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2016 The turth is the gold of today
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These armed civilians are patrolling
the border to keep the Islamic
State out of America
Peter Holley
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Opportunity Is Key to Fighting Poverty
A number of prominent Republicans gathered in Charleston over the weekend for a detailed discussion of poverty in America and what can be done about it. The Expanding Opportunity Forum was hosted by the Jack Kemp Foundation and moderated by House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina. In short, there are a lot of conservative solutions to poverty, and, given the Left's 50-year track record of failure, it's time to give them a try.
Six GOP presidential hopefuls joined the discussion, including Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, John Kasich and Mike Huckabee. They were joined by Gov. Nikki Haley and Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute. Current 2016 frontrunners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz spent the weekend on the campaign trail instead, but they missed a substantive discussion and an opportunity to show some empathy for the plight of millions of Americans.
The GOP needs to prove to voters this year that it has not only the ability, but also the willingness to find solutions to the ongoing poverty problem in America. As Rubio stated at the event, "We have an outmoded, outdated government ... and a Big Government Left that is more interested in protecting the status quo than in modernizing our policies to address the challenges of the 21st century."
Since Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in 1964 and established his "Great Society," the federal government has spent over $22 trillion in entitlements and grants for programs that have made little to no progress. And in all that time, poverty has never been driven below 10% of the population.
As we begin the final year of Barack nObama's term in office, one in seven Americans lives in poverty. There are a record 46 million people on food stamps, 14.5 million more than when he took office in 2009. Nearly 70% of the federal budget is currently being consumed by government income-redistribution programs, and close to 50% of Americans reside in a household that is receiving that assistance. -The Patriot Post
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Haley shows veepstakes strength in rebuttal
David Drucker writes that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s rebuttal to President nObama’s State of the Union should put her in the top spot for a vice presidential pick. Drucker says, “Haley was praised for her delivery and her eloquent and sharp rhetoric. She displayed an ability to marry an aggressive pitch for conservative values, such as stating that illegal immigration must be stopped, with calls for inclusiveness and respect for people with which Republicans disagree. For a party that is simultaneously looking for strong leadership and a messenger that can help the GOP appeal to an increasingly diverse electorate that has increasingly sided with the Democratic Party in presidential elections. The performance should immediately elevate the second-term Indian American governor, who is just 43 years old, into top consideration for her party's vice presidential nod.” -Fox News
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HILLY GETS COLD SHOULDER FROM IOWANS
NYT: “Iowa Democrats are displaying far less passion for Hilly Clinton than for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont three weeks before the presidential caucuses, creating anxiety inside the Clinton campaign as she scrambles to energize supporters and to court wavering voters. The enthusiasm gap spilled abundantly into view in recent days, from the cheering crowds and emotional outpourings that greeted Mr. Sanders, and in interviews with more than 50 Iowans at campaign stops for both candidates. Voters have mobbed Mr. Sanders at events since Friday, some jumping over chairs to shake his hand or snap a selfie…With a new poll showing Mr. Sanders surging ahead in Iowa, Mrs. Clinton and her aides have dropped any pretense that they can ignore Mr. Sanders or treat him like a gadfly. They have become zealous and combative as they try new ways to undercut his high favorability ratings.” -Fox News
NYT: “Iowa Democrats are displaying far less passion for Hilly Clinton than for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont three weeks before the presidential caucuses, creating anxiety inside the Clinton campaign as she scrambles to energize supporters and to court wavering voters. The enthusiasm gap spilled abundantly into view in recent days, from the cheering crowds and emotional outpourings that greeted Mr. Sanders, and in interviews with more than 50 Iowans at campaign stops for both candidates. Voters have mobbed Mr. Sanders at events since Friday, some jumping over chairs to shake his hand or snap a selfie…With a new poll showing Mr. Sanders surging ahead in Iowa, Mrs. Clinton and her aides have dropped any pretense that they can ignore Mr. Sanders or treat him like a gadfly. They have become zealous and combative as they try new ways to undercut his high favorability ratings.” -Fox News
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Ronald Reagan's Response
to Iranian Aggression
AAN Staff
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Will Hilly Be Thrown off the Ballot?
AAN Staff
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North Korea, South Korea
At "Brink of War"
Natalie Myers
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Another Dubious State of the Union Guest
Steve Emerson
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Sen. Cory Booker
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This Newly Released Benghazi
Document Reveals Hilly’s Lies
AmyElizabeth
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A Russian Spy In The NSA:
A True Story Of Espionage
Cliff Kincaid
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2 Smoking Guns For Hilly
Judge Andrew Naplitano.
{wnd.com} ~ The federal criminal investigation of former Secretary of State Hilly Clinton’s failure to secure state secrets was ratcheted up earlier this week, and at the same time, the existence of a parallel criminal investigation of another aspect of her behavior was made known... This is the second publicly revealed expansion of the FBI’s investigations in two months. I have argued for two months that Clinton’s legal woes are either grave or worse than grave. That argument has been based on the hard, now public evidence of her failure to safeguard national security secrets and the known manner in which the Department of Justice addresses these failures. Before she was entrusted with any state secrets – indeed, on her first full day as secretary of state – Clinton received instruction from FBI agents on how to safeguard them; and she signed an oath swearing to comply with the laws commanding the safekeeping of these secrets. She was warned that the failure to safeguard secrets – known as espionage – would most likely result in aggressive prosecution..
This Should Settle Cruz
Eligibility for the Trump Tribe
Susan Carleson
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Gowdy: Witnesses have confirmed
stand-down order on night of Benghazi
SARAH WESTWOOD
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{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ Rep.Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, said Wednesday that a number of witnesses had confirmed a stand-down order was given... to military assets in proximity to Benghazi the night of the 2012 terror attack, while others said no one issued such an order. "The best I can do is tell you what the witnesses say, and then you can decide who you think is more credible," Gowdy said during an interview with Boston Herald Radio. His comments came the same day the committee interviewed Jeremy Bash, a high-ranking Pentagon official who in 2012 authored an email indicating the military had forces "spinning" and prepared to head toward Benghazi when approved..
Have You Seen These
Disgusting EPA Power Grabs?
John Thomas
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These armed civilians are patrolling
the border to keep the Islamic
State out of America
Peter Holley
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For years now, Foley said, he's been warning the FBI that sprinkled among the groups of immigrants he intercepts illegally crossing the border are foreign nationals who aren't from Mexico.
For years now, Foley said, he's been warning the FBI that sprinkled among the groups of immigrants he intercepts illegally crossing the border are foreign nationals who aren't from Mexico.
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"We have pictures from trail cameras that show Somalis and Middle Eastern guys with beards and everything else, but nobody is listening," Foley told The Washington Post. "We're going to have something like Paris had. It's not a matter of if, but when."
"We have pictures from trail cameras that show Somalis and Middle Eastern guys with beards and everything else, but nobody is listening," Foley told The Washington Post. "We're going to have something like Paris had. It's not a matter of if, but when."
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The 56-year-old founder of Arizona Border Recon added: "People need to wake up and realize this border is not secure."
The 56-year-old founder of Arizona Border Recon added: "People need to wake up and realize this border is not secure."
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Officials say the threat of an Islamic State operative slipping into the United States from Mexico is a real one: the FBI confirmed that five men from Pakistan and one from Afghanistan were captured just recently near Arizona's border with Mexico, according to ABC affiliate KNXV.
Officials say the threat of an Islamic State operative slipping into the United States from Mexico is a real one: the FBI confirmed that five men from Pakistan and one from Afghanistan were captured just recently near Arizona's border with Mexico, according to ABC affiliate KNXV.
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Art Del Cueto, a spokesman for the Tuscon Border Patrol, told the station that nearly 80 percent of those picked up around the U.S.-Mexico border were from counties other than Mexico. "We catch different people from different parts of the world all the time," he said.
Art Del Cueto, a spokesman for the Tuscon Border Patrol, told the station that nearly 80 percent of those picked up around the U.S.-Mexico border were from counties other than Mexico. "We catch different people from different parts of the world all the time," he said.
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Authorities processed the men from Pakistan and Afghanistan, checking their identities against "numerous law enforcement agencies and national security databases," according to a U.S. Border Patrol statement. But, the agency said, authorities found no "derogatory information" on their records.
Authorities processed the men from Pakistan and Afghanistan, checking their identities against "numerous law enforcement agencies and national security databases," according to a U.S. Border Patrol statement. But, the agency said, authorities found no "derogatory information" on their records.
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Regardless, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, said in a statement: The incident "only reinforces the need to take our national security seriously on all fronts. News like this is very troubling, especially in light of new threats on the United States from ISIS."
Regardless, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, said in a statement: The incident "only reinforces the need to take our national security seriously on all fronts. News like this is very troubling, especially in light of new threats on the United States from ISIS."
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He added: "It's clear, our nation needs to up its game and improve border resources if we are going to protect our homeland."
He added: "It's clear, our nation needs to up its game and improve border resources if we are going to protect our homeland."
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Ducey singled out "the law enforcement officials and agents on the ground who made these apprehensions."
Ducey singled out "the law enforcement officials and agents on the ground who made these apprehensions."
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But Foley - whose group was not involved in the recent capture - is a rare civilian taking America's national security into his own hands.
But Foley - whose group was not involved in the recent capture - is a rare civilian taking America's national security into his own hands.
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He lives in a modest home about 400 yards from the U.S.-Mexico border, providing him with a front-row seat along some of the last untamed territory left in the United States.
He lives in a modest home about 400 yards from the U.S.-Mexico border, providing him with a front-row seat along some of the last untamed territory left in the United States.
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For the past five years, Foley has led volunteer vigilante outfits deep into the borderlands. Their goal: To intercept illegal border crossers and disrupt the ceaseless flow of drugs coming through a heavily trafficked corridor in the rugged desert 30 miles west of Nogales, Ariz.
For the past five years, Foley has led volunteer vigilante outfits deep into the borderlands. Their goal: To intercept illegal border crossers and disrupt the ceaseless flow of drugs coming through a heavily trafficked corridor in the rugged desert 30 miles west of Nogales, Ariz.
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To join Arizona Border Recon, volunteers must fill out an application, pass a background check and abide by strict rules of engagement, Foley told The Washington Post. "We want to make sure you're not a sexual predator or prohibited possessor, and by doing this it shows the Border Patrol agents that we have a sense of professionalism and they don't have to sit there and wonder, 'Who are these guys?'" he said.
To join Arizona Border Recon, volunteers must fill out an application, pass a background check and abide by strict rules of engagement, Foley told The Washington Post. "We want to make sure you're not a sexual predator or prohibited possessor, and by doing this it shows the Border Patrol agents that we have a sense of professionalism and they don't have to sit there and wonder, 'Who are these guys?'" he said.
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On the group's Web site, it notes:
On the group's Web site, it notes:
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We are not affiliated with any form of government, nor are we a militia. Our objective is not to overthrow any government, or take the law into our own hands. We are not here to replace the Border Patrol. We operate within the scope of the law as citizens, by observing and reporting what we see.
We are not affiliated with any form of government, nor are we a militia. Our objective is not to overthrow any government, or take the law into our own hands. We are not here to replace the Border Patrol. We operate within the scope of the law as citizens, by observing and reporting what we see.
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Foley was vetted by FBI agents in 2011 after the bureau received an anonymous tip that accused him of leaving pipe bombs on heavily trafficked trails, according to Al Jazeera America. Foley was never charged or arrested, but some local law enforcement officers remain wary of him.
Foley was vetted by FBI agents in 2011 after the bureau received an anonymous tip that accused him of leaving pipe bombs on heavily trafficked trails, according to Al Jazeera America. Foley was never charged or arrested, but some local law enforcement officers remain wary of him.
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Each Arizona Border Recon mission can last a week or more and usually includes at least a dozen civilian men, many of whom have experience in the military or with law enforcement agencies or private security firms. The group was featured in the recently released "Cartel Land" and has been documented by New York photographer Johnny Milano, who spent five days with Foley's men.
Each Arizona Border Recon mission can last a week or more and usually includes at least a dozen civilian men, many of whom have experience in the military or with law enforcement agencies or private security firms. The group was featured in the recently released "Cartel Land" and has been documented by New York photographer Johnny Milano, who spent five days with Foley's men.
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"I've been called racist, a Nazi and an assassin," Foley told The Washington Post. "That's because people have preconceived notions about people who are down here trying to help. They don't know how many people we've saved when it's 115 degrees out and we find someone alone in the desert who has been left behind."
"I've been called racist, a Nazi and an assassin," Foley told The Washington Post. "That's because people have preconceived notions about people who are down here trying to help. They don't know how many people we've saved when it's 115 degrees out and we find someone alone in the desert who has been left behind."
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Before the economy crashed in 2008, Foley worked in heavy construction as a layout general foreman in Phoenix. It had taken him more than 30 years to rise from digging ditches in high school to overseeing a 150-man crew building high-rises. He built a comfortable life for himself that included a suburban abode, multiple cars and a swimming pool, he said.
Before the economy crashed in 2008, Foley worked in heavy construction as a layout general foreman in Phoenix. It had taken him more than 30 years to rise from digging ditches in high school to overseeing a 150-man crew building high-rises. He built a comfortable life for himself that included a suburban abode, multiple cars and a swimming pool, he said.
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But after the economy collapsed, construction work in Phoenix dried up, Foley said. He went from $40-an-hour work to struggling to find odd jobs that paid a third as much. His home was foreclosed, a divorce followed, and Foley said he found himself untethered and alone for the first time in decades.
But after the economy collapsed, construction work in Phoenix dried up, Foley said. He went from $40-an-hour work to struggling to find odd jobs that paid a third as much. His home was foreclosed, a divorce followed, and Foley said he found himself untethered and alone for the first time in decades.
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"You know why they call it the American Dream?" he said. "Because you gotta be asleep to believe it."
"You know why they call it the American Dream?" he said. "Because you gotta be asleep to believe it."
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Foley formed Arizona Border Recon in 2011 and has been running five or six missions each year since. The group, he said, has detained hundreds of people, including illegal immigrants, drug mules and narco-scouts. AZBR has saved more than 100 people, as well, he said.
Foley formed Arizona Border Recon in 2011 and has been running five or six missions each year since. The group, he said, has detained hundreds of people, including illegal immigrants, drug mules and narco-scouts. AZBR has saved more than 100 people, as well, he said.
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But the group's primary activity, Foley said, is staking out trails used by drug mules. The interference forces mules into less favorable terrain, where the drug-runners are more likely to be seen and intercepted by Border Patrol agents. Over a few days, he said, an AZBR operation can redirect more than 20 mules and dozens of illegal immigrants into custody.
But the group's primary activity, Foley said, is staking out trails used by drug mules. The interference forces mules into less favorable terrain, where the drug-runners are more likely to be seen and intercepted by Border Patrol agents. Over a few days, he said, an AZBR operation can redirect more than 20 mules and dozens of illegal immigrants into custody.
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It's an unprofitable existence, but one that Foley said keeps him mentally engaged and physically active. He lives off his modest savings and donations that arrive via the AZBR website from supportive individuals mostly, he said. His goal, he noted, is to eventually buy a dude ranch where military veterans with PTSD can heal their minds by patrolling the border, getting outside and enjoying the company of people they can relate to.
It's an unprofitable existence, but one that Foley said keeps him mentally engaged and physically active. He lives off his modest savings and donations that arrive via the AZBR website from supportive individuals mostly, he said. His goal, he noted, is to eventually buy a dude ranch where military veterans with PTSD can heal their minds by patrolling the border, getting outside and enjoying the company of people they can relate to.
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Asked whether he'd ever return to Phoenix, trading his new life for his old one, Foley said there's no going back.
Asked whether he'd ever return to Phoenix, trading his new life for his old one, Foley said there's no going back.
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"There's that scene in 'The Matrix,' where Morpheus offers the blue and red pill," he said. "I've taken the red pill, and I've woken up, and I can't go back to sleep. I've seen the truth. How can I turn my back on it and go get another 9-to-5 job, pay my taxes and pretend it isn't happening?"
"There's that scene in 'The Matrix,' where Morpheus offers the blue and red pill," he said. "I've taken the red pill, and I've woken up, and I can't go back to sleep. I've seen the truth. How can I turn my back on it and go get another 9-to-5 job, pay my taxes and pretend it isn't happening?"
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