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The Most Dangerous and Treacherous Times in U.S. History! (Part 103U)

Posted by Jake Martinez on October 24, 2019 at 6:30am

Please Read Part 103T:

The Most Dangerous and Treacherous Times in U.S. History! (Part 103T)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On October 18, 2019:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-most-dangerous-and-treacherous-times-in-u-s-history-part-103t

The following recent thought-provoking article revealed that 'AG Barr, Senator McConnell and President Trump must hang together, or they will surely hang separately'-You Decide:

Barr, McConnell and Trump Must Hang Together, Or They Will Surely Hang Separately!-Posted on The Western Journal-By Mike Weinberger-On October 21, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/barr-mcconnell-trump-must-hang-together-will-surely-hang-separately/

Note: I believe that the information revealed in the following articles and videos relates to and/or further supports the disturbing information revealed in the above thought-provoking article-You Decide:

Video: Follow The Clues, Another Piece Of The Puzzle Added, [DS] Ready To Face Justice - Episode 2000b!-Posted on YouTube.com-By X22Report-On October 21, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atqrJosro4Q

Video: Durham & Barr Found Something Significant, [DS] Hires Lawyers - Episode 2001b!- Posted on YouTube.com-By X22Report-On October 22, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT9d-CMXziA

Durham's probe into possible FBI misconduct expanded based on new evidence, sources say

Durham's probe into possible FBI misconduct expanded based on new evidence, sources say!-Posted on FoxNews.com-By Gregg Re, Catherine Herridge | Fox News-On October 22, 2019:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-durham-investigation-possible-fbi-misconduct-expanded-new-evidence-sources

NBC News: AG Barr Approved Expansion of Durham Probe to Include Scrutiny of Brennan, Clapper!-Posted on Townhall-By Guy Benson/@guypbenson-On October 22, 2019:

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/10/22/nbc-news-ag-barr-approved-expansion-of-durham-probe-to-include-scrutiny-of-brennan-clapper-n2555103

‘Rattled’ Deep-State CIA Agents Lawyer Up as DOJ’s Durham Closes In!-Posted on Liberty Headlines-By Ben Sellers-On October 22, 2019:

https://www.libertyheadlines.com/doj-probe-expands-cia-rattled/

Report: Brennan And Clapper To Be Interviewed As Part Of Investigation Into Russia Probe Origins!-Posted on The Political Insider-By Chuck Ross, Daily Caller-On October 21, 2019:

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/report-brennan-and-clapper-to-be-interviewed-as-part-of-investigation-into-russia-probe-origins/

Poll: Majority of Americans Believe Obama Officials Broke Law To Stop Trump: Devastating blow to fake news media and Democrats!-Posted on Infowars.com-On October 21, 2019:

https://www.infowars.com/poll-majority-of-americans-believe-obama-officials-broke-law-to-stop-trump/

Video: Ep. 1092 Liberals Have Given Up On America. The Dan Bongino Show 10/21/2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Dan Bongino-On October 21, 2019:

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

Trump tells 'Hannity' he wants AG Barr to 'find out what is going on' with potential ties between Hillary Clinton, Steele dossier and Ukraine

Trump tells 'Hannity' he wants AG Barr to 'find out what is going on' with potential ties between Hillary Clinton, Steele dossier and Ukraine!-Posted on FoxNews.com-By Liam Quinn | Fox News-On October 22, 2019:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-hannity-barr-ukraine-hillary-clinton-steele-dossier

CNN: A Case Study in Hypocrisy: Jeffrey Toobin apologizes for covering Hillary Clinton's email scandal in 2016!-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Thomas Gallatin-On October 22, 2019:

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66265-cnn-a-case-study-in-hypocrisy?mailing_id=4602&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4602&utm_campaign=digest&utm_content=body

Trump Hammers Hillary During Interview with Hannity: 'She's Crazy'!-Posted on The Wester Journal-By Andrew J. Sciascia-On October 22, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-hammers-hillary-interview-hannity-crazy/?ff_source=Email&ff_medium=minutemennews&ff_campaign=dailyam&ff_content=libertyalliance

Hillary Clinton––The Human Spittoon: “A POWER JUNKIE!”-Posted on The Post & Email-By Joan Swirsky-On October 23, 2019:

https://www.thepostemail.com/2019/10/23/hillary-clinton-the-human-spittoon-2/

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America Does Not Know How Close It Is to Being Ruled DIRECTLY by Satan!-Posted on The Common Sense Show-By Dave Hodges-On October 23, 2019:

https://thecommonsenseshow.com/activism-agenda-21-conspiracy/america-does-not-know-how-close-it-being-ruled-directly-satan

'The View' Cut Newt When He Brought Up Evidence Hillary Abused Power, Not Trump!-Posted on The Western Journal-By Randy DeSoto-On October 23, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/view-cut-newt-brought-evidence-hillary-abused-power-not-trump/

Video: Ep 1093 Explosive New Details About The Deep State Coverup. The Dan Bongino Show 10/22/2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Dan Bongino-On October 22, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZCLpv_XnN0

Hannity: “Sources” Say House Dems’ Witnesses “Debunked” Quid Pro Quo Claim. Nunes Reports Dems “More And More Upset!”-Posted on The Post & Email-By Sharon Rondeau-On October 22, 2019:

https://www.thepostemail.com/2019/10/22/hannity-sources-say-house-dems-witnesses-debunked-quid-pro-quo-claim/

Republican lawmaker 'destroyed' latest impeachment inquiry witness argument: McCarthy

Republican lawmaker 'destroyed' latest impeachment inquiry witness argument: McCarthy!-Posted on FoxNews.com-By Charles Creitz | Fox News-On October 22, 2019:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/kevin-mccarthy-claims-republican-lawmaker-destroyed-latest-trump-impeachment-inquiry-argument

Rep. Jerrold Nadler Praises Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok for Acting in 'Highest Traditions' of Govt. Service!-Posted on The Western Journal-By Joe Saunders-On October 22, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/rep-jerrold-nadler-praises-fired-fbi-agent-peter-strzok-acting-highest-traditions-govt-service/

Mitt Romney said one word about Barack Obama that left Trump seeing red!-Posted on Renewed Right-On October 23, 2019:

https://renewedright.com/mitt-romney-said-one-word-about-barack-obama-that-left-trump-seeing-red/

Video: Ep. 1094 The Deep State Plotters Had a Backup Plan & That’s Failing Too. The Dan Bongino Show!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Dan Bongino-On October 23, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adEpAGkKK0Y

Gaetz: Old rules won’t work against unethical Dems acting like ‘angry pack of rabid hyenas’!-Posted on BizPac Review-By Frieda Powers-On October 24, 2019:

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/10/24/gaetz-old-rules-wont-work-against-unethical-dems-acting-like-angry-pack-of-rabid-hyenas-843230

Congress

House Republicans request first impeachment witness: The whistleblower!-Posted on The Washington Examiner-By Susan Ferrechio-On October 23, 2019:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/house-republicans-request-first-impeachment-witness-the-whistleblower

Umm: Former Clinton Advisor Believes Hillary Can Beat... President Pence?-Posted on Townhall-By Beth Baumann/@eb454-On October 23, 2019:

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/10/23/umm-former-clinton-advisor-believes-hillary-can-beat-president-pence-n2555274

Graham: Horowitz to Testify, and Report to be Released, “Pretty Soon.” BUT WHEN?-Posted on The Post & Email-By Sharon Rondeau-On October 24, 2019:

https://www.thepostemail.com/2019/10/24/graham-horowitz-to-testify-and-report-to-be-released-pretty-soon/

Video: The Ingraham Angle 10/23/19 FULL | Laura Ingraham Fox News October 23, 2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By tolno7-On October 23, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZD3CGz92pg

Video: The Patriots Just Trapped The [DS] Again, Moves And Countermoves - Episode 2002b!-Posted on YouTube.com-By X22Report-On October 23, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ih836oFcM

Rush: The Never-Trumpers Offended by Trump's 'Scum' Comment Call Him & His Kids So Much Worse!-Posted on The Western Journal-By C. Douglas Golden-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/rush-never-trumpers-offended-trumps-scum-comment-call-kids-much-worse/

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Video: Unmasking the Obama Administration | Inside Report!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Judicial Watch-On October 23, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iVyY5aOGuY

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Lindsey Graham Punches Back After Susan Rice Calls Him a Vulgar Name!-Posted on The Political Insider-By Rusty | Featured Contributor-On October 24, 2019:

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/lindsey-graham-punches-back-after-susan-rice-calls-him-a-vulgar-name/

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17 Democrats Who Weren’t Held Accountable for Scandals by Their Constituents!-Posted on PJ Media-By Matt Margolis-On October 24, 2019:

https://pjmedia.com/trending/17-democrats-who-werent-held-accountable-for-scandals-by-their-constituents/

Trump Accuses Obama of Treason

Trump Accuses Obama of Treason!-Posted on TTN-By TTN Staff-On October 25, 2019:

https://trumptrainnews.com/articles/trump-accuses-obama-of-treason#Tokcb1iLgoErdofU.99

President Trump Calls Out “Treasonous” Obama For Illegal Spying: Upcoming book gives inside look at Trump presidency!-Posted on Infowars.com-By Kelen McBreen | Infowars.com-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.infowars.com/president-trump-calls-out-treasonous-obama-for-illegal-spying/

Another Civil War in our Country? “HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!”-Posted on The Post & Email-By Tom Arnold-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.thepostemail.com/2019/10/25/another-civil-war-in-our-country/

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Video: Q&A with Dave Hodges-Breaking News with Paul Martin About Obama Seeking Asylum!-Posted on The Common Sense Show-By Dave Hodges-On October 26, 2019:

https://thecommonsenseshow.com/agenda-21-conspiracy-economics/qa-dave-hodges-breaking-news-paul-martin-about-obama-seeking-asylum

Video: Treason Message Sent, Operation Documents Confiscated, Timing Is Everything - Episode 2005b (Mark: 26:36-36:55)!-Posted on YouTube.com-By X22Report-On October 27, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNfcyq_7oJY

Note: I believe that the disturbing information revealed in the above recent articles and videos regarding 'treasonous Obama' relates to and/or further supports my blog from the recent past-You Decide:

Letter to our NM U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan-Grisham (re: Articles of Impeachment and Impeachment Proceedings)!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On August 12, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/letter-to-our-nm-u-s-representative-michelle-lujan-grisham-re-2

Video: EP 1095 The Deep Staters Are Turning on Each Other. The Dan Bongino Show 10/24/2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Dan Bongino-On October 24, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMAQf7DabF0

BREAKING: Review Into Origins of the Russia Investigation Is Now A Criminal Inquiry

BREAKING: Review Into Origins of the Russia Investigation Is Now A Criminal Inquiry!-Posted on Townhall-By Bronson Stocking-On October 24, 2019:

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2019/10/24/untitled-n2555337

Durham's investigation into possible FBI misconduct is now criminal probe, sources say

Durham's investigation into possible FBI misconduct is now criminal probe, sources say!-Posted on FoxNews.com-By Gregg Re, Ed Henry | Fox News-On October 24, 2019:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-durham-investigation-fbi-misconduct-criminal-probe

Dems' Russia-Collusion Charade — The Criminal Investigation: Implications point to deep-state members within the intelligence community!-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Thomas Gallatin-On October 25, 2019:

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66362-dems-russia-collusion-charade-the-criminal-investigation?mailing_id=4609&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4609&utm_campaign=digest&utm_content=body

Video: Lou Dobbs Tonight 10/24/19 [Full] | BREAKING Fox News October 24, 2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By GREAT NEWS US-On October 24, 2019:

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

Video: Tucker Carlson Tonight 10/24/19 FULL | Tucker Carlson Fox News October 24, 2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Brainz TV-On October 24, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRCMif8lYU0

Video: Sean Hannity [FULL] 10/24/2019 -BREAKING FOX NEWS October 24, 2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Brainz TV-On October 24, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl4zqJr06hs

Video: The Ingraham Angle 10/24/19 FULL | Laura Ingraham Fox News October 24, 2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Brainz TV-On October 24, 2019:

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

Video: Schiff Hits An Impeachment Roadblock, [DS] Feeling The Pain, Next Wave Coming - Episode 2003b!-Posted on YouTube.com-By X22Report-On October 24, 2019:

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

SHOCK REPORT: FBI Altered Flynn Docs; Clapper Called for 'Kill Shot'

SHOCK REPORT: FBI Altered Flynn Docs; Clapper Called for 'Kill Shot!’-Posted on TTN-By TTN Staff-On October 25, 2019:

https://trumptrainnews.com/articles/shock-report-fbi-altered-flynn-docs-clapper-called-for-kill-shot#HlUdzf74qOKx0mFh.99

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Framing Flynn: The “Kill Shot” sets up a showdown at Deep State Corral!-Posted on Front Page Magazine-By Lloyd Billingsley-On October 28, 2019:

https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/10/framing-flynn-lloyd-billingsley

James Comey Could Soon Face Criminal Probe!-Posted on Independent Journal Review-By Bradley Cortright-On October 25, 2019:

https://ijr.com/comey-face-criminal-probe/

Comey Moving to 'New Zealand' If Trump Wins Again!-Posted on NewsMax.com-By Eric Mack-On October 27, 2019:

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jamescomey-fbi-deepstate-resistance/2019/10/27/id/938880/

clapper

James Clapper on DOJ Criminal Probe: I Could Be ‘One of Those Under Investigation!’-Posted on Breitbart.com-By Joshua Caplan-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/25/james-clapper-on-doj-criminal-probe-i-could-be-one-of-those-under-investigation/

Image: Deep state in total panic as Durham’s investigation confirmed to have transitioned to CRIMINAL phase… indictments imminent

Deep state in total panic as Durham’s investigation confirmed to have transitioned to CRIMINAL phase… indictments imminent!-Posted on Natural News-By Mike Adams-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.naturalnews.com/2019-10-25-deep-state-in-total-panic-as-durham-investigation-confirmed-criminal-phase.html

Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Barr will face questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about his relationship with Trump, his views on executive powers and whether he can fairly oversee the special …

Video: Former FBI official James Baker flipped, cooperating with Barr investigation!-Posted on YouTube.com-By One America News Network-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV-d-_qEM3Q&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2IYmlbmEFwPxxgEgOcdjGQuJL-yuMMbqd5qthws-CwGEoLc97wPfIi9YU

BREAKING: Review Into Origins of the Russia Investigation Is Now A Criminal Inquiry

Senate Democrats Demand William Barr Recuse Himself from ‘Trump Ukraine Matters’!-Posted on Breitbart.com-By Joshua Caplan-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/25/senate-democrats-demand-william-barr-recuse-himself-from-trump-ukraine-matters/

The Deep State Is Framing Trump on Ukraine!-Posted on The Western Journal-By Dick Morris-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/dick-morris-deep-state-framing-trump-ukraine/?ff_source=Email&ff_medium=minutemennews&ff_campaign=dailypm&ff_content=libertyalliance

If You Want To Keep Trump, You Better Speak Up Now!-Posted on The Western Journal-By Dick Morris-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/dick-morris-want-keep-trump-better-speak-now/

trump and JFK

Video: If Trump Is Removed, It Has to BE "NEXT MAN UP"! The Movement Must Continue!-Posted on The Common Sense Show-By Dave Hodges-On October 27, 2019:

https://thecommonsenseshow.com/activism-conspiracy-martial-law/if-trump-removed-it-has-be-next-man-movement-must-continue

Video: Ep. 1096 Why is John Brennan Melting Down? The Dan Bongino Show 10/25/2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Dan Bongino-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qGgtVTEUmU

Sara Carter: “The Heat is On” Clapper, Brennan. “NOT ON ‘IMPEACHMENT!”-Posted on The Post & Email-By Sharon Rondeau-On October 26, 2019:

https://www.thepostemail.com/2019/10/26/sara-carter-the-heat-is-on-clapper-brennan/

Video: The Ingraham Angle 10/25/19 FULL | Laura Ingraham Fox News October 25, 2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Josy Oficial-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3mcou024Ro

Video: Tom Fitton’s Judicial Watch Weekly Update-Topics: Finally! DOJ Criminal Investigation of #Spygate; Smoking Gun Clinton Email Cover-Up Doc; & MORE!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Judicial Watch-On October 25, 2019:

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

(INSETS: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Brennan) IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE TELEVISION ACADEMY - Malcolm Nance moderates Veterans Day: Television and the Military Experience, a special Television Academy member event, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Phil …

Malcolm Nance: Trump May Be After Obama, Biden, Clinton, Brennan — ‘Ultimate Distraction to Steal an Election!’-Posted on Breitbart.com-By Joshua Caplan-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/10/25/malcolm-nance-trump-may-be-after-obama-biden-clinton-brennan-ultimate-distraction-to-steal-an-election/

george soros is shown

Soros Predicts Trump's 'Demise Next Year'!-Posted on NewsMax.com-By Jeffrey Rodack-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/soros-elizabeth-warren/2019/10/25/id/938677/

Soros Claims Tide Is Turning Back To Globalists, Says He’s Proud Of Having Enemies: “I’m very proud of the enemies I have!”-Posted on InfoWars.com-By Kelen McBreen | Infowars.com-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.infowars.com/soros-claims-tide-is-turning-back-to-globalists-says-hes-proud-of-having-enemies/

George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations attends the European Council On Foreign Relations Annual Council Meeting conference in Paris, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

George Soros on Lifelong Funding of Leftwing Causes: ‘Tide Has Turned Against Me’!-Posted on Breitbart.com-By Penny Starr-On October 28, 2019:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/28/george-soros-lifelong-funding-leftwing-causes-tide-turned-against-me/

Video: Pain Coming, It Will Devastating For The [DS], Watch Those Who Scream The Loudest - Episode 2004b!-Posted on YouTube.com-By X22Report-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84gCN25TXkU

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: James Comey speaks onstage during the 2019 Politicon at Music City Center on October 26, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Politicon )

James Comey on DOJ Criminal Probe: ‘I’m Not Worried About a Single Thing’!-Posted on Breitbart.com-By Joshua Caplan-On October 26, 2019:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/26/james-comey-on-doj-criminal-probe-im-not-worried-about-a-single-thing/

Video: Justice With Judge Jeanine 10/26/19 FULL | Jeanine Pirro Fox News October 26, 2019!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Josy Oficial-On October 26, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ha9pMfc-7E

Notorious ISIS Leader Baghdadi Confirmed Dead in US Operation: 'He Died Like a Coward'!-Posted on The Western ZJournal-By C. Douglas Golden-On October 27, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/notorious-isis-leader-baghdadi-confirmed-dead-us-operation-died-like-coward/

Trump: ISIS Leader Died 'Whimpering, Crying and Screaming'!-Posted on NewsMax.com-On October 27, 2019:

https://www.newsmax.com/headline/trump-announces-isis-leader/2019/10/27/id/938882/

Obama Administration Freed Al-Baghdadi From U.S. Prison Camp Back In 2009 (Details). No foresight…!-Posted on Flag & Cross-By John Salvatore-On October 28, 2019:

https://flagandcross.com/obama-administration-freed-al-baghdadi-from-u-s-prison-camp-back-in-2009-details/

Note: I believe that the disturbing information revealed in the above article regarding the 'Obama Administration freeing Al-Baghdadi from a U.S. prison camp back in 2009' relates to and/or further supports my following blog from the recent past regarding-You Decide:

Letter to our NM U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan-Grisham (re: Articles of Impeachment and Impeachment Proceedings)!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On August 12, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/letter-to-our-nm-u-s-representative-michelle-lujan-grisham-re-2

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Susan Rice Whines: Trump Didn’t Have ‘Common Courtesy’ to Inform Obama of Al-Baghdadi Raid!-Posted on The Political Insider-By Rusty | Featured Contributor-On October 29, 2019:

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/susan-rice-whines-trump-didnt-have-common-courtesy-to-inform-obama-of-al-baghdadi-raid/

Parents of Kayla Mueller relieved by death of ISIS leader

Mom of slain ISIS hostage says daughter may still be alive if Obama was ‘as decisive’ as Trump!-Posted on USA Today-By Karina Bland, Arizona Republic-On October 27, 2019:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/27/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-held-arizona-kayla-mueller-hostage/2479281001/

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Al-Baghdadi Dead, Leftists Crestfallen: A hero of the Left has passed away!-Posted on Front Page Magazine-By Robert Spencer-On October 28, 2019:

https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/10/after-al-baghdadi-robert-spencer

Washington Post Praises ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi As ‘Austere Religious Scholar.’ What…in…the…WORLD?-Posted on Flag & Cross-By John Salvatore-On October 28, 2019:

https://flagandcross.com/washington-post-praises-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-as-austere-religious-scholar/

Operation Kayla Mueller — Baghdadi Dead: U.S. forces took out the self-proclaimed "caliph" of the Islamic State in a big win!-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Nate Jackson-On October 28, 2019:

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66388-operation-kayla-mueller-baghdadi-dead?mailing_id=4615&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4615&utm_campaign=digest&utm_content=body

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US Had New ISIS Leader in Custody!-Posted on Front Page Magazine-By Daniel Greenfield-On October 28, 2019:

https://cms.frontpagemag.com/point/2019/10/us-had-new-isis-leader-custody-daniel-greenfield

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How Baghdadi's Death Reveals Trump's Clever Syria Strategy: U.S. president outsmarts Putin -- leaves him with Syria headaches as U.S. withdraws!-Posted on Front Page Magazine-By Joseph Klein-On October 28, 2019:

https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/10/how-baghdadis-death-reveals-trumps-clever-syria-joseph-klein

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A Dead Caliph and the Eternal Jihad: Trump deserves praise for winning this battle. But is America winning the war?-Posted on Front Page Magazine-By Raymond Ibrahim-On October 29, 2019:

https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/10/dead-caliph-and-eternal-jihad-raymond-ibrahim

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What Baghdadi’s Death Tells Us About the Real Terror Threat: Always look for the country behind the curtain!-Posted on Front Page Magazine-By Daniel Greenfield-On October 30, 2019:

https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/10/what-baghdadis-death-tells-us-about-real-terror-daniel-greenfield

Pentagon Releases Video of Raid on al-Baghdadi Compound!-Posted on The Western Journal-By AP Reports-On October 30, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/pentagon-releases-video-raid-al-baghdadi-compound/

Moral compass in man's head

America’s moral divide extends even to the world’s most evil terrorist!-Posted on Conservative Review-By Daniel Horowitz-On October 28, 2019:

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/americas-moral-divide-extends-even-worlds-evil-terrorist/

The new America: NO to voluntary Christian prayer in schools. YES to mandatory Muslim prayer!-Posted on Conservative Review-By Daniel Horowitz-On October 28, 2019:

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/new-america-no-voluntary-christian-prayer-schools-yes-mandatory-muslim-prayer/

Report: Trump to Address Nation Sunday Morning. TOPIC STILL A MYSTERY!-Posted on The Post & Email-By Sharon Rondeau-On October 26, 2019:

https://www.thepostemail.com/2019/10/26/report-trump-to-address-nation-sunday-morning/

Trump Honored with 'Bipartisan Justice Award' by Black Leaders for Criminal Justice Reform!-Posted on The Western Journal-By Jack Davis-On October 25, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-honored-bipartisan-justice-award-black-leaders-criminal-justice-reform/

Ex-CIA Officer on Chance of Hillary 2020 Run: Makes Me Want To Drink - and I'm Not Even a Drinker!-Posted on The Western Journal-By C. Douglas Golden-On October 26, 2019:

https://www.westernjournal.com/ex-cia-officer-chance-hillary-2020-run-makes-want-drink-not-even-drinker/

After Classless Performance at Cummings Funeral, Hillary Urged to ‘Stay Away’ by Bill Maher!-Posted on Freedom Outpost-By Andrew West-On October 26, 2019:

https://freedomoutpost.com/after-classless-performance-at-cummings-funeral-hillary-urged-to-stay-away-by-bill-maher/

trump 2020

Video: The Left Is Publishing Trump Supporter Addresses In the Hope That They Get Attacked-Lisa Haven-CSS!-Posted on The Common Sense Show-By Dave Hodges-On October 26, 2019:

https://thecommonsenseshow.com/activism-agenda-21-conspiracy/left-publishing-trump-supporter-addresses-hope-they-get-attacked-lisa-haven-css

Trump Asks For List Of Never Trumpers In His Administration!-Posted on Freedom Outpost-By Alicia Luke-On October 25, 2019:

https://freedomoutpost.com/trump-asks-for-list-of-never-trumpers-in-his-administration/

Marine Gunnery Sergeant on Trial For Jesus!-Posted on NewsWithViews.com-By Mike Heath-On October 27, 2019:

http://newswithviews.com/marine-gunnery-sergeant-on-trial-for-jesus/

Please Read Part 103V:

The Most Dangerous and Treacherous Times in U.S. History! (Part 103V)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On October 29, 2019:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-most-dangerous-and-treacherous-times-in-u-s-history-part-103v

Please Also Read Part 104:

The Most Dangerous and Treacherous Times in U.S. History! (Part 104)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On March 16, 2019:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-most-dangerous-and-treacherous-times-in-u-s-history-part-104

Note: I also believe that the extremely disturbing information revealed in the above articles and videos relates to and/or further supports my following blogs from the recent past-You Decide:

Letter to NM U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (Re: Mueller Report)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On April 27, 2019:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/letter-to-nm-u-s-senator-martin-heinrich-re-mueller-report

The Most Dangerous and Treacherous Times in U.S. History! (Part 91)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 30, 2018:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-most-dangerous-and-treacherous-times-in-u-s-history-part-91

CIA Assessment Concludes Putin Was Trying to Help Trump Win White House!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On December 10, 2016:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/cia-assessment-concludes-putin-was-trying-to-help-trump-win-white

Obama is the Manifestation of a Multi-Generational Soviet Plot to Destroy America!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On April 2, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/obama-is-the-manifestati...

The Vetting: ‘Obama, Radical Islam and the Soros Connection’! (Part 1)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 30, 2013:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-vetting-obama-radica...

When A U.S. President IS Muslim Brotherhood!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On August 17, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/when-a-u-s-president-is-...

Letter to our NM U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan-Grisham (re: Articles of Impeachment and Impeachment Proceedings)!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On August 12, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/letter-to-our-nm-u-s-representative-michelle-lujan-grisham-re-2

White Reds Exploiting Blacks: The Weather Underground, Barack Obama, and the Fundamental Transformation of the United States!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On July 28, 2012:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/white-reds-exploiting-bl...

Communists and Muslims: The Hidden Hand of the KGB!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On July 29, 2012:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=4301673%3ABlogPos...

America’s “Long War” Against Humanity!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez on January 30, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/america-s-long-war-against-humanity

Dogs of War, Architects of Terror!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On January 4, 2017:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/dogs-of-war-architects-of-terror-1

Was Obama’s Real Job to Destroy America’s Moral & Ethical Foundations?-Posted on The Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On January 24, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/was-obama-s-real-job-to-destroy-america-s-moral-ethical

Is America being turned into a NARCO Nation by design?-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On January 4, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/is-america-being-turned-...

New EPA Land Grab, Complete Control Over All Private Land in America! (Part 1)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On April 11, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/new-epa-land-grab-comple...

Greatest Fraud Perpetrated In American History!-Posted on WordPress.com-On June 20, 2011:

https://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/the-greatest-fraud-perpet...

Investigators Find That Obama's Online Birth Certificate Presented To The American Public Is 'Fake'!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On December 15, 2016:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/investigators-find-sourc...

Follow-up Letter To NM U.S. Senator Udall Requesting Congressional Investigation Into Allegations Made By Sheriff Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse!–Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On July 25, 2012:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/follow-up-letter-to-nm-u...

Follow-up Letter to NM Governor Martinez Requesting The Removal of President Obama From The NM 2012 Presidential Election Ballot!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez on July 26, 2012:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/follow-up-letter-to-nm-g...

Follow-up Letter To NM U.S. Congressman Martin Heinrich Regarding My Request For Full-scale Investigation Into Allegations Made By Sheriff Arapio’s Cold Case Posse!–Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On July 26, 2012:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/follow-up-letter-to-nm-u...

CIA-Columbia Cover Up!-Posted on WordPress.com-On April 28, 2010:

https://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/cia-columbia-obama-cover-up/

Why did a black preacher from Harlem have a 'hit' placed on his life?-Posted on WordPress.com-On October 19, 2010:

https://weroinnm.wordpress.cooinnm.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/why-has-a-black-preacher-from-harlem...

Was Obama Pre-selected & Groomed To Be Our U.S. President & Take Down America to Usher In The NWO Due To His CIA, Communist and Muslim Connections & Influences?-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 16, 2016:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/was-obama-selected-groom...

Letter to our NM U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan-Grisham (re: Shadow Party’s alleged agenda to take down America)!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On February 13, 2015:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/letter-to-our-nm-u-s-rep...

Obama: Submit to Globalism or Face War, Death, Destruction!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 17, 2016:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/forum/topics/obama-submit-to-globalism-...

Peace is possible if Trump is elected.

Not Since JFK, Has a President Spit Into the Face of the Globalists, Until Now!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 21, 2016:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/not-since-jfk-has-a-pres...

9/11 TRUTH SEEKERS: THE ‘LUNATIC FRINGE’ IS WHOM?-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On May 25, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/9-11-truth-seekers-the-lunatic-fringe-is-whom

Brainwashing in America: "WHY FEW DARE CALL IT CONSPIRACY”!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On March 21, 2014:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/brainwashing-in-america-...

The MSM conglomerates are the most prolific and insidious "fake news" propagators in the marketplace of ideas!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 30, 2016:

http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-msm-conglomerates-ar...

Where Is America Today?-Posted on WordPress.com-On May 26, 2010:

http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/where-is-america-today-2/

Note: The following videos wholeheartedly share my sentiments regarding what we are currently experiencing in America today-You Decide:

A Republic, If You Can Keep It!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGL8CiUtXF0

The Fightin Side of Me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBAzLCA3DQc

When Injustice Becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty!

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

“Food for Thought”

Hello: Are Americans Going To Wake Up and Take a Stand Against The Deplorable Obstructionists That Are Doing Their Utmost To Take Down Our Democratically Elected President, His Administration and Ultimately Destroy our Country/Republic?-God Bless America!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E&feature=related

Please Continue Praying For Our Country/Republic.

Semper Fi!

Jake

The Great Impeachment Debacle – Part 1

Posted by Craig Andresen on October 24, 2019 at 5:49am

Be sure to Click LIKE at the bottom of this article, and share it everywhere!!

By Craig Andresen – Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

It has been said that French army tanks in WWII had four gears in reverse for varying speeds of retreat, and one gear forward on the off chance they’re attacked from the rear.

Right now, congressional democrats are backing up faster than a French tank battalion.

A week ago, Nancy Pelosi said that there is no plan, at this time, to hold an impeachment vote in the house. There is one reason why, after three years, they wouldn’t hold such a vote…they just don’t have anywhere near the needed numbers. Let’s face it, such a vote would be the fourth, and the previous three failed miserably.

Adam Schiff, just over a week ago, actually floated the idea that there may not be any need to have the “whistleblower” testify before congress.

Now why do you suppose that is? I’ll tell you why…

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!!!

Wednesday PM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 23, 2019 at 3:57pm

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

liar-Pelosi's Fact-Free Sheet on Impeachment

Nate Jackson

Impeachment war: Democrats threaten GOP

with ethics charges for barging

into closed proceeding

by Susan Ferrechio

{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ House Democrats threatened Republican lawmakers with rarely used ethics violations for trying to enter closed-door impeachment proceedings... The threat came after Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee were ejected from the room after entering without authorization. They wanted access, arguing the witness, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper, is under the Armed Services panel’s jurisdiction. “Now we are being threatened with ethics violations,” Rep. Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican, said after leaving the room. “We, as sitting members of Congress, with jurisdiction over the witness, and over military aid, are being threatened.” The group of Armed Services panel lawmakers was in the second set of Republicans to try to gain access to the closed-door proceeding on Wednesday. Armed Services is not among a trio of panels House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi has sanctioned to oversee the impeachment proceeding. When the uninvited Republicans entered the room, House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff, who is overseeing the proceeding, got up and left, and took Cooper, the witness, with him. Partisan bickering then ensued before the GOP interlopers were escorted out. “We simply very calmly walked into the room, sat down, and were ready to hear the proceedings,” Waltz said. “scumbag-Adam Schiff got up and left — with the witness.” Republicans who are not members of the three panels do not have access to transcripts of the testimony, they said... Thats BS.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/impeachment-war-democrats-threaten-gop-with-ethics-charges-for-barging-into-closed-proceeding?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_News%20Brief_10/23/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_News%20Brief&rid=BS5261

Democrats say they

have game changer on impeachment

By SCOTT WONG and CRISTINA MARCOS

{ thehill.com } ~ A top U.S. diplomat gave explosive testimony Tuesday tying Ukraine aid to politically motivated investigations, a development Democrats called a game changer... that could extend the impeachment inquiry into 2020. William Taylor, the head of the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, informed House lawmakers he was told nearly $400 million in military aid was contingent on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announcing investigations into former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden, the Burisma energy company and 2016 election interference. Taylor’s testimony, that he understood the Trump administration was pushing for a quid pro quo, added more fuel to the Democrats’ hard-charging investigation. Taylor tied President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and Trump officials including Energy Secretary Rick Perry to a shadow foreign policy campaign that sought to obtain a public statement about political investigations. “The push to make President Zelensky publicly commit to investigations of Burisma and alleged interference in the 2016 election showed how the official foreign policy of the United States was undercut by the regular efforts led by Mr. Giuliani,” he told House investigators. Some Democrats on Tuesday said Taylor’s “credible” testimony means some witnesses, including U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, may need to be called back to testify a second time to resolve what Democrats now see as inconsistencies in their statements. Taylor testified that Sondland told him Trump said he wanted the Ukrainian government to state publicly it would launch investigations into the loose lips liar-Bidens and the 2016 elections and that “everything,” including the military aid, depended on it. “During our call on September 8, Ambassador Sondland tried to explain to me that President Trump is a businessman. When a businessman is about to sign a check to someone who owes him something, he said, the businessman asks that person to pay up before signing the check,” Taylor told investigators. Taylor also said he learned from two other officials that the order to hold security assistance for Ukraine came from acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney... https://thehill.com/homenews/house/467028-democrats-say-they-have-game-changer-on-impeachment

Iran's Missile Attack Hoax

By Sam Faddis

{ americanthinker.com } ~ On October 11, 2019, Iran announced that one of its oil tankers was struck by missiles while operating in the Red Sea. Almost two weeks later, exactly what happened to the tanker Sabiti remains unclear... and no independent information has emerged to confirm that there ever was an attack. What is clear is that the official Iranian explanation is nonsensical. The original Iranian report identified a different Iranian tanker, the Sinopa, as having been struck. At the time of the alleged attack the Sinopa was indeed in the Red Sea, but was some distance away from the Sabiti, sailing in a completely different direction to a different destination. How a report from a tanker stating that it had been attacked was then confused with an attack on a completely different vessel, the Sabiti, remains unexplained. At the time of the alleged attack the Sabiti had been operating with its maritime tracking system switched off for some two months. The system was reactivated only after the attack was reported. No explanation for the system being deactivated has been offered by the Iranian authorities. Historically, Iranian vessels deactivate their tracking systems when involved in activities that are in violation of international sanctions. After the report of an attack was transmitted, the Sabiti continued south in the direction of Eritrea for 500 miles. Only then did it turn toward Iran. The vessel’s speed was logged via maritime tracking at 9.6 knots, normal cruising speed for an oil tanker of its class. Neither of these things is consistent with actions to be expected by a commercial vessel that has just been attacked and is in distress. No request for assistance was made by the Sabiti. No other vessels came to its assistance, including other Iranian vessels. No other ships in the Red Sea reported any indication of an attack, or smoke, or flames. Following the attack, the official Iranian news agency IRNA released a photo showing what it claimed was the stricken tanker Sabiti. However, the photo published by IRNA was subsequently shown to have been of other incidents in June when the Kouka Courageous, a chemical products tanker sailing under the flag of Panama, and Front Altair, a crude oil tanker under the flag of the Marshall Islands, were attacked in the Gulf of Oman. Photos released of the Sabiti by the Iranian state TV broadcaster IRIB showed no damage of any kind to the vessel...

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/irans_missile_attack_hoax.html

Hawley to Introduce Bill to Move Federal

Agencies out of Washington D.C.

to Economically Stagnant Areas

By JACK CROWE

{ nationalreview.com } ~ Days after squaring off online against “elitist” critics of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s relocation of agency jobs, Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) will introduce legislation on Wednesday... that would move the majority of the federal bureaucracy out of Washington D.C. to economically depressed areas, according to a summary of the bill provided to National Review. The “Helping Infrastructure Restore the Economy (HIRE) Act,” which is cosponsored by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.), would move 90 percent of the positions within ten executive agencies to economically distressed regions that have a stake in the work of those respective agencies. Under the bill, the Department of Agriculture would be relocated to Hawley’s home state of Missouri while the Department of Education would move to Blackburn’s Tennessee, in order to disperse the economic benefits associated with relatively high-paying government jobs that currently accrue to just a few zip codes. “Every year Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars fund federal agencies that are mainly located in the D.C. bubble. That’s a big part of the problem with Washington: they’re too removed from the rest of America. The Hire Act will move policymakers directly into the communities they serve, creating thousands of jobs for local communities and saving taxpayers billions of dollars along the way,” Hawley said in a statement. The bill comes in the wake of Hawley’s online feud with Department of Agriculture research analyst Andrew Crane-Droesch, who wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post on Monday arguing that Perdue relocated his division, the Economic Research Service, to Kansas City. Mo. last year in order to undermine its staff because their research didn’t support the administration’s policy goals. “I assume this is a parody, right? DC bureaucrats aren’t actually saying out loud that moving to Missouri is … punishment, are they? Because surely nobody could be that condescending & elitist,” Hawley wrote on Twitter in response to the op-ed. Washington Post blogger Greg Sargent moved to defend Crane-Droesch on Twitter, prompting Hawley to label him a “smug, rich liberal elitist” — a charge which CNN anchor Jake Tapper then implied was motivated by anti-semitism...

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hawley-to-introduce-bill-moving-federal-agencies-out-of-washington-d-c-to-economically-stagnant-areas/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=breaking&utm_campaign=newstrack&utm_term=18410959

Turks Using Chemical Weapons

Against Kurdish Civilians

by clarionproject.org ~ Turkey is using chemical weapons against Kurdish civilians, according to numerous reports, including the Kurdish Red Crescent... which sent a report directly to Clarion Project yesterday. Horrific burns sustained from skin exposure to white phosphorous have been documented in adults and children alike in Syrian-Kurdish hospitals. The bombs containing the suspected substance were dropped in the border town of Ras al-Ayn. The allegations were made before the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement, which appears to be a sham. Numerous pictures showing gruesome wounds were on social media and in the media. Newsweek magazine quoted British chemical weapons expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, who told the outlet, “This very much looks like it was caused by white phosphorus. In 24 hours, I have been shown more photographs of these kinds of burn than at any recent stage in Syria’s war. “White phosphorus is a horrific weapon, which can be delivered by aircraft or artillery. It reacts to the moisture in the skin in a way that intensifies its burning, so that water cannot put it out.” The substance was also documented by Mustafa Bali, head of media relations for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Kurdish-led, combined force opposing the Turks in Syria...

https://clarionproject.org/turks-using-chemical-weapons-against-kurdish-civilians/?utm_source=Clarion+Project+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f0b1597cd3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_23_12_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_60abb35148-f0b1597cd3-6442509&mc_cid=f0b1597cd3&mc_eid=b83b13a9b5

VIDEO: https://twitter.com/mustefabali/status/1184605697771757574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1184605697771757574&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclarionproject.org%2Fturks-using-chemical-weapons-against-kurdish-civilians%2F

Anti-Trump Camp Includes Hatred of Israel

By Civis Americanus

{ americanthinker.com } ~ Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels purportedly said, "Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty," a principle the Democrat Left puts into practice with unfounded accusations that Donald Trump supports racism, white nationalism, and anti-Semitism... The anti-Israel organization If Americans Knew praised Democrat front-runner Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren by stating, "She said 'yes' to pressuring Israel to end the occupation. Keep saying yes, and add some teeth to it." The same web page adds, "Israel has been a 'foreign policy problem' for years, but also -- especially recently -- it has become a diplomatic albatross around America’s neck." The political Left, rather than Donald Trump, has a problem with our fellow democracy Israel to the extent of excusing, ignoring, and whitewashing behavior similar to that of which they accuse Trump: Palestinian discrimination against and even physical abuse of women, religious minorities, and LGBT people. It is past time for Jewish voters to wake up to the unpleasant fact that they are the moral equivalent of the Democratic Party's battered spouse, the voter whose support the party takes for granted regardless of its embrace of controversial figures like scumbag-Al Sharpton, scumbag-Louis Farrakhan, and now commie-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, worthless-Ilhan Omar, and worthless-Rashida Tlaib. Here is what actor scumbag-David Clennon has to say about a cultural boycott of Israel, and on the same web page where Truthout declares, "We need your help to put an end to the destruction and abuse of the Trump administration -- before it's too late." scumbag-Clennon complains, "A successful Hollywood producer is threatening to initiate a new blacklist against one somewhat successful but slightly washed-up actor: me." The context of the producer's statement was scumbag-Clennon's refusal to audition for a Netflix series because it is "…a joint project of U.S. and Israeli television companies." scumbag-Clennon then adds quite plainly, "Since the Israeli massacre of 2,200 residents of Gaza in 2014, I have supported the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel under the larger umbrella of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement." scumbag-Clennon also characterizes Israel's Operation Protective Edge as a "massacre of 2200 residents of Gaza" while omitting its context. Israel did nothing to Gaza until the terrorist organization Hamas kidnapped and murdered three Israeli teenagers an act of war and fired rockets at Israel another act of war. It is to be remembered that, when the Nazis bombed English cities, and then fired cruise and ballistic missiles at English cities, the Royal Air Force turned Hamburg and Dresden into crematoria and would have probably dropped a nuclear bomb on Berlin had the war continued into August 1945. Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris explained what should have been obvious: "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now, they are going to reap the whirlwind." Some people denounced Harris as a butcher and a war criminal, but his superiors including Prime Minister Churchill and/or Parliament could have ordered him to stop area bombing. They didn't, and Churchill was apparently comfortable with the idea of nuking Berlin. Britons who had but minutes -- and some Israelis have only 15 seconds -- to get into bomb shelters before Nazi missiles arrived probably agreed with area bombing of German cities. Royal Air Force personnel even wrote personalized messages for Hitler on their bombs before they dropped them. If Israel were to put Harris' methods minus, however, attacks on genuine civilian targets into practice, Hamas' incendiary balloons and rockets would stop within days... https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/antitrump_camp_includes_hatred_of_israel.html

liar-Pelosi's Fact-Free Sheet on Impeachment

Nate Jackson: Whenever a Democrat talks about upholding the oath to “support and defend” the U.S. Constitution, there are two appropriate responses: outrage and/or laughter. House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi has elicited cause for either one with her “fact sheet” laying out the case for the Democrats’ impeachment coup because President Donald Trump “has betrayed his oath of office.”

Not surprisingly, liar-Pelosi’s distort-the-facts sheet fails to actually make that case. She points to the July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and subsequent “cover up” as “evidence” of Trump’s offenses, and she quotes the whistleblower complaint to allege that Trump “is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election.”

In other words, liar-Pelosi’s big splash is nothing new. And it’s not even evidence; it’s skewing the facts of the matter to sell a narrative. The key fact here is that Trump asked for Ukrainian assistance investigating what happened in the 2016 election. Whatever benefits to his 2020 campaign there may be are incidental to the 2016 questions and U.S. foreign-policy interests, however careless and sloppy Trump is when he speaks.

So, where does this impeachment charade go from here? Well, liar-Pelosi hasn’t even held a House vote yet, though she says Democrats are proceeding “solemnly.” Right.

From a broader perspective, however, Andrew McCarthy, author of Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for scumbag/liar-nObamas Impeachment, says Democrats have made a mockery of a solemn process. “Our constitutional system will be damaged because impeachment will be discredited,” he writes. “That will not make it any less indispensable than [James] Madison judged it to be. Yet its invocation will be even less likely in some grievous future instance, when a presidential abuse of power actually does imperil the nation. We will have a virtually omnipotent president.” And that, he adds, “is not a prescription for the preservation of liberty.” ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66266?mailing_id=4601&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4601&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Wednesday Noon ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 23, 2019 at 12:06pm

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

British Gay Mafia Forces Chick-fil-A

to Shut Down Restaurant

Todd Starnes

GOP lawmakers storm closed-door

impeachment session, as

scumbag-Schiff walks out

By Ronn Blitzer and Chad Pergram

{ foxnews.com } ~ House Republicans led by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., on Wednesday essentially stormed a closed-door session connected to the impeachment investigation of President Trump... prompting House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff to suspend the proceedings in a remarkable scene. The standoff happened Wednesday morning after lawmakers held a press conference in which they accused House Democrats of lack of transparency. “We’re going to try and go in there, and we’re going to try to figure out what’s going on, on behalf of the millions of Americans that we represent that want to see this Congress working for them and not obsess with attacking a president who we believe has not done anything to deserve impeachment,” Gaetz said. The Republicans specifically called out scumbag-Schiff, D-Calif., who is leading the investigation. “What is scumbag-Adam Schiff trying to hide?” asked House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La. “I think that’s the question so many people have, so many of my colleagues have, so many people in the press should have.” “Voting members of Congress are being denied access from being able to see what’s happening behind these closed doors where they’re trying to impeach the president of the United States with a one-sided set of rules,” Scalise continued. “They call the witnesses. They don’t let anybody else call the witnesses.”“We’re gonna go and see if we can get inside,” Gaetz said at the conclusion of the press conference. From there, about 30 House Republicans flooded the room where Laura Cooper, who oversees Ukraine policy at the Department of Defense, was set to testify. Because there was no agreement for non-committee members to be present, this "sit-in" created an immediate standoff. Fox News is told that scumbag-Schiff did not ask the U.S. Capitol Police to arrest or remove Republicans who charged in — but he did leave the room and apparently does not plan to start the interview until the situation is resolved. Fox News is told about a dozen Republicans were still in the secure facility known as a SCIF as of early afternoon. In another complication, some non-committee members brought in phones and other electronic devices in possible violation of House rules... https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-lawmakers-in-blasting-secret-impeachment-probe-before-attempting-to-storm-the-proceedings

VIDEO: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6097071623001/#sp=show-clips

Rep. Mike Johnson on

Conservatives’ New Health Care Plan

by Rachel del Guidice

{ dailysignal.com } ~ It’s been two years since Republicans fell one vote short of repealing and replacing scumbag/liar-nObamacare. Since then, Democrats have moved further to the left and pushed for a single-payer system... while Republicans have developed free-market alternatives. In today’s special edition of The Daily Signal Podcast, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., shares about a new plan put forward by the Republican Study Committee, which he says would lower costs and expand options for Americans. His interview begins at 8:15. This episode was recorded at President’s Club, an annual gathering of Heritage Foundation supporters in Washington, D.C.Rachel del Guidice: We’re honored today to be joined on The Daily Signal podcast by Congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana, who is also chairman of the Republican Study Committee. Congressman Johnson, thank you so much for being with us today. Rep. Mike Johnson: Thanks for having me. It’s good to be with you. del Guidice: Well, you are very busy right now. You’re currently in the midst of rolling out the RSC’s health care plan, which is entitled “A Framework for Personalized, Affordable Care.” Can you tell us a little bit about it? Johnson: Yeah. Thanks so much for the opportunity. We have been working on this product that we released this week for almost a year. Everyone remembers what happened back in 2017, the big effort Republicans made to repeal and replace scumbag/liar-nObamacare. It failed by one vote in the Senate; rino-John McCain famously did the thumbs down, and since that occurred, there hasn’t really been any idea or proposal in this space at all. It’s been almost a vacuum of ideas. What is filling it now is something that greatly concerns all of us, and should concern every American. That is the Democrats. All of the ones on stage running for president, and many of the leaders, House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi and company, and the Congress, who are proposing basically two options in this crisis that we have in American health care...

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Rush Limbaugh: Dems'

impeachment witnesses 'crapping out'

by wnd.com ~ Democrats have been boasting they will have their impeachment inquiry of President Trump completed by Thanksgiving... All of a sudden, however, they're now talking about Christmas. They explain that their witnesses – testifying behind closed doors to House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff's team – are giving them so much new evidence of massive wrongs by the president that they need more time. Bunk, contends talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh. They want more time because they haven't obtained what they want from the witnesses, he insisted on Tuesday. "This is not an impeachment that they're running. It is a deception," he said. "It's nothing more than a sham bunch of interviews in a basement, and now scumbag-Schiff is not even releasing the transcripts to Republicans, not allowing Republicans in." scumbag-Schiff, he said, simply comes out and lies about the testimony of witnesses, who later deny the chairman's claims. Limbaugh said that what's happening is "the exact opposite" of what Democrats are saying. "They aren’t finding any impeachable evidence. That's the problem!" He pointed out it was scumbag-Schiff who "promised everybody he had evidence of Trump and Russia colluding, and he has yet to produce it." So now the story is about all the witnesses and all the information they have about the president. "They need more time to investigate all these new leads," he said. "But we know that is a lie. You know how we know that's a lie? Because if there was any new dirt on Trump, scumbag-Schiff would have immediately leaked it to the New York Times or the Washington Post. There haven't been any new crimes reported by either of those stellar fake news sites. In fact, the Democrats' real problem is that their star witnesses are crapping out on 'em. Big time." Limbaugh said the Democrats' witnesses are giving up "zero evidence of any criminal behavior, high crime behavior, misdemeanor behavior, impeachable offenses. There isn't any! There are none. Instead of coming up with dirt on Trump they're basically supporting everything Trump has said." That's evident, he explained, because Democrats are concealing the transcripts of the testimonies... https://www.wnd.com/2019/10/rush-limbaugh-dems-impeachment-witnesses-crapping/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=wnd&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=breaking

Trump announces 'permanent ceasefire' in

Syria between Turkey and Kurds;

lifts sanctions on Ankara

By Ronn Blitzer and Andrew O'Reilly

{ foxnews.com } ~ President Trump announced on Wednesday that conditions have been met between Turkey and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for what he called a " permanent ceasefire" between the two sides... and that the United States is lifting sanctions on Ankara that were implemented following the invasion of northern Syria. Speaking at the White House, Trump said that while a "permanent ceasefire" will be tough to maintain in the volatile region, he hopes that it will last and end the conflict between Turkey and the Kurds. "I do believe it will be permanent," he said. "This was an outcome created by us, the United States, and nobody else...we've done something very, very special" Trump's comment follows an early morning tweet, where he said a “safe zone” along the Turkey-Syria border and as he faces strong bipartisan criticism for pulling back U.S. troops from northern Syria. The president was optimistic after the initial 120-hour pause in the Turkish military operation there ended, and as the SDF withdrew from a stretch of territory in northern Syria. “Ceasefire has held and combat missions have ended. Kurds are safe and have worked very nicely with us,” Trump tweeted. “Captured ISIS prisoners secured.” What happens next is unclear. The U.S. withdrawal was followed by Turkish aggression, and Trump faced criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike who blamed him for allowing the violence to go unchecked and leaving Kurdish allies to fend for themselves. Turkey and Russia reached an agreement Tuesday that would transform the map of northeast Syria, installing their forces along the border and filling the void left by the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Vice President Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Ankara last week to work out the cease-fire. Though that period has since lapsed, Pence said there's an opportunity for a permanent cease-fire in the region. James Jeffrey, a career diplomat who oversees Washington’s role in the global fight against the Islamic State, also told lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he does not believe the troop withdrawal added to Turkey’s decision to invade northern Syria. Jeffrey, however, did concede that if U.S. forces had been told to stand their ground amid a Turkish invasion, Turkey may have thought otherwise about crossing the border... https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-live-trump-syria

Terrorists Call for Killing Jews

from UN HQ in Gaza

by Bassam Tawil

{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ Leaders of several Palestinian factions are again calling for stepping up terrorist attacks against Jews. The difference is that this time... the calls were made during a sit-down strike held by Palestinians outside the offices of the United Nations in the Gaza Strip. The leaders of the Palestinian factions chose to issue their calls for killing Jews in front of the UN offices in the Gaza Strip. It is as if they are asking the UN to approve their continual terrorist attacks against Israel. What is clear -- and disturbing -- is that the UN officials in the Gaza Strip choose to remain silent when the Palestinian leaders came to their offices to incite their people to step up their terrorist attacks. The sit-down strike was organized by the "Jerusalem Department" of Hamas, the terrorist group that has been ruling the Gaza Strip since the summer of 2007. The purpose of the sit-down strike was, according to Hamas, to protest visits by Jews to the Temple Mount, or Haram Al-Sharif -- a site in Jerusalem sacred to both Muslims and Jews. Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip near Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority (PA), which governs the West Bank near Jordan, as well as other Palestinian factions have long been waging a vicious campaign of incitement against the decision by Israeli authorities to allow Jews to tour the Temple Mount compound. The Palestinians are opposed to the presence of Jews on the Temple Mount -- whether as visitors or worshippers. Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount is completely forbidden by the Israeli police, and Jewish visitors are forbidden from singing, whispering, praying or making any kind of religious displays. Still, the Palestinians continue to incite against the Jewish tours, ignoring the fact that the Israeli authorities do not allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount. The PA and Hamas officials and media outlets regularly describe the peaceful visits by Jews as "violent invasions by extremist Jewish settlers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque."...

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15003/call-for-killing-jews-un-gaza

commie-AOC Defies liar-Pelosi,

DCCC with Texas Endorsement

by Collin Anderson

{ freebeacon.com } ~ Rep. commie-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) has endorsed another liberal challenger looking to unseat an incumbent House Democrat backed by party leadership... commie-Ocasio-Cortez endorsed progressive Jessica Cisneros in her primary challenge against Rep. Henry Cuellar (D., Tex.), citing Cisneros's status as a "strong new ally in the fight for Medicare for All." Cisneros is supported by Justice Democrats, the same progressive group that backed commie-Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. worthless-Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) in 2018. commie-Ocasio-Cortez's endorsement marks another act of defiance toward Democratic leadership. House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairwoman Cheri Bustos (D., Ill.) have endorsed Cuellar. commie-Ocasio-Cortez attacked Cuellar in her endorsement, accusing the incumbent Democrat of fighting for "big corporate donors" and suggesting he is "quite regressive" compared to his constituency. The Cuellar campaign denounced the freshman congresswoman's endorsement as out-of-state meddling. commie-Ocasio-Cortez, his spokesman said, does not speak for the people of Texas. "This race is going to be decided by the voters of the 28th District of Texas, not out-of-state PACs and celebrities who seem to be the only people supporting our opponent," said Cuellar spokesman Colin Strother. Cisneros, 26, did not respond to request for comment. She previously served as an intern in Cuellar's office before accusing him on the campaign trail of being "Trump's favorite Democrat" on the campaign trail. She welcomed commie-Ocasio-Cortez's endorsement on Twitter...

https://freebeacon.com/politics/aoc-defies-pelosi-dccc-with-texas-endorsement/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=919f1c9e36-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_22_08_19_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-919f1c9e36-45611665

Anti-Trump Camp Includes Hatred of Israel

By Civis Americanus

{ americanthinker.com } ~ Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels purportedly said, "Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty," a principle the Democrat Left puts into practice with unfounded accusations that Donald Trump supports racism, white nationalism, and anti-Semitism...The anti-Israel organization If Americans Knew praised Democrat front-runner Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren by stating, "She said 'yes' to pressuring Israel to end the occupation. Keep saying yes, and add some teeth to it." The same web page adds, "Israel has been a 'foreign policy problem' for years, but also -- especially recently -- it has become a diplomatic albatross around America’s neck." The political Left, rather than Donald Trump, has a problem with our fellow democracy Israel to the extent of excusing, ignoring, and whitewashing behavior similar to that of which they accuse Trump: Palestinian discrimination against and even physical abuse of women, religious minorities, and LGBT people. It is past time for Jewish voters to wake up to the unpleasant fact that they are the moral equivalent of the Democratic Party's battered spouse, the voter whose support the party takes for granted regardless of its embrace of controversial figures like scumbag-Al Sharpton, scumbag-Louis Farrakhan, and now commie-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, worthless-Ilhan Omar, and worthless-Rashida Tlaib. Here is what actor scumbag-David Clennon has to say about a cultural boycott of Israel, and on the same web page where Truthout declares, "We need your help to put an end to the destruction and abuse of the Trump administration -- before it's too late." scumbag-Clennon complains, "A successful Hollywood producer is threatening to initiate a new blacklist against one somewhat successful but slightly washed-up actor: me." The context of the producer's statement was scumbag-Clennon's refusal to audition for a Netflix series because it is "…a joint project of U.S. and Israeli television companies." scumbag-Clennon then adds quite plainly, "Since the Israeli massacre of 2,200 residents of Gaza in 2014, I have supported the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel under the larger umbrella of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement." scumbag-Clennon also characterizes Israel's Operation Protective Edge as a "massacre of 2200 residents of Gaza" while omitting its context. Israel did nothing to Gaza until the terrorist organization Hamas kidnapped and murdered three Israeli teenagers an act of war and fired rockets at Israel another act of war. It is to be remembered that, when the Nazis bombed English cities, and then fired cruise and ballistic missiles at English cities, the Royal Air Force turned Hamburg and Dresden into crematoria and would have probably dropped a nuclear bomb on Berlin had the war continued into August 1945. Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris explained what should have been obvious: "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now, they are going to reap the whirlwind." Some people denounced Harris as a butcher and a war criminal, but his superiors including Prime Minister Churchill and/or Parliament could have ordered him to stop area bombing. They didn't, and Churchill was apparently comfortable with the idea of nuking Berlin. Britons who had but minutes -- and some Israelis have only 15 seconds -- to get into bomb shelters before Nazi missiles arrived probably agreed with area bombing of German cities. Royal Air Force personnel even wrote personalized messages for Hitler on their bombs before they dropped them. If Israel were to put Harris' methods minus, however, attacks on genuine civilian targets into practice, Hamas' incendiary balloons and rockets would stop within days... https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/antitrump_camp_includes_hatred_of_israel.html

British Gay Mafia Forces Chick-fil-A

to Shut Down Restaurant

Todd Starnes

The first Chick-fil-A in Great Britain will shut down six months after it opened after a massive protest by a militant group of sex and gender revolutionaries.

The Atlanta-based restaurant, one of the most popular in the nation, had opened a franchise in a mall about 90 minutes from London.

Reading Pride, an LGBTQ advocacy group, said it was “staunchly opposed to Chick-fil-A setting up shop in the UK and certainly in Reading.”

“The chain’s ethos and moral stance goes completely against our values, and that of the UK as we are a progressive country that has legalized same-sex marriage for some years, and continues to strive towards equality,” read a statement from the group.

As a result of its efforts, an untold number of British workers will be heading to the unemployment line.

The Washington Post reports that the restaurant was overwhelmed by a tsunami of online hate from militant gays and their supporters.

“You may be closing down six months’ time, but we have a message for you,” one man said. “You will not be opening anywhere else in the U.K. And if we do see you on our soil, we will stand up and we will challenge you again.”

As I write in Culture Jihad: How to Stop the Left From Killing a Nation, there is a war against traditional values across the globe.

A small but vicious group of LGBT activists is hell-bent on forcing every human on the planet to bow down to its radical agenda. It even targets conservative gays — anyone who dares to stand in its way. And it will even lie to get its way.

The latest controversy stems from a fake news report published by Think Progress that alleged Chick-fil-A donated money to anti-gay hate groups. Among the groups it referenced were the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

It also took offense because the family that owns Chick-fil-A believes in traditional marriage — one man, one woman.

It’s time for freedom-loving people, gay and straight, to condemn the militant gay mafia and put a stop to its radical agenda. Otherwise, we will all be forced to sacrifice our religious beliefs on the LGBT altar of political correctness. ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66230?mailing_id=4598&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4598&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Wed/Med AM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 23, 2019 at 9:30am

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Calling America Racist While

Ignoring Chinese Slavery

Arnold Ahlert

Wednesday Top News Executive Summary

Media Editors: Above the Fold

RUDY GIULIANI MOST IMPLICATED: Diplomat Bill Taylor, testifying in House impeachment probe, raises concern about possible quid pro quo over investigations seen as aiding Trump (The Wall Street Journal)

SANCTIONS LIFTED: Trump announces “permanent ceasefire” in Syria between Turkey and Kurds; lifts sanctions on Ankara (Fox News)

WICKED BEDFELLOWS: “Russia and Turkey have agreed to ensure Kurdish forces withdraw from areas close to Syria’s border with Turkey and to launch joint patrols, in a deal hailed as ‘historic’ by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.” (Agence France-Presse)

Government & Politics

IDENTITY SOCIALISM: Fake Indian Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren is running out of fake money to pay for her terrible ideas (Reason)

COLLUSION DELUSION: “Do-nothing Congress”: liar-Pelosi, Democrats produce more subpoenas than laws (The Washington Times)

NINTH CIRCUS: Ninth Circuit upholds block on birth-control exemption for religious employers (National Review)

Business & Technology

NURTURING COMPETITION: Senate Republican Josh Hawley introduces bipartisan bill empowering users to withdraw their data from social-media giants (National Review)

OFF TO MORE FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS: Tech companies are accelerating their exodus from China (The New American)

MEANWHILE… For the first time, there are fewer wealthy Americans than Chinese (CBS News)

Other Notables

HOT AIR: California governor who wanted higher gas prices wants investigation of high gas prices (Associated Press)

CONCESSION: “The Hong Kong government on Wednesday withdrew the controversial extradition bill that sparked months of violent protests, but that is only one of the five demands that continue to drive protesters to the streets.” (Fox News)

Closing Arguments

POLICY: Is it time for America to begin decoupling from communist China? (The Federalist)

POLICY: Breathe free: Capitalism helps protect the environment (The Daily Signal)

HUMOR: scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton sells out tour for new book, Everyone I Don’t Like Is a Russian Agent (Genesius Times)

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66299?mailing_id=4603&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4603&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

The Deep State Comes Out Of The Shadows

by John Merline

{ issuesinsights.com } ~ Two news stories published over the weekend had the same message. The State Department was out to get President Donald Trump after suffering years of “frustration.”... At least these denizens of the deep state are being honest. Politico’s 2,000-word story – titled “The Revenge of the State Department” – begins by reporting on the fact that “current and former Foreign Service officers have defied Trump administration orders and trudged to Capitol Hill to testify before House committees investigating whether to impeach the president.” These officials, the story says, are “furious,” “terrified,” “incredulous,” “disappointed,” “fed up,” “livid,” with a “deep well of resentment,” in an “unbearable” situation. Some of them, Politico reports, are using the hearings as a “platform to air long-held grievances over Trump.” And their colleagues are “hailing them as heroes.” What, exactly, are these career State Department bureaucrats angry about? They’re mad that several of them “were demoted or sidelined following attacks by the conservative media.” They complain about what they see as Trump’s “dangerous brand of diplomatic malpractice.” They’re upset that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn’t publicly support Marie Yavonovitch after Trump removed her from her post as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, and that Pompeo “is willing to sell out the department to keep favor with Trump.” They’re also enraged that Pompeo gave a speech to the American Association of Christian Counselors and talked openly about the importance of his faith. That, according to Politico, “troubled many diplomats.”... https://issuesinsights.com/2019/10/21/the-deep-state-comes-out-of-the-shadows/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newslink&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191023142035

scumbag-Adam Schiff’s “Media Leaks

to Frame Impeachment Narrative Are False”

by sundance

{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Representative John Ratcliffe appears with Martha MacCallum to discuss the ongoing closed-door testimony... from officials upset about President Trump’s unorthodox approach to foreign policy. Mr. Ratcliffe notes the purposeful leaks from Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff and his Lawfare staff to their aligned media scribes are intentionally false by design. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/22/john-ratcliffe-adam-schiffs-media-leaks-to-frame-impeachment-narrative-are-false/

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bzUBX7wfqs

Lawless Democrats won’t let

any Republicans see the transcripts

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By S.Noble

{ independentsentinel.com } ~ We hope the Republicans have been bringing tape recorders into the scumbag-Schiff committee hearings since there is no other way they will be able to recall what went on in the hearings... nor will they be able to counter any lies. The Democrats have become so unAmerican in the use of their Soviet-style tactics as they roll towards impeachment that they won’t even allow Republican members of the committee to see the transcripts. Democrats are lawless as people can see in their treatment of the border and any number of issues, but their refusal to be fair in any way during the impeachment process is what you would expect from the Soviets. They have given Republicans and the President no rights whatsoever in the process which they make up as they go along. They won’t give them the right to call witnesses as they stack the deck with disgruntled employees. They will not call the so-called ‘whistleblowers’ who are the main witnesses. The main witness once worked in the White House with loose lips liar-Joe Biden and has ties to a 2020 opponent of Donald Trump’s. He is not a direct witness, and he only reported rumors and information gathered from newspaper articles. Yet, he gets to hide his identity and the President is not allowed to face his accuser. Democrats are falsely calling this a grand jury and the hearings, ‘depositions.’** The President has been deprived of all his civil rights. Now, the Democrats will be able to hide the transcripts and make up a report based on their version of what is in them. If they are telling the truth, why do they need to do this??? Obviously, they plan to lie. There is no regard for due process or the rule of law and when these Democrats have all the power, we will no longer live in a free country. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said on The Ingraham Angle last night, “The reality is when you close the doors, you’re saying we don’t trust anybody but us to get to the truth. And they’re actually, the word came out tonight, they’re not even going to let these guys, members of the committee, get access to the transcripts anymore.”...

https://www.independentsentinel.com/lawless-democrats-wont-let-any-republicans-see-the-transcripts/

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqkQ6Uwnk5E

Germany's Maas says Turkey 'invasion'

illegitimate under international law

by dw.com ~ Germany's foreign minister has described Turkey's offensive against Syrian Kurds as an "invasion" and said Berlin saw it as illegitimate... But the Turkish president's spokesman said Ankara's forces merited gratitude. Germany rejects Turkey's justification for a military push into Kurdish-dominated regions of northeast Syria, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Sunday. "After everything we know and after everything that Turkey itself has cited as a legal basis, we cannot share that view," Maas said in remarks broadcast by the public broadcaster ZDF. "We do not believe that an attack on Kurdish units or Kurdish militias is legitimate under international law," the foreign minister added. His comments were echoed by other top officials, including Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. At a conservative party congress, she said Turkey was violating the "basis of the post-World War II order," whereby conflicts should be solved by diplomacy instead of force. Turkey has cited links between the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighting against the Turkish state as justification to clear its border of "terrorists" in self-defense. Since the Turkish military and its rebel proxies launched the offensive on October 9, at least 160,000 people have been displaced and scores killed. Human rights organizations have warned that the Turkish-led offensive may have committed war crimes, including targeting civilians and carrying out summary executions. Maas warned that Germany was keeping an eye on Turkey's actions following a fragile US brokered truce. "We have been very clear that we are keeping other measures open — and they might also include economic sanctions." According to a survey conducted by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen pollster, 91% of Germans are against arms exports to Turkey and 65% support punitive economic measures against the country due to its offensive in Syria... https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-maas-says-turkey-invasion-illegitimate-under-international-law/a-50909349

Unidentified Drones Attack

Iranian-Backed Militia in Eastern Syria

By TZVI JOFFRE

{ jpost.com } ~ Unidentified drones attacked Syrian areas controlled by the Assad regime and Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias at the Hamdan airport near the town of Al-Bukamal in the eastern region of Deir ez-Zor... according to opposition-affiliated TV station Halab Today. Before the attack, three drones were seen flying from the direction of areas under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces militia, according to Step News, a news agency founded by Syrian activists and journalists. At noon, explosions were heard at the Hamdan airport. Ambulances were sent to the airport, but the number of causalities is unknown. Iranian-backed militias in Al-Bukamal have been targeted by airstrikes multiple times in the past year. Syrian forces and Iranian-backed militias began transferring equipment and materials to Al-Bukamal for the purpose of building bridges across the Euphrates River, according to local news outlet Deir ez-Zor 24. International coalition aircraft intensified flights over the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor last week. Sites controlled by Iran in Al-Bukamal have been targeted multiple times by airstrikes in recent months. A strategic border crossing between Iraq and Syria is located in the area. Iranian forces and militias loyal to them are fortifying their positions in the Deir ez-Zor area in eastern Syria where Al-Bukamal is located, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights [SOHR]. In September, at least 37 militants were killed in two airstrikes which also destroyed vehicles, ammunition depots, weapons and buildings in the Al-Bukamal area. Many of those killed were of Iraqi nationality. The attacks in the Al-Bukamal area have been blamed on both Israel and Saudi Arabia. "Saudi fighter jets have been spotted along with other fighter jets that have attacked facilities and positions belonging to Iranian militias," said an unnamed source to the Independent in Arabic. The attacks targeted positions belonging to the Quds force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in Al-Bukamal and other areas near the Iraq-Syria border. Saudi sources later denied the report, according to the Independent. On September 9, airstrikes allegedly carried out by Israel destroyed a military base in the area under Iranian control, according to the SOHR.

https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Unidentified-drones-attack-Iranian-backed-militia-in-eastern-Syria-report-605436

Scaramucci to Mulvaney

'Resign, go to confession'

By JOHN BOWDEN

{ thehill.com } ~ Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci urged acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to step down and "go to confession"... after a tumultuous week for the Trump administration. During an appearance on CNN's "New Day," Scaramucci was asked by anchor John Berman what advice he would give to Mulvaney after the chief of staff appeared to admit to the existence of a quid pro quo between President Trump and Ukraine's president over the issues of military aid and an investigation into former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden."If I were giving Mick Mulvaney advice, if I were him I would resign, I would get myself a really good lawyer, because you're going to have to explain a lot of things," Scaramucci said. "What I would say to Mick, is, you're a good Catholic — resign, go to confession, OK, then let's rebuild your career from here," he added.Scaramucci, who served just ten days in the Trump administration before himself resigning after an explosive tirade to a reporter was published, has in recent weeks become a vocal critic of the White House amid Democrats' impeachment inquiry over the growing Ukraine scandal. In August, he said it was "pretty obvious" that he would not support Trump's reelection while accusing the president of sounding "nonsensical" before the American public. Critics of the White House argue that Trump's attempts to persuade Ukraine's president to investigate loose lips liar-Biden represent an abuse of power and an attempt to spur a foreign power to interfere in a U.S. election. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466734-scaramucci-to-mulvaney-resign-go-to-confession

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Calling America Racist While

Ignoring Chinese Slavery

Arnold Ahlert: “In the NFL, they got a bunch of old white men owning teams and they got that slave mentality. And it’s like, ‘This is my team. You do what the f—k I tell y'all to do. Or we get rid of y'all.’” —LeBron James, December 2018

Like so many American leftists, LeBron James is quite comfortable with the idea that America is an inherently racist country that must forever atone for its legacy of slavery. Most of the Democrat presidential candidates take it one step further and support reparations for slavery, as in the idea that those who never participated in the practice should compensate those who never experienced it.

Yet if there is any lasting legacy of racism going forward, the lion’s share of it is owned by the Democrat Party. That history includes ties to Jim Crow laws and the Ku Klux Klan, as well as 20 Democrat platforms that either supported segregation outright or were silent on the subject from 1868 through 1948. It also includes opposition to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, banning slavery, guaranteeing due process and equal protection to former slaves, and granting black Americans the right to vote, respectively. All of this is historically undeniable.

Even more undeniable? The reality that slavery was abolished 154 years ago.

In America. What about China? According to the Global Slavery Index, as many as 3.8 million people there live in slave-like conditions. Moreover, the website adds, forced-labor conditions “have been documented in electronics factories supplying major brands such as Apple, Acer, HP, and Sony, among many others.”

What other companies use slave or forced labor? A $3 trillion apparel and footwear industry that employs an estimated 60 million to 75 million people who are paid very little — or nothing at all. A 2018 report produced by the nonprofit KnowTheChain offers details: “Workers have been found to be at risk of forced labor in the picking of cotton, harvesting of rubber, on cattle ranches used for the production of leather, in the farming of silk cocoons, the spinning of yarn, and in the manufacturing of apparel and footwear.”

Until it ostensibly cleaned up its act in 1998, Nike reportedly used sweatshops and child labor to make its footwear. Unfortunately, an August 2017 article published by the Quartz website stated that “Nike’s sweatshop problem is threatening a comeback,” including claims that “workers at a Nike contract factory in Hansae, Vietnam, suffered wage theft and verbal abuse, and labored for hours in temperatures well over the legal limit of 90 degrees, to the point that they would collapse at their sewing machines.”

In 2016, LeBron James’s business partner, Maverick Carter, implied that James’s 2015 deal with Nike was in excess of $1 billion — easily surpassing the 10-year, $300 million deal fellow NBA player Kevin Durant signed with Nike in 2014. Ironically, James began wearing Nike sneakers with the word “equality” stitched on the heel during 2017-2018 NBA season as a protest — against the policies of American President Donald Trump.

Fox Sports Radio host Clay Travis wasn’t buying it. “LeBron James is selling a tennis shoe with equality written on the back of it, which is made by slave labor overseas,” he noted. “The irony of this decision is mind-blowing.”

Not really. Leftists’ one-sided obsession with reparations and slavery is much like their one-sided obsession with global warming: focus their rage at an America leading the world in greenhouse-gas reductions, while giving China, a.k.a. the world’s largest polluter, a pass.

Despite such overt hypocrisy, reality intrudes. “U.S. Customs and Border Protection accuses Hetian Taida Apparel Co. in China’s Xinjiang province of using forced or prison labor, and last month the agency banned U.S. imports of the company’s garments,” Wall Street Journal columnists Jianli Yang and Lianchao Han report. “It’s a first step, but the U.S. should go much further. China, the world’s largest cotton producer, has built the world’s largest prison system to provide the labor needed to sustain cotton production.”

Jainli and Liancho also reveal that China has “the most expansive and intrusive surveillance system in the world in Xinjiang, making the province essentially an open-air prison.” And when the communist government fully employs the Social Credit Rating system it will forcibly impose on its people beginning next year?

Last May, Trump administration Assistant Secretary of Defense Randall Schriver accused Beijing of putting more than a million minority Muslims in “concentration camps” the Chinese describe as vocational education training centers. Sayragul Sauytbay, a teacher who escaped from China and was granted asylum in Sweden, offers a firsthand account of those “education centers.” “Twenty prisoners live in one small room,” she reveals. “They are handcuffed, their heads shaved, every move is monitored by ceiling cameras. A bucket in the corner of the room is their toilet. The daily routine begins at 6 A.M. They are learning Chinese, memorizing propaganda songs and confessing to invented sins. They range in age from teenagers to elderly. Their meals are meager: cloudy soup and a slice of bread.”

Nonetheless, when LeBron was venting his anger at NFL “slave owners,” he offered nothing but praise for NBA commissioner Adam Silver. “He doesn’t mind us having … a real feeling and to be able to express that.”

When it really counted, Silver himself was not so expressive. “It is inevitable that people around the world — including from America and China — will have different viewpoints over different issues,” Silver cravenly stated in response China’s reaction to Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s support for Hong Kong protesters. “It is not the role of the NBA to adjudicate those differences.”

Yet some adjudication is “more equal” than others: the same NBA moved its All-Star game out of North Carolina in response to what the league described as North Carolina’s H2 “anti-LGBT” bill because it required schools and public facilities containing single-gender bathrooms to only allow people of the corresponding birth-certificate sex to use them. In a statement, the league bemoaned the “climate created by HB2.”

The “climate” created by a communist government that relegates millions to a life of slave labor? Full speed ahead.

The Tariff Act of 1930, a.k.a. the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, barred the importation of all good produced by “convict labor or forced labor.” In 2016, a Republican-controlled Congress ostensibly closed a loophole in that bill that allowed companies to import goods derived from slavery if domestic production couldn’t meet demand for those goods.

Yet somehow, America still managed to reach a record-setting $419 billion trade deficit in 2018 with the world’s leading slave state.

“The last thing the NBA, Disney, Apple, Nike and the rest of the ‘megas’ want is competition,” explains columnist Daniel Greenfield. “What they want is a walled garden tended by a kindly Zen-Communist tyrant who will give them a virgin territory in exchange for a huge slice of the pie to be shared with local political partners.”

And useful idiots in America, who never miss a chance to denigrate their own nation, will be with them — every sneaker-clad step of the way. ~The Patriot Post

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Wednesday AM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 23, 2019 at 6:54am

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

CNN Blows Another Debate

Michael Reagan

Don’t Blame Trump for Syria

by Bruce Thornton

{ frontpagemag.com } ~ President Trump is facing intense criticism for his decision to withdraw fewer than 1000 U.S. troops from northeastern Syria... The dispute largely reflects the bipartisan NeverTrump penchant for politicizing every Trump decision in order to weaken the president. But there are honest people on both sides of the issue who have compelling arguments for their positions. Unfortunately, no rational argument can resolve this disagreement over our presence in Syria, for its causes run much deeper than military tactics and foreign policy strategies: The divided aims underlying our interactions with the world that have left us with a schizophrenic foreign policy. America has long tried to reconcile our desire to be wary of “foreign entanglements,” with our involvements abroad forced on us by changes in technology like the steamship and the telegraph, and by a growing global trade that enriched our own economy at the cost of increasing “entanglements” in foreign affairs. Our participation in the Great War of 1914-1918 made us a global power, just at the time that the ideology of “moralizing internationalism” had taken hold in the West, famously expressed in Woodrow Wilson’s call “to make the world safe for democracy.” For many, the return to isolationism following the war, evident in the Senate’s refusal to ratify the Versailles Treaty, was a disaster that helped spark the much more devastating Second World War. During the Cold War, our standoff with a nuclear armed communist superpower legitimized our deep involvement in managing and defending the Free World we now led. Multinational alliances, conventions, institutions, treaties, and covenants were the means for promoting liberal democracy and human rights, and for adjudicating international disputes and global conflicts while limiting armed violence to proxy duels. The successful end of the Cold War created the illusion that our traditional isolationism was no longer viable, given what George H.W. Bush called the “new world order.” Yet this global leadership still cut against the grain of America’s tradition of avoiding involvement in overseas disputes. In part these isolationist inclinations reflect the age-old flaw of democracies and their regularly scheduled elections, in which political power and policies shift from one party to another, empowering democratic voters to pursue their traditional preference for “butter” over guns. More important, democratic recycling of political leadership promotes short-term thinking, as writers from Demosthenes to de Tocqueville to Churchill have pointed out. Writing after the spectacular carnage of World War II, for example, Churchill attributed the slaughter in part “to the structure and habits of democratic states,” which “lack those elements of persistence and conviction which alone can give security to the humble masses,” and in which “even in matters of self-preservation, no policy is pursued for even ten or fifteen years at a time.” If you think the Cold War policy of containment disprove this assessment, remember it was “cold” because of the Mutually Assured Destruction that would result from a direct confrontation. Imagine how the postwar conflict between the U.S. and the USSR would have played out if the Trinity nuclear test had failed on July 16, 1945...

https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/10/dont-blame-trump-syria-bruce-thornton

scumbag/liar-nObama Headlining

Democrat Redistricting Fundraiser at

Alex scumbag-Soros’s Home

by JOSHUA CAPLAN

{ breitbart.com } ~ Former President Barack scumbag/liar-Obama will headline a fundraiser for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) at Alex scumbag-Soros’s New York City home on Monday evening... according to Politico Playbook. Also expected to attend the NDRC event are the group’s founder and chairman, former Attorney General scumbag-Eric Holder, and former Virginia governor and CNN contributor Terry McAuliffe. Founded in 2016, the NDRC is a super PAC aimed at positioning Democrats favorably in the round of redistricting after the 2020 census. Earlier this year, scumbag/liar-nObama’s political advocacy group, Organizing for Action (OFA), folded itself into scumbag-Holder’s group and launched a campaign called “All On The Line” aimed at promoting redistricting reform. In August, the group unveiled another initiative, Redistricting U, that saw activists provide free training and tools to volunteers involved in redistricting efforts and guide groups on how to “be leaders in the movement for fair maps.” “Training is at the heart of organizing. It’s why I’ve always made it a priority – from my 2008 campaign until now,” scumbag/liar-nObama wrote in a tweet announcing the effort, which is part of the “All On The Line” campaign.“The movement for fair maps will determine the course of progress on every issue we care about for the next decade,” the former president added. “And we can’t wait to begin organizing when the redistricting process starts in 2021. We need to build this movement from the ground up – right now.” Before leaving the White House, scumbag/liar-nObama stated that he would make redistricting efforts a top priority in his post-White House career. “Restoring fairness to our democracy by advocating for fairer, more inclusive district maps around the country is a priority for President scumbag/liar-nObama,” scumbag/liar-nObama spokesman Kevin Lewis said in a statement at the time.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/21/obama-headlining-democrat-redistricting-fundraiser-at-alex-soros-home/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+breitbart+%28Breitbart+News%29

Newt Gingrich Scorches liar-Pelosi,

scumbag-Schiff: 'Embarassingly

Dishonest' Politicians

By Joe Saunders

{ westernjournal.com } ~ When it comes to the “impeachment inquiry” threatening President Donald Trump, not many Americans have the perspective of Newt Gingrich... The former House speaker who oversaw the impeachment of then-President scumbag/liar-Bill Clinton in 1998 knows what lawmakers have done before in taking on the White House from Capitol Hill. And the current farce led by the ferociously partisan House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi and her lieutenant, Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff, isn’t even close. “What they’re doing right now is a fundamental violation of American law,” Gingrich told Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” on Monday. “scumbag-Schiff is an embarrassingly dishonest person,” the former GOP congressman from Georgia said. “liar-Pelosi has become an embarrassingly dishonest person.” As Americans who remember the scumbag/liar-Clinton years will recall, the contrast between what happened on Capitol Hill then versus what Democrats are doing now could not be starker. As Gingrich pointed out, Republicans organizing the scumbag/liar-Clinton impeachment were working with the report compiled by independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who found 11 counts of lying, obstruction and other crimes that could merit impeachment. Today’s Democrats had their own special counsel investigation blow up in their faces, with a report that established no crimes by the president at all. It got even more embarrassing when special counsel Robert Mueller showed up for congressional hearings clearly out of his element. Instead of a vetted document compiled by experienced prosecutors, today’s Democrats are going off the shaky report of an even shakier “whistleblower” with reported ties to Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden. During the scumbag/liar-Clinton impeachment, Gingrich said, Republicans relied heavily on precedents established during the impeachment of President Richard Nixon by N.J. Rep. Peter Rodino, the Democrat who chaired the House Judiciary Committee in 1974. Today’s Democrats are relying on nothing other than their power to control the operations of the House... https://www.westernjournal.com/newt-gingrich-scorches-pelosi-schiff-embarassingly-dishonest-politicians/

Trump’s ‘New Deal’ on Iran

by clarionproject.org ~ President Trump has no intention of just renegotiating the nuclear deal with Iran, rather it would have to be a “new deal” that forces Iran to stop all of it’s “menacing behavior.”... Watch Clarion Project’s National Security Analyst and Shillman Fellow Ryan Mauro on I24 News with good advice on how to proceed with the Islamic Republic: https://clarionproject.org/trumps-new-deal-on-iran/?utm_source=Clarion+Project+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b38f69430c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_22_01_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_60abb35148-b38f69430c-6442509&mc_cid=b38f69430c&mc_eid=b83b13a9b5

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MILBt-Wsl0

scumbag/commie-Brennan And

scumbag-Clapper To Be Interviewed As Part

Of Investigation Into Russia Probe Origins

by CHUCK ROSS

{ dailycaller.com } ~ U.S. Attorney John Durham intends to interview former CIA Director scumbag/commie-John Brennan as part of his investigation into U.S. intelligence agencies’ activities in the Trump-Russia probe... according to NBC News. scumbag/commie-Brennan told NBC News, where he is an analyst, that both he and scumbag-James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence, are sought for interviews with Durham’s investigators. The interviews, should they occur, would signal that Durham is expanding his investigation. Attorney General William Barr appointed Durham to oversee an inquiry into U.S. agencies’ Trump-related intelligence-gathering activities earlier this year. Barr said he was not satisfied with official explanations about the origins of the investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russian government. The FBI opened an investigation on July 31, 2016 into whether Trump associates were colluding with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election. The special counsel’s investigation found no evidence of a conspiracy or that any Trump associates acted as agents of Russia. But scumbag/commie-Brennan, a staunch critic of President Donald Trump and Barr, has fiercely defended the investigation of the Trump campaign. He is also questioning the legal basis for the Durham probe, which he called “bizarre.” “I don’t know what the legal basis for this is,” he told NBC News. “I’m very comfortable with everything I was involved in,” he added. Barr has said little in public about the investigation, but it reportedly centers on FBI and CIA activities before and during the Trump-Russia collusion investigation. Durham is also reportedly looking into what involvement foreign governments might have had in intelligence-gathering against Trump associates. The Durham probe has picked up steam in recent weeks, with Barr and Durham visiting Italy in September, reportedly to collect information about Joseph Mifsud, a Maltese professor who had contacts with former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos...

https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/21/john-brennan-durham-cia-trump-russia/

Why CAIR Doesn’t Represent American Muslims

by clarionproject.org ~ In its effort to be piggyback on the intersectional Leftist crowd, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) espouses a lot of ideas that cater that many American Muslims... especially those who are religiously conservative do not align with. As counter-terrorism analyst Oz Sultan explains, the American Muslim diaspora comes from 77 diverse Muslim countries. There’s no standard bearer organization that can say they represent all of us, least of all CAIR. Listen to Oz explain why CAIR cannot possibly represent American Muslims. Also discover why his participation in the Park 51 project laid the foundation to shape a more integrated program that can address some of the critical issues American Muslims face around faith and identity. Oz Sultan is founder of Our House NYC. He’s also a Big Data and counterterrorism analyst who helps break down complex problems, including coining the term “jillennial” jihadi millennial. Sultan was part of the original Park 51 project and had the chance to observe the collaboration and communication breakdowns of leadership of prior generations in Muslim communities, and he’s shaping the next generation of dialogue models with Our House NYC. Our House NYC is envisioned to be the TEDx of religion. https://clarionproject.org/why-cair-doesnt-represent-american-muslims/?utm_source=Clarion+Project+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b38f69430c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_22_01_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_60abb35148-b38f69430c-6442509&mc_cid=b38f69430c&mc_eid=b83b13a9b5

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOd1kwlaU7Q

CNN Blows Another Debate

Michael Reagan

Twelve presidential wannabes standing in a row on stage for three hours.

Three friendly liberal journalists under-handing softball questions to them.

Tons of BS about free government healthcare and why Trump should be impeached.

Until the personal shock I got at the end of the Democrats’ debate on CNN woke me from my stupor, I wasn’t sure I wasn’t watching a rerun of last month’s debate.

It was the same uninspiring lineup of leftwing political featherweights, plus a self-made billionaire in a hideous tie named Tom Steyer.

And this time instead of ganging up on poor old Joe Biden, everyone was picking a fight with Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren.

They were trying to get the former Native American to admit the truth she would not speak — that her “free” Medicare-for-All Plan is going to be paid for with higher taxes on the middle class.

Otherwise, the CNN debate was another in a series of three-hour ordeals featuring the usual Trump bashing, false promises, canned answers and left-wing Democrat talking points.

No one excelled. No one stood out from the 12-pack of mediocrity.

loose lips liar-Joe Biden was sad to watch as he continued his slow death spiral.

commie-Bernie looked healthy, but he’s stalled in the polls. The angry socialist will never win the nomination, even with the endorsement of commie-AOC and the rest of her Squad.

Sen. dinky/liar-Warren was her usual unlikable self — a Professor Know-It-All with dozens of big detailed federal plans that won’t work, will cost trillions and will turn America into a bigger Swedish welfare state than it already is.

She also showed she’s not too good at taking a punch — or a bunch of slaps — from her fellow lefties.

Mayor Pete did well because in a crowd of goofballs he actually sounded reasonable now and then.

He and impressive congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii were standouts, but they have no more chance of winning the right to lose to Trump than lowlife-Harris, socialist-O'Rourke, scumbag-Booker and the rest of the 2 per-centers.

As for the debate itself, what a joke.

CNN’s questioners were too biased to ask tough questions of their soulmates.

Plus, they completely avoided several radioactive subjects that would have forced Democrats to admit that President Trump has some successes he can take credit for, such as the booming economy, low unemployment and trade negotiations with China.

Stranger yet, there wasn’t a single question about the hottest news topic of the moment — China and its tiff with the NBA.

Maybe CNN was afraid China would black out its newscasts like they did the NBA games.

If I were really cynical, I’d suspect CNN of clearing its debate questions beforehand with the Democratic National Committee.

The result of CNN’s institutional incompetence and permanent liberal tilt was a debate that slogged on and on and got nowhere. No wonder the ratings tanked.

If I were CNN’s execs, next time I’d put a BS Meter at the bottom of the screen. Watching its arrow spike twice a minute at least would have provided a little fun for intrepid viewers like me who stuck it out for three hours.

How bad was the Democrats’ third debate? Well, the biggest winner of the night again was obviously President Trump, who’s still the front-runner.

In what has to be the strangest twist of all, the most-Googled name of the night after the debate was not Biden, Sanders, Warren or Gabbard. It was not even a Democrat.

It was a Reagan.

My brother Ron ended up being the most Googled thanks to the old commercial that CNN ran right before the final question.

The TV ad, shot about six years ago, featured Ron saying something like, “I’m a lifelong atheist and I’m not worried about burning in hell.”

The sudden appearance of my brother endorsing atheism on my TV was shocking, to say the least.

Maybe it was the only ad CNN could find, or maybe CNN aired it for free.

But for me it was a crummy reward for watching their horrible debate all the way to the end. ~The Patriot Post

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Tuesday PM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 22, 2019 at 3:30pm

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

The Totalitarian American Left

David Limbaugh

Benny Gantz to Receive Mandate

From President Rivlin Wednesday Night

By GIL HOFFMAN

{ jpost.com } ~ President Reuven Rivlin will formally task Blue and White leader Benny Gantz with forming a new government on Wednesday evening at the President’s Residence... Rivlin’s spokeswoman announced on Tuesday. Gantz will have 28 days to build a coalition, beginning Wednesday night at midnight and ending just before midnight on November 20, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned his mandate to Rivlin on Tuesday evening. Sources close to Gantz said Blue and White would speak to representatives of each of the nine other factions in the Knesset during the four weeks. But they stressed that there was a difference between such talks and official coalition negotiations, which would only be held with possible coalition partners. “We will invite the Likud first, as we promised, but listen to all the factions,” a source close to Gantz said. “We will hear from those who know we will not sit in a coalition with them and continue with our potential partners.” When asked who could be a coalition partner, the source’s response left open the possibility of every faction except the Joint List. “We will not build a government with parties that do not believe in Israel remaining Jewish and democratic,” the source said. “This has not changed since the election.” The four Arab parties that make up the Joint List are divided over the question of whether they could provide a parliamentary safety net for a Gantz-led minority government. Balad leader Mtanes Shehadeh said his three MKs could not vote for such a government, but both Ayman Odeh, Hadash Party leader and Joint List chairman, and Ta’al Party head Ahmad Tibi spoke in favor of such a scenario. “If Gantz goes in the path of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, I would be happy to lead the safety net,” Odeh told Channel 12. But Gantz’s associates said he does not intend to build a minority government and would stick to his promise to form a unity coalition with Likud, Yisrael Beytenu and Labor-Gesher. Other parties on the Right and Left would then be invited... https://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/First-day-of-Gantzs-mandate-Shaked-willing-to-come-to-negotiations-605373

They Aren’t Whistleblowers

They’re Double Agents

by GianCarlo Canaparo

{ dailysignal.com } ~ The New York Times on Oct. 4 reported that a second intelligence official “alarmed by President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine” is considering whether to file a complaint with the intelligence community inspector general... Like the first whistleblower, however, this individual is apparently trying to advance his agenda outside of the process provided by federal law. As we have detailed, the first whistleblower began with the office of Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. The Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act, however, prohibits that direct contact, requiring instead that complaints follow a process that begins with the intelligence community inspector general. In like fashion, this second individual, who claims to have firsthand information regarding Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has chosen to talk to the media through his or her lawyer, rather than file a complaint. According to the lawyer, this person has firsthand knowledge of some of the allegations included in the first complaint and has spoken to the inspector general. Until this official files a complaint and it’s made public, we have no idea whether his or her account will, as the media have reported, bolster the secondhand and thirdhand information recounted in the first complaint. Until we see his or her complaint and the information actually detailed in it, the information the media report that his lawyer told them is still secondhand. Naturally, that hasn’t stopped the media from calling this a “firsthand” account and speculating wildly about its impact on Democrats’ impeachment efforts. The New York Times, for example, claims that it “would potentially add further credibility to the account of the first whistleblower.” There’s that word again: “whistleblower.” The media often use it, but all we know is that the second person has something to say that his or her lawyer has shared with the media. How does that make him or her a “whistleblower”? For that matter, is the first person a whistleblower? Let’s start with the law that protects intelligence officials who blow the whistle. The key provision of the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act is codified in Title 50 of the U.S. Code Section 3033... https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/21/they-arent-whistleblowers-theyre-double-agents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=they-arent-whistleblowers-theyre-double-agents&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURBNVpXSmtaalZoTWpFdyIsInQiOiJBakZtaGFNZmlzWW5Ia3hnNis5TkdCb3ZXYnpJQzVoeXM1Q1NWRTdPMmt4N0xCbzJZSkN4U09qSTVoZnVZZXV4WEFPdm1sT1dTQXZaSFFEb2E5SWhXYmRBXC96Q0pFU1F0VGJnc0FtZDJzOG1KNldvMzkxYm9aeWhiTmcySG05WGIifQ%3D%3D

Democrats Consider Undermining

Administration’s Crackdown on Tax Avoidance

by Adam Michel

{ dailysignal.com } ~ Senate Democrats are trying to chip away at critical elements of the 2017 tax cuts. Included in the 2017 tax cuts is the new $10,000 cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, one of the reform’s signature achievements... The cap advanced the bipartisan goal of treating taxpayers across the income scale more fairly by diminishing the previously unlimited subsidy for high-income taxpayers in high-tax states. The Senate is set to vote to overturn regulations that are necessary to implement the cap according to congressional intent. Overturning the regulations could increase the deficit by more $673 billion over 10 years and encourage high-income taxpayers to avoid taxes and make a profit in the process. The SALT cap was part of the most sweeping update to the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years, which cut taxes and has allowed the American economy to continue its longest economic expansion in recorded history. Undermining the SALT cap would begin to chip away at the core achievements of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Senators may be motivated by two misconceptions about the SALT deduction and the implementing regulations. Myth No. 1: The Cap Hurts Middle-Class Taxpayers. Before the 2017 tax cut capped the SALT deduction, 70% of taxpayers received no benefit from it. Most of the benefits flowed to wealthy taxpayers in high-tax states. Despite the SALT cap, the vast majority of taxpayers still got a big tax cut for three reasons. First, the tax law doubled the standard deduction, which means that about half of the people who previously chose to itemize their taxes which allows access to the SALT write-off now voluntarily choose to take the new larger standard deduction. Most of these people are better off than they were before... https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/21/democrats-consider-undermining-administrations-ability-to-crack-down-on-tax-avoidance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=democrats-consider-undermining-administrations-ability-to-crack-down-on-tax-avoidance&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURBNVpXSmtaalZoTWpFdyIsInQiOiJBakZtaGFNZmlzWW5Ia3hnNis5TkdCb3ZXYnpJQzVoeXM1Q1NWRTdPMmt4N0xCbzJZSkN4U09qSTVoZnVZZXV4WEFPdm1sT1dTQXZaSFFEb2E5SWhXYmRBXC96Q0pFU1F0VGJnc0FtZDJzOG1KNldvMzkxYm9aeWhiTmcySG05WGIifQ%3D%3D

Democrats Memo LEAKS

Entire Impeachment Plan Just Got Revealed

by Martin Walsh

{ explainlife.com } ~ House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi crossed the red line and caved to the radical wing of the Democratic Party. She held off on trying to remove the president from office for a long time... but she agreed to launch an impeachment inquiry over a nothing burger phone call President Donald Trump had back in July with the Ukrainian.The move is already blowing up in the Left’s face. And now an internal memo from the Democrats just leaked, and it reveals their entire impeachment plan. Illinois Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos, who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, sent a memo to her colleagues advising them on messaging tactics regarding impeachment. But it was leaked to the Axios – and the memo clearly admits that this entire impeachment scam is purely political. The memo from Bustos is largely geared toward vulnerable Democrats in battleground districts that could decide who controls the U.S. House in 2020. “Below is a memo with messaging guidance on the impeachment inquiry,” Bustos wrote in an email to House Democrats.“This comes from research conducted by the DCCC’s pollsters over the past weeks. It reaffirms the strong position Democrats hold on this issue, due to the focus and restraint with which our Caucus has approached this pressing and serious matter. We hope you will find this guidance useful and we appreciate you keeping this within our Caucus.” The memo then provided House Democrats with “message guidance,” which is where it becomes obvious that this is nothing more than a total sham to bring down the president for political purposes. “When discussing Trump’s actions, keep the language simple, direct and values-based: President Trump abused his power and put himself above the law when he asked the Ukrainian President to interfere in the U.S. election,” the memo reads. Finally, the memo says House Democrats should “focus on the biggest issues facing families in the country,” acknowledging that issues like health care and wages “continue to out-rank impeachment as priorities for voters, especially swing voters.” There’s another big tell: Democrats are admitting that voters do not care about impeachment, yet it is all they talk about. Do-nothing Democrats in Congress refuse to work with Republicans to pass anything that would help the American people because all they care about it removing Trump from office.This memo makes that very clear. Democrats concede that several other issues “out-rank impeachment as priorities for voters, especially swing voters.” But the Left is still ramming ahead with their latest pipe dream of trying to remove the duly elected president from office because they hate him.

https://explainlife.com/democrats-memo-leaks-entire-impeachment-plan-just-got-revealed-17106/?utm_source=Explainlife.com%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email

Why LBJ’s Great Society

Gets a Failing Grade in Improving Education

by Fred Lucas

{ dailysignal.com } ~ President Lyndon B. Johnson’s vision for a Great Society unleashed an army of bureaucrats on American schools but produced little or no improvements to public education in 54 years... according to a new report published by The Heritage Foundation. The report, titled “The Not-So-Great Society,” delves into the impact of Johnson’s string of initiatives—among them Medicare, Medicaid, and various social welfare programs—on American education. Scholars from the leading think tank, as well as some outside experts, contributed to the report. One-third of Johnson’s touted War on Poverty invaded classrooms across the United States, which, the president said in 1965, is where “your children’s lives will be shaped.” “The federal Head Start program had as its goal—to quote Lady Bird Johnson—to ‘rescue our disadvantaged children’ and utterly has failed in that mission,” Lindsey Burke, director of Heritage’s Center for Education Policy, told an audience gathered Monday in Washington for the think tank’s annual President’s Club meeting. “We have spent $240 billion on Head Start since it was launched as a small summer program in 1965,” Burke said during a panel discussion about the report. “We have seen no impact on parenting practices, children’s social and emotional wellbeing, their access to medical care, nothing. What we have today, that legacy, is a $9 billion federal jobs program, to be honest. Head Start employs 255,000 adults.” The 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act also expanded the federal government’s role in education, with the stated goal of closing the achievement gap between rich and poor students. But it hasn’t achieved that goal, Burke said. “Since 1965 when the Great Society launched, we have seen federal education spending quadruple, and yet that achievement gap remains the same between poor children and the more affluent kids today, a four-year gap in learning. We have not moved the needle at all,” Burke said. The problem hasn’t just been K-12, as 90% of all student loans to pay for college now come from the federal government... https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/21/why-lbjs-great-society-gets-a-failing-grade-in-improving-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-lbjs-great-society-gets-a-failing-grade-in-improving-education&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURBNVpXSmtaalZoTWpFdyIsInQiOiJBakZtaGFNZmlzWW5Ia3hnNis5TkdCb3ZXYnpJQzVoeXM1Q1NWRTdPMmt4N0xCbzJZSkN4U09qSTVoZnVZZXV4WEFPdm1sT1dTQXZaSFFEb2E5SWhXYmRBXC96Q0pFU1F0VGJnc0FtZDJzOG1KNldvMzkxYm9aeWhiTmcySG05WGIifQ%3D%3D

Supreme Court Delivers Huge

5-4 Ruling; Dems Suffer Major Defeat

by Martin Walsh

{ explainlife.com } ~ There’s a lot of buzz surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court lately. Conservatives currently control a 5-4 majority on the nation’s highest court... and now there’s serious speculation circling throughout the mainstream media that at least 2 liberal Justices may retire in the near future. Democrats are freaking out that President Donald Trump could add more conservatives to the Court given two of the most liberal Justices — Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer — could step down soon because they are “aging” and have “serious health issues.”But that’s not what people are talking about this week. The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Michigan Republican party a win on Monday by throwing out a lower court ruling that required dozens of congressional and legislative districts to be redrawn. Democrats alleged that Republicans in Michigan had gerrymandered the districts to favor them and hurt liberals. The high court’s 5-to-4 decision reverses a ruling by the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, which demanded the state redraw nine congressional districts and 25 state districts by August 1, 2020. Monday’s decision follows the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that it would leave gerrymandering cases to state courts. “Partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the June decision, which dealt with district boundaries in Maryland and North Carolina...

https://explainlife.com/supreme-court-delivers-huge-5-4-ruling-dems-suffer-major-defeat-17102/?utm_source=Explainlife.com%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email

The Totalitarian American Left

David Limbaugh

The left is becoming more unapologetically totalitarian every day. Every freedom-loving American should be alarmed.

From hounding conservatives out of restaurants to spitting on Trump supporters at rallies, from firing employees for politically incorrect statements to fining people for “misgendering” a person, the left is on a path toward absolutism.

Even some former and current leftists have recognized this intolerant trend and broken from their colleagues, lamenting their intolerance of opposing ideas and disturbing mission to suppress dissenting opinion.

Just the other day, three incidents typifying the left’s authoritarianism popped out at me as I was surveying the morning news.

The Federalist reported that venues in three North American cities — Toronto, Brooklyn and Portland — canceled screenings of a movie about Canadian psychologist and author Jordan Peterson because of leftist criticism. Peterson exploded onto the scene in recent years with his no-nonsense, brilliant and clear-eyed critique of insane cultural trends, especially those concerning gender.

Peterson’s book “12 Rules for Life” is wildly popular, and there are countless viral videos featuring his encounters with various leftist interviewers, panelists and audience members who have tried and failed to entrap him on a number of issues, and been reduced — in every case — to blundering, ineffectual bullies. If you haven’t partaken of these videos, you owe it to yourself to witness one arrogant leftist after another being gobsmacked by the simple weapon of unadulterated logic. These videos are irresistibly contagious and imminently satisfying for those longing to see intellectually defenseless, virtue-signaling finger waggers brought to their knees through the medium of polite debate.

Peterson, you see, won’t kowtow to the leftists’ demand that we embrace the tenets of gender ideology, which teaches that gender is less about biology and more about personal identification. He refuses to support laws that criminalize one’s failure to use a person’s preferred pronouns, such as “they” instead of “she.”

Peterson has the temerity to say that men and women are biologically different, and that gender is not a fluid, human construct. That doesn’t sit well with the left, who not only insists that we accept its cockeyed ideas as normal but also advocates imposing them on us by force of law.

Can you get your mind around the irony of the left banning a movie about Peterson because he’s dangerous? Who is more dangerous: a person who peaceably expresses an opinion that happens to be supported by thousands of years of human experience and common sense, or those who try to ban his voice or even a movie about it? This is “1984”-level scary, and it’s getting worse by the hour.

On what possible grounds is the left arguing that Peterson’s views are dangerous? He doesn’t advocate violence; he isn’t a rabble-rouser or revolutionary. He simply states his opinion instead of genuflecting to the despotic left.

But they claim that if Peterson’s views are openly expressed, he might convince other people that he’s right, and that could lead to the proliferation of conservative thought. Peterson’s “conservative perspectives on feminism and gender,” according to an opinion piece in The New York Times, “are very popular among young men and often are a path to more extreme content and ideologies.” Think about this. Conservative speech is dangerous because it is a slippery slope to the adoption of conservative ideas? This must be satire. Do these clueless cranks know how ridiculous they sound?

Again, who is more extreme and dangerous: Jordan Peterson, who advocates the silencing of no one and expresses mainstream opinions, or leftists, who are actively trying to censor Peterson?

Please don’t make the reckless mistake of dismissing this crusade against Peterson as exceptional. This is the left’s pattern, and it is becoming more aggressive all the time.

The second and third incidents I came across are further proof that the left is increasingly Stalinist. In the most recent Democratic presidential debate, Sen. lowlife-Kamala Harris pushed for the suspension of President Trump’s Twitter, speciously alleging that he is trying to obstruct justice and intimidate and threaten witnesses. You see, the left always has some urgent rationale to smother conservative speech — whether it’s to prevent the incitement of violence or obstruction of justice. But it just wants to shut us up.

Those who would silence the other side are the very definition of dangerous. Don’t take lowlife-Harris’ musings lightly, even if she is mostly posturing to gin up more support from the Trump-hating Democratic base. It is instructive that efforts to muzzle speech almost always come from the left, not the right, because the left is insecure about the popularity of its kooky ideas.

The third incident involved demagogue and former Rep. socialist-Beto O'Rourke, who said in a CNN forum on LGBT issues that churches and religious organizations should lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage. If I have to explain how outrageous this is, the country is in even greater danger than I imagined.

I found these examples in 15 minutes of reading this week. They are everywhere. America was founded on the idea of claiming and preserving our God-given liberties. The illiberal left, which believes our rights and freedoms come from government, is hell-bent on destroying our liberties and forcibly imposing its thoughts and ideas on all of us.

God save us. ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66188?mailing_id=4595&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4595&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Tuesday Noon ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 22, 2019 at 11:59am

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Democrats' College 'Affordability' Act

Is Anything But

Political Editors

‘Chairman scumbag-Schiff has made a mockery

of the House’s authority, reputation,

and grave responsibility…’

by libertyheadlines.com ~ House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are “afraid” of the chief impeachment investigator, following a failed effort to censure him... liar-Pelosi said “the GOP has not even tried to deny the facts” of Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democrats. In a statement, liar-Pelosi added a stiff defense of Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff, the “the person of whom the President is most afraid.” She issued the statement after majority Democrats blocked a Republican effort to censure scumbag-Schiff. GOP members of the House had sought punishment for scumbag-Schiff because he falsely represented a transcript of the call between Trump and the Ukraine president in which a potential investigation of possible corrupt activities by loose lips liar-Joe and Hunter Biden were discussed. He also lied about his role in orchestrating a whistleblower complaint about the call. Republicans are also criticizing scumbag-Schiff for the secretive way he is conducting the impeachment investigation, by barring members from witnessing depositions and testimony as is their right as Representatives, or to even view transcripts. “Chairman scumbag-Schiff has made a mockery of the House’s authority, reputation, and grave responsibility,” said House Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana. “Throughout the pointless investigation into the debunked Democrat claim of Russian collusion, and now during this sham impeachment process, Chairman scumbag-Schiff has repeatedly lied to and misled the American people. Chairman scumbag-Schiff cannot be trusted to conduct a fair and open impeachment inquiry, because he cannot be trusted to tell the truth.”... liar-Pelosi is lying once again and the dems who blocked the censure-ships are idiots. https://www.libertyheadlines.com/democrats-block-schiff-censure/

Forget Syria. What Is The U.S. Doing About

The Failed State On Its Southern Border?

By Sumantra Maitra

{ thefederalist.com } ~ How would one categorize a nation-state whose army gives a drug baron’s son to cartel members after suffering brutal losses in pitched battles?... The country whose firebrand leftist president apologized on television and said the army’s surrender to a drug cartel was the correct thing to do, because “we do not want war”? If the reports are correct, this is precisely what happened in Mexico, around the same time the Democratic presidential primary field was debating whether there should be more trillion-dollar expenditures in the U.S. budget. Instead, a failed state on the southern border of the United States should ring alarm bells in the Pentagon. A map in the BBC showed how Mexico is divided into four cartel zones, similar to warlords in Afghanistan or Libya. A few days back, Mexican National Guards surrounded drug lord El Chapo’s son in a house and after a heavy gunfight forced him to surrender and be arrested. Then all hell broke loose. Cartel members surrounded the house and forced security to retreat. The army was called in after heavy violence, and even they were fought to a standstill. While there were not many reports of this in American mainstream media, social media was lit with videos of the Mexican military being surrounded by the cartel members. There were also videos of Sinaloa cartel members in armored cars, with anti-tank grenade launchers, and heavy machine guns patrolling the streets of Mexican cities. In short, the balance of power passed to the hands of drug gangs, militias, and cartel members, who rioted, freed prisoners, and humiliated the national government. Needless to mention, this is not normal. International relations is based on mutual trust between governments, who are expected to keep the authority in a region, especially one as vital as Mexico. Under El Chapo’s cartel, Sinaloa has been the biggest supplier of drugs in the United States. Even with El Chapo jailed, his family runs the business openly without any retribution... https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/22/forget-syria-what-is-the-u-s-doing-about-the-failed-state-on-our-southern-border/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=824f13a51f-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-824f13a51f-83771801

Smoking Gun Proof scumbag/liar-Hillary

Lied Under Oath About Arms Shipments

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By S.Noble

{ independentsentinel.com } ~ On Monday Judicial Watch founder Tom Fitton stated that he now has smoking gun documents that show scumbag/liar-nObama and scumbag/liar-Clinton were aware arms were going to Syria through Benghazi... They were also warned about the rise of ISIS. If you will remember, scumbag/liar-Hillary insisted on deposing Gaddafi and destroying Libya. Benghazi was a base for illegal arms running to Syria from Libya. scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton lied about knowledge of the arms shipments under oath, which is a crime. Fitton believes this may be why General Flynn was so desperately targeted by the scumbag/liar-nObama Deep State. Rand Paul alerted Americans about this in 2015 and 2016.Where is the rest of Congress on this? Why did Rand Paul fight alone? Remember when they ridiculed Rand Paul for simply asking the question? scumbag/liar-Hillary responded to his question as if she was dumbfounded. She answered, “Turkey?” She told him to redirect the question to the agency that ran the annex. Assange said at the time that there are emails that tie scumbag/liar-Hillary to knowing about the weapons that went through Libya. Paul said, “There have been many, many first-hand accounts, The New York Times, London Times, Washington Times have all reported on this… I find it hard to believe that scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton, who all the news report have said she was the biggest advocate for arming the Islamic rebels in Syria, many of them turned out to be not only enemies of ours, some of them also turned out to be enemies of Israel.” She knew full well. Why is she walking free all these years. Rand Paul was right she should of been indicted. https://www.independentsentinel.com/smoking-gun-proof-hillary-lied-under-oath-about-arms-shipments/

VIDEO 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMBLA0aEVd4

VIDEO 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uofvscfAx4

Why Hamas Supports Erdogan's War

by Khaled Abu Toameh

{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated terror group ruling the Gaza Strip since 2007, is the only Palestinian party that has come out in support of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's war on the Kurds in Syria... A statement issued by Hamas on October 14 said that the terror group "understands Turkey's right to protect its border, defend itself and remove threats harmful to its national security against the tampering of the Zionist Mossad in the region, as part of Israel's effort to undermine Arab and Islamic national security." Hamas also praised Erdogan for his "support for the Palestinian cause and the rights of the Palestinian people" and expressed opposition to "the Zionist and US presence in the region." Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip, voiced support for Turkey. "The Israeli media campaign against Turkey is rude and unacceptable. Israel will remain the enemy and Turkey will remain in the hearts of Muslims," he wrote on Twitter. Another Hamas leader, Izzar al-Risheq, said that his group is "confident that President Erdogan has no ambitions in Syria and he only wants to preserve the security of his country." The Muslims, he added, need to "end their conflicts so they would have the time to confront the big challenge imposed by the presence of the Zionist enemy." Hamas's patrons in Qatar, the Gulf country that has long been serving as the Muslim Brotherhood's most hospitable base of operations, have also defended Turkey's war on the Kurds. According to Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, speaking at the Global Security Forum meeting in Doha: "Weapons and training provided to Kurdish groups during the war against Daesh represent an imminent threat to the Turkish security... We can't heap the blame on Turkey as Ankara wants to clear its territory and stand up against terrorism. Turkey can't remain silent until terror hits its territory." Hamas's support for Turkey in its war against the Kurds contradicts its own claim that it does not meddle in the internal affairs of Arab and Islamic countries. In the past few years, several Hamas officials have repeatedly denied charges that their group was meddling in the internal affairs of Egypt, Syria, Libya and Jordan... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15049/hamas-support-erdogan-syria

Greta says Wallace’s 20% comment

was ‘to smear and cause trouble’

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By S.Noble

{ independentsentinel.com } ~ Far-left Democrat Chris Wallace, who is taking over where Shep Smith left off, spent an interview with Mick Mulvaney, attacking, chiding, and demeaning him over his recent interview... about political influence in elections, and the President’s Syria decision, and his actions in Ukraine. It wasn’t a serious interview, it was a partisan attack. In fact, it was worse than that, it was disinformation. It’s not legitimate reporting to use anonymous, vague sources just to upset or confuse the person being interviewed. Greta Van Susteren was angry about it and she was right to be. Wallace wallowed in gossip and propaganda throughout the interview, telling Mick Mulvaney that some “well-connected” D.C. Republican told him there’s a 20 percent chance Republicans will vote to remove the President in the Senate: Fox’s Chris Wallace said a “well-connected” Washington Republican told him that there’s a 20 percent chance enough Republicans will vote to remove President Trump from office in an impeachment trial in the Senate. Wallace mentioned his source’s comments during an interview with acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on “Fox News Sunday.” Wallace cited an overwhelming House vote criticizing the president’s policies in Syria and an op-ed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) slamming Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from that country. He then said he had “talked to a very well-connected Republican in Washington, someone whose name you would know well, who says that if the House votes to impeach and it gets to a trial in the Senate, there’s now a 20 percent chance enough Republicans would vote with Democrats to impeach the president.” Legitimate reporter Greta Van Susteren blasted Wallace for it although she thinks highly of him. She said the only purpose was “to smear and cause trouble.” That’s true!... https://www.independentsentinel.com/greta-says-wallaces-20-comment-was-to-smear-and-cause-trouble/

VIDEO: https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSunday/status/1185915101313949696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1185915101313949696&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independentsentinel.com%2Fgreta-says-wallaces-20-comment-was-to-smear-and-cause-trouble%2F

Is It Time For America To Begin

Decoupling From Communist China?

By Ben Weingarten

{ thefederalist.com } ~ Perhaps the most momentous part of the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) was its acknowledgment that the U.S. government’s historical premise... “that support for China’s rise and for its integration into the post-war international order would liberalize China” was wrong. Recent events indicate that not only was the theory underlying all U.S.-China policy for nearly 50 years incorrect, but that perhaps the opposite is true: Support for China’s rise and for its integration into the post-war international order has actually illiberalized America. Stated differently, there is a case to be made that since President Richard Nixon’s historic 1972 visit to China, the United States has become more like China than China has become like us. We may have been sowing the seeds of our own destruction. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is just one of many prominent Western industries as diverse as automobiles, fashion, and lodging that have cowed to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) line, and engaged in self-censorship out of a desire for the almighty dollar. While the NBA is a particularly deserving target of ire, given the fact its social justice warriors have shown themselves to be hypocritical sellouts, one would be hard-pressed to find any entity with substantial profits or funding tied to China willing to permit the voicing of views that might rankle the CCP. “Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elites Slept,” a new book by U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding (Ret.), confirms this assessment. Spalding served as the chief China strategist for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as senior U.S. Defense official and defense attaché to China in Beijing, and later in the Trump National Security Council (NSC), where he was the chief architect of the NSS’s framework for national competition. According to Spalding, even organizations that would seem to have a vested interest in exposing China’s malign behavior remain mum. Spalding writes that upon his arrival at NSC: I made it a personal mission to meet with many leading think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, and law, auditing, and public relations firms that dealt with China. I was eager to seek their help in exposing the Beijing government’s influencing operations and sanctioning of illegal behavior. Additionally, I hoped they would help me explore policy options to counter China’s economic malfeasance. Time after time, I was rebuffed. People at these organizations would talk with me, and many of them even said they agreed with my concerns, but they claimed they couldn’t help. Doing so, some of the more forthright people said, might anger their Chinese funders or business accounts. The list of organizations that refused to engage with me publicly in my official capacity was stunning. Top white-shoe New York law firms. Organizations with mandates to promote democracy, freedom, and human rights would refuse to support my mission. …They were, in essence, being manipulated by a foreign power that is America’s greatest enemy. The willingness of American organizations to remain silent about Chinese Communist tyranny can be seen against a correlative backdrop of our burgeoning cancel culture, the censorship of Big Tech, and general decline of devotion to First Amendment principles alongside the Long March of political correctness through our institutions... https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/22/is-it-time-for-america-to-begin-decoupling-from-communist-china/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=824f13a51f-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-824f13a51f-83771801

Democrats' College 'Affordability' Act

Is Anything But

Political Editors: On Tuesday, House Democrats introduced their egregiously misnamed College Affordability Act. The bill is essentially a loan-forgiveness program, though it doesn’t necessarily cancel student loans outright. As The Daily Signal reports, “The College Affordability Act would cap monthly payments and enable students to enroll in an income-based repayment plan. Students who make regular payments would then have the remainder of their loan balances forgiven after 20 years.” So, irrespective of how much debt students might accumulate, they’ll be on the hook only for income-based repayment up to 20 years. Everything after that is forgiven (read: is picked up by taxpayers). And the bill would not only bail out students, but also parents who take loans to send their kids to college.

In addition, the act would change and expand the Pell Grant system, significantly increasing the maximum amount awarded as well as further incentivizing lawlessness by removing the current ban on prisoners — yes, prisoners — qualifying for these grants.

The bill would also create a $500 million grant program that’s inspirationally dubbed “America’s College Promise” and seeks to subsidize the cost of community college — again, at taxpayer expense.

We’ll say this for the Democrats: They’ve taken the fine art of euphemism to audacious new levels. Imagine, for example, if they were forced to sell to their constituents a more honestly named bill, such as “The College Loan Bailout Act” or “The Community College Subsidy Act.”

The estimated taxpayer cost for the College Affordability Act is $400 billion, but as is always the case in Washington it will certainly surpass that total. Finally, as the Signal notes, “[The act] includes absolutely no provision to drive down college costs or insulate taxpayers from students’ inability to pay off their loans. In fact, through increased access to income-based repayment, taxpayers are even more exposed.”

And here we thought this bill was about “affordability” rather than further subsidizing an outrageously overpriced enterprise. ~The Patriot Post

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Tues/Med AM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 22, 2019 at 9:18am

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Why They Hate Tulsi Gabbard

Brian Mark Weber

Tuesday Top News Executive Summary

Media Editors: Above the Fold

POLITICAL FUTURES: Supreme Court throws out Michigan gerrymandering ruling in win for GOP (National Review)

IRAQ REBUFFS: Iraq says U.S. forces withdrawing from Syria have no approval to stay (Reuters)

World

TRUDEAU’S POTPOURRI: Canada’s Justin Trudeau wins second term but loses majority (Associated Press)

NETANYAHU YIELDS: Israel’s long-standing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he cannot form a government, handing the opportunity to his political rival (BBC News)

Government & Politics

DOUBLE STANDARDS: Democrat congresswoman allegedly has affair with young female staffer. Media completely ignores. (The Daily Wire)

HIGH-COURT SHOWDOWN: Manhattan DA, Trump lawyers strike deal to speed fight over Trump tax returns to Supreme Court (NBC News)

Culture & Heartland

DIABOLICAL: Jury rules against Texas dad trying to save his seven-year-old from gender “transition” (LifeSiteNews)

PARKLAND SHOOTING FALLOUT: Florida Senate committee upholds Sheriff Scott Israel suspension (The Daily Caller)

Climate

SUBMIT, OR ELSE: University dumps professor who found polar bears thriving despite climate change (The Washington Times)

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: 2019 ozone hole is the smallest on record since its discovery (NASA)

Closing Arguments

POLICY: Why LBJ’s Great Society gets a failing grade in improving education (The Daily Signal)

POLICY: A tuition-free, purpose-driven, coat-and-tie trade school (American Enterprise Institute)

HUMOR: Amazing: This mind-reader can instantly guess people’s pronouns with 99.9% accuracy (The Babylon Bee)

~The Patriot Post
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Impeachment Witness Tells Congress He

Warned About loose lips liar-Biden/Ukraine

Problem In 2015, Got Shut Down By

loose lips liar-Biden’s Office

By James Barrett

{ dailywire.com } ~ In a newly reported development that further complicates the Democrats’ Ukraine corruption investigation, a State Department witness told congressional investigators this week... that in early 2015 he warned about the problematic optics of the vice president’s son, Hunter Biden, serving on the board of a Ukrainian energy company while his father was tasked with overseeing Ukraine-U.S. relations. The career State Department official told investigators his warning was rebuffed by loose lips liar-Biden’s office. Months later, loose lips liar-Biden would pressure the Ukraine — by withholding a billion dollars in aid — to fire the prosecutor who had looked into the company employing Hunter. Citing sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity, The Washington Post reported Friday that George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state and career State Department official, “testified Tuesday that he worried that Hunter Biden’s position at the firm Burisma Holdings would complicate efforts by U.S. diplomats to convey to Ukrainian officials the importance of avoiding conflicts of interest.” The sources told the Post that Kent “had concerns that Ukrainian officials would view Hunter Biden as a conduit for currying influence with his father, said the people.” Kent reportedly told congressional investigators that loose lips liar-Biden’s office dismissed his warning about the potentially problematic situation by saying the vice president did not have the “bandwidth” to address the Hunter-Burisma question because he was dealing with his other son, Beau, battling cancer. “Kent, who also testified about how Trump’s associates raised unfounded allegations about the former ambassador to Ukraine, is the first known example of a career diplomat who raised concerns internally in the scumbag/liar-nObama administration about Hunter Biden’s board position,” the Post reports, noting that the paper “has previously reported that there had been discussions among loosec lips liar-Biden’s advisers about whether his son’s Ukraine work would be perceived as a conflict of interest, and that one former adviser had been concerned enough to mention it to loose lips liar-Biden, though the conversation was brief.”... https://www.dailywire.com/news/impeachment-witness-told-congress-he-warned-about-biden-ukraine-problem-in-2015-got-shut-down-by-bidens-office?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro

Netanyahu tells president he can’t

form government; now it’s Gantz’s turn to try

by timesofisrael.com ~ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening announced he had failed to muster a coalition after almost four weeks of effort, and therefore returned the mandate to form a government to President Reuven Rivlin... Netanyahu’s 28-day deadline for building a government was due to expire on Wednesday. Rivlin is now expected, probably on Tuesday morning, to charge Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz with the task of trying to muster a coalition that can win a Knesset majority. Blue and White said it was determined to build a “liberal unity government” with Gantz at its helm. Gantz now has 28 days to try and do what Netanyahu could not. If he fails, any MK will have 21 days to obtain the support of a Knesset majority to form a government. If no one succeeds, elections will be initiated automatically — a third round inside a year after April’s and September’s inconclusive votes. At the end of May, after trying in vain for six weeks to build a coalition, Netanyahu called new elections rather than allow Gantz the chance to do so. Monday evening’s move to return the mandate to Rivlin followed repeated pledges by Likud that Netanyahu would not again dissolve parliament without letting his rival attempt to muster a majority. In a video statement, Netanyahu said he had worked “incessantly” over the past 26 days to form a “broad national unity government,” which would include his Likud party’s religious allies and the rival Blue and White party, but had been thwarted by its leader Gantz. “That’s what the people want,” Netanyahu said. “That’s what Israel needs in light of the growing security challenges it faces.” “Over the past few weeks I’ve made every effort to bring Benny Gantz to the negotiating table,” Netanyahu said. “Unfortunately, he just simply refused time after time.”... https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-tells-president-he-cant-form-government-now-its-gantzs-turn-to-try/?utm_source=Breaking+News&utm_campaign=breaking-news-2019-10-21-2168354&utm_medium=email

Gas prices: News about oil that

will impact what you pay at the pump

By Brittany De Lea

{ foxbusiness.com } ~ Oil prices plummeted on Wednesday after new data showed an unexpected build in oil, gas and distillate inventory supplies last week – and that is likely another good sign for drivers... Oil prices plunged to their lowest level since June 13 – down five percent at times during the trading session. As of Wednesday afternoon, West Texas Intermediate Crude was trading at $51.17 per barrel – down more than 4.5 percent, while Brent Crude was trading around $56.35 per barrel. Brent crude is falling into bear market territory, nearly 20 percent off its April peak. And while inventories might have a short-term impact, an ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China is likely to continue to weigh on prices. Tensions ramped up over the past week as President Trump communicated his intent to impose 10 percent tariffs on the remaining $300 billion worth of goods coming into the U.S. from China. In response, China allowed the value of the yuan to drop to a more than 10-year low against the U.S. dollar – after which the U.S. labeled China a “currency manipulator.” “Demand for gasoline is likely to suffer not only because of the trade rift, but as summer closes, demand will drop,” Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst as GasBuddy.com, told FOX Business. That means lower gas prices are likely on their way for drivers. As of Wednesday, the national average was $2.69 per gallon, according to AAA. That is down about 3 cents from last week, 6 cents month over month and 17 cents from the same time last year. While a handful of gas stations are already seeing prices sink below the $2 per gallon threshold – a continuation of the trade tensions could exacerbate that trend. “By Thanksgiving, I think we'll see sub-$2/gal stations spread to thousands of stations, mainly in low price states in the South, perhaps a few stations in the heartland and Great Lakes,” DeHaan predicted. If the trade war escalates, the national average could fall as much as 50 cents per gallon by Thanksgiving, according to DeHaan. https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/oil-prices-fall-gas-drivers

VIDEO: https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6069107791001/#sp=show-clips

More Ethanol Means Higher Prices,

and Not Just for Gasoline

by Nicolas Loris

{ dailysignal.com } ~ Over the summer, President Donald Trump tweeted that his administration was working on an ethanol package that would be “Great for all!” Now that we have the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft proposal, we can see he was half right... It’s great, all right—for the politically connected. It’s costly for everyone else. The Renewable Fuel Standard, commonly known as the ethanol mandate, forces suppliers to blend increasing amounts of renewable sources into domestic transportation fuel each year. In the United States, the most common form of ethanol is corn-based. Soybeans are another common input for biodiesel. The Trump administration’s proposal would force more biofuels into the market regardless of demand. Let’s examine who that’s not “great” for. If you like paying less for food, the Renewable Fuel Standard is not great. The mandate diverts food for fuel, boosting crop and feedstock prices. Research from the University of California at Davis finds that increased demand for corn and soybeans due to the Renewable Fuel Standard drove up prices by 30% and 20%, respectively. The mandate also increases other crop and food prices because it changes how farmers use their land. UC-Davis economist Aaron Smith estimates a roughly 20% rise in wheat prices because wheat acreage decreased as corn and soybean acreage increased. Higher crop prices harm consumers multiple times over. Corn is a key ingredient for many foods and an important feedstock for animals. Consequently, families pay more for cereal, chicken, turkey, beef, and all of the other food products that rely on corn as a staple input... https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/18/more-ethanol-means-higher-prices-and-not-just-for-gasoline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-ethanol-means-higher-prices-and-not-just-for-gasoline&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1dVell6RmxabVpqWlRWayIsInQiOiJcL2pqWGhwSzd4RUxkdmg1Qit0Q1dYV0k0YU9hM2NnZk1UUHoyaHRjV2JwXC9MazlYWmo1QnNqYUxaZVJHRURZMXlzaG9zRzF5cEN6UGsyamxVNGlPOWdrMEZvZ2RnR2lzbVBVMW14XC9zZ25vOGxDRnFGS2VGVFkwM214THhjWXZBaCJ9

Weapons Displayed at China’s Military

Parade Should Be a Wake-Up Call to US

by Emma Watkins

{ dailysignal.com } ~ China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1 in typical fashion—with a military parade. Some of the new weapons on display that day provide cause for serious concern among U.S. policymakers... China showcased its new stealthy bat-winged unmanned aerial vehicle—the Gongji-11. But more significantly, it displayed the new road-mobile DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile and its submarine-launched ballistic missile, the JL-2. The DF-41 ICBMs are capable of striking the United States while carrying multiple nuclear warheads. The U.S., meanwhile, depends on nuclear delivery platforms that are in some cases 30-40 years old. China is nearly done with an across-the-board modernization of all its platforms. The U.S. does not even have a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile. But that’s not the worst of it. The starkest example of China’s new capabilities was its unveiling of its DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle. These vehicles are capable of traveling at least five times the speed of sound greater than Mach 5. They use a standard ballistic missile booster at the outset but become a low-flying projectile for their second stage. They can be used to hit a target after the first stage’s ballistic reentry. Hypersonic glide vehicles are especially problematic because they are difficult to detect and defend against. Despite aspirations, the United States has yet to successfully test a hypersonic glide vehicle. Much of this has to do with the fact that the U.S. industrial base is not yet ready to begin producing these weapons. Conversely, the Chinese have thrown mass amounts of research and development money into hypersonics and prioritized their production. Experts have seen this showcase not only as a display of their rapidly growing military capabilities but also a sign of their intent to be a major military power... https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/15/weapons-displayed-at-chinas-military-parade-should-be-a-wake-up-call-to-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weapons-displayed-at-chinas-military-parade-should-be-a-wake-up-call-to-us&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1dVell6RmxabVpqWlRWayIsInQiOiJcL2pqWGhwSzd4RUxkdmg1Qit0Q1dYV0k0YU9hM2NnZk1UUHoyaHRjV2JwXC9MazlYWmo1QnNqYUxaZVJHRURZMXlzaG9zRzF5cEN6UGsyamxVNGlPOWdrMEZvZ2RnR2lzbVBVMW14XC9zZ25vOGxDRnFGS2VGVFkwM214THhjWXZBaCJ9

Two Illegal MS-13 Gang Members Accused

of Hacking to Death 16-Year-Old Boy

by JOHN BINDER

{ breitbart.com } ~ Two illegal aliens associated with the violent MS-13 Gang are accused of using a machete and bat to beat and hack a 16-year-old boy to death... in the sanctuary county of King County, Washington. Rudy Osvaldo Garcia-Hernandez, a 28-year-old illegal alien, and Carlos Orlando Iraheta-Vega, a 20-year-old illegal alien, have each been charged with murdering 16-year-old Juan Carlos Con Guzman in King County, Washington — a sanctuary jurisdiction that shields criminal illegal aliens from deportation.The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency confirmed to the Washington Times‘ Stephen Dinan that both Garcia-Hernandez and Iraheta-Vega are illegal aliens who were both regularly released from custody multiple times instead of being turned over to federal immigration officials for deportation.Garcia-Hernandez and Iraheta-Vega are reported members of the MS-13 Gang. The violent street gang, based out of El Salvador, has built a growing army of El Salvadoran illegal and legal immigrants in the U.S. According to prosecutors, Guzman was lured by the two illegal aliens into a remote location for a fight. When the victim arrived, prosecutors said Garcia-Hernandez and Iraheta-Vega beat the 16-year-old boy with a baseball and then tortured him by hacking off his limbs with a machete and leaving his dead body in a nearby river.The illegal aliens are each being held in King County Jail on a $3 million bond. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/18/sanctuary-county-two-illegal-ms-13-gang-members-accused-of-hacking-to-death-16-year-old-boy/

Why They Hate Tulsi Gabbard

Brian Mark Weber: Note to Democrats: If you want to win your party’s presidential nomination in 2020, make sure you march as far to the left as possible — preferably off the cliff.

These days, any politician who doesn’t embrace the most radical elements of the Left’s agenda is disparaged and denounced. Democrats and their media brethren have been doing this to Donald Trump since he became a Republican, and now they’re going after one of their own.

Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat presidential candidate, Hawaii congresswoman, National Guard major, Samoan American, and Hindu is being portrayed as — get this — a Russian ally and a bedfellow of white nationalists. Why? Because she’s taken old-school Democrat stances on issues of foreign policy, drugs, and abortion.

That’s how far left the Democrat Party has moved.

Gabbard’s views on a range of issues certainly aren’t to be mistaken for Reagan-style conservatism. But compared to the rest of the Democrat field, she’s as American as Normal Rockwell. And this has apparently caused the media to smear Gabbard as a politician more at home on the alt-right than in the Democrat Party.

Swallow your drink first, but scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton likewise chimed in, “I think they’ve got their eye on someone who’s currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate. She’s the favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far.”

Gabbard called such smears “completely despicable.”

Earlier this month, The New York Times lamented, “On podcasts and online videos, in interviews and Twitter feeds, alt-right internet stars, white nationalists, libertarian activists and some of the biggest boosters of Mr. Trump heap praise on Ms. Gabbard. They like the Hawaiian congresswoman’s isolationist foreign policy views. They like her support for drug decriminalization. They like what she sees as censorship by big technology platforms.”

Wait a minute. Haven’t Democrats always been big supporters of drug decriminalization? When did that become a right-wing issue? And leftists have proudly marched against every U.S. military endeavor since Vietnam, but now we’re supposed to believe they’re foreign-policy hawks ready to defend American interventionism abroad?

Of course, it’s not about principle. It’s all about President Trump. Whatever he supports, Democrats must reflexively oppose. “Regime change wars are just fine with most 2020 Democrats, so long as it allows them to oppose Trump,” Jack Hunter writes at the Washington Examiner. “The president’s recent policy in Syria is not unlike the anti-regime change stance Obama promoted as a candidate in 2008. The scumbag/liar-nObama/loose lips liar-Biden ticket won the White House by opposing Bush’s regime change war in Iraq and promising not to repeat that mistake (although they eventually did).”

Republicans aren’t going to storm Gabbard’s Capitol Hill office and ask her to switch parties, but there’s a dose of decency and common sense in what she says. And she’s not afraid to step out of line, which is no doubt why Trump supporters often like what she has to say. In fact, that characteristic is part of why Trump was elected in 2016. Like the president, Gabbard marches to the beat of her own drummer.

Reason’s Robby Soave writes of Gabbard’s Libertarian appeal, “Indeed, Gabbard was the only candidate on the stage Tuesday night to advocate a unilateral, immediate end to the disastrous policy of intervening in every conflict in the Middle East with the goal of changing the regimes. As she wisely noted, such schemes have backfired in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, and likely would have backfired in Syria if undertaken there as well. Refreshingly, Gabbard called out both parties and the mainstream media for their complicity in the U.S.‘s foolish foreign policy interventionism.”

But she didn’t stop there. During the Ohio debate, Gabbard took a position that’s certainly to the left of most Republicans but still considered unacceptable by every other Democrat candidate. Responding to a question about states restricting abortion, Gabbard replied, “There should be some restrictions in place. I support codifying Roe v. Wade — while making sure that, during the third trimester, abortion is not an option unless the life or severe health consequences of a woman are at risk.”

Uh-oh, Tulsi. There goes the nomination.

In the minds of Democrats, taking the wrong stance on the military or drug enforcement is bad enough, but utter anything other than prostrate praise for the holy sacrament of “choice,” including government-funded abortion-on-demand, and you’re toast as a viable Democrat political candidate.

It’s sad to see one of our two major political parties destroy anyone who dares challenge their status quo. In the end, Tulsi Gabbard doesn’t have a chance of securing her party’s nomination, but her campaign has served America well by reminding the rest of us just how extreme the Democrat Party has become. And that’s good news for Trump in 2020.

~The Patriot Post

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Tuesday AM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 22, 2019 at 7:09am

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Who Really Pays for More

Government Healthcare?

Michael Swartz

California’s War on Citizenship

by Jarrett Stepman

{ dailysignal.com } ~ California—a one-party state dominated by progressives—has become the model for where progressivism will go when completely unchecked. Now, even the basic concept of citizenship is under full-blown assault... as the state has moved on from being a “sanctuary state” for illegal immigrants to outright insisting that noncitizens have the same access to the levers of power as citizens. California Gov. scumbag-Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to serve on government boards and commissions. He also signed another bill that would make it illegal to make immigration-related arrests at courthouses. The law allowing illegal immigrants to serve on boards and commissions will have all kinds of complications in implementation. If exercised, it could run afoul of federal laws and would certainly attract the attention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The bottom line, though, is that it’s an absurd piece of legislation coming from an absurd state that is squandering the benefits of its naturally advantageous climate. Combine this with the fact that the powers that be in the state outright encourage people to break our country’s laws, and it demonstrates how far California is drifting from a nation of “we, the people of the United States.” scumbag-Newsom, of course, called this blatant disregard for federal law a sign of “respect” to immigrants. “Our state doesn’t succeed in spite of our diversity. Our state succeeds because of it,” scumbag-Newsom said in a statement about the bill. “While President Donald Trump attacks and disparages immigrants, California is working to ensure that every resident—regardless of immigration status—is given respect and the opportunity to contribute.”... Sorry for the citizens of Calif who still live there.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/20/californias-war-on-citizenship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=californias-war-on-citizenship&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpCaE1HVmhPRFpqTW1ZeiIsInQiOiJLRFN5cFExaXQ2dFVaVkJLS2k4WWp3VXBKTm51M2ZpN1MxRFdvcFZiRnd0bVBZNkVYM1FcL0tMWEVlQlV0TE1DZXBHSE11ZVh1Qm1uc3ZaUHR1NTI4R3lsZ1FCQUlBOHplTkk4MUxNbGhOYVZyNjR5YnROZDVxeUs0eE5PQWNWRVMifQ%3D%3D

Trump May Keep Small Force in Eastern Syria,

to Check ISIS and Protect Oilfields

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By Patrick Goodenough

{ cnsnews.com } ~ As U.S. troops are being redeployed from Syria to western Iraq, there were indications at the weekend that President Trump may be prepared to leave a residual force across the border in eastern Syria... in a bid to keep a lid on ISIS and help to ensure that oilfields in the area to not fall into hands of the Iranians, whose forces are in Syria to bolster Bashar Assad’s regime. Hints came on Sunday from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close ally of Trump who has been vocally critical of his recent troop pullout decisions in the face of a Turkish assault on Syrian Kurdish forces who were allies with the U.S. in the fight against ISIS. In a marked change of tone, Graham told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that he was “increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions in Syria that have eluded us for years, if we play our cards right.” Saying he had spoken to Trump over the weekend, Graham said “the president appreciates what the Kurds have done. He wants to make sure ISIS does not come back. I expect we will continue to partner with the Kurds in eastern Syria to make sure ISIS does not re-emerge.”... https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/trump-may-keep-small-force-eastern-syria-check-isis-and-protect

VIDEO: https://www.mrctv.org/videos/trump-said-be-mulling-keeping-small-force-eastern-syria-check-isis-and-protect-oilfields

BIG Mistake — liar-Pelosi

And scumbag-Schiff Now Face Jail

by Jim Hoft

{ wethepeopledaily.com } ~ It wasn’t that long ago that scumbag/liar-nObama deep state operatives, led by US Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates... accused General Michael Flynn of violating the Logan Act for making calls to foreign dignitaries including the Russian ambassador after Donald Trump won the election in 2016. We now know that the scumbag/liar-nObama administration and deep state officials were spying on General Michael Flynn for at least a year prior to his private phone call with the Russian ambassador that they leaked to the liberal fake news media. The Logan Act, enacted in January 30, 1799, is a United States federal law that criminalizes negotiation by unauthorized persons with foreign governments having a dispute with the United States. General Michael Flynn’s job as National Security Advisor was to contact foreign dignitaries including the Russian ambassador after the 2016 election.Fast forward to today…Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi and her top Lieutenant scumbag-Adam Schiff flew off to Jordan this weekend on their shadow diplomacy trip. The Democrat leaders met with Jordanian leaders and others to undermine President Trump’s Syrian policy. When scumbag/liar-nObama and scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton tore apart the Middle East form Yemen to Egypt to Syria to Libya resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and millions of third world migrants flooding Europe and the US the Democrat Party leaders did nothing. But this weekend they flew to Jordan to undermine President Trump. Arrest these traitors! https://wethepeopledaily.com/2019/10/21/big-mistake-pelosi-and-schiff-now-face-jail/

FBI seized records on mayor’s home, red

light cameras and even a popular brewpub

in raid on southwest suburban Lyons

By JASON MEISNER, DAN PETRELLA and JAMIE MUNKS

{ chicagotribune.com } ~ FBI agents who raided the village hall in southwest suburban Lyons last month seized a plethora of evidence... including information on a clout-heavy red light camera company, a popular brewery, an embattled video gaming magnate and a construction magnate who owns a huge quarry in town, records show. On the day of the Sept. 26 raid, Lyons was also served with a federal grand jury subpoena demanding a wide range of records on a hotel and resort backed by Mayor Christopher Getty, the home security system at Getty’s residence and the entire Democratic Organization of Lyons Township — headed by state Sen. Steven Landek. The documents, released by Lyons after business hours on Tuesday, were the latest public disclosure in a sprawling federal political corruption investigation that has rocked Springfield and Chicago’s near southwestern suburbs, the traditional power base of Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan. The investigation, which records show has been going on behind the scenes since at least 2017, exploded in the public eye on Sept. 24, when the FBI and Internal Revenue Service agents carried out search warrants at the offices of state Sen. Martin Sandoval in the Capitol and in west suburban Cicero. So far, no one has been criminally charged in the ongoing probe. Lyons officials had initially issued a blanket denial of open records requests from the news media, claiming federal investigators had asked that no information be released about the warrant. But the town acquiesced after being sued by several media outlets. The subpoena and search warrant, totaling a combined nine pages, show that many of the records sought by the FBI in Lyons mirrored what was seized in a simultaneous raid in the tiny neighboring suburb of McCook, as well as the search two days earlier of Sandoval’s office in Springfield... https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-lyons-subpoena-federal-investigation-20191016-sordnocdbjg2jmmpcaq7wziuxi-story.html

The Left Loses Its Mind in Jails Debate

by Micah Morrison

{ judicialwatch.org } ~ Ideas have consequences and yesterday in New York City arrived more evidence that progressive forces in Gotham have lost their collective mind... The New York City Council voted to close the 400-acre Rikers Island jail complex. Keeping violent criminals off the streets? Future crime waves? Never mind, they’ll figure that out later. Rikers is a hellhole with a long history of human-rights abuses. Serious reform is needed. But that’s not what the radical Left is looking for. New York is in the vanguard of a national “Abolish Prisons” movement. All prisons must be done away with. Mayor scumbag-Bill de Blasio is on the bandwagon. “Mass incarceration did not begin in New York City,” he declared recently, “but it will end here.” Radical chic star commie-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also has signed on to prison abolition. “Mass incarceration is our American reality,” she wrote. “It is a system whose logic evolved from the same lineage as Jim Crow, American apartheid, & slavery. To end it, we have to change.” In case you’re wondering about commie-Ocasio-Cortez’s influence on the Left, commie-Bernie Sanders has been touting her upcoming endorsement, slated for a rally Saturday in Queens. Rep. worthless-Ilhan Omar also endorsed commie-Sanders this week. Meanwhile, the jails controversy in New York is catching fire. On Wednesday, a City Council committee set in motion a land-use change that would ban jails on Rikers after 2026. Yesterday, the full council voted. Rikers will be closed and new, smaller jails will be built in four city communities—one each in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Rikers these days houses about 7,200 inmates, though it has capacity for many more. The four new jails would hold a total of about 3,200—roughly 800 inmates per jail... https://www.judicialwatch.org/investigative-bulletin/the-left-loses-its-mind-in-jails-debate/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tipsheet&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191021161828

Evolution: Bacteria to Beethoven

by Stephen Meyer

{ prageru.com } ~ For a century, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has been as unquestioned as Newton’s theory of gravity. But science never stops asking questions... Or at least, it’s not supposed to. Stephen Meyer, senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, takes up the challenge in this video by asking: Are there questions about the origins of life that Darwinism can’t answer? VIDEO: https://www.prageru.com/video/evolution-bacteria-to-beethoven/

Who Really Pays for More

Government Healthcare?

Michael Swartz: Americans of a certain age remember a former vice president named Walter Mondale who made his own run for the Oval Office four years after his boss had been defeated by Ronald Reagan. Refreshingly mindful of the cost of government, Mondale offered a spending plan whose centerpiece was a tax increase. His candor allowed him to carry his home state of Minnesota and Washington, DC — the latter presumably because its constituents believed an infusion of taxpayers funds would help preserve their government jobs. Alas, the other 49 states went for Reagan, whose fiscal policies had re-energized the American economy, and whose leadership had restored American prestige and confidence.

After the Mondale debacle, Democrats learned that the best way to approach fiscal issues was to avoid talking about tax hikes altogether. However, when the subject inevitably came up, their rote response was to claim that increases would spare the middle class and instead zero in on “the rich” who supposedly aren’t paying “their fair share.” (Spoiler alert: Oh yes they are.)

This avoidance tactic is the approach being used by Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren — but it’s not satisfying those who want to know how she would pay for her grandiose healthcare scheme dubbed “Medicare for All.” When you’re talking $34 trillion — up from the previously estimated $32 trillion — that’s a pretty important ask. Even commie-Bernie Sanders has had to grudgingly admit that, under his plan, taxes will increase for all. Of course, commie-Sanders claims the cost of healthcare will decrease more than the taxes will increase, creating a net gain for most Americans.

dinky/liar-Warren likewise repeats that “costs will go down,” but, on the other hand, she’s stubbornly sticking to her guns, insisting that no middle-class tax increase is needed and dodging the question enough to inspire a minute-long montage of her denials. “I will not sign a bill into law that does not lower costs for middle-class families,” she pledged, and try as they might, none of the other Democrats could get her to state otherwise. (Voters are similarly left high and dry as to how her other proposals will be paid for, too. But trust her; she has a plan.)

In fact, the constant questioning of dinky/liar-Warren about funding her plans has aroused the ire of certain journalists who now regard the public’s right to know as harmful to their team. “Of course, it’s legitimate to dig into the costs, but not in a way that creates a nice GOP campaign ad,” fumed Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan, who added that the question “misses the larger lens of overall costs.” Say what? (This is the same Margaret Sullivan, by the way, who accused conservative media of a “smear” for … telling the truth about dinky/liar-Warren’s autobiographical lies.)

Maybe it’s better explained by Huffington Post reporter Arthur Delaney, who considers asking a Democrat about tax increases “a trap, premised on the idea that raising taxes is always bad politics.” Seems like a pretty solid premise to us, at least on the subject of Medicare for All. (It also seems like dinky/liar-Warren’s needed a lot of defending lately.)

The bottom line is that unconstitutionally expanding the government’s role in healthcare is going to cost a lot of money, certainly more than the rose-colored-glasses crowd would have us believe. (We learned this when Medicare was first enacted in 1965, and it hasn’t gotten better with age.) That $34 trillion over 10 years — on top of an annual budget that’s already rapidly escalated to the $5 trillion mark — will either bankrupt our treasury or crowd out other essential (and actually constitutional) spending, such as defense.

How will dinky/liar-Warren pay for it all? It’s a question that needs to be asked again and again, regardless of the media’s reluctance to do so. ~The Patriot Post

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Monday PM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 21, 2019 at 4:00pm

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Talking Turkey With Trump

National Security Desk

A Drug Cartel Just Defeated

The Mexican Military In Battle

By John Daniel Davidson

{ thefederalist.com } ~ The southwest U.S. border might be quieter now than it was this spring at the height of the migrant crisis, but south of the Rio Grande the Mexican state is disintegrating... Last Thursday in the city of Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, a battle erupted between government forces and drug cartel gunmen after the Mexican military captured two sons of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The elder son, Ivan, was quickly freed by his men, who overpowered government forces and secured his release. Ivan then launched an all-out siege of the entire city in an effort to free his younger brother, Ovidio. The ensuing scene could have been mistaken for Syria or Yemen. Footage posted on social media Thursday showed burning vehicles spewing black smoke, heavily armed gunmen blocking roads, dead bodies strewn in the streets, and residents fleeing for cover amid high-caliber gunfire. Armed with military-grade weapons and driving custom-built armored vehicles, cartel henchmen targeted security forces throughout Culiacan, launching more than one dozen separate attacks on Mexican security forces. They captured and held hostage eight soldiers, then kidnapped their families. Amid the fighting, an unknown number of inmates escaped from a nearby prison. At least eight people were killed and more than a dozen were injured. The eight-hour battle ended when government forces, outgunned and surrounded, without reinforcements or a way to retreat, received an order directly from Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to release their prisoner and surrender. Lopez Obrador later defended this decision, insisting that his security strategy is working and saying, “Many people were at risk and it was decided to protect people’s lives. I agreed with that, because we don’t do massacres, that’s over.”... https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/21/a-drug-cartel-just-defeated-the-mexican-military-in-battle/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=68ad50a43d-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-68ad50a43d-83771801

VIDEO: https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1185318386793943040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1185318386793943040&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2019%2F10%2F21%2Fa-drug-cartel-just-defeated-the-mexican-military-in-battle%2F

Do Not Trade with a China

that Lies, Cheats, and Steals

by Gordon G. Chang

{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ "This won't revolutionize the U.S.-China relationship or the terms of trade between us, but it shows that the two countries can work together on an important issue,"... said Clete Willems of Akin Gump to Bloomberg, referring to President Trump's "phase one deal" announced October 11. "Learning to do so is critical to avoid a broad deterioration of all aspects of our relationship, which is not in anyone's long-term interest." Despite what Willems said, it now is in the long-term interest of the United States to walk away from trade deals with the People's Republic of China. Why? Four reasons: First, communist China has never accepted the notion of comparative advantage, which underpins the global trading system. Yes, the mercantilist Chinese believe we should buy their products, but they, the masters of non-tariff barriers and other forms of predation, have worked hard to keep foreign goods out of their market. How can America trade with a state that does not believe in the benefits of trade? Second, Communist China has in fact never honored a trade deal with the US. Beijing, over the course of decades, has systemically violated both its World Trade Organization obligations and its obligations to America in various bilateral agreements. Third, China's economic system is incompatible with America's. Xi Jinping, the Chinese ruler, has in recent years been forcibly marching the country backwards, the "great regression" as it is now called. He has, with ruthless determination, been closing off the Chinese market to foreigners with, among other things, highly discriminatory rule enforcement and the enactment of prejudicial laws and regulations. He has at the same time been recombining already large state enterprises back into formal monopolies, reversing the partial privatization of earlier years by increasing state ownership of state enterprises, having the state take control of private companies, shoveling more state subsidies to favored state market participants, and pursuing development through dubious industrial policies such as his infamous Made in China 2025 initiative to dominate 11 crucial technology sectors. Fourth, it is especially difficult to trade with a thief, especially when the thief views commercial contact as an opportunity to steal more. Xi's China has continued to criminally take U.S. intellectual property to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars a year. This crime is essential to the achievement of the extraordinarily ambitious Made in China 2025 initiative... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15045/trade-china-cheating

North Korea Sees Little Reason

To Rein In Missile Program

By John Grady

{ news.usni.org } ~ Since the regime in Pyongyang doesn’t see any reason to rein in its nuclear weapons program or to put the brakes on its ballistic missile technology efforts... North Korea possibly poses “the most pressing national security issue we face,” a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Thursday. “Tearing up the Iranian nuclear agreement sends a signal” to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un that the United States might not live up to its part of any future arrangement with Pyongyang, Sen. Chris Coons, (D-Del.) said while speaking at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. He said Kim and others in North Korea’s leadership are well aware of “the Libya model,” where Muammar Gaddafi, former leader of the nation, voluntarily ended his nuclear weapons program. A few years later was killed in a coup that toppled his regime and sent his country into years of civil war. “Why would he choose to give up nuclear weapons” and risk his regime’s existence, Coons asked rhetorically. Apparently, nothing is holding Kim back from resuming nuclear testing now. In the same way, North Korea continued ballistic missile testing following the two summit meetings with the United States, Coons said. Adding to the tension is the most recent test, of a sea-based missile raising the threat of quick, surprise attack to South Korea and Japan to a higher level Ukraine’s post-nuclear experience, Coons said, provides Kim with another example of the dangers he could face if he turned over his nuclear stockpile for disposal. Kyiv turned over nuclear weapons the Soviet Union left behind after its collapse. “Now it is a smaller nation and under assault by Russia,” Coons said...

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/18/north-korea-sees-little-reason-to-rein-in-missile-program?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=b2d6c65a03-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-b2d6c65a03-231491269&mc_cid=b2d6c65a03&mc_eid=3999f18767

Turkey's Web of Islamist and Terror Support

Only Magnifies India's Kashmir Challenge

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by Abha Shankar

{ investigativeproject.org } ~ India joined world leaders earlier this month in slamming Turkey's military attack into northern Syria. "We are deeply concerned at the unilateral military offensive by Turkey in north-east Syria," said an Oct. 10 Ministry of External Affairs press release... "Turkey's action can undermine stability in the region and the fight against terrorism." Turkey launched a major military offensive Oct. 9 against Syrian Kurdish fighters considered by Ankara to be terrorists soon after President Trump announced the withdrawal of American troops from the region. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to a ceasefire Thursday following a meeting with Vice President Mike Pence in Ankara that is contingent on a Kurdish withdrawal from a 20-mile swath of land near Turkey's border. But despite the ceasefire, news reports said that air and artillery attacks from the Turkish side continued to target fighters and civilian areas. India's unusual criticism of Turkey on a global forum is a tit-for-tat response to Ankara's denunciation last month of India's move ending autonomy for the Himalayan Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir, widely known as Kashmir. The Kashmiri people are "besieged and eight million people are still stuck in Kashmir, they cannot get out," Erdogan said during a speech at the United Nations. "It is imperative to solve this problem through dialogue and the basis of justice and equality instead of conflict." Erdogan did not limit his condemnation to India. He also called Israel the cause of "injustice" in the Middle East and vowed Turkey "will continue to stand by the oppressed people of Palestine as she has always done." But Erdogan is in no position to cast a stone. Under the leadership of his Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkey has become notorious for its support of the international Muslim Brotherhood headquartered in Egypt, and Hamas, the Brotherhood's terrorist offshoot in the Palestinian territories... https://www.investigativeproject.org/8125/turkey-web-of-islamist-and-terror-support-only

dinky/liar-Warren Threatens Israel

‘Everything Is On the Table’

by Adam Kredo

{ freebeacon.com } ~ Senator Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren (D., Mass.) took a hard line on Israel Saturday saying "everything is on the table" in imposing a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict... "It is the official policy of the United States of America to support a two-state solution, and if Israel is moving in the opposite direction, then everything is on the table," dinky/liar-Warren said during a press availability with reporters Saturday. In a formulation more commonly deployed by previous presidents in threatening the use of force against America’s enemies, dinky/liar-Warren repeated the phrase but did not clarify precisely what pressure—military or otherwise—might be brought to bear. "Right now, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is going to take Israel in a direction of increasing settlements, but that does not move us in the direction of a two-state solution," dinky/liar-Warren was quoted as saying. dinky/liar-Warren's remarks come as the left wing of the Democratic Party has increasingly embraced boycotts of the Jewish state. Her remarks are likely to raise eyebrows in the Jewish and pro-Israel communities, which, while largely Democratic, continue to favor the U.S. alliance with the region's only democracy. U.S. support for Israel has historically been a bipartisan issue. The aid the United States sends to Israel is largely used to bolster the country's defense systems and is reciprocal in nature, meaning the technology developed is shared with and often employed by America... America she is not presidential material. https://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-threatens-israel-everything-table/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=ff5fd69c1d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_20_11_21_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-ff5fd69c1d-45611665

U.S. Sanctions Spur Dramatic

Decline of European Imports from Iran

by Saeed Ghasseminejad

{ fdd.org } ~ In the first six months of 2019, the value of European Union imports from Iran decreased by 94 percent in comparison with the same period in 2018, according to Eurostat... The oil trade has suffered the most: In 2019, EU countries have not imported any oil from Iran. These figures indicate that European companies are complying with U.S. sanctions despite efforts by European governments to establish an alternate payment system aimed at circumventing them. In the first half of 2018, EU countries imported 6.1 billion euros in goods from Iran, but in 2019, the number plummeted to 384 million euros. Purchases by the EU’s top five importer countries in the first half of 2018 – Italy, Spain, France, Greece, and the Netherlands – all fell sharply. Italy and Spain reduced their imports from Iran by 95 and 97 percent, respectively. Still, they remained in the top five importers for the first half of 2019, joined by Germany, Belgium, and Romania. A few countries – Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania, and Denmark – increased their imports in the first half of 2019, but the extent of their trade with Iran is negligible. The countries which imported the most were Romania and Bulgaria, which imported only 22 million and 19 million euros worth of goods, respectively. Meanwhile, the EU’s data for the first half of 2019 show a 54 percent decrease in exports to Iran compared to 2018’s first half, from 4.6 billion euros to 2.1 billion euros. The staggering decline of trade is primarily the result of U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, the lifeblood of the country’s economy. In 2018, EU countries imported 8.2 billion euros of crude oil from Iran, constituting 88 percent of the EU’s total imports from Iran that year...

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2019/10/18/us-sanctions-spur-dramatic-decline-of-european-imports-from-iran/

Talking Turkey With Trump

National Security Desk: “President [Donald] Trump declared Thursday ‘a great day for civilization’ as Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced terms of a cease-fire agreement that would end violence between Turkey and Kurds in Syria, following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara,” reports Fox News.

But, the Associated Press reports, “Fighting continued Friday in and around a northeast Syrian border town at the center of the fight between Turkey and Kurdish forces, despite a U.S.-brokered cease-fire that went into effect overnight.” Yet the ceasefire lasts for all of five days — long enough for the Kurds to evacuate “or else” — and there was only fighting because Trump allowed it in the first place.

Sen. rino-Mitt Romney (R-NeverTrump) declared Trump’s abandonment of the Kurds “a bloodstain on the annals of American history.” He accused Trump of caving to Turkey. “Are we so weak and inept diplomatically that Turkey forced the hand of the United States of America? Turkey!?”

Given how this has all played out so far, the on-its-face analysis is that Trump botched this one badly, just as rino-Romney and countless others have said. But is that all there is to it?

There are a lot more U.S. troops moving around the Middle East than the relative handful Trump pulled from northeastern Syria. In fact, at the same time we were withdrawing those advisers, the Pentagon was moving 3,000 more American troops to Saudi Arabia. And we’ve increased our overall military presence in the Middle East by 14,000 troops since May.

So what’s going on? Well, Iran is the elephant in the room these days. With Trump’s withdrawal from Barack scumbag/liar-nObama’s foolish nuke deal followed by increased sanctions, Tehran is behaving as a cornered and wounded animal.

Why did Trump downplay the Saudis’ cold-blooded murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi? Because Saudi Arabia is a key piece on the Middle East chess board.

Why did Trump seemingly give a tyrant like Erdogan everything he wanted? Because Turkey is a (shaky) NATO ally and is currently home to dozens of American nuclear weapons, as well as U.S. military personnel at a couple of air bases. Trump has to prevent Ankara from going to Iran or Russia for any more help and alliance than it already is.

Why did Trump abandon the Kurds? Because brutal Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has clearly won that nation’s civil war, and the more he solidifies power — including now allying with the Kurds who were just a few years ago trying to oust him — “the less he’s going to need Russian or Iranian support,” argues Stephen Walt, a Harvard scholar.

In short, it’s not exactly like the Middle East has ever been a peaceful or America-friendly region. Trump’s tactics — and especially his appalling rhetoric — are as far from the status quo as you can get. Plenty of knowledgable and upright people disagree with his moves, but that doesn’t mean they’re impetuous or indefensible moves. At the same time, whatever Trump’s future chess moves are, we’re left to hope that they play out in a way that is beneficial to the U.S. And that’s not very clear at the moment. ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66213?mailing_id=4595&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4595&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Monday Noon ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 21, 2019 at 12:15pm

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Spinning Mulvaney's 'Quid Pro Quo'

Thomas Gallatin

Newt Gingrich: liar-Pelosi's Inquiry

'Total Mockery' of Justice

By Eric Mack

{ newsmax.com } ~ Democratic House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi's impeachment inquiry is a "total mockery" of the U.S. justice system, doing this investigation in "secret"... to damage President Donald Trump before the 2020 election, former Speaker Newt Gingrich said. "What liar-Pelosi has done is a total mockery," Gingrich told "The Cats Roundtable" on 970 AM-N.Y. "It's not the rule of law. "In fact, the entire concept of due process in the Bill of Rights was built around the repudiation of the ability of the government to frame you without you ever meeting your accuser." Gingrich pointed to the House's lack of an impeachment vote, which is allowing them to conduct the investigation behind closed doors and effectively leak damaging information against the president, like the whistleblower – "who really should just be called a leaker," Gingrich told host John Catsimatidis. "The idea that that can be done in secret, and we'll never know who made the charges and what the basis of it was, this goes against everything in the American system," he said. "It is doomed just to collapse, because the American people have an innate sense of fairness. And that sense of fairness is being totally . . . destroyed by the way that liar-Pelosi and the Democrats are proceeding."

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/inquiry-nancypelosi-house-speaker/2019/10/20/id/937870/?ns_mail_uid=62cddd55-241d-495e-8ad9-b8a04d508a36&ns_mail_job=DM59357_10202019&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010102q516ob

Senator Lindsey Graham -vs- Maria Bartiromo

by sundance

{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Good grief this guy is useless. Giving a great example of why politicians should shut up until they learn all the facts about subjects and events they are talking about... Senator Lindsey Graham appears on Fox News to explain how President Trump’s Syria plan is the best thing ever…Yes, this interview happens after Senator Graham has spent a full week telling all of the administration’s opposition how the Syria plan was the worst thing ever…

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/20/sunday-talks-senator-lindsey-graham-vs-maria-bartiromo-2/

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZOUntMtlfo

liar-Pelosi Gaslighting Continues – False Claims Administration “defying lawful subpoenas

& document requests”

by sundance

{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ liar-Nancy Pelosi continues to mislead her ‘impeachment’ constituents. Unfortunately the compliant media is refusing to hold her accountable... House Democrat leadership has taken a climate assessment of democrat House members and Speaker liar-Pelosi announced they will not hold a House impeachment authorization vote. As a direct and specific consequence all committee subpoenas do not carry a penalty for non-compliance. “Lawful subpoenas”, literally require an enforcement mechanism; that’s the “poena” part of the word. The enforcement mechanism is a judicial penalty, and that penalty can only be created if the House votes to authorize an impeachment inquiry. Absent a vote to authorize, the Legislative Branch has not established compulsion authority aka judicial enforcement authority, as they attempt to work through their quasi-constitutional “impeachment inquiry” process. Instead of subpoenas, scumbag-Adam Schiff House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and Chairman scumbag-Eliot L. Engel House Committee on Foreign Affairs can only send out request letters. The compliance is discretionary based on the outlook of the recipient...

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/20/pelosi-gaslighting-continues-false-claims-administration-defying-lawful-subpoenas-document-requests/

Devin Nunes -vs- Maria Bartiromo

by sundance

{ theconservativetreehouse.com ~ Ranking member Devin Nunes appears on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo to outline the ridiculously political sate of liar-Pelosi’s impeachment by decree and how scumbag-Adam Schiff has shredded all precedent.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/20/sunday-talks-devin-nunes-vs-maria-bartiromo/

VIDEO: https://videopress.com/v/SQybVQQF {copy and paste to view}

Durham’s Trail Leading to SSCI – Ali Watkins

Never Slept With James Wolfe –

It Was a Cover Story

by sundance

{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ With media reporting that U.S. Attorney John Durham has expanded the timeline and scope of his investigation into U.S. government and intelligence community activity during the 2016 election... there’s an interesting quote from NBC: …”Justice Department officials have said that Durham has found something significant, and that critics should be careful.”…The expanded investigative timeline is now into May 2017 when Mueller was appointed special counsel, and would mean all of the preceding and surrounding activity leading up to Mueller would be reviewed. With that carefully in mind….During the 2016 effort to weaponize the institutions of government against the outside candidacy of Donald Trump, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) was headed by Richard Burr and Dianne Fein-stein. After the 2016 election Senator Fein-stein abdicated her vice-chair position to Senator Mark Warner in January 2017. While the SSCI was engaged in their part of the 2016 effort Vice-Chair Fein-stein’s lead staffer was a man named Daniel Jones. Dan Jones was the contact point between the SSCI and Fusion-GPS. After the election, and after Fein-stein abdicated, Dan Jones left the committee to continue paying Fusion-GPS (Glenn Simpson) for ongoing efforts toward the impeachment insurance policy angle... https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/20/durhams-trail-leading-to-ssci-ali-watkins-never-slept-with-james-wolfe-it-was-a-cover-story/

This Agency Is Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren’s Brainchild. The Supreme Court Will

Decide If It’s Constitutional

by Kevin Daley

{ thepoliticalinsider.com } ~ The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear a constitutional challenge to the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)... a watchdog agency whose existence is largely credited to Massachusetts Democratic. Sen. Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren. The bureau is arranged to insulate its employees and funding streams from political pressure and ensure its independence from big banks and financial institutions. At issue in Friday’s dispute is a provision forbidding the president from removing the bureau’s director except for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” Though the Department of Justice (DOJ) generally defends federal laws as a matter of course, the Trump administration told the justices that for-cause removal restriction on the president’s power violates the constitutional separation of powers. “Vesting such power in a single person not answerable to the president represents a stark departure from the Constitution’s framework,” the Trump administration told the justices in court filings. In a short Friday order, the justices also asked the parties to address whether the contested removal provision can be severed from the rest of the Dodd-Frank law. That gives the justices a path to strike down the removal position without imperiling the landmark Dodd-Frank law. The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act chartered the CFPB with a broad mandate to regulate mortgage servicing, pay-day lending, and stop predatory scams. As a professor at Harvard Law School, dinkyliar-Warren agitated for the creation of a consumer protection agency. Though former President Barack scumbag/liar-nObama tapped her to set up the agency following passage of Dodd-Frank, she was ultimately passed over for the directorship due to protracted opposition to her appointment in the Senate. Like the CFPB, some federal agencies are chartered to operate with a degree of independence from the political branches. In the past, the Supreme Court has allowed independent multi-member panels like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or investigatory independent counsels. The administration argues those precedents don’t apply here, however, because the CFPB director exercises executive power alone with no accountability to the president...

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/this-agency-is-elizabeth-warrens-brainchild-the-supreme-court-will-decide-if-its-constitutional/?utm_campaign=TPI10202019BR1&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_medium=email&utm_content=4b4ea4948726422aa6473c7b9fa19141&source=TPICI

Spinning Mulvaney's 'Quid Pro Quo'

Thomas Gallatin: We’ve seen this movie before: Members of the Leftmedia are breathlessly asserting that they’ve finally uncovered the “smoking gun” that will prove President Donald Trump’s guilt. “Mulvaney brashly admits quid pro quo,” CNN’s headline blared. The rest of the Leftmedia dutifully declared that White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney had just undercut Trump’s denial of a quid pro quo with Ukraine. However, as with the story of the boy who cried wolf, few are taking the Leftmedia seriously, nor should they, as this is yet another instance of fake news.

So, what did Mulvaney actually say? During a press briefing on Thursday, Mulvaney explained that the foreign-aid package for Ukraine had been held up due to concerns over possible corruption. Mulvaney stated, “Did [Trump] also mention to me in the past the corruption related to the DNC server? Absolutely. No question about that. But that’s it and that’s why we held up the money.”

Aha! Democrats were quick to assert. Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff vacuously claimed, “I think Mr. Mulvaney’s acknowledgment means that things have gone very, very bad to much, much worse.” However, such sentiments only appear to be the case in scumbag-Schiff’s dream world.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, Mulvaney’s statements actually comport with what Trump and the White House have been saying ever since the “whistleblower” complaint arose. As the New York Post observes, “All Mulvaney did was repeat yet again that Trump ‘was worried about corruption with that nation’ — and specifically say those worries extended to cooperation in ‘the look-back to what happened in 2016.’” When pressed by a reporter that withholding the aid package amounted to a quid pro quo, Mulvaney responded, “We do that all the time with foreign policy. … We were holding up aid [to] the Northern Triangle countries [Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador] … so that they would change their policies on immigration.”

And once again Mulvaney reiterated that the temporary withholding of military aid for Ukraine had nothing to do with Trump’s request that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky look into loose lips liar-Joe Biden’s publicly admitted quid pro quo or Hunter Biden’s corrupt dealings in Ukraine.

The reality is that all U.S. presidents have engaged in foreign-policy deals that can be termed “quid pro quo,” as Mulvaney correctly asserts. The only question is whether Trump’s dealing with Ukraine was done solely and primarily for his own political benefit by seeking to take out a political opponent. And there is thus far no evidence supporting such a claim, irrespective of how loudly the Democrats and Leftmedia insist there is. In fact, if there were such damning evidence, liar-Nancy Pelosi and company would have already voted on articles of impeachment. Instead, the fact that House Democrats are holding this not-yet-voted-on impeachment “inquiry” entirely behind closed doors demonstrates that they have nothing. It’s all a game of political smoke and mirrors, which the Leftmedia seeks to convince the American people is real. ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66210?mailing_id=4595&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4595&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Mon/Med AM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 21, 2019 at 9:09am

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

The President's Personality

Cal Thomas

Monday Top News Executive Summary

Media Editors: Above the Fold

G7 U-TURN: “President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will no longer be hosting the next G7 summit at his Doral resort in Florida following pushback from ‘the Hostile Media & their Democrat Partners.’” (The Daily Caller)

MIDDLE EAST PUZZLEMENT: The Associated Press reports that “Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he is discussing an option that would keep a small residual U.S. military force in northeast Syria.” Furthermore, “While Trump has insisted he’s bringing home Americans from ‘endless wars’ in the Mideast, Esper said all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq.”

Government & Politics

scumbag/liar-HILLARY’S MALFEASANCE: State Department concludes scumbag/liar-Clinton email review, says it found nearly 600 security violations (The Daily Wire)

HUD’S HOODLUMS: HUD officials knowingly failed “to comply with the law,” stalled Puerto Rico hurricane relief funds (NBC News)

SNAKE-OIL SALESWOMAN DAWDLES: dinky/liar-Warren says she’ll reveal plan to pay for “Medicare for All” soon, amid fears of rising middle-class taxes (Fox News)

CFPB TESTED: The Supreme Court will consider a constitutional challenge to the composition of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (The Volokh Conspiracy)

Around the Nation

ILLEGAL-IMMIGRANT PROSECUTIONS: Record 110,000 illegal border crossers and smugglers prosecuted in 2019 fiscal year (Washington Examiner)

VILLAGE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM: Furman University has an “Acts of Intolerance” policy, which could punish “theme parties” and “costumes” that “reinforce stereotypes” (Campus Reform)

Other Notables

BOEING’S IMBROGLIO WORSENS: FAA asks Boeing why it hid test pilot’s discovery of “egregious” 737 Max issues (USA Today)

BREXIT UPDATE: “Prime Minister Boris Johnson will again try to put his Brexit deal to a vote in parliament on Monday after he was forced by his opponents to send a letter to Brussels seeking a delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union.” (Reuters)

Closing Arguments

POLICY: How bad constitutional law leads to bad economic regulations (The Atlantic)

POLICY: The principles of conservatism (The Heritage Foundation)

SATIRE: scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton asked to leave Costco after repeatedly accusing sample lady of being a Russian asset (The Babylon Bee)

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/66241?mailing_id=4598&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4598&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Kevin McCarthy -vs- Maria Bartiromo

by sundance

{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appears on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo to discuss ongoing politics in Washington DC. McCarthy discusses the meeting between Speaker liar-Pelosi and President Trump and the ongoing fiasco with liar-Pelosi’s “official impeachment inquiry” by decree.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/20/sunday-talks-kevin-mccarthy-vs-maria-bartiromo-2/

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

Lindsey Graham Reverses Syria Stance,

Says Trump's Policy Could Succeed

by jpost.com ~ Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump's decision to move US troops out of northeastern Syria... said on Sunday he now believed "historic solutions" were possible. In an interview with Fox News Channel, Graham said a conversation he had with Trump over the weekend had fueled his optimism that a solution could be reached where the security of Turkey and the Kurds was guaranteed and fighters from Islamic State contained. "I am increasingly optimistic that we can have some historic solutions in Syria that have eluded us for years if we play our cards right," Graham said. Graham said Trump was prepared to use US air power over a demilitarized zone occupied by international forces, adding that the use of air power could help ensure Islamic State fighters who had been held in the area did not "break out." Senator Jim Inhofe, a Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on Saturday that Trump understood the need for the United States to maintain air power in the region. "The US must retain air power to keep the pressure on ISIS, prevent our adversaries Russia and Iran from exploiting this situation and protect our partners on the ground," he said in a statement. ISIS is an acronym for Islamic State. Graham also said he believed the United States and Kurdish forces long allied with Washington could establish a venture to modernize Syrian oil fields, with the revenue flowing to the Kurds. "President Trump is thinking outside the box," Graham said of Trump's thinking on oil... https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Lindsey-Graham-reverses-Syria-stance-says-Trumps-policy-could-succeed-605230

Napolitano Wrong Again:

scumbag-Schiff Inquiry a Kangaroo Court

By Daniel John Sobieski

{ americanthinker.com } ~ Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano, who of late has been the poster child for the increasingly leftward tilt of the network touted as "fair and balanced,"... and who believes that President Trump is guilty of colluding with the Russians to affect the 2016 election and of pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political opponent, insists that the inquiry by Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff is perfectly legal because there is no requirement in law that a vote to conduct such an inquiry be taken. As he states in an article in the Daily Herald: The due process Trump seeks — notice, hearing, fairness, counsel, cross-examination, confrontation, neutral judges — is only relevant during a trial. The House does not conduct trials; the Senate does. There and only there — if we get there — will the president have his due process rights. But, as Napolitano himself notes, the House has rules, and one of those rules says that in the absence of a clear legal guideline, House precedent should be honored. The House may not have trials, but it is capable of witch hunts and inquisitions. President Trump is entitled under House precedent to the same process, including due process, that Richard Nixon and scumbag/liar-Bill Clinton got. Until the impeachment inquiry against President Trump, the House honored the tradition of relying on precedent as a guarantor of fairness: Little has changed in the House in terms of the process for impeachment. A guide to the process is House Practice: A Guide to the Rules, Precedents and Procedures of the House. As this guide explains, "Under the modern practice, an impeachment is normally instituted by the House by the adoption of a resolution calling for a committee investigation of charges against the officer in question." (p. 614) Although the Senate is more known for precedent, the House also relies on precedent to conduct business. There are different sources for precedent. One of those sources is Deschler's Precedents, authored by the first House parliamentarian, Lewis Deschler. In Chapter 14, Section 6, Deschler's Precedents discusses the impeachment process in great detail, including the precedent for an authorizing resolution for an impeachment proceeding. The Constitution gives the power of impeachment to the House of Representatives as a body and not just to the House Intelligence Committee of scumbag-Adam Schiff, who has colluded with an alleged Ukraine whistleblower. Also in violation of House precedent is the fact that the House Judiciary Committee, which should have jurisdiction, has been written out of the process. scumbag-Schiff's record of manipulation and deceit in this impeachment discussion and its purely political motivation has been well documented... https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/napolitano_wrong_again_schiff_inquiry_a_kangaroo_court.html

Former Pompeo aide testifies

as Trump impeachment probe roars on

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By MIKE LILLIS

{ thehill.com } ~ The Democrats' impeachment inquiry sprinted forward on Wednesday as a former State Department official arrived at the Capitol... for what's expected to be another round of marathon testimony into the Trump administration's dealings with Ukraine. Michael McKinley, a former top adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is slated to discuss issues surrounding Pompeo's role in the administration's pressure campaign to get Ukrainian leaders to investigate one of Trump's leading political opponents, former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden. That campaign, which resulted in the removal of Marie Yovanovitch from her post as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine in May, is at the center of the Democrats' hard-charging investigation into whether Trump sought to enlist foreign leaders to boost his reelection chances next year. The inquiry has been fueled by allegations, lodged by a government whistleblower, that Trump had also threatened to withhold almost $400 million in U.S. aide to Ukraine if President Volodymyr Zelensky failed to comply with the administration's request. Pompeo was reportedly on the July 25 phone call between Trump and Zelensky, when Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart for "a favor" — a reference to opening the loose lips liar-Biden investigation. McKinley, a career diplomat who resigned last week, had been serving as U.S. ambassador to Brazil in 2018 when Pompeo brought him back to Washington to serve as an informal liaison between the agency brass and the department's career diplomats. His resignation was reportedly in protest of Pompeo's failure, as perceived by a growing number of State Department employees, to protect diplomats from the administration's Ukraine operations amid allegations that they were politically motivated... https://thehill.com/homenews/house/466041-former-state-official-testifies-as-trump-impeachment-probe-roars-on

Abolish the Diversity Visa Lottery

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By Amil Imani

{ americanthinker.com } ~ The Diversity Visa Lottery, also known as the Green Card Lottery is an immigration program by which immigrants from nations with usually low rates of immigration to the United States are able to apply for a visa online... The platform, however, has been used by terrorists to penetrate America. On October 31, 2017, Sayfullo Saipov used a rental pickup truck to deliberately mow down pedestrians. After killing eight and injuring 13, he left the truck and shouted, "Allahu Akbar." Sayfullo is an Uzbekistan national and came to America in 2010. Later officials found a note about his allegiance to ISIS. This attack immediately received worldwide reaction from other lawmakers including the US. A bill proposed in August that would slash legal immigration levels in half over a decade also would eliminate the lottery program. The bill went to the House and overwhelmingly passed, but halted in the Senate. Each year, the Diversity Visa Program accepts 50,000 randomly selected people -- only from countries that don’t send many immigrants to the United States -- to obtain permanent residency commonly called a “green card”. It’s a way for individuals and families who otherwise wouldn’t have any way to legally immigrate to the United States to get a green card. The program is often seen as one that should be ended in a shift toward a more merit-based system. According to Heritage Foundation: “It does not bolster the skills of the American workforce, nor does it reunite families or serve any humanitarian function. Its only purpose is to increase ethnic and cultural heterogeneity in the U.S. -- a dubious goal that weakens the social ties within communities.” The diversity lottery has been an unwise policy since its inception in 1986, this program. This program is a dangerous gamble. Many Muslims who arrive in America, are deeply indoctrinated by Islamic credos and find it impossible to assimilate into host countries. In fact, their leaders and Imams encourage them to stay away from the American people and only stay within their own community. Hypocrisy is a Muslim trait while they strive to impose their own defunct 7th century barbaric ideology -- which is the cause of their own misery -- on the host nation. Both America’s political parties are guilty of keeping much of the U.S. population in the dark about Islam’s mission in the U.S. Those who dare to ask their representatives questions regarding this matter, will assure their constituents that in general, Muslims are law-abiding citizens of their adopted countries and it is only a minority that is responsible for the violence and chaos, so lies and deceptions are told... https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/abolish_the_diversity_visa_lottery.html

Sweden: The Church that Spreads Hate

by Nima Gholam Ali Pour

{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ The Swedish Jerusalem Society, founded in 1900, has devoted its mission to charity work in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. For several decades, however... the Swedish Jerusalem Society has been hostile to the Jewish State of Israel. The association has three official goals in the Palestinian territories: Strengthen the position of women, Contribute to peace and reconciliation and Strengthen the Christian minority. Despite these noble goals, the Swedish Jerusalem Society publishes a journal in which the content, although often about Israel, has a tone that is extremely hostile and biased. In the journal's first issue of 2018, one can read an interview with a Palestinian school principal, in which she states: "We have suffered for so many years, and may suffer for a few more years, but it is unfair to give our capital to anyone else. Why not share it?" In the same issue, the bishop of the Lutheran Church in Jordan, who supports the anti-Semitic Kairos Palestine Document, says in an interview: "The chosen people -- so are we Christians, me too, not just the Jewish people. To be chosen can never happen at someone else's expense." In the same issue, in an interview with Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti, he compares the State of Israel to apartheid South Africa. It is important to highlight that when Barghouti made this comparison during the interview, no critical questions were asked of him. There were also no representatives from the Israeli side allowed there to comment or provide any kind of rebuttal. Consequently, what permeates the contents of the organization's journal is the demonization of Israel... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15028/sweden-church-hate

The President's Personality

Cal Thomas

Depending on the polls you read and how you read them, nearly half of those surveyed want the House impeachment inquiry of President Trump to continue. That is not the same as wanting him impeached, much less convicted by the Senate and removed from office, but it represents a momentum the president needs to address and soon.

The president is correct that he is being treated “unfairly” and has been since before the election, which the left still resents his having won. Still, would the president be in such deep water if he displayed a different personality, or at least was kinder to his political opponents?

Last week at a rally in Minnesota, the president said Barack scumbag/liar-nObama chose loose lips liar-Joe Biden as his running mate in 2008, because “loose lips liar-Biden understood how to kiss Barack scumbag/liar-nObama’s ass.” That gets his mostly white rally-goers energized, but what effect does it have on the rest of the country?

Ellen DeGeneres recently demonstrated a different model for relating to political opposites. She was seen at a football game sitting in a box and smiling with former president George W. Bush, whose father was criticized by some on the right for speaking of the need for a “kinder and gentler” nation. DeGeneres said people should be more kind to each other, even if they have different political beliefs.

The New York Post noted, “DeGeneres, 61, has banned numerous celebrities from appearing on her show when they have expressed views that contradict her own, including those who have vocalized their anti-gay marriage views.” DeGeneres is gay and married to a woman.

Inconsistency is not unique to DeGeneres, but she has a point worth considering.

In their biography of the late Jack Kemp, the former congressman, 1996 vice presidential candidate and later HUD secretary, Fred Barnes and Morton Kondracke write: “Kemp embodied a spirit sorely missing in today’s politics — in both parties. Kemp was positive, optimistic, idealistic, energetic, growth-and opportunity-oriented. He was incapable of personal attack and negative campaigning, even when it cost him. ‘The purpose of politics,’ he said, ‘is not to defeat your opponent as much as it is to provide superior leadership and better ideas than the opposition.’”

One of my favorite Kemp lines was that you don’t beat a thesis with an anti-thesis; you beat it with a better thesis.

President Trump has a better thesis. Like Kemp’s promotion of supply-side economics in the 1970s, which Ronald Reagan came to embrace, leading to an economic boom, Trump’s policies are working. He should spend less time calling his opponents names and more time dissecting policies that have failed the country in the past.

Democrats have nothing to offer but “free” stuff and impeachment. They are trying to make the president’s personality central to what some have called a “coup.” He is helping them. It is one thing to be combative, but quite another to be mean.

The president is pushing back against his critics in ways no other recent Republican president has done and good for him for doing so. But there is a way to do it that wins votes and prevails in the next election and another way that detracts from the president’s multiple achievements and could lead to political disaster.

The Old Testament prophet, Jeremiah, rhetorically asks, “Can a leopard change his spots?” At his age President Trump may not be able to change his “spots,” but he can tone down the invective against opponents, which is only giving them and everyone else who hates him permission to fire back in a similar manner. ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66132?mailing_id=4593&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4593&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Monday AM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 21, 2019 at 6:46am

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Dems Play Political Theater

in Walkout of Trump Meeting

Thomas Gallatin

liar-Pelosi, other US lawmakers

arrive in Jordan for meetings on Syria

By Dom Calicchio

{ foxnews.com } ~ House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi and other U.S. lawmakers announced late Saturday U.S. time that they had arrived in Jordan... for meetings with King Abdullah II and other officials regarding the situation in Syria. Although touted as a "bipartisan" delegation, the group includes just one Republican -- Rep. Mac Thornberry of Texas, ranking member of the House Armed Services Commitee. Thornberry is among a group of Texas Republicans who've announced they won't seek reelection in 2020. “Our bipartisan delegation is visiting Jordan at a critical time for the security and stability of the region,” liar-Pelosi said in a statement. “With the deepening crisis in Syria after Turkey’s incursion, our delegation has engaged in vital discussions about the impact to regional stability, increased flow of refugees, and the dangerous opening that has been provided to ISIS, Iran and Russia.” liar-Pelosi and other members of the U.S. delegation met with Abdullah, who has been king of Jordan since 1999, as well as Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and other senior Jordanian officials, according to Reuters. Jordan is located directly south of Syria. The two nations share a border that is about 233 miles long. The talks in Jordan come as both Turkey and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claim the other side is violating terms of a 120-hour cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Turkey on Thursday. liar-Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles scumbag-Schumer, D-N.Y., criticized the cease-fire deal as a "sham."...

https://www.foxnews.com/world/pelosi-other-us-lawmakers-arrive-in-jordan-for-meetings-on-syria

VIDEO: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6096160158001/#sp=show-clips

scumbag-Schiff staffer met with impeachment

witness on August Ukraine trip

by AARON KLEIN

{ breitbart.com } ~ Itinerary for a trip to Ukraine in August organized by the Atlantic Council think tank reveals that a staffer on Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff’s House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a meeting... during the trip with acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor, now a key witness for Democrats pursuing impeachment. The Atlantic Council is funded by and works in partnership with Burisma, the natural gas company at the center of allegations regarding loose lips liar-Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Taylor has been called by House Democrats to appear next week to provide a deposition as part of the investigation being led by scumbag-Schiff into President Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Taylor himself has evidenced a close relationship with the Burisma-funded Atlantic Council, writing analysis pieces published on the Council’s website and serving as a featured speaker for the organization’s events. He also served for nine years as senior advisor to the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council, which has co-hosted scores of events with the Atlantic Council. As Breitbart News reported, Thomas Eager, a staffer on scumbag-Schiff’s House Intelligence Committee, took a trip to Ukraine in August billed as a bipartisan “Ukraine Study Trip” in which ten Congressional staffers participated. Eager is also currently a fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Congressional Fellowship, a bipartisan program that says it “educates congressional staff on current events in the Eurasia region.” The pre-planned Ukraine trip was part of the fellowship program. Burisma in January 2017 signed a “cooperative agreement” with the Council to specifically sponsor the organization’s Eurasia Center, the same center that sponsored Eager’s Ukraine trip. A closer look at the itinerary for the August 24 to August 31 trip shows that the delegation’s first meeting upon arrival in Ukraine was with Taylor. Spokespeople for scumbag-Schiff’s office did not reply to multiple Breitbart News requests sent over the course of the last three days for comment on Eager’s meeting with Taylor... https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/document-adam-schiff-staffer-met-impeachment-witness-ukraine-trip/

liar-Pelosi Makes Impeachment Slip On Live

TV – Admits ‘The Voters Are Not Going

to Decide,’ Congress Is

By Adam Casalino

{ patriotjournal.org } ~ As a long-standing member of Congress, liar-Nancy Pelosi claims she’s just doing the will of the American people. I mean, that’s what all congressmen are supposed to do, right?... But with all this impeachment talk, it’s hard to see if that’s what liar-Pelosi is really after. The most accurate polls show that many Americans are against impeachment. They have been against it from the very start. So, it seems that liar-Pelosi is pushing an agenda that goes against what the people want. When asked about this, she openly admits it. When asked about why she is pushing impeachment, liar-Pelosi said the voters are not allowed to decide the outcome. She then said it was her duty to impeach Trump. Even if that violated the will of the people. But does not support her party’s causes make a president impeachable? Sorry, liar-Nance, but just because Trump doesn’t march to the left’s tune doesn’t give you the right to impeach him. You might want to ignore us when you push your bogus impeachment, but I promise you—we’re watching. And these insignificant voters are going to make you sorry you pushed this charade... https://patriotjournal.org/pelosi-impeachment-slip-tv-voters/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=pjnewsletter

Is 'Hate Speech' Dangerous?

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By H.K. Rivera

{ americanthinker.com } ~ As a concept, freedom of speech arguably dates back to Socrates. He said to his prosecutors, "If you offered to let me off this time on condition I am not any longer to speak my mind... I should say to you, 'Men of Athens, I shall obey the Gods rather than you.'" While Plato was busy writing dialogues and showing us that Socrates was advocating for free speech more than 2000 years ago, freedom of speech as a legal right did not actually exist until the 17th century. The people of both the United States and Britain were ensured certain rights. Both countries grant freedom of speech, although in modern society, speech considered "harmful, hurtful, or hateful" has been deemed, "hate speech" in much of Europe and in Britain. This new worldview on dangerous words has made its way to the United States. "Progressive" activists such as Antifa and the 3rd wave feminist movement, would see freedom of speech hampered to end speech they find offensive. Online "hate speech" is currently an arrestable and jailable offense in the United Kingdom. There is an entire branch of law enforcement devoted to policing words on the internet. Many have received jail time over tweets and Facebook posts others did not agree with. How did this happen? Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 made this policing of words and subsequent punishment possible. An article published by the Independent claims "According to the Register, a total of 2,500 Londoners have been arrested over the past five years for allegedly sending “offensive” messages via social media. In 2015, 857 people were detained, up 37 per cent increase since 2010." In the U.S., many are trying to push for "hate speech" laws, although the courts have ruled such laws unconstitutional thus far. The First Amendment protects the right to free speech, no matter how much some may not like what is being said. While private business can make rules for conduct as they see fit, individual states and factions of the federal government cannot in the United States; the laws about speech are expressly written in the Constitution... https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/is_hate_speech_dangerous.html

Can Extinction Rebellion Build a U.S. Climate Movement Big Enough to Save the Earth?

by Alleen Brown

{ theintercept.com } ~ A crowd of about 200 black-clad members of the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion gathered Monday morning at the southern end of New York City’s financial district... Some held banners painted with ghostly white animals or cardboard cutouts of trees and waves. In the background, a New Orleans-style jazz funeral band warmed up tubas, and one of the march’s emcees instructed people on the proper way to wail. “Dig down and pull out your grief — because you gotta cry!” At the head of the procession, 20-year-old Ayisha Siddiqa took the megaphone. She explained how she’d come to the U.S. from a poor part of Pakistan when she was 5 years old and had lost family members as a result of frequent power outages, which are expected to increase globally as the climate crisis deepens. Attention turned to Richard McLachlan, a 68-year-old New Zealander, as he and another activist began reading Extinction Rebellion’s declaration of rebellion. “The science is clear: We are in the sixth mass extinction event, and we will face catastrophe if we do not act swiftly and robustly,” the activists said. “We, in alignment with our consciences and our reasoning, declare ourselves in rebellion against our government and the corrupted, inept institutions that threaten our future.” It was the kickoff to an event dubbed Rebellion Week, part of an international series of XR actions. As the group started moving out of the park, a figure appeared in the distance, waving Extinction Rebellion’s green flag from atop Wall Street’s charging bull statue. Dyed red corn syrup oozed down the bull’s back, and activists wearing white shirts splattered with fake blood played dead at the animal’s feet. By sunset, police had arrested 700 people across the globe for participation in actions under XR’s banner, including 93 “die-in” participants in New York. That was the point. By getting arrested in visually compelling acts of civil disobedience inspired by Gandhi, the civil rights movement, and ACT UP, Extinction Rebellion hopes to jolt world leaders into taking action on the climate emergency... https://theintercept.com/2019/10/12/extinction-rebellion-climate-movement-direct-action/?utm_source=The+Intercept+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b18f69e977-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e00a5122d3-b18f69e977-131896129

JW Videos of the week

JW Investigates If Ukraine Ambassador Ordered State Dept. to Monitor Journalists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzAG93IVbdg&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekend+playback&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191019175030

JW Video Weekly Update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shRo1rSHfjg

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State Dept. MUST Be Transparent on Targeting of Media Journalists, Trump Allies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcdL97HxeQk&utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekend+playback&utm_term=members&utm_content=20191019180815

Durham investigation into origins of 2016 Trump campaign surveillance expands its scope

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6093286006001/#sp=show-clips

Dems Play Political Theater in Walkout

of Trump Meeting

Thomas Gallatin: President Donald Trump intended a White House meeting with congressional leaders from both parties to be an opportunity to confront the bipartisan opposition to his decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria. But it quickly descended into political theater as Democrats, led by House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi, suddenly stood up and left the meeting.

Rushing to the media like a bunch of schoolyard children running to the nearest teacher to tattle on a particularly disliked peer, liar-Pelosi and company huffed that Trump had a “meltdown.” They further claimed that Trump had called liar-Pelosi “a third-rate politician” — or was it “a third-grade politician”? They weren’t sure. But liar-Pelosi was sure that Trump was so unhinged that she patronizingly announced, “I pray for the president all the time. … Now we have to pray for his health — because this was a very serious meltdown on the part of the president.”

Democrats claimed that Trump was so disrespectful that they couldn’t take it anymore and left. The White House, on the other hand, found Democrat behavior “baffling, but not surprising.” White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham nailed it: “[liar-Pelosi] had no intention of listening or contributing to an important meeting on national security issues. While Democratic leadership chose to storm out and get in front of the cameras to whine, everyone else in the meeting chose to stay in the room and work on behalf of this country.”

This is orchestrated political theater by the Democrats. It’s designed to take advantage of a rather unique situation in Trump’s presidency: Solid majorities in both parties stand in opposition to his decision regarding Syria. Thus far, Trump has failed to articulate a winsome argument for his decision, and the opposition has clearly frustrated him. liar-Pelosi and company decided to take advantage and play up their “Trump is crazy and not fit for office” mantra in an effort to bolster their devious not-yet-voted-on “impeached inquiry.” It’s all a game of political optics, never mind what the truth is. The swamp runs deep in Washington. ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66175?mailing_id=4593&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4593&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Democrats…In the Middle of Their Own Minefield

Posted by Craig Andresen on October 20, 2019 at 5:28am

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By Craig Andresen – Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

By now, I think we can all agree that the democrat debates are somewhere between a joke, and a pissing contest facing the wind, and even democrats who bothered to watch would agree if they are being honest.

They can’t possibly see anything on that stage that resembles a potential winner, and they have to be going to bed with the song ‘Send in the Clowns’ stuck in their heads.

Sure, I could go into detail regarding democrat debate number 4 which took place last Tuesday night, but why bother? It was just more of the same old stinky crap…hate Trump, and try to outbid the rest of the circus as to how much of other people’s money they intend to spend, and how much “free” stuff they promise to use to bribe people to vote for them.

There was no new ground broken, no bombshells, and no new ideas…no plan, no substance and no American flags.

There was something that did strike me however…

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Saturday PM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 19, 2019 at 5:36pm

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Battle Lines Over War Powers

National Security Desk

Senate fails to override

Trump veto over emergency declaration

By JORDAIN CARNEY

{ thehill.com } ~ The Senate on Thursday failed to overridePresident Trump's veto of a resolution that would have ended the emergency declaration intended to help build the border wall... Senators voted 53-36, falling short of the two-thirds needed to successfully override Trump's veto. Ten Republican senators voted to override Trump's veto: Sens. Roy Blunt (Mo.), Susan Collins (Maine), Mike Lee (Utah), rino-Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rand Paul (Ky.), Rob Portman (Ohio), rino-Mitt Romney (Utah), Marco Rubio (Fla.), Pat Toomey (Pa.) and Roger Wicker (Miss.). The vote came less than a day after Trump vetoed the resolution, which initially passed by the House and Senate last month. Trump, in his veto message to the Senate, said the national emergency has allowed the administration to "counter large-scale unlawful migration" and facilitated the construction of his long-promised border wall. "In short, the situation on our southern border remains a national emergency, and our Armed Forces are still needed to help confront it," he added...

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466313-senate-fails-to-override-trumps-emergency-declaration-veto

Why Portland’s Homeless Problem

Is the Worst in the Nation

by Douglas Blair

{ dailysignal.com } ~ The alleys of Portland, Oregon, are strewn with piles of garbage and used drug needles, reflecting a growing problem of homelessness, drug addiction, and mental illness... Mental illness is now more common among the homeless in Oregon than in any other state. According to a study from 2016, 35-40% of homeless adults in Oregon suffer from some form of mental illness. The problem is apparent along the Springwater Corridor, a popular biking trail on the east side of Portland that is cherished as peaceful slice of nature hidden from the urban sprawl. In 2016, a shantytown alongside a 2-mile stretch of the corridor was the largest homeless encampment in the nation. It contained nearly 200 tents and an estimated 500 homeless people. In the years since, criminal activity has become a routine occurrence. For example, in August 2018, police arrested a homeless woman for attempting to kidnap a 6-year-old girl playing near the trail. Two months later, a shooting occurred. This year, an assailant stabbed a man in the arm before fleeing back into the sea of tents. Unfortunately, the Springwater Corridor is no exception in Portland—it is a microcosm of Oregon’s largest city. In 2018, Portland was home to an estimated 14,000 chronically homeless people, the vast majority of whom were in Portland, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development...

https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/18/why-portlands-homeless-problem-is-the-worst-in-the-nation/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpoaVltWm1NMk13TVRBeiIsInQiOiJwT2E1cVordUVOVEdaKyt5MHdmTDB6eGJPdDZVVCtwZWRzRjNWQzhGSjFZeGdZSERuVUlub2xHRVFEVjNFUmxEZ0t1Ym9aWmJudnFhVXF5ems2Nld2a0REaGlrcDlDUWJJRCtYTlRcL2d1Vjd1RllXNXpualhCSGRyOGRqcG9EWHQifQ%3D%3D

scumbag-Schiff Tried To Strong-Arm Kurt

Volker but It Backfired When Volker

Exposed Schiff Instead

By C. Douglas Golden

{ westernjournal.com } ~ When Kurt Volker testified before the House of Representatives behind closed doors on Oct. 3, the general consensus was that it wasn’t going to be a great moment for the Trump administration... Indeed, the major headline from the leaked testimony thus far seems to have been that he indicated there were issues about Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani’s involvement in the administration’s policy in the country. According to Axios, Volker testified that the current ambassador, Bill Taylor, had issues with accepting the job due to Giuliani’s involvement. He also reportedly called Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden a “man of integrity,” so you can guess how many stories that launched. The biggest headline buried underneath this all, however, might be that House Intelligence Committee Chairman and perpetual hack scumbag-Adam Schiff wasn’t able to get Volker to admit to a quid pro quo no matter how many leading questions he asked. The California Democrat, of course, is trying to prove that the administration’s disbursement of congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine came with preconditions attached — most notably, preconditions regarding whether the new Ukrainian government investigated a company on whose board loose lips liar-Biden’s son, Hunter, once sat. This much could be reasonably established by any observer. However, an exchange between scumbag-Schiff and Volker leaked to the Washington Examiner and published Wednesday regarding the quid pro quo shows the extent to which scumbag-Schiff was willing to go to get the answer he wanted. Volker contended two things during his testimony. First, he says the Ukrainians weren’t aware of the fact that the Trump administration had put the military aid on hold at the time of Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25. Second, he was also unaware of the fact that Trump discussed the loose lips liar-Bidens during the call. “The Ukrainians didn’t want to be drawn into investigating a Democratic candidate for president, which would mean only peril for Ukraine, is that fair to say?” scumbag-Schiff asked at one point. “That may be true,” Volker responded. “That may be true. They didn’t express that to me, and, of course, I didn’t know that was the context at the time.”... https://www.westernjournal.com/report-schiff-tried-strong-arm-kurt-volker-backfired-volker-exposed-schiff-instead/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=patriotupdate&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=libertyalliance

A Million People Are Jailed at China's Gulags

I Managed to Escape Here's What

Really Goes on Inside

By David Stavrou

{ haaretz.com } ~ Twenty prisoners live in one small room. They are handcuffed, their heads shaved, every move is monitored by ceiling cameras. A bucket in the corner of the room is their toilet... The daily routine begins at 6 A.M. They are learning Chinese, memorizing propaganda songs and confessing to invented sins. They range in age from teenagers to elderly. Their meals are meager: cloudy soup and a slice of bread. Torture – metal nails, fingernails pulled out, electric shocks – takes place in the “black room.” Punishment is a constant. The prisoners are forced to take pills and get injections. It’s for disease prevention, the staff tell them, but in reality they are the human subjects of medical experiments. Many of the inmates suffer from cognitive decline. Some of the men become sterile. Women are routinely raped. Such is life in China’s reeducation camps, as reported in rare testimony provided by Sayragul Sauytbay (pronounced: Say-ra-gul Saut-bay, as in “bye”), a teacher who escaped from China and was granted asylum in Sweden. Few prisoners have succeeded in getting out of the camps and telling their story. Sauytbay’s testimony is even more extraordinary, because during her incarceration she was compelled to be a teacher in the camp. China wants to market its camps to the world as places of educational programs and vocational retraining, but Sauytbay is one of the few people who can offer credible, firsthand testimony about what really goes on in the camps...

https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-a-million-people-are-jailed-at-china-s-gulags-i-escaped-here-s-what-goes-on-inside-1.7994216?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpoaVltWm1NMk13TVRBeiIsInQiOiJwT2E1cVordUVOVEdaKyt5MHdmTDB6eGJPdDZVVCtwZWRzRjNWQzhGSjFZeGdZSERuVUlub2xHRVFEVjNFUmxEZ0t1Ym9aWmJudnFhVXF5ems2Nld2a0REaGlrcDlDUWJJRCtYTlRcL2d1Vjd1RllXNXpualhCSGRyOGRqcG9EWHQifQ%3D%3D

Misdemeanors and Gun Laws

Screwing Up The Court System

by Faye Higbee and Jeff Dunetz

{ lidblog.com } ~ State law in Nevada prohibits people who have misdemeanor domestic violence charges from owning a firearm. But the state law forgot about a more universal law, the law of unintended consequences... The State Supreme Court has ruled that because removing a right is a big deal, they must have the option to be tried by a jury for their misdemeanor to save their gun rights. The problem is that misdemeanors are generally tried in municipal courts, not large courtrooms. The smaller courts have no place for juries. So the Las Vegas City council has created a new misdemeanor domestic violence law that doesn’t require giving up gun rights which avoids the need for a jury trial. The Nevada Supreme Court is absolutely correct- if you’re going to take away someone’s rights, it’s much more critical than regular misdemeanors. In a 6-1 vote, the Las Vegas City Council approved the ordinance Wednesday in response to a recent state Supreme Court ruling that requires defendants in such cases to be afforded the option of a jury trial. Councilman Cedric Crear voted against the plan. The high court ruled a month ago that defendants were entitled to a trial after deeming the offense no longer “petty” but a “serious” one because of a 2015 state law that banned convicted individuals from possessing firearms. Officials in Las Vegas have lamented that the city’s municipal court is ill-equipped to hold trials because it does not have jury boxes or administration, plus there are not enough city prosecutors or judges, nor a means to summon a jury pool. In addition, state law doesn’t allow for jury trials in municipal courts... https://lidblog.com/nevada-gun-laws/

Socialism, Not Climate Change,

Is the Real Threat

By Emma Roberts

{ texaspolicy.com } ~ It is preposterous to me that many of my peers are so afraid of climate change that they say they can hardly think about it. I think what they should really be afraid of is government overreach... caused by such exaggeration over the effects of climate change. Back in the 1960s, some scientists believed that by 1975, the human race would perish through famine caused by climate change. Funny thing, the human race is now 7.5 billion strong. Fast-forward 10 years to the 1970s, and scientists were claiming that the world was entering a new ice age, or, in other words, that we were imperiled by global freezing. Now it is 2019 about the same time scientists had predicted the world would be frozen over, and many of my peers, as well as plenty of adults, believe that the world is going to end due to global warming, and there is nothing we can do to stop it. The hysteria over climate change has gone so far that many students my age are striking — skipping school every Friday to protest global warming. And they’re demanding that Washington, D.C., fix it. Washington has many, many things that it needs to fix, and many responsibilities and duties to uphold. Global warming, however, is not one of them. Studies show that if the U.S. fully implemented the Green New Deal, the temperature of Earth would decrease by no more than 0.097 degrees Fahrenheit over a span of 30 years. But the price of electricity would increase by almost 10 times its current amount. The price of gasoline would increase astronomically, so that drivers would have no choice but to drive Priuses and Teslas. Further, it is estimated that in the state of Texas alone, such regulations would cause the loss of over a million jobs. And that’s just in Texas; across the United States, the numbers would be devastating and the effects on our economy and society possibly irreversible...

https://www.texaspolicy.com/socialism-not-climate-change-is-the-real-threat/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpoaVltWm1NMk13TVRBeiIsInQiOiJwT2E1cVordUVOVEdaKyt5MHdmTDB6eGJPdDZVVCtwZWRzRjNWQzhGSjFZeGdZSERuVUlub2xHRVFEVjNFUmxEZ0t1Ym9aWmJudnFhVXF5ems2Nld2a0REaGlrcDlDUWJJRCtYTlRcL2d1Vjd1RllXNXpualhCSGRyOGRqcG9EWHQifQ%3D%3D

Battle Lines Over War Powers

National Security Desk: Wednesday in Washington held more political theater than just President Donald Trump’s reality-TV meeting with House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi. This time it’s a struggle over constitutional war powers.

The House voted 354-60 (including 129 Republicans siding with all Democrats) to pass a toothless resolution of disapproval for Trump’s troop-shifting in Syria. U.S. troops are in Syria because of an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed after 9/11 to empower the president to deploy troops against the responsible terrorists and any “associated forces.” Some argue that doesn’t apply because ISIS isn’t al-Qaida, but that’s a distinction without a difference.

In any case, members of Congress want all of the political benefit from criticizing the president with none of the responsibility for the policy. The president wants the freedom to move troops without the partisan and political squabbling inherent in going before Congress. No one seems to remember the Constitution’s general prescription for war.

As political analyst David Harsanyi argues, “If you want to stop Donald Trump from making unilateral decisions regarding war and peace, then stop letting all presidents make unilateral decisions about war and peace. It’s really quite simple.”

Put another way, The Washington Times editorial board asserts, “If Congress is so adamant that U.S. forces should be fighting in the Syrian civil war, then Congress should vote to declare war.”

Back in 2013, Barack scumbag/liar-nObama half-heartedly asked Congress for an AUMF in Syria … to remove its dictator, Bashar al-Assad. Obviously, Assad’s a bad actor backed by Iran and Russia, but removing him was not going to end well. (For more information, see scumbag/liar-nObama’s misadventures in Libya.) Congress declined to give scumbag/liar-nObama the AUMF.

scumbag/liar-nObama sent troops to fight ISIS in Syria anyway, as a cleanup for having created the Islamic State in the first place. Trump took that to another level, effectively destroying the caliphate — primarily thanks to the Kurds we’re now leaving to the Turkish wolves.

As far as Trump making a coherent case for his policy, don’t hold your breath. On Wednesday, we learned of Trump’s bizarre and cartoonish letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealing for “a good deal” and warning Erdogan, “Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool!”

And then we heard Trump make callous comments about the Middle East: It contains “a lot of sand they can play with,” he said. “We have a situation where Turkey is taking land from Syria. And Syria is not happy about it. Let them work it out. We shouldn’t be over there.”

If only it were that simple.

As Victor Davis Hanson outlines in a must-read column on this difficult subject, the situation with Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds is very complicated. And the commander-in-chief should spend more time laying out his case instead of insulting just about everyone in an effort to simply make the “right” people mad.

On a final note, Mark Alexander argues, “One underreported factor here is the sequence of events. The Turks have long planned to come across the border to hit the Kurdish YPG and PKK and establish a resettlement zone for refugees. I believe they gave Trump advance notice of their impending operations. Rather than threaten a counter-offensive against a NATO member (not an option) Trump removed our advisers from the line of fire. By contrast, the prevailing narrative is that the Turkish offensive was the result of Trump’s removal of what were, in effect, a small number of human military shields protecting Kurds along the Turkey/Syria border. But I don’t think it was a bluff on Turkey’s part. Let me take a wild shot here and suggest that, because of a myriad of other strategic implications, most of which are never black and white, Trump actually signed off on this plan.” ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66173?mailing_id=4593&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4593&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Saturday Noon ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 19, 2019 at 12:16pm

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Democrats Ratchet Up

Impeachment Secrecy

Byron York

Calling All Rosa Parks Americans

By Lloyd Marcus

{ americanthinker.com } ~ The insanity going on before our very eyes regarding the Democrats' and fake news medias' latest campaign to impeach Trump over nonsense is infuriating millions of Americans... It is the equivalent of scumbag-Adam Schiff flooding the airwaves with the lie that Trump stole his car and must be impeached for it. Meanwhile, scumbag-Schiff's car is parked untouched in his driveway for all the world to see. Ignoring the truth that scumbag-Schiff's car was not stolen, the Democrats and fake news media cart out a dozen witnesses whistleblowers who claim they saw Trump commit the crime. This is exactly what is going on with scumbag-Schiff's outrageous claim that Trump committed impeachable crimes during his phone call with the Ukraine president. scumbag-Schiff publicly read a bogus version of the conversation between Trump and the president of Ukraine. Trump had already countered scumbag-Schiff's lie by releasing the actual transcript of the phone call. Ignoring the transcript, Democrats and their fake news media cheering section are still promoting the false narrative 24/7 that Trump must be impeached for what scumbag-Schiff claims Trump said on the phone call. This is in-our-face arrogant corruption. Behaviorally, scumbag-Schiff, Democrats and the fake news media are saying we're kickin' your president out of office and there ain't nothing you smelly Walmart-shopping Trump voters can do about it. I received an expletive-filled ranting phone call from a businessman friend in California. He was livid watching liar-Pelosi, scumbag-Schiff, and their fake news media minions on TV arrogantly promoting a false picture of Trump while seeming to get away with it. He kept screaming, where are the ******* Republicans on our side who are fighting back? I talked him down from throwing a brick through his TV. My friend's frustration and anger is felt by millions; outraged that Democrats and fake news media are attempting to use nonsense to disenfranchise them, reversing their decision to elect Trump. The Democratic Party, fake news media, ANTIFA, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Black Lives Matter, and LGBTQ enforcers are nothing more than anti-American and anti-Christian hate groups. They have launched a no-holds-barred war on traditional Americans. They have zero tolerance for any opposition to them transforming America. Along with social and financial destruction, opposing them could cost you your life. Black civil rights hero Rosa Parks was an excellent example of courage. Tired after a long day at work, Rosa took a seat in the front of the public transit bus, ignoring the mandate that blacks must sit in the back. When ordered to give up her seat to a white passenger, Rosa said, no. Folks, we need thousands of Rosa Parks Americans who refuse to be bullied by the anti-American mob... https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/calling_all_rosa_parks_americans.html

scumbag/liar-Clinton Spokesman Doubles Down

On Wild Tulsi Gabbard Conspiracy Theory

By Tristan Justice

{ thefederalist.com } ~ Former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton peddled a bizarre conspiracy theory Tuesday claiming that the Russians are supporting U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii for a third-party presidential run... “I’m not making any predictions, but I think they’ve got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate,” scumbag/liar-Clinton said speculating of Russia’s latest plans in the upcoming presidential election on David Plouffe’s podcast. “She’s the favorite of the Russians.”The wild charge prompted a response from Gabbard, accusing scumbag/liar-Clinton of running an operation to destroy the congresswoman’s campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. “You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain,” Gabbard wrote on Twitter. “From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a concerted campaign to destroy my reputation. We wondered who was behind it and why. Now we know — it was always you, through your proxies.” scumbag/liar-Clinton spokesperson Nick Merrill doubled-down on the former nominee’s conspiratorial charges, confirming to CNN’s Dan Merica that scumbag/liar-Clinton was referencing Gabbard without referencing the congresswoman by name. “Divisive language filled with vitriol and conspiracy theories? Can’t imagine a better proof point than this,” Merrill told Merica. “This is not some outlandish claim.”... This is so full of bull, how can anyone believe. https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/18/clinton-spokesman-doubles-down-on-wild-tulsi-gabbard-conspiracy-theory-on/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=dfecc4d726-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-dfecc4d726-83771801

Democrat Sen. swcumbag-Pat Leahy Praises

Anti-Semitic Cleric Just To Spite Trump

By Erielle Davidson

{ thefederalist.com } ~ The left has a penchant for choosing heroes based on their well-constructed anti-Trump narrative. Occasionally, however, this approach backfires, causing the left to defend and prop up individuals it should most decidedly not... This behavior is most readily apparent on the international stage, particularly since foreign policy decision making based solely on opposing Trump resembles really no foreign policy at all. Recently, Sen. scumbag-Patrick Leahy (D-VT) fell into this unfortunate trap of defending the indefensible, offering a glowing defense of the infamous anti-Semitic Saudi preacher Salman al-Awda, who currently faces multiple counts in Saudi court, including for incitement against the ruler, sedition, and aiding the Muslim Brotherhood, among others. In his statement, scumbag-Leahy initially focuses his condemnation on the parameters of al-Awda’s confinement, which he argues violates international law. If the statement stopped there, it would be an honest statement of advocacy. However, scumbag-Leahy dramatically shifts gears, heaping saccharine praise on the cleric and portraying al-Awda as a mere dissident facing persecution at the hands of the Saudi government. To buttress his words of affirmation, scumbag-Leahy cites the UN Special Rapporteurs, who in calling for al-Awda’s release referred to the preacher as a “reformist” and “an influential religious figure who has urged greater respect for human rights within Sharia.” scumbag-Leahy himself refers to al-Awda as a “prisoner of conscience” and a “courageous cleric” who represents a “true reformist.” But performing a quick background check on al-Awda would assure you that this representation is far from thorough or accurate. Although al-Awda has made some redeeming statements in recent years, including an open rejection of his Islamist behavior in the 1990s, he carries a long and painful history of virulent antisemitism and anti-Americanism in the 2000s, the antsemitism remaining an enduring phenomenon of the past decade. There’s a strong desire among leftists to recast al-Awda as a hero, but it appears to be at best wishful thinking and, at worst, liberal windowdressing for much more nefarious beliefs. Indeed, it’s not a stretch to say that al-Awda harbors a deep hatred of Jews. As recently as 2012, al-Awda went on Rotana Khalijiya TV, a Saudi network, discussing how Jews consume human blood to “bring them closer to their false god.” In that same interview, he declared that Jews use the Holocaust to “extort many governments” and then proceeded to declare that the Jews were “carrying out a Holocaust in Gaza.” In 2006, al-Awda appeared on al-Hayat Kalimat TV, declaring Jews to be “the worst enemy” and advising that “when any party fights the Jews, we should rejoice out of spite for the Jews.”...

https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/18/democrat-sen-pat-leahy-praises-anti-semitic-cleric-just-to-spite-trump/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=dfecc4d726-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-dfecc4d726-83771801

Testimony on lowering drug prices

and improving Medicare

by Benedic Ippolito, PhD

{ aei.org } ~ Chairman Neal, Ranking Member Brady, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on efforts to reduce prescription drug prices and improve Medicare benefits... My name is Benedic Ippolito—I am an economist and research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The market for pharmaceuticals can both be extremely impressive and deeply frustrating. Without question, recent developments in this market have offered tremendous therapeutic benefits to patients. Yet, we have also seen stubbornly high prices, slow or non-existent generic drug entry, and public programs that are not working for their beneficiaries or for taxpayers. It is not surprising that Americans regularly list reducing prescription drug prices as one of their top policy priorities. So, I am glad that this Committee, and others in both chambers, are considering this issue so seriously. In my testimony I will focus on two elements of recent proposals: Redesigning the Medicare prescription drug benefit, known as Medicare Part D, and allowing for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate drug prices... https://www.aei.org/research-products/testimony/testimony-on-lowering-drug-prices-and-improving-medicare/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVdZd01qbGlNekExWWpSaSIsInQiOiJ2aVpMOGVHdVNwT0NEdFVvSGhlVFRLa1lcL2JUajVEamFENllXVFFoNjlaeHZDSkMxRlwvK01Nbk5GbnZibjdxQTAwdm5YVDBJZGpsT0pNUGQ0bjNaQ2Q5QUdlZTM3VGxydEFVdzBMQUxTWEQxMGFtWDlNMkRUZHlpQ2FkNDZieE9qIn0%3D

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Q6WQN3wcw

Elijah Cummings widow Maya Rockeymoore expected to run for his House seat

by Alana Goodman

{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ Rep. Elijah Cummings’s widow Maya Rockeymoore is seen as the most likely successor to fill his congressional seat after his death on Thursday... sources told the Washington Examiner. Rockeymoore, 48, who is currently the chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party, has a history of political involvement and ran unsuccessfully for Maryland governor in 2017. She married Cummings in 2008. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has 10 days to schedule a special election for Cummings’ seat and will likely set the date by the middle of next week, according to state political sources. The primary election is expected to take place next January and the general election in March. The winner of the special election will serve out of the remainder of Cummings’ term, which expires in December of 2020. A regularly scheduled primary for the following term will take place next April. Rockeymoore has not yet addressed the speculation that she will run for her husband’s seat. The Maryland Democratic Party released a statement on Friday asking for privacy for Rockeymoore and indicating that she would not be making any political announcements for the time being. “We ask the public and the press to allow Maryland Democratic Party Chair Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings — and the rest of the Cummings family — time and space to grieve their loss,” said the party, according to Patch.One political operative said Rockeymoore is not planning to run for the seat immediately as she takes time to grieve the loss of her husband. “Word is that Maya Rockeymoore will pass on the special election,” a long-time Maryland operative told the Washington Examiner. But sources do expect Rockeymoore to run in the previously scheduled election for the seat in April and believe other potential candidates will make room for her out of respect for her and her late husband. Another prominent Maryland Democrat, former NAACP president Ben Jealous, said on Friday that he does not plan to run for the seat... https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/elijah-cummings-widow-maya-rockeymoore-expected-to-run-for-his-house-seat?utm_source=WEX_Breaking%20News%20Alert_10/18/2019&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Breaking%20News&rid=5261

Does Angela Merkel Deserve

a Prize for Zionism?

by Soeren Kern

{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ A decision by the World Jewish Congress (WJC) to honor German Chancellor Angela Merkel with its prestigious Theodor Herzl Award for Zionism has sparked anger and bewilderment among Jewish leaders in the United States and Europe... The WJC, founded in August 1936 in Geneva, Switzerland, to confront the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi persecution of Jews in Europe, bestows its annual award to individuals who act to promote the goals of the late Theodor Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionist movement, "for the creation of a safer and more tolerant world for Jews." Critics say that Merkel, because her domestic and foreign policies have in recent years made the world less safe for Jews, is uniquely undeserving of the award. These policies include: German government failure to combat rising anti-Semitism. A total of 1,799 anti-Semitic hate crimes — five per day, on average — were reported in Germany during 2018, according to the German Interior Ministry. This represents a 40% increase over 2013, when 1,275 such crimes were recorded. The actual number of anti-Semitic hate crimes in Germany is likely much higher. A survey produced by the Vienna-based European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) found that 80% of Jews who said they were a victim of anti-Semitism did not report the crimes. Almost half of Jews living in Germany said they do not feel safe in the country and were considering emigrating, according to the FRA. Germany is home to around 120,000 Jews. A recent survey by the University of Bielefeld found that 85% of German Jews believe there has been an upsurge of anti-Semitism in the country in the previous 12 months; 70% of those surveyed said that they avoided wearing "publicly identifiable Jewish symbols" out of a fear of being attacked; 58% said that they deliberately avoid certain neighborhoods. Although Merkel has frequently condemned anti-Semitism, her government has been unable or unwilling to implement effective measures to tackle the problem... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15040/angela-merkel-zionism-prize

Democrats Ratchet Up Impeachment Secrecy

Byron York

Not long ago, House Republicans complained that Democrats imposed excessive secrecy on interviews conducted as part of the drive to impeach President Trump. Now, the situation appears to have gotten worse.

The recent interview of Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, marked a new point — a low point, as Republicans see it — in Democratic efforts to keep impeachment information out of public view.

In this way: The two previous impeachment interviews — with former ambassador to the European Union Kurt Volker and intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson — were conducted in the format of what is known as a transcribed interview. Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, who is running the Democratic impeachment effort, decreed that transcripts not be released to the public. At the same time, there were no heavily restrictive rules on what would happen should any member of Congress, acting from memory, reveal things that were said in the interview.

The Yovanovitch session was different. Democrats conducted the interview in the format of a deposition, which is different from a transcribed interview. One key difference is that there are serious penalties for lawmakers who reveal the contents of a deposition. Doing so would almost surely subject the offending member to a House ethics investigation.

All Republicans remember the price paid by Rep. Devin Nunes, who, in 2017, as chairman of the Intelligence Committee, faced an ethics investigation based on a complaint from a Democratic-allied outside group alleging he leaked classified information. Nunes was later cleared of all the charges, but he had to distance himself from some committee activities as the probe slowly proceeded.

Now, some Republican lawmakers express fear of Democrats siccing an ethics investigation on them if they reveal what took place in the Yovanovitch interview, even though none of what was discussed was classified. Look at what happened to Devin, they say.

So Republicans feel tight restrictions on what they can say. What was Yovanovitch asked? What did she answer? Were her answers consistent with what is known about the case? Republicans can’t say, fearful that scumbag-Schiff and the Democrats will come after them.

Here is the clever part, from the Democratic perspective. As the Yovanovitch interview began, her 10-page opening statement quickly leaked. In it, Yovanovitch made her case for all the press to read. Headline after headline appeared, all based on the statement:

— Washington Post: “Ousted ambassador Marie Yovanovitch tells Congress Trump pressured State Dept. to remove her.”

— Politico: “Marie Yovanovitch says Trump ousted her over ‘unfounded and false claims.’”

— CNN: “Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine says Trump wanted her removed and blames ‘unfounded and false claims.’”

— New York Times: “Ukraine Envoy Says She Was Told Trump Wanted Her Out Over Lack of Trust.”

— Wall Street Journal: “Trump Pressed for Ukraine Envoy’s Removal, She Tells Lawmakers.”

Democrats and Yovanovitch got their side of the story out without any rebuttal from Republicans. Beyond the leaked written statement, what did she actually say in the deposition? Did Republicans question her about her claims? Did the questioning reveal any facts not included in Yovanovitch’s opening statement? Were there any contradictions?

None of that was known. Yovanovitch’s opening statement instantly became the accepted version of the story. Meanwhile, Republicans said nothing.

Take, for example, Rep. Scott Perry, one of the four GOP House members in the room. Appearing on Fox News, Perry was asked what was said at the deposition. “Unfortunately, in the ever-changing rules situation here, I can’t tell you what happened in that room,” Perry answered.

In private conversation, other sources were equally reticent. All were silenced by the Democrats’ strategic use of House procedures.

“Depositions are governed by very specific House regulations,” said a House staffer in a text exchange. “Only one lawyer can ask questions per round, agency counsel is barred from attending, and the testimony is close hold. Transcribed interviews, in comparison, really don’t have any hard rules.” The only exception, the staffer said, is a closed session of the Intelligence Committee, which is not what the Yovanovitch deposition was.

Finally, the contents of the interview are being kept secret, not only from the public, but from other lawmakers. Perhaps a dozen members have heard any of the testimony in the impeachment hearings so far. The other 420 or so don’t know what went on.

In his much-criticized letter to Congress, White House counsel Pat Cipollone said Democratic handling of the impeachment investigation “violates fundamental fairness.” He meant fairness toward the target of the proceeding, President Trump. But there is also the question of fairness toward the American people trying to follow an impeachment process shrouded in secrecy. Don’t they have the right to know what the president’s accusers say? ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66137?mailing_id=4590&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4590&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Saturday AM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 19, 2019 at 7:18am

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Golsteyn Case Calls For Pardon

Harold Hutchison

scumbag-Schiff pushed Volker

to say Ukraine felt pressure from Trump

by Byron York

{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ In a secret interview, Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, leader of the House Democratic effort to impeach President Trump, pressed former United States special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker to testify that Ukrainian officials felt pressured to investigate... former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden's son Hunter as a result of Trump withholding U.S. military aid to Ukraine. Volker denied that was the case, noting that Ukrainian leaders did not even know the aid was being withheld and that they believed their relationship with the U.S. was moving along satisfactorily, without them having done anything Trump mentioned in his notorious July 25 phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. When Volker repeatedly declined to agree to scumbag-Schiff's characterization of events, scumbag-Schiff said, "Ambassador, you're making this much more complicated than it has to be." The interview took place Oct. 3 in a secure room in the U.S. Capitol. While the session covered several topics, the issue of an alleged quid pro quo — U.S. military aid in exchange for a Ukrainian investigation of the loose lips liar-Bidens and a public announcement that such an investigation was underway — was a significant part of the discussion. "The Ukrainians didn't want to be drawn into investigating a Democratic candidate for president, which would mean only peril for Ukraine, is that fair to say?" scumbag-Schiff asked Volker. "That may be true," Volker said. "That may be true. They didn't express that to me, and, of course, I didn't know that was the context at the time." Volker has said he did not know that Trump had mentioned the loose lips liar-Bidens on the July 25 call with Zelensky until the rough transcript of the call was released on Sept. 25. "Part of the other context is vital military support is being withheld from the Ukraine during this period, right?" scumbag-Schiff asked. "That was not part of the context at the time," Volker said. "At least to my knowledge, they Ukrainian leaders were not aware of that." scumbag-Schiff asked whether Volker had discussed the withholding of aid with Ukrainian officials. Volker said he had not. The first time he talked with the Ukrainians about that was when a story appeared in the press, an article in Politico, "Trump holds up Ukraine military aid meant to confront Russia," on Aug. 28-29, well after the July 25 Trump-Zelensky phone call... https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/schiff-pressed-volker-to-say-ukraine-felt-pressure-from-trump

House Intel Republicans: scumbag-Adam Schiff

Is Hiding Impeachment Documents from Us

by JOSHUA CAPLAN

{ breitbart.com } ~ All nine Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee sent a letter to panel chairman Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff (D-CA) in which they accuse him of “withholding the existence” of documents as part of the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump... “The highly irregular manner in which you are conducting your so-called ‘impeachment inquiry’ gravely concerns us, as does the fact that you have decreed this matter to bee under HPSCI’s jurisdiction despite it lacking any clear intelligence component,” the letter reads. “Further, given that you have recently acknowledged that the Committee no longer needs to receive testimony from the whistleblower, your ‘impeachment inquiry’ lacks any relationship with the jurisdiction of this Committee.”“As you are aware, the Committee was established to conduct crucial oversight of the Intelligence Comunity, and we are increasingly concerns about normal work is being overlooked in favor of partisan activities best suited for another Committee, the lawmakers added. The letter is signed by Reps. Devin Nunes (D-CA), Michael Conaway (R-TX), Michael Turner (R-OH), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Rick Crawford (R-AR), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Will Hurd (R-TX), and John Ratcliffe (R-TX).The letter comes as House Republicans are preparing to vote Monday on censuring scumbag-Schiff over his handling of the impeachment probe. “What I have found with scumbag-Adam Schiff is that three times to the American public he has lied,” House Minority Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said during a Friday press conference. “When you serve on the intelligence committee, it’s different than any other committee in the House because you will read and gather information that members of the House can’t have knowledge,” added McCarthy. “So, when a member of the intelligence committee speaks about something, we hold them to a higher standard.” As of Wednesday, nearly two-thirds (123) of House Republicans back House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs’ (R-AZ) resolution to condemn the California Democrat. scumbag-Schiff set off a political firestorm for recounting a fictional call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a recent committee hearing regarding a so-called “whistleblower’s” complaint about the call. He also made false statements about his panel having never spoken to the whistleblower, who recent reports state is a registered Democrat that worked with former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden in the scumbag/liar-nObama White House. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/18/house-intel-republicans-adam-schiff-is-hiding-impeachment-documents-from-us/

Hannity Blasts ‘Idiotic’ White House Chief Of

Staff Mick Mulvaney For Ukraine Comments

by AMBER ATHEY

{ dailycaller.com } ~ Fox News host Sean Hannity threw White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney under the bus on Thursday for giving fodder to political opponents... looking to prove a quid pro quo relationship between the president and Ukraine. Mulvaney held a press briefing earlier in the day and told reporters that President Donald Trump at least partially held up military aide to Ukraine so that the country would agree to investigate meddling in the 2016 election and whether or not Ukraine had access to the hacked Democratic National Committee (DNC) server. “Did President Trump also mention to me in passing the corruption related to the DNC server? Absolutely—no question about that. That’s it, and that’s why we held up the money,” Mulvaney said. The chief of staff later tried to clarify his comments, asserting in a statement that there was “no quid pro quo” regarding military aide and the DNC server. Hannity, one of the president’s most ardent defenders on cable news, slammed Mulvaney for the less-than-artful briefing on his radio show, calling the White House official “dumb” and “idiotic.” “What is Mulvaney even talking about?” Hannity said. “I just think he’s dumb, I really do. I don’t even think he knows what he’s talking about. That’s my take on it.” You don’t need a chief of staff’s idiotic interpretation of things when the president and the president of Ukraine and everybody else can read it all themselves,” Hannity said, referring to the released transcript of Trump’s call with Ukraine. “That’s what’s amazing.” Trump, when asked about Mulvaney’s comments by reporters at the White House on Friday, stated, “he clarified it.”

https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/18/sean-hannity-mick-mulvaney-press-briefing-ukraine/

IAEA Mum on Iran's Illicit

Nuclear Activities in Germany

by BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

{ jpost.com } ~ Material in a batch of German intelligence documents on Tehran’s illegal nuclear conduct in the federal republic as late as 2018 necessitate “confronting Iran with the intelligence and asking hard questions,”... according to one of the leading international authorities on arms control. Emily B. Landau, director of the Arms Control and Regional Security Project at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, told The Jerusalem Post that the documents prove that Iran has not kept to its commitment outlined in the 2015 nuclear deal. “First, it is important that this intel be widely published and that it become part of the public debate over Iran, as it indicates that Iran has not complied with its commitment not to work on military nuclear capability,” she said. “From my perspective, the most important thing at this point is to have it widely known that Iran did not stop everything in 2015 when the nuclear deal was reached, because the debate in Europe ignores this,” she said, adding, “The point is that it Iran has continued these efforts well after the JCPOA [(Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) was reached.” Landau is the author of Arms Control in the Middle East: Cooperative Security Dialogue and Regional Constraints. She noted that the Iran deal “set up a special channel regarding procurement for checking issues of this sort,” which is of the sort detailed in the German intelligence documents. “The problem is that the deliberations there get close to zero attention.” The International Atomic Energy Agency, tasked with ensuring Iran’s regime is in compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, declined to comment on the documents. When asked whether the IAEA had reviewed the German intelligence documents, Fredrik Dahl, an IAEA spokesman, told the Post: “We have no comment.” Dahl also declined to answer follow-up questions about whether the IAEA will review the reports... https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/IAEA-mum-on-Irans-illicit-nuclear-activities-in-Germany-604954

After Blocking S. 386, Sen. scumbag-Durbin Introduces RELIEF Act to Increase

Legal Immigration

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by numbersusa.com ~ Once again, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) asked for unanimous consent from the Senate this week to pass the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, S. 386 in the Senate and H.R. 1044 in the House... that would lift per-country caps for employment-based green cards, but Sen. scumbag-Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) objected. Sen. scumbag-Durbin used his objection to introduce new legislation, the RELIEF Act, which would substantially increase the number of green cards issued each year, including clear the existing backlog of employment-based green cards over five years. Sen. Lee's bill has faced heavy opposition from American tech workers and other groups. The bill would remove the per-country cap that restricts the number of employment-based green cards that can go to nationals from each country, allowing for most of the future green cards to go to nationals from India. The American Workers Coalition has said that "the silent epidemic of cheap foreign labor displacing American workers will continue and worsen if this legislation is passed." Sen. scumbag-Durbin has objected twice to Sen. Lee's request to pass the legislation through unanimous consent. Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) have also objected. But Sen. scumbag-Durbin's objection, like that of Sens. Perdue and Paul, is not based on his concern for American workers, but rather because he thinks the better solution is to massively increase the number of green cards issued each year. His RELIEF Act, that he co-introduced with Sen. scumbag-Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), would: Eliminate the current green card backlog over 5 years, which would result in an increase of 4 million green cards over the next 5 years. Increase annual immigration by removing spouses and minor children from the employment-based pool of green cards and shifting them to the immediate family categories. This would result in an increase of between 50,000-100,000 green cards per year. Eliminate the per-country caps for employment based green cards. https://www.numbersusa.com/news/after-blocking-s-386-sen-durbin-introduces-relief-act-increase-legal-immigration

38 People Violated Law In scumbag/liar-Hillary’s Email Probe — Here’s What We Know So Far…

by Wes Walker

{ clashdaily.com } ~ Almost 600 security violations! The long wait is over… well, sort of. We will still need to see who gets charged. There is doubtless a lot more to unpack in this story... including the potential criminal implications of those involved. Here is what the Associated Press has reported so far: The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State scumbag/liar-Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of private email and found violations by 38 people, some of whom may face disciplinary action. Now that they have wrapped up this probe, what should they look into next? Have we had any answers on Debbie Washerman-Schutz’s sketchy IT guys that were trying to flee the country? That seems like it might be a pretty rich vein you could mine for potential criminality. Chuck Ross has uploaded the complete report. ( https://www.scribd.com/user/136707414/Chuck-Ross )

https://clashdaily.com/2019/10/breaking-38-people-violated-law-in-hillarys-email-probe-heres-what-we-know-so-far/

Golsteyn Case Calls For Pardon

Harold Hutchison: Earlier this year, we covered some cases in the military justice system that were disturbing in more ways than one. Not only were elite special-operations troops accused of serious crimes, there was also disturbing misconduct by prosecutors and investigators.

After stunning testimony during his court-martial, Eddie Gallagher was acquitted of murder charges, but he was convicted over a trophy photo he took with the corpse of an ISIS jihadi. But the case against Major Mathew Golsteyn, United States Army, is continuing.

Golsteyn was with the 3rd Special Forces Forces Group when he took out a Taliban bomb-maker. However, when he revealed some of the details later, the scumbag/liar-nObama administration tried to hang a murder case on him because he didn’t follow the overly restrictive rules of engagement. They couldn’t and Golsteyn was cleared. Despite being cleared, Barack scumbag/liar-nObama’s secretary of the Army proceeded to not only revoke a Silver Star Golsteyn had been awarded for heroic actions in Afghanistan unrelated to the allegation, he also revoked Golsteyn’s Special Forces tab.

Just the fact that there is a second go at Golsteyn reeks of double jeopardy. Or at the very least, it’s double jeopardy’s kissing cousin. Just the administrative actions alone seem to be highly prejudicial. That’s before we get to the Army’s conduct of the case.

The investigator wasn’t exactly honest about his own awards. This opens a big can of worms, to put it mildly. If the investigator wore awards he wasn’t entitled to, essentially lying about his service, then where else was he dishonest? Now come revelations that the Army prosecutors are playing fast and loose with due process.

Let’s repeat this: A Green Beret is facing criminal proceedings for taking out a Taliban bomb-maker who was responsible for the improvised explosive devices that left our troops dead, maimed, or suffering from traumatic brain injuries. Stuff like this is a great way to get people to support pulling our troops out of places like Syria and Afghanistan, even when we should be trying to keep ISIS and al-Qaida tamped down.

Why? Because when we send our troops out to fight a war, those who send them should be able to articulate to America what conditions define winning, and they also should stand by our troops when they do try to win the war. George W. Bush, notwithstanding the serious mistakes he made, had an idea of what winning the War on Terror looked like, and he articulated it. He also was willing to let the troops try to win. scumbag/liar-nObama changed things, and not for the better.

We have seen the heroes who cracked 9/11 “architect” Khalid Sheikh Mohammed get dragged before civil courts by the Gitmo bar on behalf of al-Qaida terrorists. James Mitchell, Bruce Jessen, and others were asked to do a difficult job. They were told it was legal. It was implied this country would have their back. They were betrayed. Others, like Gina Haspel, have been smeared.

The fact is, President Donald Trump inherited a bad situation in which the ideal victory as articulated by Bush was no longer attainable. So, he laid out his victory conditions — trying to knock out the territory that ISIS held. They’re probably the best we can get, given the other problems around the world — a resurgent Russia and an increasingly aggressive China, as well as the need to deal with an out-of-control bureaucracy and other real threats to Americans’ freedoms from within.

The good news is that President Trump is reportedly reviewing the Golsteyn case. In this case, given the alleged actions of the prosecutors, a pardon may be necessary to avoid a miscarriage of military justice. But the damage done to the perception that America is determined to win the Long War may be far greater, and far harder to undo. ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/articles/66126?mailing_id=4590&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4590&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Friday PM ~ thefrontpagecover

Posted by Rudy Tirre on October 18, 2019 at 4:34pm

TheFrontPageCover

~ Featuring ~

Hunter Biden Fails to

Smother Smoke From Ukraine Scandal

Thomas Gallatin

Trump Says Turkey-Syria Ceasefire

Is On Again After Friday Morning Shelling

by AUDREY CONKLIN

{ dailycaller.com } ~ President Donald Trump said the ceasefire agreed upon by the U.S. and Turkey on Thursday is on again after reports of Friday morning shelling and machine-gun fire on the Syria-Turkey border... The president’s comments came after Reuters said it heard shelling and machine-gun fire at the border Friday morning despite a five-day ceasefire agreement that Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo negotiated with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during their visit to Ankara on Thursday.“Just spoke to President Erdogan of Turkey. He told me there was minor sniper and mortar fire that was quickly eliminated. He very much wants the ceasefire, or pause, to work. Likewise, the Kurds want it, and the ultimate solution, to happen,” Trump tweeted Friday afternoon. “Too bad there wasn’t this thinking years ago. Instead, it was always held together with very weak bandaids, and in an artificial manner. There is good will on both sides and a really good chance for success. The U.S. has secured the Oil, and the ISIS Fighters are double secured by Kurds and Turkey,” the president continued.Trump also told reporters at the White House on Friday that “there was some sniper fire this morning,” adding, “There was mortar fire this morning. That was eliminated quickly. And they’re back to the full pause,” according to Reuters. Pence’s meeting to negotiate a ceasefire came nearly two weeks after the White House announced that it was pulling the remaining 50 U.S. soldiers from northern Syria on Oct. 6. “Earlier this week President Trump took decisive action to call on Turkish forces to stand down, to end the violence, to agree to negotiations,” Pence said at a Thursday press conference in Turkey. “And today I’m proud to report, thanks to the strong leadership of President Donald Trump and the strong relationship between President Erdogan and Turkey and the United States of America, that today the United States and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria,” he continued. The president implemented economic sanctions on Turkey — including the cancelation of negotiations with Turkey on a $100 billion trade deal and a 50% tariff on steel — on Oct. 14 in an effort to increase pressure on Turkey to commit to a ceasefire.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/18/trump-turkey-ceasefire-on-again/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10562

Trump nominates Dan Brouillette

to replace Energy Secretary Rick Perry

By Adam Shaw

{ foxnews.com } ~ President Trump on Friday announced that he is nominating Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to replace outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry... who will depart at the end of the year. "I want to thank Secretary of Energy Rick Perry for the outstanding job he has done. He will be leaving at the end of the year to pursue other interests. Rick was a great Governor of Texas and a great Secretary of Energy. He is also my friend!" Trump tweeted. "At the same time, I am pleased to nominate Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette to be the new Secretary of Energy. Dan’s experience in the sector is unparalleled. A total professional, I have no doubt that Dan will do a great job!" the president said. Perry, a former Texas governor, had come under scrutiny over the role he played in the president's dealings with Ukraine, which are currently the subject of an impeachment inquiry -- raising questions as to whether the probe factored into his decision to leave. House Democrats subpoenaed Perry as part of their investigation. Multiple administration sources reiterated to Fox News that Perry was central to the apparent foreign policy operation to encourage a Ukrainian investigation into 2020 presidential hopeful loose lips liar-Joe Biden's actions involving the country. They said Perry was one of a handful of officials working on the matter hand-in-glove with Trump and the president's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. But in an interview Friday on "America's Newsroom," Perry told Fox News' Bill Hemmer that his decision to leave did not have anything to do with Ukraine. "It has everything to do for the last eight or nine months. I've been looking back to Texas on a pretty regular basis... My wife, my dogs, and kinda going on to the next adventure in life," Perry said.Trump called Perry "outstanding" when speaking to reporters on Thursday and announced at the time, "We already have his replacement."...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-nominates-dan-brouillette-to-replace-departing-energy-secretary-rick-perry

VIDEO: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6095881830001/#sp=show-clip

GOP challenger files ethics complaint against scumbag-Schiff for purporting to obtain compromising Trump pictures

By Hollie McKay

{ foxnews.com } ~ A prank call by Russian deejays fished in Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, D-Calif., but a Republican challenging him for his House seat doesn't think the call... in which scumbag-Schiff expressed eagerness to get "compromising material" on President Trump, is a laughing matter. Jon Hollis, who is running for the Los Angeles-area seat held by scumbag-Schiff since 2001, has filed an ethics complaint against his opponent based on the 2017 call, in which a phony Ukrainian politician claimed to have graphic photos of the then newly-inaugurated President Trump. “This letter serves as an official complaint to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) regarding Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff’s illegal collusion with foreign entities and misuse of taxpayer resources for opposition research on political enemies,” one complaint, dated Aug. 28 and filed by Jon Hollis, a Republican challenger for the seat in California’s 28th Congressional District, stated. “The evidence supporting scumbag-Adam’s Schiff's violations of the law is compelling and irrefutable.” The filing primarily points to that wincing 2017 call that continues to haunt. At the time, scumbag-Schiff assumed he was talking with Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy, who solicited potentially damaging information and compromising pictures of Trump from his visit to Russia for the Miss Universe pageant four years earlier. scumbag-Schiff stressed in the call that he would “be in touch with the FBI” to make arrangements with regard to accessing the supposedly explicit materials and cautioned the voice on the other end not to divulge anything he would not want “our Russian friends” to hear, warning that they were likely listening. However, in reality, the then-ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee was conversing with someone far from the political powers of Kiev. Instead, he was being pranked by two Russian comedians — Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2020-republican-challenger-files-ethics-complaint-against-adam-schiff-for-purporting-to-obtain-comprising-pictures-of-president-trump

VIDEO: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6095056535001/#sp=show-clips

ICE Identifies More

Than 200 Fraudulent Families

by Bronson Stocking

{ townhall.com } ~ U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) has identified 238 fraudulent cases of individuals claiming to be related in order to secure entry into the United States... Illegal aliens from Central and South America have been exploiting children to take advantage of loopholes in U.S. immigration policy. In April, the Family Fraud Initiative was launched by ICE, in conjunction with Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Border Patrol, to investigate individuals posing as family members when applying for asylum in the United States. Under the policy known as "catch and release," families with minor children arriving to the United States are released ahead of their hearing in immigration court, a hearing in which many migrants fail to appear. ICE announced in a press release that more than 350 individuals have been "federally prosecuted for various crimes, including human smuggling, making false statements, conspiracy, and illegal re-entry after removal," following the inception of the Family Fraud Initiative in April. "Some of the most disturbing cases identified involve transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) and individuals who are increasingly exploiting innocent children to further their criminal activity. Investigations indicate that TCOs and individuals have entered into schemes with biological parents to dangerously transfer their children – ranging in age from 4 months to 16 years – to unrelated adults so they can pose as family units to further their human smuggling criminal enterprises and/or fraudulently obtain U.S. immigration benefits," according to ICE. In addition to children being exploited by criminals, the Family Fraud Initiative also identified 50 individuals who falsely presented themselves as unaccompanied minors. According to the press release, "this past summer Border Patrol agents encountered a Guatemalan, who initially claimed to be an unaccompanied minor. The alleged juvenile possessed a birth certificate that reflected his claim to being 15 years old. However, during questioning he admitted that the birth certificate he presented was fraudulent, and that in fact he was an 18-year-old adult. In this case as in several others, the agents’ investigative actions prevented this man from being processed as a minor, referred to HHS and housed with juveniles. "ICE says such cases of family fraud are only increasing as more and more individuals exploit loopholes in our immigration policies.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2019/10/18/ice-identifies-more-than-200-fraudulent-families-claiming-asylum-n2554995?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=7220442bc3498cb5e2d68f3cb4d11680&recip=18305623

'Wealth tax' would rob innovation, says analyst

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by Chris Woodward

{ onenewsnow.com } ~ Anyone who's paid any attention to this election season has likely heard a candidate or two throw out the idea of a wealth tax. But what is that exactly?... "A wealth tax is distinct from an income tax," explains Adam Michel, a tax policy analyst for The Heritage Foundation, a center-right think tank in Washington, D.C. "It would be an entirely new tax system overlaid on top of our existing one." To put it another way, it would be like having to comply with the estate tax or the "death tax." But it would not just be after one's assets are passed on to his heirs; it is a tax on the total accumulated assets of any given person every single year. "It's often described as a small one or two percent or three percent tax. However, because it's on a stock rather than the earnings every year, it can translate to have incredibly high effective income tax rates of above 100 percent," Michel explains. The analyst says that means people will be investing and innovating less. "It's really a total change in the way that we think about a government's relation to our money," he adds. Supporters of a wealth tax include Senator commie-Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). He likes the idea as a way of funding new and expanded health and social programs. We don't need another tax system which would grew. https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/10/18/wealth-tax-would-rob-innovation-says-analyst

Megyn Kelly’s Fox News Appearance

With Tucker Draws In Over 4 Millions Viewers

by Shelby Talcott

{ thepoliticalinsider.com } ~ Journalist Megyn Kelly’s brief return to Fox News Wednesday as a guest on host Tucker Carlson’s show drew over four million viewers according to Nielsen Media Research... Kelly’s first television interview in a year and first time on Fox News in over two years made “Tucker Carlson Tonight” the most-watched show on cable, Nielsen Media Research found. Kelly left Fox for NBC News in 2017, and left that network in January after she made comments about blackface and Halloween. She apologized for the comments and her NBC show was cancelled. Carlson’s show Wednesday saw 4.06 million viewers tune in, making it easily the most-watched show on cable. Fox News’s Sean Hannity came in second with 3.65 million viewers and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow followed with 3.44 million viewers, The Hill reported. The former host had a lengthy interview with Carlson Wednesday and went after NBC News, her former employer, over accusations that the network tried to cover up sexual misconduct allegations against former host Matt Lauer. “There needs to be an outside investigation into this company,” Kelly said during the interview. “They investigated themselves. That doesn’t work. This is how it’s done. You get somebody on the outside who can be trusted.” “They haven’t gotten specific about what monies were paid out to home. Show us the money. The number one thing that needs to happen now is they need to release any and all Matt Lauer accusers from their confidentiality agreements.” NBC will not being opening a new investigation into accusations against Lauer even after investigative journalist Ronan Farrow published a book released Tuesday titled “Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators.”Farrow accused the network of trying to shut down his 2017 report about sexual misconduct allegations against now-disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The article was published in The New Yorker Oct. 10, 2017, and the book includes a more extensive investigation into NBC News.“There is no additional investigation being launched. We are very confident in the report that was conducted,” NBC spokeswoman Hilary Smith said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “We fired Matt Lauer within 24 hours of learning what he did, and promptly launched a corporate investigation.”“Based on our investigative findings, we have swiftly taken appropriate actions to address the situation and improve workplace culture. It is also worth noting that this was a corporate investigation that was conducted by an almost entirely female team, none of whom are part of the News division.” Kelly also hit back at the media during her interview with Carlson, noting the increased acceptability of bias since President Donald Trump took office in 2016.“It was sort of passive and now it’s active,” she explained. “Now it’s, ‘Let’s work. He’s too bad. We have to work together. We’ll be judged. History will judge as whether we were for or against this man Trump.’”

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/megyn-kellys-fox-news-appearance-with-tucker-draws-in-over-4-millions-viewers/?utm_campaign=TPI10182019afternoon&utm_source=criticalimpact-&utm_medium=email&utm_content=4b4ea4948726422aa6473c7b9fa19141&source=TPICI

Hunter Biden Fails to Smother Smoke

From Ukraine Scandal

Thomas Gallatin: loose lips liar-Joe and Hunter Biden need to get their stories straight. In an obvious attempt to tamp down the smoldering scandal of the loose lips liar-Bidens’ apparent pay-to-play deal with Ukraine, Hunter sat down for an interview with ABC News. While insisting that he did nothing wrong, Hunter conceded, “In retrospect … I think that it was poor judgment on my part.” He continued, “Was it poor judgment to be in the middle of something that is … a swamp in many ways? Yeah.”

ABC aired the interview Tuesday morning, strategically timed so as to be drowned out by all the coverage of the Democrat presidential debate coming only a few hours later. However, in spite of this, the interview did little to make the scandal go away, and in fact it may have only made it worse for loose lips liar-Joe Biden.

During the debate, loose lips liar-Biden was asked, “If it’s not okay for a president’s family to be involved in foreign businesses, why was it okay for your son when you were vice president?” loose lips liar-Biden responded by contradicting his son’s admission of “poor judgment” in an obvious attempt at damage control. “Look, my son did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong. I carried out the policy of the United States government in rooting out corruption in Ukraine. My son made a judgment. I’m proud of the judgment he made.” loose lips liar-Biden then doubled down by insisting, “I never discussed a single thing with my son about anything having to do with Ukraine. No one has indicated I have.” Actually, Hunter Biden has. Oops.

loose lips liar-Biden also deflected to President Donald Trump: “He’s going after me because he knows that if I get the nomination I will beat him like a drum.” Settle down, tough guy.

Thus far the record shows that Trump’s Ukraine interests appear to have been primarily focused on seeking answers to the origins of Russia’s 2016 election meddling and were not merely an attempt to dig up dirt on loose lips liar-Biden. The real scandal is that neither loose lips liar-Biden has convincingly explained how Hunter, who has no background or expertise in energy, was able to land a lucrative position on the board of Ukrainian energy giant Burisma while his father was the vice president. Nor has any adequate explanation been given for why the elder loose lips liar-Biden dubiously used his position as vice president to ensure that a corruption investigation into Burisma was quashed.

However, Hunter may have inadvertently let the cat out of the bag. At one point in the interview he was asked, “If your last name wasn’t Biden, do you think you would have been asked to be on the board of Burisma?” He answered, “I don’t know. Probably not. I don’t think there’s a lot of things in my life that [would have happened] if my last name wasn’t loose lips liar-Biden.” Bingo. ~The Patriot Post

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~ Featuring ~

Demo Debate: Taking on the Constitution

Nate Jackson

Impeachment gets real: Mitch McConnell gives Senate Republicans private tutorial on how

to put Trump on trial

by Susan Ferrechio

{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell briefed Republicans in a closed-door session about how they would conduct a Senate trial if the House sends over articles of impeachment... Senate Republicans believe it is becoming increasingly likely, if not inevitable, that House Democrats will pass articles of impeachment against President Trump in the coming weeks. McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, on Wednesday gave fellow GOP lawmakers a tutorial on how to conduct a trial based on how the process proceeded in the past. “Every indication is that articles will be coming our way, eventually,” Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, said after the meeting. Republicans in the meeting discussed the possibility of moving to dismiss the charges outright, which would kill the impeachment effort before a trial in the Senate. But Senate lawmakers determined the rules would not allow any senator to move to dismiss the charges and that they would not be able to win consent from the Democrats to bring up a vote to dismiss. Kramer suggested Chief Justice John Roberts, who will preside over the trial, might have the authority to move to dismiss the case. Democrats want to impeach Trump for obstructing their investigation of his call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Democrats believe Trump used the prospect of withholding security aid to coerce Ukraine into investigating former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee. They charge Trump with stonewalling their investigation by refusing to cooperate with subpoenas and attempting to block administration officials from participating in closed-door depositions. McConnell told reporters after the meeting he anticipates holding a full Senate trial that meets daily to decide whether the president is guilty of the charges put forward by the House...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/impeachment-gets-real-mitch-mcconnell-gives-senate-republicans-private-tutorial-on-how-to-put-trump-on-trial

Deadly Turkish airstrikes

shatter deal to pause Syria offensive

By DELIL SOULEIMAN

{ timesofisrael.com } ~ Deadly Turkish airstrikes Friday shattered an hours-old US-brokered deal to stop Ankara’s military offensive against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria... The ceasefire announced late Thursday was meant to provide a pause for the evacuation of Kurdish fighters from the battleground border town of Ras al-Ain and other areas Turkey wants to control along its border with Syria. The five-day suspension looked designed to help Turkey achieve its main territorial goals without fighting but its Syrian proxies continued to clash with Kurdish fighters Friday and an airstrike killed five civilians. “Five civilians were killed in Turkish airstrikes on the village of Bab al-Kheir, east of Ras al-Ain,” Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said. The Britain-based war monitor said four fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces — the de facto army of the embattled Kurdish autonomous region — were killed in the strike. “Despite the agreement to halt the fighting, air and artillery attacks continue to target the positions of fighters, civilian settlements and the hospital” in Ras al-Ain, he said. The Turkish offensive has also been widely criticized, with videos surfacing online allegedly showing captured fighters and civilians being executed... https://www.timesofisrael.com/deadly-turkish-airstrikes-shatter-deal-to-pause-syria-offensive/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2019-10-18&utm_medium=email

Pompeo to Post: Israel Has

Right to Act in Syria, U.S. Will Stop Iran

By YAAKOV KATZ

{ jpost.com } ~ Despite the withdrawal of US troops from Syria, Israel retains operational freedom to defend itself and America remains committed to closely watching the Iraqi-Syrian border to help prevent the transfer of Iranian arms into the country... Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told The Jerusalem Post on Friday in an exclusive interview. “Our administration’s been very clear,” he said. “Israel has the fundamental right to engage in activity that ensures the security of its people. It’s at the very core of what nation states not only have the right to do but an obligation to do.” Regarding the Iraqi-Syrian border, which Israeli intelligence believes is used by Iran to smuggle weapons into Syria and Hezbollah, Pompeo said that American forces would continue to watch the area closely. “The president has committed to continuing that activity that the US has been engaged in now for a couple of years and is aimed at countering ISIS and providing us situational awareness in the region,” he said. “We know this is a corner where Iran has attempted to move weapon systems across into Syria, into Lebanon, that threatens Israel and we are going to do everything we can to make sure we have the capacity to identify those so that we can collectively respond appropriately.” Pompeo spoke to the Post in Jerusalem shortly after completing a two-hour meeting Friday morning with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mossad chief Yossi Cohen. He was accompanied to the meeting by US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and James Jeffrey, the US special envoy on Syria. Pompeo arrived in Israel a day after meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who agreed to a five-day ceasefire to allow Kurdish forces to evacuate the border region. Israeli politicians and defense officials have raised concerns that the US pullout from Syria will strengthen Iran. Pompeo dismissed that possibility and said that the administration remained committed – like it has been – to stopping Iran and preventing it from obtaining nuclear weapons. He said that all options were on the table in the event that Iran broke out toward a bomb. “I think the Israeli people should stare at the probably starkest change this administration has made in foreign policy vis-a-vis what the previous administration has done – the toughest sanctions we’ve ever put. Sanctions that will be sufficient to decrease the scope and size of the Iranian economy by over 12% this next year. That’s serious stuff,” he said. “We do this because this denies resources from Iran to do assassination campaigns in Europe, missile systems and infrastructure technology advancement, underwriting Hezbollah, Shia militias around the word. We have materially reduced their capacity to engage in those behaviors.”...

https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Pompeo-to-Post-Israel-retains-right-to-act-in-Syria-US-will-stop-Iran-605068

The Turkish Invasion and

the Israel-Kurdish Connection

by Edy Cohen

{ israeltoday.co.il } ~ Hundreds of people protested Tuesday night in front of the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv demanding that the Turkish military operations against the Kurdish people in northern Syria be stopped... Protesters carrying Israeli and Kurdistan flags marched from the Turkish embassy to the US embassy urging Erdogan to leave the Kurds alone. The protesters carried signs condemning the Turkish president as well as President Trump, who is “helping the genocide” against the Turkish people, which is resulting in hundreds of deaths among the Kurdish population. This is not the first time a pro-Kurdish rally has taken place in Israel. Just a few days ago a demonstration was held in Jerusalem against the Kurdish genocide. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the first world leaders to publicly oppose the Turkish operation. “Israel strongly condemns Turkey’s military invasion of Kurdish provinces in Syria and warns against ethnic cleansing of Kurds by Turkey and its militants,” Netanyahu said. “Israel will make every effort to provide humanitarian assistance to the brave Kurdish people,” the Prime Minister insisted. Other Knesset members like Ayelet Shaked former Minister of Justice and Gideon Sa’ar former Interior Minister also condemned the Turkish aggression and expressed full support for the Kurdish people. The people of Israel identify closely with the struggle of the Kurds. Close to 200,000 Kurdish Jews live in Israel, mainly in Jerusalem. These are mostly the descendants from nearly 50,000 Kurdish Jews who were rescued by Israel from Iraq during Operation Ezra and Nehemiah in the early 1950s. There is also a lot of common history that connects the Jewish people with the Kurds. Both peoples suffer from ongoing persecutions – the Kurds by Middle East Muslims, partly because they are not considered Arabs – and both Kurds and Jews are scattered throughout the world. The difference is that the Jewish people have a state, but until today the Kurdish people do not. While the Palestinian “cause” continues to stir interest in the international media and gain European sympathy, the Kurdish issue does not receive nearly as much attention. Most people do not know that there are about 40 million Kurds living in the Middle East (Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran) and Europe. To this day they are fighting to have their own country because at the end of World War I the victorious powers gave assurances to the Kurds that they would be given an independent state, but that never materialized, due mainly to the violent resistance of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. A homeland for the Kurdish people has been a crucial matter as the Kurds have suffered terrible persecution and oppression in the Arab countries where they live... https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/the-turkish-invasion-and-the-israel-kurdish-connection/

Who Gets Blamed if ISIS Fighters Come Back?

by Con Coughlin

{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ Ever since the US-led coalition succeeded in destroying most of ISIS in Syria, one vital issue has left been unresolved, namely: what to do with the thousands of ISIS fighters who were taken prisoner and confined to Kurdish-run detention centres... The problem is particularly acute with regard to the estimated 2,500 foreign fighters -- the majority of them holding European passports -- and their dependents who abandoned their home countries for fight for ISIS. Given the depth of their betrayal -- turning their backs on nations where they have been raised and nurtured to join the barbarians of ISIS -- it is quite understandable that Western governments should recoil in horror when defeated ISIS fighters and their associates then announce they want to return home. In Britain, for example, there was much controversy earlier in the year concerning the case of Shamima Begum who, as a 15-year-old teenager, left her home in east London in 2015 to become the bride of an ISIS fighter. Earlier this year, she resurfaced, languishing in a Kurdish-run camp, from where she made an impassioned call to be allowed to return home, even though, during her absence, the British government had already cancelled her British citizenship. Her request received short shrift from London, which insisted she had lost her right to be a British citizen by dint of her decision to join a banned terrorist organisation, one of whose prime objectives is to carry out terrorist attacks against British targets. The British government's robust stand received widespread public support, a sentiment that has been very much in evidence in other European countries, such as France, that have witnessed significant numbers of their citizens making their way to Syria and Iraq to enlist in the ranks of ISIS. The institutional reluctance of European governments to have anything to do with those who have deserted their home countries to fight with ISIS is perfectly understandable. The only problem with this stance, though, is that it does nothing to resolve the issue of the large numbers of foreign fighters who have been held in the Kurdish camps and could now, as a result of Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria, make good their escape and rejoin the terrorist ranks of ISIS... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15038/isis-prisoners-return

How Many Muslims Have Been Elected To Government In 2019? The Numbers

Might Surprise You

by Tim Brown

{ deplorablekel.com } ~ We have reported on a list of Muslims seeking office in the united States in 2020. We have also reported on how many got into office in 2018... Now, guess how many have already won office in the US in 2019? The numbers might surprise you. Islam, as written in the Koran, is diametrically opposed to America, Christianity and our Constitution. This is why this should be alarming to Americans. 18 Years After 9/11, Muslim Organizations Have Goal Of 5,000 Muslims Running For Office In 2020 Again, as with previous reports, Deplorable Kel has documented a flood of Muslims across the united States that are either vying for elected office or have won office. In a recent post, she listed those who have already put into positions of representation in the united States this year. Here’s the list courtesy of Deplorable Kel. Fadwa Hammoud was appointed Solicitor General of Michigan by Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel, in Jan. 2019. Sadaf Jaffer was elected Mayor of Montgomery Township, New Jersey, in Jan. 2019. She is the first female muslim Mayor in the U.S. Deedra Abboud was elected to the Arizona Democratic Party Vice Chair on Jan. 26th 2019. Movita Johnson-Harrell was elected to Pennsylvania State House, District 190, on March 12th 2019. Samba Baldeh was re-elected as alderman in district 17 for the Madison City Council, in Wisconsin, in April 2019. Baldeh was first elected in 2015. Syed Abbas was elected as a District 12 member of the Madison Common Council in Wisconsin, in April 2019. Minza Karim was elected as a member of the Middleton-Cross Plains Board of Education in Wisconsin, in April 2019. Akram Khan was elected as a Mequon school board member on April 2, 2019. Omar Sabir was elected to Philadelphia City Commissioner in Pennsylvania on May 21, 2019. Naushad Kermally was elected to Sugar Land City Council, District 2, on June 8th 2019.

https://deplorablekel.com/2019/10/13/muslims-elected-to-the-u-s-government-in-2019/

Demo Debate: Taking on the Constitution

Nate Jackson: Attacking the new frontrunner

Elizabeth dinky/liar-Warren has steadily rallied support in the polls, even overtaking loose lips liar-Joe Biden in several of late. That means she was finally attacked by almost every other candidate. The most effective attacks were over her incessant refusal to admit that middle-class taxes will go up to fund her version of commie-Bernie Sanders’s $32 trillion Medicare for All.

“Costs will go up for the wealthy and for big corporations,” Warren repeated, while “for hard-working middle-class families, costs will go down.”

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg jabbed, “Your signature, senator, is to have a plan for everything, except this.” Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar was even harsher: “At least commie-Bernie’s being honest here and saying how he’s going to pay for this and that taxes are going to go up. And I’m sorry, dinky/liar-Elizabeth, but you have not said that, and I think we owe it to the American people to tell them where we’re going to send the invoice.” Former Texas Rep. socialist-Beto O'Rourke said dinky/liar-Warren was “more focused on being punitive or pitting one part of the country against the other.”

Yes, that is what Democrats do. Indeed, dinky/liar-Warren has no plan to pay for this multitrillion-dollar scheme (which has numbers that don’t add up anyway) beyond an unconstitutional “wealth tax” on the hated rich. On that note, she had a Barack “You Didn’t Build That” scumbag/liar-nObama moment: “Look, I don’t have a beef with billionaires,” she said. “My problem is you made a fortune in America, you had a great idea, you got out there and worked for it. Good for you. But you built that fortune in America. I guarantee you built it in part using workers all of us help pay to educate. You built it in part getting your goods to market on roads and bridges all of us helped pay for.”

Debt

There have been more than 300 questions in the Democrat debates so far. Zero have asked about our national debt, which is at more than $22 trillion and rising rapidly. The only five mentions of the word “debt” in last night’s debate were about student-loan debt, which most Democrats on stage want to raise the federal debt to pay for. That’s true of all their other vote-buying schemes, too. So the reason they’re not asked about how to handle the debt we already have is that they’re too busy proposing ways to rack up new debt.

Gun confiscation

The September debate featured socialist-O'Rourke’s outrageous call for gun confiscation. Last night’s follow-up showed him backing off just a tad. If a law-abiding citizen refuses to turn in his semiautomatic rifle, or, he said, “brings it out in public and brandishes it in an attempt to intimidate — as we saw when we were at Kent State recently — then that weapon will be taken from them.”

Memo to socialist-Beto: It wasn’t citizens with guns doing the shooting at Kent State.

“If they persist,” he continued, “there will be other consequences from law enforcement,” though he claimed he expects Americans will “do the right thing” and that “we don’t go door-to-door for any other laws in this country; we’re not doing it here.” Unconstitutional laws like gun confiscation should hold no sway over Americans in any case. But socialist-Beto also said if a citizen didn’t submit to a “buyback,” “there would be a visit by law enforcement to recover that firearm.” Uh, there are 16 million such rifles in the nation, so good luck with that.

Other candidates disagreed with socialist-O'Rourke only because his proposal is politically bad. According to Buttigieg, “We are this close to an assault-weapons ban,” and socialist-O'Rourke shouldn’t mess it up. Klobuchar agreed: “I just keep thinking of how close we are to finally getting something done on this.”

Memo to Demos: We’re not close to another ineffective and unconstitutional ban on the cosmetically different rifles pejoratively and inaccurately known as “assault weapons.”

Impeachment

The Democrats’ impeachment coup attempt is their primary strategy for 2020, so of course it came up last night. Indeed, it was the first topic, and it was also loose lips liar-Biden’s roughest moment. (More on that here.)

dinky/liar-Warren declared that impeachment “must go forward.” commie-Bernie Sanders, who proved he’s alive and kicking after his recent heart attack, agreed because, he pronounced, “In my judgment, Trump is the most corrupt president in the history of this country.”

Klobuchar added, “We have a constitutional duty to pursue this impeachment.”

Anytime a Democrat mentions the Constitution, you are permitted to laugh. Last night, the only times it came up were during demands for impeachment or with lowlife-Kamala Harris’s ridiculous assertions about “reproductive rights” being somewhere in the Constitution. Every proposal Democrats made on stage is unconstitutional, and they violate their oaths “to support and defend” the Constitution on a daily basis.

But a couple of Democrats advised caution on impeachment. “First of all, we must be fair,” said Sen. scumbag-Cory Booker. “We are talking about ongoing proceedings to remove a sitting president for office. This has got to be about patriotism and not partisanship.”

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard concurred, saying, “If impeachment is driven by these hyperpartisan interests, it will only further divide an already terribly divided country.” Moreover, she said, “If the House votes to impeach, the Senate does not vote to remove Donald Trump, [then] he walks out and he feels exonerated, further deepening the divides in this country that we cannot afford.”

As with the Constitution, Democrats are decidedly not driven by any patriotic interest, but rather partisan divisiveness. Impeachment is inherently political, and their attempt is more so than previous ones. But that’s why scumbag-Booker and Gabbard aren’t the standard bearers for a Democrat Party that is hell-bent on taking out Donald Trump.

~The Patriot Post

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