” A copy of the email was obtained by CNN Business. The executive further advised production staffers to “NOT fulfill any video or graphic requests” related to the whistleblower’s identity.  Such guidance has been extended to Fox’s prime time talk shows, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Hosts like Sean Hannity have been told not to name the person they believe to be whistleblower on the air. Jeanine Pirro said last Friday that the network’s hosts “apparently can’t say” the person’s name. And Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo said last week that they were “not naming” the person on Fox. Hannity said on Monday that he had “confirmed independently” the identity of the whistleblower, but stopped short of naming the person on air. “But you know what, I will play the game for a little bit,” Hannity said. “And I will take the lawyer’s threats that they’re going to sue me, it wouldn’t go anywhere.” As of Thursday morning, Fox News was still not reporting on the name of the whistleblower despite his identity suddenly becoming an even more exposed open secret than it was a week ago...   http://www.conservativefreepress.com/politics/fox-news-bosses-demand-hosts-protect-whistleblowers-identity/   
"Too Many to Count": 
The Global Persecution of Christians
by Raymond Ibrahim
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ Today is one of the International Days of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP). Initiated over 20 years ago by the World Evangelical Alliance... 100,000 congregations around the world and millions of Christians participate on this day. "This November let us unite in prayer for our persecuted brothers and sisters," IDOP noted in a brief video that highlights a few examples of recent persecution, including the Easter Sunday church bombings in Sri Lanka and the ongoing slaughter of Christians by Islamic groups in Nigeria and, increasingly, Burkina Faso. Discussing this day's significance, Vernon Brewer, the CEO and founder of World Help, a Christian humanitarian organization, wrote: "It's easy to go about our lives and forget that in places like Nigeria, Iran and North Korea being a Christian can often lead to death. After all, for the most part, persecution for our faith isn't something most of us face... But I can't forget the believers I've met in Iraq, China or at the North Korean border. I can't forget their scars or their haunted eyes and horrific stories... The more I travel, the more I see that in many countries Christian persecution is worse than ever before." Statistics bear out this grim assertion: "4,136 Christians were killed for faith-related reasons," noted Open Doors in its World Watch List 2019. "On average, that's 11 Christians killed every day for their faith." Additionally, "2,625 Christians were detained without trial, arrested, sentenced and imprisoned" and "1,266 churches or Christian buildings were attacked." The report further states that more than 245 million Christians around the world are currently suffering from persecution. In other words, "1 in 9 Christians experience high levels of persecution worldwide."...   https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15147/christians-global-persecution
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ISIS Tells Followers to 
Set Forest Fires in U.S., Europe
by Adam Kredo 
{ freebeacon.com } ~ A media outlet affiliated with ISIS has been instructing the group's radical adherents to set forest fires in the United States and Europe... to cause mass ecological disasters, according to posts on an internet forum dedicated to the terror group. At least four propaganda posters that have appeared on the pro-ISIS Quraysh media outlet have urged followers to "ignite fires" as part of an ongoing jihad against America and its allies. "The first poster in the series was published in April 2019," according to the Middle East Media Research Institute, which tracks the radical forum. "The text reads: ‘Oh monotheists followers of ISIS, ignite fires in the forests and fields, and we are addressing especially those who live in Europe and America, for they are painful to them.'" The fourth poster, released on Monday, includes similar text: "Ignite fires in the forests of America, France, Britain, and Germany, for they are painful to them."  https://freebeacon.com/national-security/isis-tells-followers-to-set-forest-fires-in-u-s-europe/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=ed856cd7be-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_08_05_15_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-ed856cd7be-45611665   
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scumbag-Schiff Bloviates on 'Patriotic' Impeachment Inquiry
Thomas Gallatin:  Eleven days into President Donald Trump’s presidency, the attorney currently representing the “whistleblower,” Mark Zaid, tweeted, “#coup has started. First of many steps. #rebellion. #impeachment will follow ultimately.” Zaid was responding to Trump having just fired acting Attorney General liar-Sally Yates over her refusal to uphold his temporary travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries. Later in July 2017, Zaid tweeted, “I predict @CNN will play a key role in @realDonaldTrump not finishing out his full term as president. We will get rid of him, and this country is strong enough to survive even him and his supporters.” Isn’t it amazing that Zaid’s client is now at the center of that impeachment effort?

We have repeatedly noted ever since Trump won the election that Democrats have been committed to obstructing his agenda and, if possible, removing him from office. Following Robert Mueller’s investigation blowing up in their faces, Democrats determined that coup attempt 2.0 would be fully under their control. Thus the current orchestrated “whistleblower” impeachment push.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff, who has been orchestrating this entire impeachment coup attempt from the very beginning, sought to defend his and Democrats’ actions in a USA Today op-ed. scumbag-Schiff falsely claims to have engaged in this impeachment charade based entirely on nonpartisan motives. But as Zaid’s statements make plain, nothing could be further from the truth.

First off, scumbag-Schiff begs the question of Trump’s guilt, claiming that he abused “the power of the presidency.” scumbag-Schiff then suggests that Trump’s attempt to investigate the origins of the Russian-collusion hoax (coup 1.0) is the president seeking his own “personal, political interests.” In fact, it is actually in the national interest of our republic that Trump investigate and ferret out those deep-state and foreign actors who sought to undermine a duly elected president.

Defending the Democrats’ secretive impeachment inquiry, scumbag-Schiff writes, “The interviews we have conducted have been thorough, professional and fair … in line with best investigative practices. … We have held these interviews in private to ensure that witnesses are not able to tailor their testimony to align with others at the expense of truth.” If this were the case, then why did scumbag-Schiff and company regularly and selectively leak portions of these testimonies to the press? How does this not muddy the waters, especially when every Democrat runs around declaring the president guilty of an impeachable offense?

scumbag-Schiff then claims that all the witnesses are “dedicated, nonpartisan public servants” who “are American patriots and shining examples of what it means to defend and protect our Constitution.” That’s ridiculous, given that 99% of the political donations from these “nonpartisan public servants” within the State Department went to scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton. That doesn’t appear very nonpartisan to most folks. Furthermore, calling deep-state actors who worked to resist and ultimately to impeach a duly elected president is anything but “patriotic.” Zaid was closer with his hashtags of “coup” and “rebellion.”   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66643?mailing_id=4639&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4639&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Media Editors:  Above the Fold


THE HOT SEAT: House Republicans will call Hunter Biden to testify publicly as their top impeachment witness (National Review)

TAKING MATTERS INTO ITS OWN HANDS? Report: Ukraine’s military aid was finally released by the State Department, days before Trump claims he released it (Hot Air)

Government & Politics


BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: Thirty years overdue: Reagan statue unveiled in Berlin (Hot Air)

NOT SO KEEN ON SOCIALISM: Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren plays to nearly empty hall (The Daily Wire)

JETTISONING THE SWAMP: Rep. Peter King is one of several Republicans — four senators and 17 other House members — who have announced plans to not seek reelection (Fox News)

PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE: “It wasn’t me”: Alleged ABC whistleblower denies leaking video (The Daily Caller)

DEMOCRAT LACKEYS: Facebook and YouTube block spread of supposed whistleblower’s name and photo — even though scumbag-Adam Schiff’s committee  published the man’s name last week (The Washington Post)

National Security


SYRIA CONTINGENCY: U.S. will leave up to 600 troops in northeastern Syria to prevent ISIS resurgence, top general says (The Washington Post)

Other Notables


TONE DEAF: Giant, climate-killing mural of Greta Thunberg now graces environmentally hazardous downtown San Francisco (The Daily Wire)

“WE WILL SPARE NO EFFORT”: Hong Kong police shoot protester, man set on fire (Associated Press)

Closing Arguments


POLICY: The Berlin Wall is gone, but its lessons remain (National Review)

POLICY: Why Democrats are wrong about income inequality in the United States (The Federalist)

HUMOR: scumbag-Adam Schiff schedules the next five years of Trump impeachment hearings (Genesius Times

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66709?mailing_id=4647&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4647&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body   
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Veterans Day

On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day

of the 11th Month...

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We set aside Veterans Day to honor the sacrifice of generations of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coastguardsmen who have carried forward the banner of Liberty since the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord.

Millions of American Patriots have, for generations, honored their oaths "to support and defend" the Liberty that was "endowed by our Creator" as affirmed in our Declaration of Independence and enshrined in our Constitution.

Today, and every day, we formally honor them. We remain a free people because they have stood bravely in harm's way, and because millions remain on post today. For this, we, the American People, offer our heartfelt thanks.

"Mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions." —1 Chronicles 12:8

"Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn." —Gen. Douglas MacArthur

"War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." —John Stuart Mill

Amid all the political rancor that dominates the public discourse and news cycles, we should remind others of the following observation from Army veteran Charles M. Province:

It is the Soldier, not the minister, who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to protest.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote.
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

At one point in their lives, every veteran wrote a blank check made payable to "The People of the United States of America" for an amount up to and including their life.

"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." —John 15:12-14

We invite you to read Mark Alexander's most recent Veterans Day essay, a tribute to Medal of Honor recipient Clint Romesha.

And finally, to genuinely demonstrate gratitude to military veterans and those still serving, Patriots who have and continue to defend the Liberty we enjoy, here is my suggestion: Strive to be, first and foremost, an American citizen worthy of their sacrifice.

Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis
Pro Deo et Libertate — 1776

~The Patriot Post

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Mark Levin blasts scumbag-Adam Schiff, claims 
'the law is on the president's side' on Ukraine
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By Charles Creitz 
{ foxnews.com } ~ Mark Levin on Thursday encouraged President Trump to keep fighting against the Democrats' impeachment inquiry and demanded House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff, D-Calif., be made to testify during his own proceedings... Levin -- whose Fox News Channel program "Life, Liberty & Levin" moves to 8 PM ET on Sunday evenings -- told "Hannity" that scumbag-Schiff and his party were attacking Trump on shaky grounds. "The law is on the president's side, the facts are on the president's side," he said of Trump's overtures with Ukraine that have been under scrutiny in the House of Representatives. "What they're attacking is the transition of power. They have never supported the transition of power from the scumbag-Obama administration to a Trump administration." Levin said Trump was able to appoint "whomever he wants" to foreign policy positions and was allowed to conduct foreign policy in the way he chose. At the same time, Levin accused former President scumbag/liar-nObama of failing to supply sufficient military aid to Ukraine -- which Democrats have claimed  Trump withheld in a "quid pro quo" scenario. "The president sets foreign policy," Levin said. "It doesn't make a damn's worth of difference if you don't agree with it. I don't care what a former scumbag/liar-nObama ambassador to Ukraine thinks." Of former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch's critiques and the fact that Trump ordered her to be recalled earlier this year, Levin remarked, "too damn bad." Turning his attention back to the House Intelligence Committee chairman, Levin called on the Ukraine whistleblower -- and scumbag-Schiff himself -- to testify before the impeachment inquiry hearings. "The whole house of cards will collapse and the American people will see that this was an outrageous, unconscionable attack by them on the president," Levin claimed."Mr. President -- stay strong -- this'll collapse, eventually."   https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-levin-adam-schiff-trump-ukraine-impeachment  
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scumbag-Schiff says GOP must prove 
relevance for impeachment hearing witnesses
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{ thehill.com } ~ Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Republicans must justify the relevance of witnesses they want to call in public hearings... as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. scumbag-Schiff in a letter to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the ranking member of the panel, late Wednesday outlined questions that will be used to weigh whether a witness's testimony would be germane. Among the questions are whether President Trump requested “that a foreign leader and government initiate investigations to benefit the President’s personal political interests” and if he sought to use his office “to apply pressure on the head of state and government of Ukraine to advance the President’s personal political interests,” including leveraging an Oval Office meeting or millions of dollars in military aid. scumbag-Schiff also said witnesses must speak to whether the president or administration officials sought to obstruct or cover up any evidence regarding Trump’s actions. Republicans must submit their witness requests to scumbag-Schiff by Saturday, including a written justification for the relevance of the testimony from each person they intend to call. House Democrats announced Wednesday that they will hold their first public impeachment hearings next week as they ramp up their investigation into Trump's dealings with Ukraine... scumbag-Schiff should ask these question at the hearing not before.
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COONS: Calling Biden to Testify in
Impeachment Like ‘Rolling Grenade
Down the Aisle’
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by Claire Russe
{ libertyheadlines.com } ~ Democrats are trying to prevent Senate Republicans from calling former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, to the witness stand to testify... about their roles in the ongoing Ukraine scandal, if there is an impeachment trial. While he was vice president, loosr lips liar-Biden urged Ukraine to fire one of its prosecutors looking into corruption in Burisma, a Ukrainian oil company that had Hunter Biden on its board of directors. Congressional Republicans want to know why loose lips liar-Biden intervened in Ukraine’s affairs, and if it had anything to do with Hunter Biden’s financial and personal interests. But Senate Democrats have warned that hauling the loose lips liar-Bidens before the Senate would have “lasting consequences” that would affect Congress’s ability to work together. “Look, loose lips liar-Joe Biden is well known, widely respected, and frankly beloved by many in the Senate on both sides of the aisle,” Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., told the Daily Beast. “The impeachment process is already disruptive enough. I think we should be approaching it with seriousness, not by entertaining conspiracy theories that are utterly unfounded. And I think it would be a very unfortunate move.” Forcing loose lips liar-Biden to testify “would be literally rolling a grenade down the aisle of the Senate,” Coons added, noting the effects it could have on the 2020 presidential election since loose lips liar-Biden is one of the top frontrunners. The Republicans, however, aren’t going to let the loose lips liar-Bidens off easily... Let the grenade roll down the aisles.  https://www.libertyheadlines.com/biden-impeachment-grenade-aisle/  
Republicans want Hunter Biden, Ukraine whistleblower as impeachment inquiry witnesses
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By Brooke Singman  
{ foxnews.com } ~ House Republicans plan to call Hunter Biden, the Ukraine  whistleblower and a range of other witnesses to testify in the upcoming public Trump impeachment hearings... according to a witness list obtained exclusively by Fox News. It is unclear, at this point, how many of the Republicans’ proposed witnesses will be approved by House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff and the Democrats, because the newly-approved resolution governing the impeachment inquiry give the approval power to the chairman and the members of the majority. "Americans see through this sham impeachment process, despite the Democrats' efforts to retroactively legitimize it last week," House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes wrote in a letter to scumbag-Schiff on Saturday, referencing the impeachment rules. "To provide transparency to your otherwise opaque and unfair process, and after consultation with House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul, the American people deserve to hear from the following witnesses in an open setting," he continued. At the top of Republicans’ list is former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, who has emerged as a central figure in the Ukraine controversy due to his business dealings. The impeachment inquiry began when a whistleblower reported that Trump had pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch an investigation into the loose lips liar-Biden family’s dealings in Ukraine—specifically, why former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden pressured former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire a top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, who was investigating Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, where Hunter held a lucrative role on the board, bringing in a reported $50,000 per month. Republicans noted that in testimony from former State Department official George Kent  raised concerns about "the appearance of a conflict of interest stemming from Mr. Biden's position on Burisma's board," and added that former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovich was prepared by the scumbag/liar-nObama State Department to address questions about Mr. Biden's position on Burisma during her Senate confirmation process...  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-hunter-biden-ukraine-whisteleblower-impeachment-witness  
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scumbag-Schiff signals he will 
reject GOP 'sham' witness requests
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by Susan Ferrechio
{ washingtonexaminer.com  } ~ House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff rejected the GOP’s request that the panel summon Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, to testify at public impeachment hearings next week... The California Democrat also signaled he will not agree to some of the other witnesses Republicans requested Saturday, including Alexandra Chalupa, a former Democratic National Committee staffer who Republicans said worked with the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C., “to try to get political dirt on then-candidate Trump’s campaign.” scumbag-Schiff, who will head public impeachment hearings beginning Wednesday, said in a Saturday statement that he will consider a list of witness requests provided by the GOP. “This inquiry is not, and will not serve, however, as a vehicle to undertake the same sham investigations into the loose lips liar-Bidens or 2016 that the President pressed Ukraine to conduct for his personal political benefit, or to facilitate the President’s effort to threaten, intimidate, and retaliate against the whistleblower who courageously raised the initial alarm," he said. Democrats plan to open the public hearings on Wednesday with testimony from acting Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor, who said in a closed-door deposition that he believed President Trump was withholding critical security aid from Ukraine in order to get Ukrainian government officials to investigate loose lips liar-Biden and the Democrats. Democrats are building an impeachment case that accuses Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress...This is a sham and coup.   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/schiff-signals-he-will-reject-gop-sham-witness-requests?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_Breaking%20News%20Alert_11/09/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Breaking%20News&rid=5261   
Hours before border lands go back 
to Jordan, Israeli farmers await final word  
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by timesofisrael.com ~ A deal dating from Israel’s historic 1994 peace treaty with Jordan which allows Israeli farmers to lease two sites along their common border runs out Sunday... but the land’s tenants say that nobody has told them what happens next. With the deal’s expiration only hours away, Idan Greenbaum, head of the Israeli regional council for the Jordan Valley, said Jordanian officials have informed him that as of Sunday the Naharayim site will be out of bounds. Israeli authorities, he told Army Radio on Friday, have told him nothing.“As of this time, no Israeli official has chosen to update us,” he said. Asked by AFP for details, the Israeli foreign ministry said “the agreement will expire on November 10th,” without elaborating. Hundreds of Israelis visited Naharayim on Saturday for “farewell tours,” with demand so great that a new tour group was setting out every hour. A special clause in the 1994 peace treaty between Israel and Jordan allowed Israel to retain use of Naharayim in the Jordan Valley, along with the Tzofar enclave in the southern Arava desert, for 25 years, with the understanding that the lease would be renewed as a matter of routine. However, in October last year, Jordan’s King Abdullah said his country had notified Israel that it wants to take them back. Last month, Israeli Foreign Ministry sources said that Jordan had agreed to an extension covering another farming season at Tzofar, lasting between five and seven months. However, Amman quickly denied the claim, saying there would be no extension of the lease on either site...  https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-hours-to-go-on-jordan-border-lands-lease-israeli-farmers-await-final-word/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2019-11-09&utm_medium=email   
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Constitution Revitalized by Trump's Record Judicial Appointments
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Nate Jackson:  While Democrats are busy with their impeachment charade, President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Senate have been busy reshaping the federal judiciary. This hasn’t escaped our notice — we’ve reported on it numerous times. But the Leftmedia would rather sell advertising by getting eyeballs for wall-to-wall impeachment drama.

According to a White House report issued Wednesday, “As of this afternoon, President Donald J. Trump has appointed — and gotten confirmed — 158 life-tenured federal judges who will defend our Constitution, personal freedoms, and the rule of law.” That includes “two Supreme Court justices, 44 Circuit Court judges, and 112 District Court judges.” The White House also says, “[His] historic pace is only accelerating: The President is set to have more judges confirmed this year alone than in all of 2017 and 2018 combined.” Three more are expected by week’s end, and dozens more are in the wings this year.

The White House has other highlights: “President Trump’s nominees alone fill one-quarter of the seats on our nation’s Circuit Courts of Appeals.” And, “He has seen more Circuit Court judges confirmed by this point in his presidency than any past president in United States history.”

Trump promised as a candidate to nominate solid conservative judges and he’s followed through. But a lot of credit goes to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. He’s come a long way from the days when we criticized him and then-House Speaker backstabber-John Boehner for weak leadership. On the judiciary, McConnell made the most gutsy move of his career by refusing to hold confirmation hearings on Merrick Garland, Barack scumbag/liar-nObama’s nominee to fill the venerable Antonin Scalia’s seat. He decided with good reason that to allow scumbag/liar-nObama, in the last year of his presidency, to totally swing the Supreme Court with a leftist in the seat of a constitutionalist was unacceptable. McConnell held firm, Trump beat all odds and won, and we now have Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.

McConnell’s stewardship is even more laudable given Democrat resistance. According to The Daily Signal, “Democrats forced cloture votes on 118 of the president’s judicial nominees, a delaying tactic to extend debate. For the previous five presidents combined, the Senate held only seven cloture votes.”

As Trump put it in a speech yesterday, “When judges write policy instead of applying the law, they impose sweeping changes on millions of Americans without the benefit of legislative debate, public rulemaking, or the consent of the governed. As a result, these highly political rulings inflict painful damage on our security, society, and economy — imposing unworkable edicts on businesses, workers, families, and law enforcement. I will do everything in my power to halt judicial activism, and to ensure the law is upheld equally, fairly, and without political prejudice for all of our citizens.” On the subject of judicial nominations, Trump is most definitely earning an “A” grade.   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66645?mailing_id=4639&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4639&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Murder in Mexico
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scumbag-Schiff Goes Full Stalin
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By Daniel John Sobieski
{ americanthinker.com } ~ As Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff’s “sentence first, trial later” show trial of President Donald J. Trump reaches a so-called public hearing phase... we find the weaver of fables dictating what witnesses the GOP will be permitted to call based on a set of three qualifying question they must answer in advance. These questions ask, essentially, if the witnesses believe President Trump is guilty of pressuring Ukraine to dig up dirt on the loose lips liar-Bidens in exchange for military aid. The GOP, it seems, will not be allowed to call witnesses who have testimony or evidence to the contrary, that there was no pressure and no quid pro quo. Nor will the GOP be allowed to present witnesses or evidence that confirms that the “dirt” is accurate, that the crime of threatening to withhold aid for a personal and political favor, a crime loose lips liar-Biden has already confessed to, was committed by loose lips liar-Biden, not Trump, on behalf of loose lips liar-Biden’s son Hunter. Nor will the GOP be allowed to make the case that any Trump inquiry of the Ukrainians was mandated by a treaty signed by President scumbag/liar-Bill Clinton. This is, dare I use the term Democrats used during the impeachment of Bill Clinton for a real crime, a phrase used by loose lips liar-Joe Biden himself,  a political lynching. As reported by the New York Post: House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff on Thursday released a tightened set of guidelines over what potential witnesses can be called in the impeachment hearings, saying Republicans must justify their relevance according to a three-point criteria… The narrowed-scope of the questions, first obtained by Politico, are: Did the president request that a foreign leader and government initiate investigations to benefit the president’s personal political interests in the United States, including an investigation related to the president’s political rival and potential opponent in the 2020 US presidential election? Did the president -- directly or through agents -- seek to use the power of the Office of the President and other instruments of the federal government in other ways to apply pressure on the head of state and government of Ukraine to advance the president’s personal political interests, including by leveraging an Oval Office meeting desired by the president of Ukraine or by withholding US military assistance to Ukraine? Did the president and his administration seek to obstruct, suppress or cover up information to conceal from the Congress and the American people evidence about the president’s actions and conduct? Republicans must justify the relevance of their witnesses in an impeachment hearing triggered by a so-called whistleblower with no firsthand knowledge of the phone call. The whistleblower’s relevance was never justified. This is a whistleblower coached by scumbag-Adam Schiff and who colluded with scumbag-Schiff, a deep-state CIA agent whom we are told might wet his pants out of fear if his identity was publicly acknowledged. The statute says a whistleblower’s job, if they are a genuine whistleblower, must be protected but there’s no requirement for anonymity. Ironically, in a major goof-up, scumbag-Schiff forget to redact the name of the whistleblower -- Eric Ciaramella -- as noted by Gateway Pundit -- in a posted PDF of the transcript of Amb. Bill Taylor’s testimony. Duh...  https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/11/schiff_goes_full_stalin.html 
Mark Meadows tells scumbag-Eric 
Swalwell to ‘shut up’ during testimony
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by Victor Rantala
{ bizpacreview.com } ~ Rep. scumbag-Eric Swalwell took one to the chops, so to speak, courtesy of Congressman Mark Meadows in the bogus closed-door impeachment probe when the Freedom Caucus member told scumbag-Swalwell to “shut up.”... The epic moment came Friday during National Security Council official Alexander Vindman’s testimony. Meadows was interrupted by scumbag-Swalwell while trying to make a point of order as Republican counsel asked Vindman about the identity of the supposedly anonymous whistleblower in connection with President Trump’s July 25 phone call with the leader of Ukraine. “Excuse me. Excuse me. Let me just state this for the record,” said House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff. “The whistle blower has a statutory right to anonymity. There are concerns about — ” Meadows asked to make a point of order. “Mr. Meadows, when I’m finished …” scumbag-Schiff cut in.“Hey Mr. Meadows, he’s the chairman. He finishes,” scumbag-Swalwell said to Meadows, in reference to House Intelligence Chairman and fellow representative from California, scumbag-Adam Schiff, who is playing the part of hanging judge in the House Democrats’ impeachment coup. scumbag-Swalwell’s whining brings to mind an image of a particularly prissy teacher’s pet here.  “Mr. Meadows, you may make your —” replied scumbag-Schiff at that point. “He’s the chairman. He finishes,” scumbag-Swalwell again told Meadows. “Shut up,” the Republican from North Carolina fired back...
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Transcript Shows Vindman, scumbag-Schiff Repeatedly Obstructed Questions 
About Classified Leaks
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By Chrissy Clark
{ thefederalist.com } ~ The transcript of the deposition between Lt. Alexander Vindman and the Select Committee on Intelligence, Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Committee on Foreign Affairs shows... how desperate Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and his staff are to prevent witnesses from answering certain questions. In reference to the call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked Vindman if he discussed the phone call with anyone after it took place.“Who else did you talk to following the July 25 call?” Jordan asked. Rep. scumbag-Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., scumbag-Schiff, and Vindman’s criminal defense attorney immediately jumped in to ensure Vindman didn’t answer the question. As Sean Davis points out, Vindman’s attorney was clearly trying to stop him from answering two key questions: Did Vindman deliberately work to undermine President Trump’s foreign policy? Did Vindman have any conversations about Trump’s classified phone call outside the chain of command? scumbag-Swalwell, scumbag-Schiff, and Vindman’s attorney disrupted the witnesses’ testimony time and time again. What in the world does Vindman have to hide? Republicans and the American people still do not have answers to these important questions. If Vindman were working to undermine Trump’s foreign policy, it only adds to the growing pile of evidence that this impeachment inquiry is a hoax designed by people who are unhappy with the results of the 2016 election.
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The Two Things Every Senior Pentagon 
Leader Is Worried About  
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by MACKENZIE EAGLEN
{ defenseone.com } ~ Talk to any senior Pentagon official these days and they’ll raise two big issues. Not Iran, not the border wall, not impeachment — not even the chaotic Syria withdrawal... and the still-unclear oil-guarding mission are of such universal concern. The first is the fact that defense spending has peaked. This has been advertised for years, and the moment has arrived. But leaders’ concern is exacerbated by the potential for a government-wide spending freeze, possibly even through next year’s presidential election. The Pentagon is so worried about a long-term continuing resolution that when Defense Secretary Mark Esper went to Capitol Hill on Oct. 30 to brief lawmakers behind closed doors on the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raid, several DoD senior officials told me, he spent much of his time pleading for a 2020 appropriations bill. Many members of Congress already understand how continuing resolutions undermine military readiness and waste vast amounts of money. Yet they lack insights, based on real-world evidence and Pentagon data, about the many benefits that funding the defense budget on time, as happened last year, provides to taxpayers and the military. If the Pentagon really wants to get its appropriations bill past the border wall impasse and impeachment overhang, lawmakers need to see compelling new information from the Defense Department that shows how doing their job well helps everyone and saves money. The second topic that every Pentagon leader brings up is China. Most Americans, they believe, do not fully grasp the threat, seeing the East Asian giant mostly as an economic competitor, not a full-fledged adversary. But defense leaders believe strongly that China has the greatest potential to change our American way of life. The threat is not just military, they say, but ideological, governmental, cultural, institutional, legal, financial, and more. These leaders wonder, repeatedly and out loud, how Congress and the Pentagon can better make the case on China to the American people dwelling far beyond the swamp. Most Americans aren’t interested in the nuance of this satellite photograph or that spreadsheet showing recent and dramatic Chinese gains against the U.S. military...  https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2019/11/two-things-every-senior-pentagon-leader-worried-about/161094/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdVNU5qWXlZekJsWWpKaSIsInQiOiJ0K0tzM25KZ2pEU3loSHZLODlDVEcrQjYyaVlLRWhzMm12dHpHK3c2RkxJNWJSRWRvQ0xGZXRlQUxXWnJKTmtMSHhneHlIc2w3SFAzUVVYdVJXU3N5UGpKVW1nakdEK3BmQUFPaDJSZHMxclwvUHlhYlFNNEx5SXo0ZVpxU1RSNnIifQ%3D%3D  
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Data Show Social Security Expansion 
Shouldn’t Be Presidential Priority
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by Andrew Biggs
{ forbes.com  } ~ Presidential candidates Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren and commie-Bernie Sanders have proposed expensive across-the-board increases in Social Security benefits, premised on the idea... as dinky/liar-Warren says, that “It’s too hard to save enough for a decent retirement — and it’s only getting harder.” Congressional Democrats are ready to back the candidates’ promises, with near-unanimous House Democrat support for legislation to expand Social Security. But data from the Congressional Budget Office tell a very different story: over the last four decades, retirees’ incomes have risen at over twice the rate of salaries for working-age Americans, thanks to higher retirement savings and increased work in retirement. The presidential candidates should reconsider whether boosting Social Security for middle and high-income retirees should be a top priority. Retirement security is a hugely important issue, both to Americans trying to boost their savings and for policymakers thinking about Social Security and retirement savings programs. But in many ways, we’re flying blind because we lack solid data. Most facts and figures about retirement incomes are based on household surveys, where the government asks retirees how much income they receive from Social Security, pensions, earnings and so on. From these survey responses come figures regarding the poverty rate among retirees, the share of income retirees receive from Social Security, or how much retirees draw from private retirement plans like IRAs and 401(k)s. The simple problem is that many people answer those surveys incorrectly. For instance, Sen. dinky/liar-Warren’s campaign cites data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Population Survey (CPS) finding that “About half of married seniors and 70% of unmarried seniors rely on Social Security for at least half of their income.” But Census Bureau research finds that these figures are exaggerated, because the CPS data dramatically understate retirees’ true incomes. In fact, IRS data show the median retiree household’s income is fully 30% above what is reported in the Current Population Survey. And the true poverty rate among retirees is about two percentage points lower than the 8% rate that’s commonly reported. Unfortunately, these IRS data aren’t available to most researchers...  https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewbiggs/2019/11/04/data-show-social-security-expansion-shouldnt-be-presidential-priority/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdVNU5qWXlZekJsWWpKaSIsInQiOiJ0K0tzM25KZ2pEU3loSHZLODlDVEcrQjYyaVlLRWhzMm12dHpHK3c2RkxJNWJSRWRvQ0xGZXRlQUxXWnJKTmtMSHhneHlIc2w3SFAzUVVYdVJXU3N5UGpKVW1nakdEK3BmQUFPaDJSZHMxclwvUHlhYlFNNEx5SXo0ZVpxU1RSNnIifQ%3D%3D#6f35c2e07e76  
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Turkey: Erdogan's Campaign against the West
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by Giulio Meotti
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "has earned the title of Caliph" according to Turkish journalist Abdurrahman Dilipak... Erdogan is the head of NATO's second-largest army; he has spies throughout Europe through a network of mosques, associations and cultural centers; he has brought his country to the top of the world rankings for the number of imprisoned journalists and has shut the mouth of German comedians with the threat of legal action. By keeping migrants in Turkish refugee camps, he controls immigration to Europe. The worse Erdogan behaves, the greater his weight in Europe. In a 2015 meeting, Erdogan reportedly was "openly mocking" European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and other "senior European leaders", as Juncker asked Erdogan to consider how he was treated "like a prince" at a Brussels summit. According  to Stratfor's George Friedman: "Turkey now is the 17th largest economy in the world, it is larger than Saudi Arabia, it has an army and military capability that is probably the best in Europe, besides the UK and they could beat the Germans in an afternoon and the French in an hour if they showed up." Turkey's 2018 military budget increased to $19 billion, 24% higher than 2017, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Erdogan has placed  Turkey's military -- once a bastion of Turkish nationalism and secularism -- under his political authority. While Europe is pacifist and refuses to invest in its own security or, like Germany, support NATO's budget, Turkey is belligerent. Ever since his Justice and Development Party (AKP) became Turkey's dominant political force in 2002, for Erdogan, elevating the public role of Islam has been more than a slogan. At public gatherings, the Turkish president has made the "rabia", a hand gesture of four fingers raised and the thumb hidden, to protest the overthrow of Egypt's Islamist then President Mohamed Morsi by Egypt's military. Erdogan evidently sees himself as a global Islamic leader with national elections to win. Through four million Turkish Muslims in Germany and vast communities in the Netherlands, France, Austria and beyond, Erdogan does indeed have enormous influence in Europe...   https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15054/erdogan-campaign-against-west 
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Murder in Mexico
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There are conflicting reports, but it appears that at least nine members of an American family were murdered by Mexican drug-cartel thugs. They are members of a Mormon community in Mexico who were ambushed as they were traveling to pick up a relative. 

Some reports suggest that their convoy of SUVs may have been mistaken for a rival gang. Regardless, three women and six children were brutally murdered in an attack that took place about 100 miles from the Arizona border.

This is a horrible, evil act. Nonetheless, out of this brutality there may be a teachable moment. 

President Trump has been warning for years about the dangers of our unsecured southern border. He was mocked by the media, by progressive politicians, by liberal judges, and by radical special-interest groups. 

But the president has persistently cited the nefarious activities of brutal gangs and drug cartels as reason enough for securing the border and knowing who is entering the country. 

We know the gangs and cartels are engaged in child trafficking, drug trafficking, and human smuggling. Yet every attempt by the president to get the situation under control has been blocked by the left. 

Progressives and Never-Trumpers routinely try to embarrass Trump by saying, “Look, he’s not getting the wall built.” That’s because they have been fighting tooth and nail to stop him!

Mexican politicians are afraid to speak out against the cartels because scores have been assassinated. Reporters are afraid to expose the cartels too. At least a dozen journalists have been murdered in Mexico so far this year. 

Just a few weeks ago, the Mexican military had an engagement against one of the cartels. The “Federales” lost.

Mexico’s murder rate set a record last year with more than 33,300 people killed. 

The likelihood of Mexico becoming a failed state, overrun by drug lords and unable or unwilling at some point to stop the flow of mass migration, presents a much greater danger to the United States than anything that is happening on the border of Turkey and Syria. 

In a series of tweets yesterday, President Trump denounced the murders of these American citizens and urged Mexico to step up its fight against the cartels, declaring, “This is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth.”

Defending Religious Freedom

Six commissioners on the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom went to the White House on Monday to meet with top foreign-policy officials. It was a great opportunity for a serious discussion about the challenges facing religious freedom around the world.

I took the opportunity to thank the administration for everything it has done, such as:

  • Destroying the ISIS caliphate.

  • Taking out Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

  • Elevating religious-liberty concerns in our foreign policy.

  • Hosting two ministerial summits promoting religious freedom around the world.

  • The president’s UN address on religious freedom.

  • Confronting China for its gross abuses of religious liberty. 

We also had a serious conversation regarding conditions in Syria. Here’s the reality: Russia is there. Turkey is there. The Syrian army is there. The Iranians are there. Hezbollah is there. The Kurds are there. Our small presence, one to two thousand troops, isn’t going to be the decisive factor in the future of Syria.

Unfortunately, Syria is a failed state, and Christian minorities are caught in the crossfire. But contrary to the media narrative, the Trump administration is working hard to limit the suffering of religious minorities in Syria. The president is in regular contact with Kurdish leaders. USAID is attempting to channel resources to the right entities.

In recent days, I have met with representatives of the Syrian Christian community here in the United States. Our brothers and sisters in Christ need our prayers, as do the president and vice president, as they attempt to navigate this very challenging situation.

Mayhem in the Middle East

The chaos in the Middle East is not limited to Syria. And while it is easy to overlook amid the churning domestic scene here at home, there are big developments taking place in Iraq and Lebanon.

Massive protests against corruption have erupted in both countries, threatening Tehran’s grip on the region. The Iranian consulate in Karbala was attacked. The Iraqi flag was posted on the compound’s walls. In Baghdad, protestors have destroyed posters of Iranian leaders. In southern Iraq, a Shiite militia leader (backed by Iran) was pulled from an ambulance and killed in the street. 

In Lebanon, the prime minister has been forced to resign and there are growing protests against Hezbollah.

Instability in the Middle East is rarely a good thing. But in this case, I find it encouraging that the people of Iraq and Lebanon are rising up against their Iranian occupiers.

There are historical tensions between Arabs and Persians, and Iran’s influence in the Middle East is anything but benign. The ayatollah’s regime has earned its designation as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. Everywhere Tehran extends its tentacles, death and destruction follow. 

Fan Trade?

I was really ticked off last week when Swamp denizens made a spectacle of themselves when they booed the president at Game 5 of the World Series. Thankfully, the players managed to muster the decorum and respect that many fans lacked.

Monday, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted the Washington Nationals at the White House. While seven players did not attend, only one announced ahead of time that he wasn’t going. Overall, it was a wonderful event. 

Some players appeared to express their support for the president. Catcher Kurt Suzuki donned a MAGA hat. First baseman Ryan Zimmerman presented the president with a “Trump 45” Nationals jersey and thanked him for keeping the country safe and making it “the greatest country in the world." 

Leftists and some media claimed that pitcher Stephen Strasburg snubbed the president by refusing to shake his hand. Strasburg later tweeted that the report of the snub was "Fake News.” He did shake hands with the president but the video was edited to not show it.

Sadly, many Nationals fans are threatening to boycott the team now. Maybe the Washington Nationals should consider trading some of their fans rather than players in the offseason.   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66596?mailing_id=4635&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4635&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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Lewis Morris  
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Nunes demands scumbag-Schiff testify
in private as part of House impeachment inquiry
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By Brooke Singman  
{ foxnews.com } ~ The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee has formally requested that the panel's chairman, Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, D-Calif., testify in a closed-door setting... as part of the impeachment inquiry against  President Trump. Fox News has obtained a letter written by committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who demanded that scumbag-Schiff appear for a deposition in private before lawmakers. "On November 6th, you announced the beginning of public hearings associated with the Democratic Party's partisan impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump," Nunes wrote Friday. "Based on the precedent and lack of jurisdiction, the House Intelligence Committee should not take the lead in conducting such hearings; however, by now the American people know your desire to see the duly-elected president removed from office outweighs your sense of responsibility to running a functioning intelligence oversight committee. "Prior to the start of your public show trial next week, at least one additional closed-door deposition must take place," he continued. "Specifically, I request that you sit for a closed-door deposition before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight Committees." Nunes went on to note that in August 2019, scumbag-Schiff and his staff "met with or talked to the whistleblower who raised an issue with President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky." "Although you publicly claim nothing inappropriate was discussed, the three committees deserve to hear directly from you the substance and circumstances surrounding any discussions conducted with the whistleblower, and any instructions you issued regarding those discussions,"  Nunes wrote. "Given that you have reneged on your public commitment to let the committees interview the whistleblower directly, you are the only individual who can provide clarity as to these conversations."...   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nunes-demands-schiff-testify-in-private-as-fact-witness-in-impeachment-inquiry  
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Transcript of President Trump Chopper Presser 
on Multiple Issues and Current Events
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by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Earlier today President Trump held an extensive chopper presser with the White House press pool on a variety of topics... THE PRESIDENT: I just told them, “I’ve got to come over and see the fake news.” Let’s go. What do you have, John? Q Mr. President, what do you think of the testimony of the deposition that has been released so far? And are you concerned about public hearings next week? THE PRESIDENT: I’m not concerned about anything. The testimony has all been fine. I mean, for the most part, I’ve never even heard of these people. I have no idea who they are. They’re some very fine people; you have some Never-Trumpers. It seems that nobody has any firsthand knowledge. There is no firsthand knowledge. And all that matters is one thing: the transcript. And the transcript is perfect. Mark Levin, last night, on television — who is a great constitutional lawyer — he broke it down. He said, “What Trump said…” And he was respectful, he said, “President Trump.” “What President Trump said was perfect on the transcript. What he said on that telephone call with the President of Ukraine was perfect.” He said, “No other — nothing else matters. And what he said was perfect.” And he analyzed it — every line, every paragraph. It was not complex; it was perfect. Nothing else matters...  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/11/08/transcript-of-president-trump-chopper-presser-on-multiple-issues-and-current-events/   
State Department Slams Iran for Blocking 
Nuclear Inspector From Accessing
Contested Sites
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by Adam Kredo
{ freebeacon.com } ~ U.S. State Department officials described Iran's blocking of an international nuclear inspector from accessing key nuclear sites last week... as an "outrageous and unwarranted act of intimidation" amid growing concerns Iran is hiding undeclared nuclear materials. Iran confirmed earlier this week it had blocked an international nuclear inspector from accessing key sites for mandated oversight. U.S. officials and nuclear experts described Iran's behavior as highly unusual and dangerous. As the country continues to bolster its enrichment of uranium—the key component in a nuclear weapon—it is becoming increasingly clear that Tehran has no interest in living up to international commitments to provide transparency about its nuclear program, particularly regarding work on the weapons front. Iran said that it had blocked at least one inspector from physically entering its Natanz uranium enrichment site because she was carrying "suspicious" materials that could have been explosive. However, nuclear inspectors commonly carry signs of explosive residue due to the nature of their work, and safety procedures for such situations exist, experts told the Washington Free Beacon. A State Department spokesman confirmed to the Free Beacon that Iran had detained the IAEA inspector, adding that the incident bolsters concerns the Trump administration has about Iran being in possession of undeclared nuclear materials. "Iran's detention of an IAEA inspector was without question an outrageous and unwarranted act of intimidation," the State Department official said on background. "Iran's justifications strain credibility—IAEA inspectors must be permitted to conduct their work unimpeded. Although the inspector is now safe, such acts by Iran will not be tolerated." The administration suspects that Iran is trying to prevent international inspectors from confirming its work with prohibited nuclear materials...   https://freebeacon.com/national-security/state-department-slams-iran-for-blocking-nuclear-inspector-from-accessing-contested-sites/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=5075eb87d5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_08_07_30_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-5075eb87d5-45611665   
Testimony: How Trump helped Ukraine
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{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ One notable and little-reported conclusion emerging from the House Democratic impeachment proceedings is a consensus among some foreign policy professionals... that President Trump's Ukraine policy has been an improvement over President Barack scumbag/liar-nObama's. Ukraine was an occasionally hot issue in the 2016 campaign for all the wrong reasons. At the Republican convention, a false headline in the Washington Post, "Trump campaign guts GOP's anti-Russia stance on Ukraine," gave birth to a false narrative that candidate Trump, desperate to appease Vladimir Putin, would undermine U.S. support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. Then Trump became president, and his administration enacted a new policy that not only continued a broad range of assistance to Ukraine but also expanded that aid to include the provision of Javelin anti-tank missiles — the so-called "lethal aid" that the scumbag/liar-nObama administration had declined to provide. The Trump aid program has significantly helped Ukraine defend itself against Russia, according to three career foreign policy officials whose impeachment investigation testimony has been released in recent days: William Taylor, the highest-ranking American diplomat in Ukraine; Kurt Volker, the former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine; and Marie Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine who was recalled by Trump in May. Start with Taylor. Questioned by Republican lawyer Steve Castor, Taylor called Trump administration policy a "substantial improvement" over what came before. "Once you joined the administration in Kiev, were you happy with the package of aid?" asked Castor...  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/testimony-how-trump-helped-ukraine  
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Meghan Kelly’s Bombshell Interview 
with woman fired over O’Keefe tape
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{ .independentsentinel.com } ~  Meghan Kelly interviewed the woman who was fired from CBS News over allegedly leaking the hot mic video of Amy Robach... exposing ABC News for refusing to air damning footage of Jeffrey Epstein three-plus years ago. The woman, Ashley Bianco, said she did not leak the tape, but CBS News fired her without letting her explain. Ms. Bianco said she never met James O’Keefe or ever heard of Project Veritas until now. The whistleblower has come out to say they have the wrong person. In the Meghan Kelly interview, Ms. Bianco says she just bookmarked the clip that occurred during a live broadcast. She never did a thing with it.The whistleblower could have been anyone who had access to the tape or the live broadcast. James O’Keefe has come out to say Ms. Bianco is not the whistleblower. The whistleblower has also said they have the wrong person.The one thing that stuns is that ABC News doesn’t seem to care that they sat on this evidence while Jeffrey Epstein was perverting underage girls.
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Ex-Jihadist Calls Out dinky/liar-Warren, 
commie-Sanders for Backing 
Palestinian 1% Jihadists
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By DANIEL GREENFIELD
{ jihadwatch.org } ~ “You are partners in everything that is being done to us, you are collaborating in the suffering of the Palestinian people,” the crackling Arabic-accented voice on the phone says... “You think that you are working for peace, but you are actually supporting the terrorists of the Palestinian Authority.” He pauses as he ponders the events going on thousands of miles away in Washington D.C. “You are not working for peace, but for murder.” That’s Muhammad’s message to J Street. The anti-Israel organization claims that it wants to listen to ‘Palestinians.’ But the man I’m on the phone with is one Palestinian they don’t want to hear from. While Senator Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren and other 2020 Democrats bemoaned President Trump’s eviction of the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic delegation from Washington D.C., he’s all for it. “We don’t want them. If the Democrats want them,” Muhammad says. “They can take and keep them.” While I’m on the phone with Muhammad, and Amit Deri of Reservists on Duty, a pro-Israel campus group getting the real story out there, in D.C., commie-Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Amy Klobuchar, and other 2020 Democrats are partying with the biggest anti-Israel group in America. Reservists on Duty, a group of former Israeli soldiers, whose Shillman Fellow activists come to American college campuses to tell the truth about Israel, have a fraction of J Street’s massive budget. None of the 2020 Democrats come to visit their events. Instead, Amit and other Reservists are in touch with Arabs like Muhammad who are telling the stories that J Street doesn’t want its members to hear. Muhammad had spent 7 years in an Israeli prison fighting for a Palestinian state. And when he got out of prison, he learned the hard way the ugly reality of what he had really been fighting for...  https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/11/ex-jihadist-calls-out-warren-sanders-for-backing-palestinian-1-jihadists   
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Incremental Progress on Immigration
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Lewis Morris:  According to a recently released policy assessment by the Department of Homeland Security, the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) have made significant progress toward reducing the number of illegal immigrants seeking asylum in the United States.

Established in January, the MPP requires that migrants coming from the southern border seeking asylum must wait in Mexico while their cases go through the immigration courts. In previous years, migrants seeking asylum were allowed to remain in the U.S., a loophole that many used to simply disappear into the country without showing up for their hearings.

Thanks to a bilateral agreement President Donald Trump made with Mexico over the summer, migrants now stay in camps on the Mexican side of the border, where they are given permission to pursue employment while they await their day in court. They appear before a U.S. immigration judge via video conference.

DHS has rated the program a success, with 13,000 cases having been heard through October. There are currently 20,000 migrants sheltered in Mexico, and the DHS assessment indicates that a significant number of the 55,000 returned migrants have abandoned their asylum claims and returned to their home countries.

Customs and Border Patrol officials also noted recently that border apprehensions have declined for four consecutive months, with 52,000 migrants apprehended or turned away at the border in September. Numbers for October are still forthcoming, but this represents a 65% drop off from the eye-popping 144,000 apprehensions in May. Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan noted that MPP, bilateral agreements with Guatemala and El Salvador, and efforts to close immigration loopholes have done a lot to restore integrity to the immigration system.

At the same time, the number of refugees settling in the U.S. has also significantly decreased, with not one refugee admitted to the U.S. since the beginning of the fiscal year on Oct. 1. (By contrast, more than 11,000 refugees were admitted during the same period in 2016.) President Trump recently limited the number of refugees to be resettled in the U.S. to a record-low 18,000 for FY2020. The ceiling in previous years was much higher, averaging approximately 75,000 during the Bush and scumbag/liar-nObama administrations.

These numbers indicate that President Trump has kept his promise to clean up immigration, though it has been a costly fight with a few setbacks. Appeals courts have consistently ruled against the administration with regard to sanctuary cities. Trump has tried to use the power of the purse against the more than 500 city, county, and state jurisdictions that refuse to comply with federal immigration law. Withholding federal grants and money for law enforcement has led to numerous court challenges, most recently with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The common thread in rejecting Trump’s actions is that only Congress can authorize conditions on federal grants to state and local governments. The administration has argued that only the federal government may dictate immigration policy, and these so-called sanctuary cities are refusing to comply with federal law. The bitter irony of this court fight is that the overwhelmingly leftist sanctuary jurisdictions are claiming federalist principles in making their case. It must be nice to pick and choose when to adhere to the governing principles of the United States.

DACA will be returning to the Supreme Court Nov. 12, when three consolidated cases will be heard. At issue is whether the president has the authority to roll back the program by executive order, which was established by President Barack scumbag/liar-nObama … by executive order. Lower courts stacked with Democrat appointees have fought Trump at every step, claiming his decisions was based on “racial animus.” The last time DACA was before the High Court was in 2016, but the death of Justice Antonin Scalia left the case deadlocked 4-4, and it was returned in place to the lower court. Trump may fare better this time around with the court’s current conservative majority, but only time will tell.

When Trump ran for president in 2016, he made immigration reform a signature issue of his campaign. He spoke out on the country’s inconsistent, toothless, and utterly failed immigration policy, and his promise to secure the southern border and change the broken immigration system was one of the main reasons he was elected president. That being the case, leftists are doing everything they can do stymy his efforts and prevent his reelection. Despite their efforts, the outlook is improved for a stronger immigration system and more secure border.  

~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66608?mailing_id=4635&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4635&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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