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After Reporter Says Trump is “Doing Nothing,” Sarah Unleashes Dem’s WORST Nightmare

By admin | October 24, 2017 0 Comment

Sarah Huckabee Sanders held an on-camera press briefing today where hostile reporters questioned her on everything from President Trump’s tax reform plans to his phone call with the widow of one of the U.S. soldiers killed in the ambush attack in Niger earlier this month.Sarah was not taking any of the reporters’ sass today as they were even more hostile than usual. Hallie Jackson on behalf of MSNBC asked how Sarah feels that “history will judge” President Trump and his policy initiatives. “…Policy initiatives, like tax reform, that have not been completed. … The lack of support from somebody like Bob Corker, might make that a lot more difficult. Given that, does the President feel like he is winning.” Sarah looked at her sneering face and hit her with the brutal TRUTH that she did not want to hear. “I think he feels like America is winning. I think if you look at some of the progress that’s taken place in the first nine months, despite the fact that Congress has done very little up until this point, the President has gotten rid of nearly 1000 regulations that have paved the way for massive job creation and job growth in this country. We are looking at a booming economy. I think those are things that people actually care about.”Sarah went on to school this woman on all of the other things Trump has been able to achieve without this obstructionist Congress. This is EPIC. “We are looking at the defeat of ISIS, something that this President has lead on and worked with our Coalition forces to help do. He’s created better relationships with countries around the globe. He has bolstered the relationship with NATO and … encouraged the amount that other countries are participating. The historic moment that we saw with the President on his first foreign trip when he was in Saudi Arabia and he spoke in front of nearly 60 Muslim majority countries. These are historic moments that he has done WITHOUT Congress. Imagine how incredible and how many good things we would be doing if people like Senator Bob Corker got on board and started doing their job instead of doing so much grandstanding on TV.” BOOM! This is why the American people love President Trump and will re-elect him in 2020! Despite having the most obstructionist Congress in history, he has achieved so much through sheer determination and persistence! SHARE this EVERYWHERE if you think President Trump is doing a GREAT job for the American people! Sarah Huckabee Sanders Just Revealed Her SECRET Ritual Before White House Press Briefings Sarah Huckabee Sanders sat down with Fox News’ Dana Perino on Sunday for a one-on-one interview talking in-depth about her role as White House press secretary for President Trump. The pair talked about the tension between the press and the Trump administration and what that means for Sarah’s job every day. In the middle of the interview, Sarah and Dana were talking about what they do each day when they walk into their jobs and Sarah’s secret ritual she performs before walking into the press briefing room will crack you up. “I say a little prayer of ‘God help me’ everyday right before walking into that room. Sarah likely needs all the help she can get with the hostile media that is determined to make President Trump and his administration look bad.Thank you for the excellent job you are doing, and we are so glad that you give God the glory and praise. SHARE this EVERYWHERE if you think President Trump is doing a GREAT job for the American people!

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Trump Just FIRED 800 Gov’t Workers And Put 200 More On Notice After Uncovering SICK Thing They ALL Did

We all witnessed the disgusting way Obama treated our military over the past 8 years where he reduced Marines to his personal servants to shield him from the rain, often times arrogantly refusing to even return a salute. Who can forget the images of Obama standing in front of the flag-draped coffins of our heroes back in 2012 as he lied his ass off about Benghazi, blaming the attack on a YouTube video?

But perhaps Obama’s biggest stab at our military was promising our heroes to “fix the broken VA,” but going on to completely ignore that campaign promise, as hundreds of thousands of veterans would go on to be forgotten, dying while waiting to be treated at VA hospitals across the nation.

Thankfully, the days of our military heroes being forgotten and treated like crap are finally over. President Trump is not only fixing the VA that Obama failed to do, but is making Obama’s corrupt VA officials pay the ultimate price for their negligence. In a clean sweep that happened in the overnight hours, it’s being reported that 500 VA employees have just been terminated, and an additional 200 have been suspended for their shady conduct.

Va Secretary David Shulkin said in a written statement that he is doing everything to hold VA employees accountable and will now make the actions of all employees transparent to tax payers, as they have the “right to know” what is going on. The Starts and Stripes reports that a list was posted online over the weekend containing the date and type of disciplinary actions for the 800 employees that President Trump is cracking down on.

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Mad Maxine’s House Seat Challenger says LOCK HER UP for Threats Against President *VIDEO* #MediaInfidels #Trump

Navarro responded to Waters’ threat, saying she should be arrested.

“I’m calling for the arrest of Maxine Waters. Let’s get ready for it,” Navarro tweeted.

“Secret Service should call for Maxine Waters immediate resignation after these comments. We don’t need lip service,” he had tweeted previously.

Navarro is doing his best to draw attention to the fact that Waters is completely unfit for office. He faces an uphill battle in his bid to win in California’s extremely leftist 43rd district. When he challenged Waters in 2016, he was soundly defeated, with Waters collecting 76% of the votes, while Omar only received 24%.

Navarro did find some support from Lawrence Jones, who during a Fox News appearance warned that Water’s comments could inspire people to “assassinate Republicans”.

Videos  https://mediainfidels.com/?p=3043

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Hungary PM about Soros and Muslim migrant invasion: “Never underestimate the power of the dark side”

Major tensions are heating up between George Soros and Hungarian leader Viktor Orban. Orban warned: “’We should never underestimate the power of the dark side’…. referencing Star Wars as he referred to the plots of those behind the migrant invasion, adding that they ‘have no solid structure but extensive networks.’”

Viktor Orban also stated:

The European Union, the European Commission must regain independence from the Soros Empire before the billionaire finishes his program for the destruction of the continent.

A couple of days ago Jihad Watch reported that Hungarian MP István Hollik stated fears that Soros would use his organization Open Society Foundations (OSF) — the second largest political activist charity in the world — to “influence” Hungary’s 2018 general election, force out Orban, and fling open the doors to Muslim migrants. Soros, who is Hungarian-American, just transferred 18 billion dollars into the OSF. Another Hungarian MP, Andras Aradszki, referred to Soros as “Satan.”

Orban has remained refreshingly resolute about preventing the onslaught of Muslim immigration into his country. He is determined to preserve Hungary’s democracy, safety and culture, even in the face of EU threats of punishment for “failing” to take in its so-called fair share of Muslim migrants. Poland has done the same, with assurances of help from Hungary.

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Kate Steinle’s Killer Goes on Trial as Kate’s Law Goes Nowhere

The trial for the illegal immigrant who shot and killed Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier in 2015 begins this week. It brings the case to a close but leaves the immigration debate far from settled and the law passed in her name stalled in the U.S. Senate.

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate claims that Steinle’s death was an accident. He said he found a handgun wrapped in a T-shirt under a bench on the pier and that it fired as he tried to extract it, shooting the 32-year-old Steinle in the back while she was walking with her father.

The handgun originally belonged to a Bureau of Land Management ranger who had reported it stolen a week before the shooting. Zarate has been charged with second-degree murder and will face a maximum sentence of 15 years to life in prison if convicted.

Now 54, Zarate had been deported five times previously. On the campaign trail, President Trump criticized the state of California’s weak immigration policy for failing to keep Steinle’s killer out of the country. President Trump strongly supported the passage of Kate’s Law, which would increase penalties for those who attempt to reenter the country after deportation.

The House of Representatives passed Kate’s Law in June with bipartisan support, but the Senate has yet to act upon it.

The Senate will need to meet a 60-vote threshold to pass the bill, meaning eight Democratic senators will need to cross the aisle to move the bill past a filibuster for a full vote on the Senate floor.

But there is no indication when the Republican majority in the Senate will decide it’s time to try to get Kate’s Law to the president’s desk. Having failed to repeal Obamacare several times, the top Republican priority is the passage of a budget that will add $1.5 trillion to the deficit in order to set the stage for tax reform to pass under budget reconciliation.

Kate’s Law seems to have fallen out of the national policy discussion. In early October, the Trump administration released a list of immigration priorities the Democrats must agree to in exchange for DACA amnesty. While there was general support for increased border security in the president’s ask, there was no specific mention of Kate’s Law.

This is disappointing — Kate’s Law was a “day one” promise of Trump. The trial of Steinle’s killer presents the president with an opportunity to ensure the Senate gets to work on fulfilling the president’s campaign promise. (For more from the author of “Kate Steinle’s Killer Goes on Trial as Kate’s Law Goes Nowhere” please click HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/10/kate-steinles-killer-goes-trial-kates-law-goes-nowhere/

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Nov. 4 It Begins’

Nov. 4 It Begins’

‘Nov. 4 It Begins’ The "non-violent" protest group Refuse Fascism is planning to spark a new round of protests against President Donald Trump and his administration around the country on Nov. 4.

September 27, 2017

A group aligned with Antifa and other anti-Trump “resistance” organizations has announced it will launch a new round of protests—likely violent—against President Donald Trump’s election on Nov. 4.

The group, which calls itself Refuse Fascism, launched its get-the-word-out efforts Tuesday evening by blocking the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles. Protesters “took a knee” while holding up letter signs that spelled out “NOV 4 IT BEGINS.”

“It” in this case is an ongoing protest of the Trump-Pence administration and the 2016 election results that put it in power in Washington, D.C. According to the Refuse Fascism website:

We will gather in the streets and public squares of cities and towns across this country, at first many thousands declaring that this whole regime is illegitimate and that we will not stop until our single demand is met: This Nightmare Must End: the Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!

Our protest must grow day after day and night after night—thousands becoming hundreds of thousands, and then millions—determined to act to put a stop to the grave danger that the Trump/Pence Regime poses to the world by demanding that this whole regime be removed from power.

The group claims to be non-violent civil disobedient protesters, but they are already fundraising to set up a pool of money to pay for bail and court costs associated with future arrests. The group was previously involved in the Berkley protests of conservative journalist Ben Shapiro that involved Antifa.

The group’s co-founder, Sunsara Taylor, says she does not condemn “any tactics” used in protest because of the “extraordinarily fascist nature of the Trump administration.”

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SILLY QUESTION!

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It isn't Islamophobia when they really ARE trying to kill you

SILLY QUESTION!

Why is Dearborn (better known as ‘Dearbornistan’) in Michigan ranked #2 on the Federal Terrorism Watch List? Why, indeed? It should be ranked #1. What they don’t tell you is that Dearborn has been on the terrorist watch list since way before Donald Trump became President. It started with George W. Bush when the Dept. of Homeland Security was created, soon after 9/11.

Pay no attention to this whinyass clown, Walid Dawud. He is the executive director of designated terrorist group CAIR-Michigan (Council on anti-American Islamic Relations). He’s a convert to Islam, always the worst kind of Muslim and usually the most dangerous.

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Florida: ISIS-wannabe arrested, wanted to bomb Miami shopping mall

Source: Miami man inspired by ISIS arrested on charge of trying blow up WMD at Dolphin Mall | Miami Herald

A Miami man suspected of being inspired by Islamic extremists was arrested Friday night on a charge of attempting to blow up a bomb at the Dolphin Mall by FBI counter-terrorism agents in an undercover operation.

Vicente Solano, who acted alone, was communicating with a confidential informant who tipped off the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force about his alleged plot to carry out a weapons of mass destruction attack on the sprawling mall in Sweetwater, according to authorities.

Before the planned bombing attack, Solano made pro-Islamic State videos, authorities said. But there is no indication he was directed by ISIS terrorists.

When he was arrested, Solano planned to detonate the WMD, which was a sham bomb that he acquired from FBI undercover agents — a strategy deployed in previous counter-terrorism probes in South Florida.

Solano will have his first appearance in Miami federal court on Monday, when a criminal complaint and affidavit will be filed that charge him with attempting to blow up a WMD.

The FBI’s undercover operations have become textbook procedures in the post-9/11 era. Agents rely on confidential informants to bring them suspicious information, so they can engage a suspect plotting to use a WMD and thwart the plan before it happens. Informants routinely work with undercover agents while recording conversations with the suspect.

In recent years, the U.S. attorney’s office in Miami has obtained convictions against Harlem Suarez, a Key West man who plotted to blow up a bomb on a public beach while supporting a foreign terrorist organization, and James Medina, a Hollywood man who tried to bomb a synagogue in Aventura. Suarez, 25, was sentenced to life in prison. Medina, 41, faces a 25-year prison term at his sentencing in November.


Another convert to Islam? Did he have a Muslim alias the media hasn’t revealed?

When will FBI start stinging CAIR, MAS, MSA, ISNA, mosques, and/or human trafficking refugee contractors?

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Muslims Just Took Over Entire U.S. Town – Look What They Are Forcing Everyone To Do And Nobody Can Stop It

American Muslims have a systematic 20-year plan for infiltrating our country and taking it over from within. In addition to expanding their presence in our country by out-breeding us and through massive immigration, other tactics include using political correctness to bully their will onto Americans, while infiltrating every facet of our society to include the highest levels of our government.

Now well on their way with their 7-phase plan, Muslims have now taken over an entire U.S. town and are ramming Sharia down the throats of Americans. And disturbingly, there’s not a single thing that anyone can do to stop it.

After years and years of fighting, 39 public hearings, and even the involvement of the Department of Justice, Bernards Township in New Jersey has just lost their long fight with Muslims trying to overtake their town with the construction of a mega-mosque that was against city codes. So predictably, Muslims decided to fight it out in court through their local Islamic Society, while screaming they were discriminated against.

Disturbingly, not only did the Muslims win in court with suing the small town, but now Bernards Township will be forced to pay out a startling  $1.5 million in damages to the Islamic society and $1.75 million in attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses which will now conveniently cover the entire cost to build New Jersey Muslims’ mega mosque, which will span over almost 4.1 acres of property.

“A New Jersey township that stopped an Islamic society from building a mosque will pay the group $3.25 million, ending a multi-year battle that spanned 39 public hearings and included allegations of anti-Muslim animus.

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Time to Get Involved: Sharia Crime Stoppers Training Available

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Sharia Crime Stoppers is a forthright campaign demanding that the American justice system effectively deal with the criminal aspects of Sharia. Police and prosecutors must be trained in Sharia and citizens must demand that the full force of American law be applied in their communities, despite political pressure to the contrary.

Certified Training for Local Law Enforcement

Sharia Crime Stoppers offers certified training for Local Law Enforcement personnel for County Sheriffs to officers in the field, along with detectives and intelligence officers. There is no cost for this training other than the travel expenses of the instructors. Contact Spear.Point911@gmail.com for course outlines and other details.

Citizen Briefings

An informed citizenry is indispensable to the mission of stopping the “Muslim Mafia”, the 1400-year-old international organized crime syndicate that sanctions criminal behavior with a goal to destroy western civilization, specifically America.

The citizen briefing “Women and Sharia” is a starting point to alert the most vulnerable targets to the specifics of Sharia Crime, its mentality and its brutality. No-Fault Rape, Honor Killing, and FGM and related topics are explored in a way that gives women the information they need to urge law enforcement personnel to obtain the certified Sharia training that has be hidden from them for a decade.

The Women and Sharia briefings are available via several options:

  1. A live, 1-hour presentation with Q&A delivered in-person or remotely via the Internet
  2. A series of video clips

Listed below are basic overviews of the training subject matter with an abbreviated presentation by a citizen activist assisting in this training process.

Below is an overview of the Series with additional detail included (all video’s listed here are also linked on our Resources page for future reference):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Ri3YWnjnA


The following links are areas broken down based on subject/title:

1 – Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPbK8xztwoY

2 – Male Supremacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5HfEWyR18

3 – No-Fault Rape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zw2BJmvenY

4 – Honor Killing/Violence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qA5fXum_qA

5 – Child Brides/Forced Marriage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcwCQMNjF2s

6 – FGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsKyk1MEXaM

7 – Police Response to Honor Violence/Forced Marriage/FGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dIHtmbU4t8

8 – Law Enforcement Training Contact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whr02Ylhyqk

Contact Spear.Point911@gmail.com with questions or comments regarding any of these topics.

Additional citizen briefings will address, at a high level, the same topics covered in professional detail in the certified training for Local Law Enforcement personnel. Topics such as:

  • Jews and Sharia
  • Mosques
  • Radicalization, or Is It?
  • Psychological Factors and Muslim Violence
  • Muslim Brotherhood and Dawa
  • Words Matter – The Plague of Self-Censorship
  • Tri-Faith Initiatives and How it is sold to Judeo-Christian Leaders
  • Political Agenda and Coming Elections

Watch for postings of the availability of these forthcoming citizen briefings.

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YouTube Deletes Original Video of Maxine Waters Promise to ‘Go and Take out Trump’ – Watch It Here

By Kyle Olson. YouTube has deleted the original video of Waters’s appearance. Another version has been embedded here and will be visible until it is removed, too.

It’s been only four months since Rep. Steve Scalise was shot by a Bernie Sanders fan, but did one of his colleagues advocate violence against the president of the United States?

The one-note impeachment minstrel Maxine Waters promised a group that benefits “homeless LGBTQ youth” that she will “take out” the president — and the liberal audience wildly applauded.

Appearing recently at the Ali Forney Center gala in New York City, it only took Waters 27 seconds before she slammed Trump.

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmj_FyGnZJw

“Wow, what a moving evening this is,” Waters began on October 13 in a clip posted Friday.

“I’m sitting here listening, watching, absorbing, thinking about Ali even though I never met him. And with this kind of inspiration, I will go and take out Trump tonight,” she said as the crowd roared in approval and Waters pumped her fist. (Read more from “YouTube Deletes Maxine Waters Promise to ‘Go and Take out Trump'” HERE)

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Maxine Waters: Trump’s White House ‘Transforms Everyone Into Liars’

By Brandon Carter. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) ripped President Trump and members of his administration on Saturday, saying “the filth wreaking from” Trump’s White House affects “even the most honorable people.”

“What is it about the Trump White House that transforms everyone into liars?” Waters wrote in a series of tweets. “Even the most honorable people are not immune to being overtaken by the filth wreaking from the Trump White House day after day.”

Waters blasted Trump for calling Rep. Frederica Wilson “wacky” after Trump continued to attack the Florida Democrat on Saturday morning, saying she is “killing the Democratic Party.”

(Read more from “Maxine Waters: Trump’s White House ‘Transforms Everyone Into Liars'” HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/10/youtube-deletes-maxine-waters-promise-go-take-trump/

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Look Who Just Stole $550 Million Of Social Security Funds — And He’s Getting Away With It

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Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson has revealed billions of dollars of fraud. Maybe we should organize a challenge to see which Trump official can discover the most.

What’s more, it simply occurred as Attorney Eric Conn, who confessed to taking nearly $600 million from Social Security, has now vanished and maybe is in Cuba.

“Former disability lawyer Eric Conn slipped his ankle monitor and disappeared Saturday, two months after pleading guilty to a $600 million Social Security fraud scheme that brought down a psychologist and a judge.

“Conn, who made a name for himself promising to get his Floyd County, Ky., clients the best disability and social security payments, pleaded guilty March 24 to defrauding the Social Security Administration of $550 million. He was released on bond to await sentencing July 14, according to the Department of Justice.

 “Conn’s ‘whereabouts are currently unknown’ according to David Habich, general counsel for FBI’s Louisville, Ky., office, The Washington Post reports.

“Employees at Conn’s office told the FBI the fugitive may have fled to Cuba, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.”

To begin with, he duped the SSA out of $550 million, at that point he vanished, perhaps with some of his cash. Perhaps to some country that does not have an extradition settlement with the US.

Who let this person walk?

The catastrophe here is that individuals, some of whom are really handicapped and have legitimate cases for disabilty protection benefits, are the ones who has gotten the worse part of the deal.

Any way, the criminal has fled the country, and we’re out practically $600 million.

Guess under what president this happened also. They are criminals and we know that from a long time ago, they need to be prosecuted as every ordinary citizen and not be put on a pedestal because of their position.

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These NFL clowns who are who are degrading the nation that has afforded all people more liberty for all than any nation in history are not worthy of carrying Jackie Robinson's jock strap. Nor do they have a 1,000,000th of his character as a man, a man of dignity, a man of character, and most importantly a man of God. Their puerile actions would have never paved the road for equality and equity in sports, as Jackie did. They do not hold a candle to the brave airman of Tuskeegee in the bravery, the love of country and the determination to excel while being a segregated unit. Jackie and these brave airmen paved the way for you to be social ingrates today. If they put as much effort into being an example of what hard work and perseverance can obtain for the young men who need to learn how to act in a civil society and take full responsibility for their own lives and the choices made within, there would be a much less inner-city crime today, and smaller prisons less populated by people with dark skin..

I challenge one of these cowards to explain to me why in the 40's Americans of negro descent had the lowest crime rate in America. They had the lowest imprisonment percentage in our nation. They had the lowest divorce rate in America and the lowest out of wedlock births in the nation. They also had the highest percentage rate of church attendance in America. If you want to change the high rate of black arrests in America today, DO NOT look to blame the police. Clean up your communities by imposing a higher standard of behavior. Stop tolerating inner-city shootings, stop tolerating the high percentage of irresponsible and or fatherless homes, and stop the spread of all aspects of the abuse of illegal drugs.

If you do this first and your feigned problem still exists, then I will take a knee with you, but I will bet that will not be the case. For all of you who are raising the "black power" fist in the air everytime you knock a white player to the ground, you are acting in the same racist manner that you are decrying. Martin Luther King was absolutely correct. "I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." That creed was meant for all men of all colors, live it.

Restore the moral character to the inner cities by being an active part of the solution and stop making the problem worse by immature public actions in front of the media. Grow up, act like real men and be problem solvers.

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After Relentlessly Bashing Trump All Summer, Hollywood Gets Just Deserts From Middle America

By admin | October 22, 2017

Hollywood just got served by Middle America. Just got verbally abused by the silent majority. Just got a wakeup call much bigger and more severe than what the NFL got.

For if American’s can agree on one thing is we all work too much. We all work too hard for too little money.streep-696x364.jpgAnd when we want to unwind and spend money on entertainment that last thing we want to hear is real world problems like politics.

But there goes Hollywood ignoring the people, preaching to the liberal choir, making themselves feel important, and literally killing the golden goose.

According to Market Watch, after relentlessly bashing Trump all summer the box office numbers for the critical summer season and in.

And they are bad. Beyond bad actually, they are terrifying.

Hollywood is getting crushed, and like Kathy Griffin, is having to go overseas to recoup their investments and most aren’t even doing that.

Summer duds like “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” “Baywatch” and “Snatched” got crushed domestically and barely got by overseas.

Tom Cruise, one if the most bankable stars working, had a new movie out called “American Made,” and it failed miserably.

Blade Runner 2049” was supposed to be a hit. It missed, costing the studio untold millions.Image result for After Relentlessly Bashing Trump All Summer, Hollywood Gets Just Deserts From Middle AmericaCNN Money has an even more shocking report.

The AMC (AMC) theater chain saw its stock sink more than 25% in August citing slow ticket sales.

Regal Entertainment (RGC) reported to Wall Street that it would miss earnings and saw a huge drop in share price. Imax (IMAX) announced it was cutting almost 15% of its employees.

Ouch. Share this if you agree that Hollywood better clean up its act before it gets in too deep.

Interesting!

According to Market Watch:Hollywood’s box office failures go beyond Rotten Tomatoes ratings!

“Blade Runner 2049” was supposed to be a hit.

The film, one of the most anticipated of the year, seemed to have all the necessary ingredients with two popular leading men and an original that has gained cult status since its release in 1982. But it has not been the box office hit the industry hoped for, despite being showered with rave reviews.

Studios blamed the dismal box office performance of a number of big-budget blockbuster films this summer on negative reviews from critics and Rotten Tomatoes.MW-FW240_BladeR_20171013101640_ZH.jpg?uuid=21d6f462-b021-11e7-9586-9c8e992d421eThe film review aggregator, owned by Comcast Corp.-owned CMCSA, +0.87% Fandango, has been in the spotlight ever since. Last week legendary director Martin Scorsese wrote a guest column in the Hollywood Reporter criticizing Rotten Tomatoes and its impact.

But if well-reviewed films are also struggling commercially, can Rotten Tomatoes really be to blame?

ComScore media analyst Paul Dergarabedian says a straight line can’t be drawn from bad reviews to poor box office results.

“To have this myopic view is crazy,” he said. “If that were true; if a bad review killed the film, then conversely a good review should boost box office revenue. What I’ve learned is that there are a multitude of factors.”

Ahead of its release, “Blade Runner 2049” was outselling the likes of “The Martian” and “Gravity.” Both films opened above $50 million and went on to gross more than $200 million at the domestic box office.streep-696x364.jpg“Blade Runner 2049” has been adored by critics, earning an 89% Rotten Tomatoes rating. To receive an overall good rating on the site, a film has to have at least a 60% rating.It has been called a masterpiece, and the industry was banking on it being a hit. The film, according to analysts at Box Office Pro, was expected to open with $54 million in receipts.

But the film has underperformed expectations, earning $32.5 million in its debut for distributor Warner Bros. TWX, -0.36% on a production budget of $150 million. So far it’s racked up a total $158.0 million, helped by its $95.6 million international draw.

“Blade Runner 2049’s” $61.0 million in revenue through two weekends pales in comparison with “The Martian’s” $108.7 million draw and the $122.3 million “Gravity” pulled in in a similar time period.

“There have been a string of movies with good Rotten Tomatoes scores where that hasn’t been helpful in terms box office,” Dergarabedian said. “It’s much more complicated than that. You have to consider the timing of the film, and the marketing, and how that marketing landed with audiences.”

During the summer, films like “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” “Baywatch” and “Snatched” were harshly received by critics, and had to rely on overseas ticket sales for success.

Megan Colligan, head of marketing and distribution at Viacom Inc.-ownedVIAB, +0.64%  Paramount, told the Hollywood Reporter that “reviews really hurt” the studio’s film “Baywatch.”

“It’s a brand that maybe relied on a positive critical reaction more than we recognized,” she said.“Baywatch” was slapped with a 19% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and brought in just $58.1 million domestically on a budget of $69 million. “Dead Men Tell No Tales” had a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 29% and earned $172.6 million in the U.S. on a $230 million production budget, and “Snatched” made $45.9 million on a $42 million budget after being branded with a 36% rating.

“We think critical opinion is very important, but what’s important to remember is our focus is on the fans,” Rotten Tomatoes Vice President Jeff Voris told MarketWatch. “Fans and critics don’t always agree. That’s why we make information available to fans so they can make up their minds.”

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Senate Judiciary Opens Official Probe To Investigate Obama-Era Russian Nuclear Bribery Case

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The Senate Judiciary Committee has launched a probe into a Russian nuclear bribery case to determine whether several federal agencies knew the FBI had uncovered a racketeering scheme involving Russian officials prior to the Obama administration’s controversial Uranium deal with Moscow in 2010.

According to The Hill, aides for the Senate Judiciary Committee revealed the committee has sent requests to 10 federal agencies for information relating to their approval of Russia’s Rosatom to buy Uranium One, a Canadian mining company that controlled 20 percent of America’s uranium deposits.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Attorney General Jeff Sessions Wednesday about a series of reports by The Hill revealing the FBI had obtained evidence as early as 2009 showing that officials for the Russian company making the Uranium One purchase were involved in a racketeering scheme.

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However, the Department of Justice waited until 2014 to bring any charges on the evidence first gathered in 2009 and 2010, according to The Hill.

“According to government documents and recent news reports, the Justice Department had an ongoing criminal investigation for bribery, extortion, money laundering, into officials for a Russian company making the purchase of Uranium One,” Grassley said. “That purchase was approved during the previous administration and resulted in Russians owning 20 percent of America’s uranium mining capacity.

“What are you doing to find out how Russian takeover of American uranium was allowed to occur despite criminal conduct by Russian company that the Obama administration approved to make the purchase?” Grassley asked Sessions.

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Sessions said he was unable to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation into the Uranium One deal, but revealed that some individuals involved with the transaction have already gone to jail. He also added that Grassley’s concerns will be reviewed.

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Grassley followed up by asking Sessions if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s financial connection with the Russian officials involved in the Uranium One deal had any connection to the Obama administration’s approval of the deal.Reports suggest that the Clinton Foundation received millions of dollars from interested parties in the transaction,” Grassley said.

“Bill Clinton received $500,000 for a speech in Moscow (in) June 2010 from a Russian government-aligned bank. The same month as the speech, Russia began the uranium acquisition process. This fact pattern raises serious concerns about improper political influence on the process by the Clinton’s during the Obama administration.”

“Has the Justice Department fully investigated whether the Russians compromised the Obama administration’s decisions to smooth a way for transactions and if not, why not?” Grassley asked Sessions.

“We are working hard to maintain discipline in the department,” Sessions responded. “It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to comment on any ongoing investigations.”

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Secrets and Lies: Three Russian Stories

Secrets and Lies: Three Russian Stories

The major developing stories this week have been so scantily and poorly covered in the mainstream press that you may want an easy primer. To fully understand it you have to look at alternative media, because just as Harvey Weinstein counted on complicit enablers -- his colleagues, victims and the press -- Hillary Clinton, Robert Mueller and a cast of characters, including a press determined to cover for them have hidden what occurred. It’s taken some time, to be sure, but the evidence of their wrongdoing is becoming harder and harder to hide. Stalling and misdirection are their last redoubt.

WHO:

Here are some of the principal figures:

Robert Mueller. Former head of the FBI and now special counsel purportedly investigating whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians to win the election.

Andrew McCabe, appointed by former president Obama, was Assistant FBI Director in charge of investigating charges by the FBI’s own underground informant to the effect that the Russians, engaged in bribery to obtain uranium supplies in the U.S. His wife received nearly half a million dollars from Hillary Clinton buddy Terry McAuliffe for her 2015 Virginia state senate campaign which he had not disclosed to the Department nor sought clearance for from its ethics office. Presently he is the deputy attorney director of the FBI and is himself under investigation by the Justice department inspector general respecting this contribution.

The unnamed FBI undercover informant, represented by criminal attorney Victoria Toensing, was witness to the scheming, kickbacks and corruption in the Russian effort to obtain 20% of U.S. uranium supplies held by Canadian-based Uranium One. He reported to his bosses at the FBI -- which is to say McCabe and Mueller -- prior to the October 2010 approval of the sale to Uranium One. He says Lynch has threatened him with criminal prosecution if he reveals what he knows to Congress. Senator Grassley has asked present Attorney General Jeff Sessions to waive the nondisclosure agreement -- which appears in any event to be untoward and unconstitutional -- so he can tell the Senate Judiciary Commi

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WATCH: It Looks Like The NBA’s Going To Follow The NFL’s, ‘Crap On America’, Lead

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Was there ever any doubt this was coming eventually?

The NFL has decided to pander to their protesting primadonna players… fanbase be damned.

It’s such a great plan that on Game Day, the TV announcers will soon be able to address each of their viewers … by name.

But why should the NFL be the only ones in the center of a controversy? Why wouldn’t the NBA jump in too?

At the Brooklyn Nets home game, Justine Skye continued the ‘take a knee’ protest.

League rules require the players to stand. (But doesn’t say they can’t ‘lock arms’, which they did.)

During the home opener for NBA’s Brooklyn Nets on Friday, Skye took to her knee after she finished singing the national anthem.
Posting a video of the performance on her Instagram, she said: ‘Got a bit shaky at the end.. was pretty uneasy about singing the anthem and probably won’t ever be invited to sing it again but I had to take a knee for the opening game in my city and let my voice be heard. We will not be silenced ✊�� #blacklivesmatter.’
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Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=m_LGMOQHf0M

There’s a shirt that aptly describes the NFL — No Fans Left.

Buy yours now at Keep and Bear.

NFL’s TV ratings are plummeting as more players refuse to stand for the national anthem. It’s hard to believe that a nation that has given these players the opportunity to achieve so much is so easily disrespected. Even worse, consider the men and women who have laid down their lives so that these athletes could live in a relatively safe country and enjoy their fame and fortune.

Hard-working, patriotic Americans don’t want to watch a bunch of whiners play football. They want to watch winners.

And the best part? This shirt is made in the USA, printed in the USA, on an American-Made t-shirt press!

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Does your grandpa go off on paltry politicians, whether they be Democrats or Republicans? Does he get misty eyed when he talks about God and Country and America’s future? And have you ever heard him scream, ‘Awww … Hell no!’ when Rosie O’Donnell starts yapping on television? If you answered yes to one, or all of the above, then your gramps will love Doug Giles’ latest book, My Grandpa Is A Patriotic Badass.

Don’t be fooled by the title — this ain’t just for Grandpa.
The Snowflake Generation — and the rest of America — needs a good ol’ dose of ‘Grandpa wisdom’.
Especially if that Grandpa is Doug Giles.
You’ll love My Grandpa Is A Patriotic Badass just as much as Grandpa will.
Share if the NBA is going to have to pick a side on this issue. Before thier ratings also crater.

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Federal Judge Refuses to Erase Joe Arpaio’s Conviction Despite Trump Pardon

A federal judge on Thursday shot down former sheriff Joe Arpaio’s bid to sweep his criminal record clean.

Arpaio, the controversial former lawman in Arizona’s Maricopa County, was granted a pardon by President Trump on Aug. 25. He had been found guilty of criminal contempt of a federal court order after a five-day bench trial earlier this year and faced the possibility of up to six months in jail. After the pardon, the 85-year-old Arpaio petitioned the court to clear his record and prevent the ruling from being used in future litigation.

The case raised the novel question of how far a presidential pardon actually reaches.

In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton said the pardon only freed Arpaio from possible punishment. In a four-page order offering a check on the president’s executive power, Bolton wrote that a pardon could not erase the facts of the case. (Read more from “Federal Judge Refuses to Erase Joe Arpaio’s Conviction Despite Trump Pardon” HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/10/federal-judge-refuses-erase-joe-arpaios-conviction-despite-trump-pardon/

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