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Grassley Slaps Down Do-Nothing Sessions,

Congress Writes The Laws – Execute Them 

by rickwells.us 

{ rickwells.us } ~ Attorney General Jeff Sessions has completely ignored the corruption in critical departments, the Department of Justice and the FBI, which he oversees... He has chosen instead to focus on mandating severe penalties and strict enforcement for the crimes of average and low income Americans, those who peddle drugs. While they are worthy of attention what he’s ignoring and effectively helping to cover up is much worse. He’s misdirecting DOJ attention and America’s resources are being squandered. The American people want the liar-nObama/liar-Clinton/scum-Soros Mafia investigated and prosecuted. For some reasons Sessions has refused to do so and decided to play tough guy on the common people over marijuana and other street drugs instead. That’s a reality that has caught the attention of Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, particularly after reading a letter from the empty suit occupying the office of Attorney General. Sessions went after the sentencing reform efforts of the Judiciary Committee, which Grassley chairs, calling them a “grave error.”  That charge didn’t sit too well with Grassley, who, after reading Sessions’ letter, aired his response on Twitter...Its about time.

https://rickwells.us/grassley-sessions-poor-elite/

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U.S. Needs to Develop Hypersonic Weapons,

Criticizes ‘Self-Limiting’ Missile Treaties

by Paul McLeary

{ news.usni.org } ~ The head of the U.S. Pacific Command said Wednesday that the United States is hampered in keeping pace with China’s ground-based missiles... thanks to treaties it has signed to limit its stockpiles. In particular, the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between the United States and Russia is “self-limiting,” Adm. Harry Harris told the House Armed Services Committee, particularly since “over 90 percent of China’s ground-based missiles would violate the treaty.” The Cold War-era pact bans nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers. Both Moscow and Washington accuse the other of violating the treaty...  https://news.usni.org/2018/02/14/pacom-harris-u-s-needs-develop-hypersonic-weapons-criticizes-self-limiting-missile-treaties?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=d90e8dd4fd-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-d90e8dd4fd-231491269&mc_cid=d90e8dd4fd&mc_eid=3999f18767
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scum-Adam Schiff Confirms Democratic 

Memo Contains ‘Sources and Methods’

by RICHARD POLLOCK

{ dailycaller.com } ~ White House problems with the Democrats’ “rebuttal memo” on the surveillance of Trump associates are genuine... and the document could disclose “sources and methods,” California Rep. scum-Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence confirmed. “We need to go through that and identify that which remains classified and would implicate sources and methods or investigative interests,” he said at a newsmaker’s breakfast meeting on Wednesday sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.  His comments constituted a direct rebuke to his party’s top boss in the House of Representatives, Minority Leader Nancy Pulosi...  http://dailycaller.com/2018/02/14/adam-schiff-memo/

VIDEO at the site.

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Someone’s Doing The DOJ and FBI

Interrogations and It’s Not Congress

by sundance

{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ On a Monday night (February 12th, 2018) episode of Tucker Carlson a democrat member of the House Intelligence committee said... something interesting that almost everyone missed. Appearing on the show to joust with Tucker, HPSCI member Eric Swalwell stated: “the House Intel Committee has not interviewed a single witness in over a month” This statement is rather enlightening. A month earlier, January 4th, 2018, an agreement was finally made between House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes and DOJ Asst. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for complete disclosure of all unredacted documents AND a list of witnesses who Nunes wanted the HPSCI to question...   https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/02/14/someones-doing-the-doj-and-fbi-interrogations-and-its-not-congress/

VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN6Z--ktdj8&feature=youtu.be&t=3m47s

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by Salena Zito 
{ jewishworldreview.com } ~ When House Minority Leader Nancy Pulosi made history last week for the longest speech delivered on the House floor, she deserved praise for two things: her stamina in the eight-hour talk fest and her ability to do it in 4-inch spike heels.

But politically, she likely did little more than create another attack ad for Republicans to run against Democratic candidates around the country.

Pulosi's speech, mostly stories about "Dreamers" — the people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children by their parents and are caught in a political firestorm between both parties — was red meat for the Democratic base. But perorations on behalf of immigrants who are in the country illegally are unlikely to excite the independents, and swing Republicans and centrist Democrats whose votes will determine control of Congress.

Similarly tone-deaf were her warnings last year that the Republican tax-cut bill is the apocalypse. "It is the end of the world," Pulosi told reporters after the bill passed. "This is Armageddon."

And calling the $1,000 bonuses that more than 3 million American workers have received over the past few weeks as a result of the bill "crumbs" was also not helpful.

A $1,000 bonus is not a crumb, and neither is an extra $100 per paycheck. As Democrats were supposed to spend their week fine-tuning their message at their party retreat, they had to face some hard truths about the face of the Party. Pulosi is out of touch with people who live outside of her San Francisco district and Washington, D.C.

Most of the people who live in the more than 100 House districts the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting are happy with their crumbs, don't see the connection between immigrants who are in the country illegally and a budget deal, couldn't afford Pulosi's high heels anyway and, so far, don't see Armageddon on the horizon.

No one thing or person moves the needle more for Republicans than House Minority Leader Pulosi. Place her in a head-to-head focus group against Trump in a congressional swing district currently held by a Republican and Trump comes out on top every time.

That just hurts Democratic candidates.

This is why Conor Lamb, the Democratic nominee in the special election for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, said he would like to see Democrats replace Pulosi as their leader.

Lamb is no conservative. He's pro-abortion rights and believes there needs to be a broader discussion of gun control. Yet he faces enough headwinds in this Republican-leaning district, and so, he had to moderate somewhere to help him win. Distancing himself from Pulosi was the most obvious choice.

Still, the GOP is running ads in the district, placing Lamb side by side with Pulosi on the issues.

Democrats have a decent chance of taking back the majority in the House, or at least making it close. The signs of a wave are percolating but not quite clear. One of their biggest obstacles is Nancy Pulosi's unpopularity among voters outside San Francisco.

As one Democratic strategist working on several House races put it: "We cannot continue to turn people off. The door just started to open for us, and if we don't get our messaging right, it is going to shut in our face before it ever opened."

Cursing $1,000 crumbs, declaring Armageddon and standing in heels isn't going to open that door.